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Featured article: The End of Operational Phases at Last by Gustav A. Otto Operational phases are a way many in the military and Department of Defense (DoD) think about going to war. Joint Publication (JP) 3-0, Joint Operations describes phases zero through five (0-V) and calls them “notional operational plan phases.” JP 5-0, Joint Operation […]

Yesterday afternoon, students, faculty, and staff of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College once again filled the Arnold Conference Room to attend an InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture. The subject of Monday’s lecture was the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). Mr. Ralph M. Erwin, Senior Geospatial Intelligence Officer and NGA Liaison to the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command and […]

National Security   Crafting Trump’s first National Security Strategy: What it could be—and why it might not matter anyway, Brookings North Korea Launches Another Missile, Escalating Crisis, The New York Times No, We Cannot Shoot Down North Korea’s Missiles, Defense One NDAA Heads To Floor And Kaspersky Heads To Washington, Nextgov At US Nuclear Weapons […]

National Security   The Hurricanes, National Security, and What Comes Next, Defense One Trump Reverses His Stand on DACA, The Atlantic Iran sanctions are up for review while fate of nuclear deal is tenuous, The Washington Post U.S. lawmakers want ‘supercharged’ response to North Korea nuclear tests, Reuters Trump takes travel-ban exemption fight back to […]

This summer, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report examining the U.S. Refugee Admission Program (USRAP). According to the report, “Increases in the number of USRAP applicants approved for resettlement in the United States from countries where terrorists operate have raised questions about the adequacy of applicant screening.” To address this concern, GAO reviewed […]

On September 12, the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Southern Command stood up a joint task force to support the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance in responding to Hurricane Irma in the Caribbean. USAID deployed a Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) to respond to Irma’s devastation on September 7. The […]

Officials from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently joined law enforcement and security professionals at the 11th annual International Law Enforcement Intellectual Property Crime Conference. The two-day conference took place at the end of August. The conference aims to combat transnational organized intellectual property crime and develop joint initiatives with an emphasis on enforcement. […]

Featured article: Interagency Leadership by Duane M. Blackburn After they have proven themselves within their own organizations and find themselves working on a priority topic, federal employees will likely lead an interagency team. Unfortunately, the behaviors and mindset that have made them and their team members successful within their agency are often quite different from […]

The Department of Military History of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and the CGSC Foundation at Fort Leavenworth invite the public to attend the 12th in a series of lectures intended to educate the public about World War I during its 100-year commemoration. – Dr. Scott Stephenson will present “Total War Comes […]

Firefighters and guardsmen from the Army and Air National Guard continue to battle the wildfires in Montana, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, California, and Utah. As of September there are 123 active fires burning approximately 2 million acres of land. This year’s fire season has be long and unforgiving. Jessica Gardetto, a representative of the National Interagency […]