"The Armored Strike Brigade: How to Think, Fight, and" Topic

… Organize for Modern Warfare

"When the U.S. Army transitioned to Brigade Combat Team modularity during the Global War on Terror, it divested more than Cold War lineages and nostalgic memories. It reorganized previously echeloned capabilities designed to fight for information, disrupt enemy systems, and enable higher tactical headquarters to maneuver with confidence across operational depth. In the decades that followed, technological advances in battlefield transparency, precision fires at range, and unmanned systems have outpaced the evolution of force design and operational capabilities. The result is a widening gap in the landpower institution's ability to empower combined-arms and joint-force success amid the volatility of a rapidly changing strategic environment.

The purpose of this article is to drive the dialogue and further develop how leaders think, fight, and organize for all arms maneuver against rapidly modernizing adversaries. Maneuver is not dead. The need for Armor and armored formations is not dead. When our Nation commits to the concerted execution of violence to take phase lines away from the enemy and hold them, mobile protected firepower is the required capability. Combined arms maneuver must evolve to be executed across all domains, and armor must evolve to be more deployable, more capable, and more connected to conduct armored strike as part of the joint force's all-domain envelopment…"

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Yes … that is the way it is done especially today … Combined Arms mobile maneuver warfare.

On Losing

""We always win." So I heard a senior ranking officer say in the waning days of Ulchi Freedom Shield, one of two major annual exercises conducted on the Korean peninsula. The remark did not come from complacency or laziness. It was a recognition of the inevitable outcome of the exercise, and it was not unique to that exercise or the Korean theater of operations. The United States and its allies have taught themselves that victory is inevitable no matter how they play the game.

Driving toward victory is critical in the profession of arms. However, it is dangerous when a military service no longer seems to believe that it could lose at all. As the Sea Services prepare for the next major conflict, perhaps one of the best lessons history offers is how to lose.

From the earliest days of their service, military members are inculcated with the idea that "defeat is not an option." They must embrace this mindset and strive for victory. However, when taken too far, it transforms into an arrogant assumption that victory is a foregone conclusion. Every military professional must ask: What happens when we do not win?…"

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