Big agree! Another common misconception is that the 2 are mutually exclusive! WW1 and WW2 ended in long (successful) stability operations. Vietnam escalated from COIN to LSCO. Chinese civil war bounced between both. History depth & breadth ✅️

'Illuminating the U.S. Army's Recruiting Crisis: Modern Applications of Clausewitz.' 2024t Scholar MAJ Hannah Smith presents her thesis and findings at the Chicago MPSA conference. Civil-military relations are a critical component of igniting Clausewitz's 'passions of the people'

What COIN principles can we assess from the 1900s?

1. Understand the political context and solution.
2. Make a unified CIV-MIL approach.
3. Isolate the insurgency, insulate the population.
4. Present a better vision of the future.
5. Get a local face on a local solution.

Historical wargaming is an excellent technique to train staff members. Wargaming the Battle of the Bulge gives a clear picture that Allied Field Army decisions early in December '45 decisively impacted actions on the 23rd. How will you inform those decisions today?

Chil Comp 🌶 Scholars at SAMS on the verge of a chili dynasty 👑👀

Effective leaders understand the value of Joint, Interagency, and non-governmental unified action. The Department of Defense, Department of State, Brookings Institute, and Institute for the Study of War all provide unique capabilities to national security.

The final step of a successful staff ride is integration. What can you learn from the case study to inform future operations? 2 from WW2 Loraine:

1. Logistics planning is essential to maintaining momentum.
2. Task organize forces for both hasty and deliberate wet gap crossing.

A successful staff ride includes 3 phases:
1. Pre-Study.
2. Field Study.
3. Integration.

Student character briefs set the stage for field study and contextualize unit organization, doctrine, and decisions.

Happy Friday! Wrapping up a National WWI Museum visit with a well-earned social.

What's your favorite museum?

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How do you train? AY24 scholar CPT Ty Dawson gives you a succinct answer in his article featured on this month's CSA Recommended Articles list.

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Check out the latest from Space Force officer and ‘23 Scholar Dennis Rice, on space operations and the joint force in his article for War on the Rocks:

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