Articles & Multimedia
Showing 21-36 of 36 Publications
-
The ACFT and the Problems with the Military's Cult of Physical Fitness
Commentary
A new hurdle for U.S. Army recruitment and retention is coming in the form of the Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT), scheduled to become the Army's physical test by October 2020...
By Emma Moore
-
Rethinking How and Who to Recruit: Disrupting Talent Management
Commentary
This is the written version of a speech delivered at the Royal United Services 2019 Land Warfare Conference in June 2019. In order to remain competitive in a new strategic env...
By Emma Moore
-
Attrition and the Will to Fight a Great Power War
Commentary
A nation’s capability and will to fight are interdependent critical factors in determining military operational success in conflict. The possibility of a kinetic war, however ...
By Emma Moore
-
The Army may have hit this year's recruiting goal, but the service still has a long way to go
Commentary
A year after missing its recruitment goals for the first time in more than a decade, the U.S. Army announced on Sept. 17 that it will meet its target of 68,000 new soldiers fo...
By Emma Moore
-
Every Marine a Blue-Haired Quasi-Rifleperson?
Commentary
All the U.S. military services suffer a shortage of competent and experienced cyber talent. But with a tiny pool of eligible candidates willing to do work for the Department o...
By Emma Moore & Nina Kollars
-
The US Is Unprepared to Mobilize for Great Power Conflict
The “fully mobilized Joint Force,” the National Defense Strategy tells us, will be capable of “defeating aggression by a major power; deterring opportunistic aggression elsewh...
By Elsa B. Kania & Emma Moore
-
Implementing new PT standards may hurt Army readiness. The service should learn from how US allies pulled it off
Commentary
After nearly two decades of grinding low-intensity conflict, the U.S. military is shifting to focus on near-peer competition — and tailoring its physical fitness requirements ...
By Emma Moore
-
Great Power Rivalry Is Also a War For Talent
China’s military is working harder to find and keep good people. The U.S. must step up its own efforts....
By Elsa B. Kania & Emma Moore
-
The Necessary Impact of Captain Marvel on the Military
Commentary
"Captain Marvel" is behind the times for the military and for superheroes; and it is the movie we deserve. It tells us what we already knew: that women serve (admirably, succe...
By Emma Moore
-
What The US Army Should Learn From the British Army’s Punchy Recruiting Campaign
Commentary
The U.S. Army will always face challenges recruiting the soldiers it needs, but an uphill battle is no excuse not to strive to do better —or learn from other countries' modern...
By Emma Moore
-
The Mission Creep of Sending Troops To The US-Mexico Border
Commentary
The current plan to send at least 7,000 active-duty U.S. troops to the southern border for Operation Faithful Patriot undermines Secretary of Defense James Mattis’ entire defe...
By Emma Moore
-
Why ROTC is the overlooked tool to challenge the civil-military divide
The Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) sits at a natural juncture between the military and society, operating on numerous college campuses across the country. ROTC Cadets a...
By Emma Moore
-
How The Media’s Narrow Portrayal Of Service Members Does The Military A Disservice
Commentary
As the American military becomes more isolated from society and society more disconnected from war, public understanding of its military will continue to impact the interest a...
By Emma Moore
-
The Marine Corps Is Not Lowering Fitness and Training Standards
Commentary
Two years into integrating women into combat arms roles, the debate has been reignited by a recent change in graduation requirements at Marine Corps Infantry Officer Corps (IO...
By Emma Moore
-
How To Fix The Army’s Recruiting Crisis
Commentary
Almost 17 years into Global War on Terror operations, the gulf that marks the familiarity gap between the military and society seems larger than ever. Trends show a growing bu...
By Emma Moore & James Fahy
-
DoD must consider non-traditional approaches to military service
Last week the Pentagon began to follow through with Secretary Jim Mattis’ promise to increase military “lethality” by removing all service members who have been on “non-deploy...
By Andrew Swick & Emma Moore
