Squaring the Circle

For more information:

+ https://www.stimson.org/2024/how-the-defense-industry-price-gouges-the-pentagon/

+ https://www.stimson.org/2024/current-defense-plans-require-unsustainable-future-spending/

+ https://www.undiplomaticpodcast.com/

+ https://www.cato.org/multimedia/power-problems/pentagons-budgetary-time-bomb

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For more information, I recommend reading the TRADOC G-2's recently published The Operational Environment 2024-2034: Large-Scale Combat Operations at

https://oe.tradoc.army.mil/2024/07/31/the-operational-environment-2024-2034-large-scale-combat-operations/

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Link to his publication - I highly encourage the listeners to purchase a copy:

+ https://www.amazon.com/dp/1912440539?ref=cm_sw_r_apin_dp_4XY2HDEGM1M255WZBCFD&ref_=cm_sw_r_apin_dp_4XY2HDEGM1M255WZBCFD&social_share=cm_sw_r_apin_dp_4XY2HDEGM1M255WZBCFD&language=en-US&skipTwisterOG=1

Additional information for further understanding of war, sieges, and military theory:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&si=tZsodG_55Wv0ukw9&ai&v=TXwdrQU5oL0&feature=youtu.be

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https://www.ausa.org/publications/army-aviation-and-decisiveness-air-ground-littoral

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https://shows.acast.com/revolution-in-military-affairs

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Link to Andrew's newsletter:

https://andrewglenn.substack.com/p/the-arsenal-dilemma-the-case-against

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For more information regarding Dr. Barndollar's research, please see below. In addition, below are links to the articles mentioned in this episode:

+ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/19/magazine/suicide-military-austin-valley.html

+https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/19/magazine/suicides-military.html

+ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/07/all-volunteer-force-crisis/674603/

+ https://foreignpolicy.com/author/gil-barndollar/

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For more information regarding Dr. Lushenko's work, please see below:

+ https://media.defense.gov/2024/Feb/22/2003398040/-1/-1/0/CoS34-podcast-transcript-Lushenko.PDF

+ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57QqAfjiXyI

+ https://shows.acast.com/revolution-in-military-affairs/episodes/the-legitimacy-of-drone-warfare

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For more information regarding Dr. Tingle and his work, please see below links:

+ https://substack.com/@warvector

+ https://press.armywarcollege.edu/parameters/vol54/iss1/3/

+ https://ndupress.ndu.edu/Portals/68/Documents/jfq/jfq-85/jfq-85_30-35_Tingle-Tyree.pdf

+ https://www.19fortyfive.com/2023/06/ukraine-will-breach-the-russian-lines/

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For more information on MDO and FM 3-0, I have included an awesome article and YouTube video to deepen your understanding:

+ https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=QFYjO3XHd3Q

+ https://www.armyupress.army.mil/journals/military-review/online-exclusive/2022-ole/musicians-of-mars-in-multiple-domains/

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For more information:

https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674248663

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/capsule-review/tomorrow-world-birth-us-global-supremacy

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/why-america-cant-have-it-all

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Links to publications by COL Greg Tomlin:

+ https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Portals/7/Army-Press-Online-Journal/documents/Tomlin.pdf

+ https://ndupress.ndu.edu/Media/News/News-Article-View/Article/2106514/the-joint-force-needs-a-global-engagement-cycle/

+ https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/Military-Review/English-Edition-Archives/September-October-2021/Tomlin-Info-Warfighting-Function/

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Links to articles published by COL Sukman (some of these were mentioned in the podcast):

https://jfsc.ndu.edu/Portals/72/Documents/campaigning/RA%20Sukman%2009%20September%202022.pdf

https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/Military-Review/English-Edition-Archives/March-April-2020/Sukman-Divided/

https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2019/07/03/military_readiness_thinking_about_the_three_big_questions.html

https://thestrategybridge.org/the-bridge/2016/5/5/the-institutional-level-of-war

Link to purchase his latest book –

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-55345-5

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For more on China and Mr. Sullivan's work (Podcast and Article):

+ https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/Military-Review/English-Edition-Archives/January-February-2024/Sullivan/

+ https://madsciblog.tradoc.army.mil/480-know-your-enemy-army-doctrine-starts-with-the-threat/

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Additional readings published by Katie through the Atlantic Council:

+ Reading between the lines of the new US National Defense Industrial Strategy - Atlantic Council

+ Overstretched and undersupplied: Can the US afford its global security blanket? - Atlantic Council

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For further information:

https://www.heritage.org/asia/commentary/the-case-urgency-against-china

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/18/taiwan-ukraine-support-russia-china/

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Email contact for Dr. Jerry Hendrix: [email protected]

For further reading:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/04/us-navy-oceanic-trade-impact-russia-china/673090/

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I encourage all to acquire a copy of Murrow's Cold War by COL Gregory Tomlin - it is a fascinating book on the information domain with Cold War history

Links to purchase and book reviews below

https://www.amazon.com/Murrows-Cold-War-Diplomacy-Administration/dp/1612347711

https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/potomac-books/9781612347714/

https://americandiplomacy.web.unc.edu/2017/01/murrows-cold-war/

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More information and publications from Dr. Jerry McGinn:

https://federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-main/2024/01/will-the-new-defense-industrial-strategy-actually-produce-results/

https://breakingdefense.com/2024/01/how-to-use-the-mrap-mindset-to-get-us-industrial-base-on-a-wartime-footing/

https://www.defensenews.com/opinion/commentary/2023/06/27/build-allied-4-steps-to-increase-industrial-capacity-and-resilience/

https://breakingdefense.com/2023/03/america-needs-to-grow-its-capacity-to-produces-weapons-heres-four-steps-to-do-it/

LTC Fox article that was mentioned in the podcast:

https://www.ausa.org/publications/getting-multi-domain-operations-right-two-critical-flaws-us-armys-multi-domain

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For further information - see below for additional presentations from John Antal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=hBogh3LUTKY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSKRH_UqSko

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A discussion on PPBE and the Department of Defense Budget. For more information and reading on the subject by Ms. Elaine McCusker please see below for articles:

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/2024-ndaa%E2%80%94bipartisan-hope-amid-partisan-chaos-208052

https://breakingdefense.com/2023/12/sheathing-the-sword-of-damocles-6-steps-to-righting-the-ship-as-2023-ends-and-2024-begins/

https://www.realcleardefense.com/2023/12/06/congresss_groundhog_day_budgeting_puts_national_defense_in_danger_997134.html

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A discussion of the 1973 Yom Kippur War - a look at the tactics and operations, as well as how it led the US Army to transform in the 1970s-80s

For further information on the war:

https://www.ausa.org/publications/1973-arab-israeli-war-insights-multi-domain-operations

https://www.usmcu.edu/Outreach/Marine-Corps-University-Press/Expeditions-with-MCUP-digital-journal/Crossing-under-Fire/

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For more on PPBE and the Budget - links to publications by MG (R) John Ferrari

Here’s a simple way the Pentagon can help the troops in 2023 | The Hill

Budget endgame scenarios: From acceptable to apocalypse - Breaking Defense

Hey OMB – Defense needs $816B for FY23 - Breaking Defense

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We as Force Managers, use strategy to help Army Senior Leaders to make informed decisions on resources, capabilities, and risk. We as Force Managers have to be informed on current strategy and strategic direction from the National, Defense, Joint, and Army, and refer to those documents for the alignment of resources such as capabilities, budget, manning, stationing, et. Our efforts and approaches need to be nested within those strategic documents and guidance. First step: refer to the strategy. It all starts with the strategy.....

For more on Dr. Meiser - please see below for links to his publications:

https://press.armywarcollege.edu/parameters/vol46/iss4/9/

https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol76/iss1/5/

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The Army is moving multiple systems from the industrial era to the information such as the recent G-ARMY and IPPS-A transitions. GFIM is part of that transformation, an effort for the Army to be more data-centric and support 2030 efforts. This includes the sunsetting of 15 legacy systems and absorbing those functions into one system that produces the necessary authoritative data in support of Army efforts across the compos. These 15 systems do not talk to one another, and thus, the transformation gives Force Managers more flexibility and agility with data management

Link to GFIM OE Breaking Defense Article: https://breakingdefense.com/2023/10/no-more-sticky-notes-army-consolidating-43-incompatible-data-systems-to-just-2/

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