Modern battlefields may be filled with drones, precision strikes, and advanced sensors, but wars are still decided by ...

Russia is increasingly relying on large infantry assault tactics in Ukraine. One Russian milblogger said there was about to be a "real renaissance of infantry combat." Other milbloggers said the ...

Today, we are witnessing another military revolution, driven not by muskets but by machines. First-person view drones are changing the calculus of battle, placing surveillance and precision strikes in ...

In his 2006 book, Passion of Command: The Moral Imperative for Leadership, U.S. Marine Corps Col B.P. McCoy states that “to take and conquer land, you must give brave men rifles and hand grenades.”(1) ...

Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Alexander Bolin, a rifleman with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, posts security during a squad competition at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat ...

For centuries, infantry attacks have begun with a cacophony of eardrum-splitting gunfire. However, today, many engagements are initiated by the unflinching eyes of drones. Now the ability of infantry ...

An M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle from 5th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, moves into position to conduct a firing systems check at the ...

The need for IMTS arose after leaders observed that Career Management Field (CMF) 11 NCOs lacked institutional competencies to plan, prepare, execute, and assess direct fire training for their ...

Strategy is the focus of most of the modern military historians. Their driving assumption is that strategy is the ‘dog’ and tactics is the ‘tail.’ In other words, strategy shapes the course and ...