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Arete 7.5.23
Military, National Defense, Foreign Policy The Legend of Billy Waugh: Special Forces Soldier, CIA Contractorz, RCD Military Recruiting Crisis: Even Veterans Don’t Want Their Families To Join, WSJ F-35 Production Challenged to Keep Up With Demand, RCD ‘So many dead bodies’: Militia school attack haunts Ugandan town, Al Jazeera US Navy announces, rescinds six-day work […]
Arete 7.1.23
Military, National Defense, Foreign Policy The A-10 is retiring and the Air Force has no close air support replacement, Task & Purpose OPINION: Marines look to boot 2 of MARSOC 3 and take their Raider badge, T&P The New Yorker makes a joke of the Army’s tactical bra. It’s not, T&P Navy Fields New Protective […]
Arete 6.24.23
Military, National Defense, Foreign Policy Terrorism, Dynamic Commitment Problems, and Military Conflict, RAND Two US Army Soldiers Win Bronze Medals at Shotgun Skeet Nationals, Soldier Systems Germany Reforms Immigration Law to Attract and Retain Skilled Workers, HSN Turkey forges new economic policies but lira’s plunge continues, Al Jazerra UN slams Israel’s use of ‘advanced military […]
Arete 6.17.23
Military, National Defense, Foreign Policy The Next Global Superpower Isn’t Who You Think, Foreign Policy American Woman Dies at Neuschwanstein Castle in Cliff-Top Attack, NY Times All Alaska Troops Get a Free Round Trip Home Each Year Under New Policy, Military.com Leonardo DRS Awarded $94 Million Contract for Advanced Infrared Weapon Sights for Army Snipers, […]
Lab Rats Needed To Take MTI’s Aerobic Base Assessment
By Rob Shaul, Founder One of the frustrations I’ve had over the years with conventional endurance coaches and programming is their emphasis on aerobic base training, but inability to clearly define a specific and simple assessment of aerobic base. Conventional endurance programming begins with aerobic base programming – primarily long, slow efforts in the Zone […]
Arete 6.10.23
Military, National Defense, Foreign Policy Army Retention on Track, Even as Recruiting Struggles, Defense One US troops launched 38 missions against ISIS in Iraq and Syria in May, T&P Green Berets Have Struggled for Years with Recruiting, Internal Data Shows, Military News Countries Buy Defective Chinese Military Equipment. Why? RAND Researchers Say Military Service Is the […]
Research Roundup 6.9.23
By Anna Woodring, Head Strength & Conditioning Coach/Researcher BLUF: The first study examined the effects of creatine supplementation on memory. The results of eight meta-analyses indicated that taking creatine supplements resulted in improved memory, particularly in older adults. The second study investigates if post exercise muscle soreness is a valid indicator for muscular adaptations. DOMS […]
How the Russia-Ukraine Conflict is Refocusing U.S. Army Commanders’ Priorities Towards Protection, Camouflage, Deception, and Sustainment
By Matt Lensing, MTI Contributor For the last year and a half U.S. Army leaders have scrutinized their combat readiness in the wake of Russia’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine. Strategists and historians of modern warfare continue to analyze how Ukrainian forces are holding up against a perceived superior opponent while many U.S. commanders wonder if […]
Arete 6.3.23
Military, National Defense, Foreign Policy Air Force said AI drone killed its human operator in a simulation, Task & Purpose USAF Calls Killer-AI Report ‘Anecdotal’, Defense One Defense Secretary Orders No Drag Shows on Military Bases After Political Furor, Real Clear Defense Congress Must Save the Marine Corps, Real Clear Defense Five juveniles arrested for […]