This episode of the MWI Podcast features a conversation with Matt Larsen, known in many corners of the Army as the father of the modern combatives. He explains why he thinks combatives training is so important, but he also talks a lot about the notion of a warrior ethos—what it is and why, as he argues, it’s something that needs to exist throughout the entire Army, not just in infantry or other combat arms units.
We talk to Michael O'Hanlon from the Brookings Institution about the current state of the Army, what the future of the Army holds, and...
How and why did the US Navy shift from battleships to aircraft carriers? What drove the US Army's adoption of helicopter aviation? In this...
The United States currently has a limited appetite for large scale deployment of conventional forces, but the security situation around the world is tenuous....