Key Developments
The Pope, AI, and the Surveillance State
Thirteen years ago, having been present at the dawn of the “surveillance state,” I asked a…
Read More »Training as the Key Proving Ground for AI Enablement
Article Summary: The article’s most original contribution is its focus on operational preparation rather than operations…
Read More »Malacca as a Case Study: Alliance Documents, Strategic Games, and the Architecture of Deterrence
The Malacca Strait is a narrow waterway with outsized strategic significance, where alliance commitments, strategic gaming,…
Read More »IBCS at the Crossroads: From Flight Tests to the Fight That Matters
The Integrated Battle Command System did not spring from a blank sheet. It emerged from a…
Read More »Two Models, One Logic: What the CH-53K Training Revolution Tells Us About the Navy’s Next Trainer
In the fall of 2010, I was at Marine Corps Air Station New River talking to…
Read More »From Platform Mastery to Ecosystem Management: The Unfinished Revolution in Military Transformation
There is a persistent conceit in Washington defense circles — that military transformation is something you…
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Book Review
04/28/2026
The fifth edition of The United States Marines: A History by Edwin Howard Simmons and Lt. Col. Charles Patrick Neimeyer stands as the definitive single-volume chronicle of America's amphibious force-in-readiness. Spanning from the Continental Marines of 1775 through modern conflicts, this Naval...
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