Not every shift in infantry tactics comes from better equipment. Some changes emerged because weapons failed to perform as ...

Infantry once relied on numbers to solve uncertainty. When soldiers could not see or hit targets precisely, the answer was ...

Today, we are witnessing another military revolution, driven not by muskets but by machines. First-person view drones are changing the calculus of battle, placing surveillance and precision strikes in ...

FORT MOORE, Ga. — A grenade exploded off in the distance, launched from a small drone hovering just over a cluster of trees on a hilly live-fire range during training last week at the Army post. The ...

In his 2006 book, Passion of Command: The Moral Imperative for Leadership, U.S. Marine Corps Col B.P. McCoy states that “to take and conquer land, you must give brave men rifles and hand grenades.”(1) ...

For centuries, infantry attacks have begun with a cacophony of eardrum-splitting gunfire. However, today, many engagements are initiated by the unflinching eyes of drones. Now the ability of infantry ...

Strategy is the focus of most of the modern military historians. Their driving assumption is that strategy is the ‘dog’ and tactics is the ‘tail.’ In other words, strategy shapes the course and ...

The need for IMTS arose after leaders observed that Career Management Field (CMF) 11 NCOs lacked institutional competencies to plan, prepare, execute, and assess direct fire training for their ...