Mad Scientist Laboratory

[Editor’s Note:  Mad Scientist Laboratory welcomes returning guest blogger LTC Steve Speece with another insightful post, this time addressing how Great Power Conflict in the Twenty-first Century requires us to re-think how we mobilize the Nation’s talent to successfully … Read the rest

[Editor’s Note: Army Mad Scientist is pleased to present our latest episode of The Convergence podcast, featuring six subject matter experts (SMEs) discussing their experiences in modern warfare at the “bleeding edge” of battle, the future of conflict, and … Read the rest

[Editor’s Note:  Our mission is to continually explore the Operational Environment (OE) and the changing character of warfare on behalf of the Army.  One of the tools we use — crowdsourcing — engages our extensive community of action to … Read the rest

“Urban environments’ physical environment characteristics present unique challenges in any of their three dimensions of above, below, or at ground level. Maneuver, protection, intelligence gathering, communications, fires, and battle damage assessment are among the issues. Vertical and subterranean features … Read the rest

A post on the forthcoming war for Information Advantage, Decision Superiority, and Cognitive Dominance

[Editor’s Note:  Earlier this year, Dr. Russell Glenn‘s Sub-threshold Maneuver and the Flanking of U.S. National Security post addressed how our adversaries are seeking … Read the rest