October 2014 - March 2015 Issue

FEATURES

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LNOS: The Critical Link in CF-SOF Interdependence

MAJ Michael Loveall, LTC Phillip J. Kiniery III, and MAJ Israel Villarreal Jr.

A Strategy for Future Victory: Institutionalizing CF-SOF Interdependence

COL Michael R. Fenzel and COL Joseph G. Lock

Combat In Cities: The Chechen Experience In Syria

Dr. Lester W. Grau, SFC Kenneth E. Gowins, Lucas Winter, and Dodge Billingsley

PROFESSIONAL FORUM

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Every Soldier Counts: Part 3 — The Role of the Brigade S1 in Manning a Brigade in Today’s Force Reductions

MAJ Christopher L. Moore

The Battery Difference: A Solution to Reducing Soldier Load and Increasing Effectiveness on the Battlefield

MAJ Tom Beyerl

Perspective Changes and Risk Management

Salvador D. Adame and MAJ Ryan T. Kranc

A Proposal for Changes to the Infantry Weapons Company

1SG Jarrett E. Halverson and CPT Christopher M. Perrone

Explaining the Army Design Methodology

MAJ Raymond M. Longabaugh

Three Things Every G3/S3 Should Know About Geospatial Engineers

CW3 Frederick I. Dessau

Becoming Alpini: A Top Notch Broadening Experience Through the Military Personnel Exchange Program

LTC Thomas M. Hough

TRAINING NOTES

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Proactive Leadership and the Standards of Training

SSG Christopher Cannaday

Using the ITE to Prepare for Future Air Ground Operations

MAJ P. John Culpepper

Leader Development at the Organizational Level

COL (Retired) David G. Cotter

Razor 2014 - Sharpening the Blade Through Mission Command

Lt. Col. Gianmarco Di Leo, Italian Army

OTHER DEPARTMENTS

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Commandant's Note:

Building Marksmanship as a Force Multiplier in our Complex World

BG James E. Rainey

Infantry News

Soldiers of Future Will Generate Their Own Power

Jeff Sisto

Soldiers Help Develop New Unmanned Aircraft

Noelle Wiehe

Book Reviews

The West Point History of the Civil War

Edited by Clifford J. Rogers, Ty Seidule, and Samuel J. Watson

Reviewed by CPT Nathan A. Jennings

The Marines Take Anbar: The Four-Year Fight Against al Qaeda

By Richard H. Schultz Jr.

Reviewed by LTC (Retired) Rick Baillergeon

Guardian of Savannah, Fort McAllister, Georgia, in the Civil War and Beyond

By Roger S. Durham

Reviewed by LTC Keith Everett