Arete 8.2.18

Military Can Trump Get America Out of Afghanistan?, Small Wars Journal Bomb, bomb Iran, The Interpreter Shootout: Why the Army Picked Sig Sauer over Glock, The National Interest The Pentagon Should Be Planning for an Occupation of Iran, Modern War Institute Has ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis Lost His Influence with Trump? In Homeland Security Israel Might Have as Many as 300 Nuclear Weapons. […]

Q&A 8.2.18

QUESTION I have loved the programming with Mountain Tactical, but I have a few training questions that I would greatly appreciate your input on. I am planning to go to SURT in 1 month, and RASP in the fall. I started focused training for RASP and SURT in the Spring, and have completed the RASP […]

Arete 7.26.18

Military How the US Could Lose the Next War – And How the Migrant Crisis Demonstrates This, Small Wars Journal The AK-12 and AK-15: Russia’s Latest Deadly Assault Rifles, Test Feed America Ignores Africa to Its Peril, The National Interest Marine Corps Wants Suicide Drone Swarms, Real Clear Defense Iron Dome: Here Is How Israel Protects Itself From Hamas In […]

Q&A 7.26.18

QUESTION First off, thank you for all you guys do! It’s been a while since I have used the site but did Afgan predeployment package in 2009 and did wonders for me. Recently, I just re-subscribed to your site in order to prepare for an overseas contract gig. I have worked WPS for a couple […]

Plan Focus: Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) Training Plan

  By Rob Shaul The ARMY COMBAT FITNESS TEST (ACFT) is a 6-event fitness assessment that will be implemented to replace the current APFT in 2020. All Soldiers will be required to take the new gender- and age-neutral test. This plan is specifically designed for the new ACFT requirements and should be completed  7 weeks directly […]

Arete 7.19.18

Military A Look at NATO Funding, Rand The U.S. Military is Trying to Manage Foreign Conflicts – Not Resolve Them. Here’s Why., Small Wars Journal Army Ponders Changes After Insider Attack in Afghanistan, Real Clear Defense Who is the Hero?, Real Clear Defense Denmark in NATO: Paying for Protection, Bleeding for Prestige, War on the Rocks Trump’s Combative Words on NATO […]

Q&A 7.19.18

KUDOS ON THE RUNNING IMPROVEMENT PLAN “Hey, just wanted to say what a great program the running improvement program is. I’ve dropped 3 minutes in about 5 weeks and am back to my comfortable fast pace as it was in the army. I’ve been doing both the ruck based selection and running programs and have […]

Arete 7.12.18

Military Rational Choice and How Erdogan Keeps Winning, Small Wars Journal Trump and Putin Should Start Small at Helsinki Summit, Rand Corp. Wars of none: AI, big data, and the future of insurgency, Brookings Institute Three Inviolable Rules of Trigger Finger Discipline, Recoil Marines in Taiwan? China’s Not Happy, Marine Times The German Air Force is Falling to Pieces, War […]

Q&A 7.12.18

QUESTION As always, I love your plans! I was looking at combining Big 24 and the Running Improvement Plan. I plan to do 2x/days. I will be dropping the strength work from the Running Improvement Plan, as recommended since I’m combining it with a strength plan. My questions are as follows: 1) Is it acceptable […]