Principles have their greatest utility in guiding the formulation of doctrine. Indeed, a measure of the adequacy of good principles is whether they lead to the development of sound doctrine. There is ...

As people who have dedicated our careers to national security issues, we are deeply concerned about the Army’s imminent decision to eliminate the Department of Defense’s forces’ joint proponent for ...

On Tuesday, October 7th the US Army introduced a significant change to pre-existing doctrine with Field Manual 3-07: Stability Operations. Like the counterinsurgency manual before it, this first piece ...

Ever wonder why or how the U.S. military forgets how to do counterinsurgency and stability operations? We are witnessing the process happen in real time. There is a common pattern within military ...