Current and Future Warfighting
Network-Enabled Battle Command. Lieutenant General William S. Wallace, U.S. Army; Technological innovations play a paradoxical role in military transformation. While they help resolve existing battlefield challenges, they invariably introduce new challenges.
Saving the All-Volunteer Force. Charles Moskos, Ph.D.; The most practical way of alleviating shortfalls and excessive reliance on Reserve Components would be to introduce a 15-month enlistment option targeted at college students.
Best Practices in Counterinsurgency. Kalev I. Sepp, Ph.D.; Studying the past centurys insurgent wars can help us discern best practices common to successful counterinsurgencies.
The Fight for Samarra: Full-Spectrum Operations in Modern Warfare. Major General John R. S. Batiste, U.S. Army, and Lieutenant Colonel Paul R. Daniels, U.S. Army; In October 2004, U.S. forces attacked Samarra in a full-spectrum operation to help return the city to competent civilian control.
Transforming in Peace and War. Colonel Robert B. Brown, U.S. Army, and Major Douglas A. Sims II, U.S. Army; Institutional modifications must occur to allow leaders to properly train units for the complex battlefield they will face.
Phase IV Operations: Where Wars are Really Won. Lieutenant Colonel Conrad C. Crane, U.S. Army, Retired; The United States has rarely accomplished long-term policy goals after any conflict without an extended U.S. military presence to ensure proper results from the peace.
Iraq: The Social Context of IEDs. Montgomery McFate, J.D., Ph.D.; To defeat the insurgents who employ improvised explosive devices, commanders should focus less on the bomb than on the bomb maker.

Military History
Pacifying the Moros: American Military Government in the Southern Philippines, 1899-1913. Charles Byler, Ph.D.; During the early 20th century, 300,000 Muslim Moros greeted the Armys presence in the Philippines with as much suspicion and violent resistance as it now faces in Iraq.
Panama, 1988-1999: The Disconnect between Combat and Stability Operations. Lawrence Yates, Ph.D.; In December 1989, on the eve of Operation Just Cause in Panama, disconnects still existed between the invasion plan and the civil-military operations plan with respect to how to conduct stability operations.
The British Army and Counterinsurgency: The Salience of Military Culture. Lieutenant Colonel Robert Cassidy, U.S. Army; Experiences gleaned from myriad small wars provided the British Army, which considers counterinsurgency and small wars the norm, with exceptional insight into counterinsurgency warfare.

Regional Studies
The U.S. Joint Task Force Experience in Liberia. Colonel Blair A. Ross, Jr., U.S. Army; In 2003, a small U.S. force using reach-back technology and intensive interagency coordination helped an untried West African force secure the Liberian capital of Monrovia.
Shaping the African Standby Force: Developments, Challenges, and Prospects. Theo Neethling, D.Litt. et Phil.; The African Union has created the African Standby Force, a multinational force empowered to intervene in conflicts and disasters on the troubled continent.
Paradox or Paradigm? Operational Contractor Support. Colonel Michael R. Rampy, U.S. Army, Retired, Ph.D.; Contractors have provided essential logistical support to the Army since the founding of our Nation. The Army must find the amalgam of contractor support and force structure that produces an acceptable amount of risk.
ARSOF Logistics Transformation. Lieutenant Colonel David E.A. Johnson, U.S. Army; Major Mark Hollingsworth, U.S. Army; and Major Vincent Nwafor, U.S. Army; During recent operations in the Middle East, overall the Army awed the world with its ability to move an incredible volume of assets, but Army Special Operations Forces are still struggling to develop efficient logistics mechanisms.
Transformation: Victory Rests with Small Units. Lieutenant Colonel Thomas P. Odom, U.S. Army, Retired; Sergeant Major of the Army Julius W. Gates, Retired; Command Sergeant Major Jack Hardwick, U.S. Army, Retired; and Sergeant First Class Robert Ehrlich, U.S. Army; Small units are key to success in the common operating environment. Companies are taking on C2 and information missions once left to battalions and brigades, and company, platoon, and squad structures should be reorganized.
Leader Development and Education: Growing Leaders Now for the Future. Brigadier General James T. Hirai, U.S. Army, and Colonel Kim L. Summers, U.S. Army, Retired; The Army is synchronizing and updating leadership policy, training, and operational doctrine and establishing an Army culture that commits Army leaders to lifelong learning.

Review Essay
The Embeds War. Lieutenant Colonel Scott Stevenson, U.S. Army, Retired
American Soldier. Colonel Gregory Fontenot, U.S. Army, Retired
Syrian Defense Minister General Mustafa Tlas: Memoirs, Volume Two. Lieutenant Commander Youssef Aboul-Enein, U.S. Navy

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