Introducing the new DATE Indo-Pacific Region Video

 TRADOC G2 expanded and updated the Indo-Pacific Operational Environment (OE) of DATE in August, 2023. Additions include four new countries to better reflect the complex operational environment: Bagansait, Himaldesh,…

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The Operational Environment (2021-2030): Great Power Competition, Crisis, and Conflict

 The U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) has approved and published The Operational Environment (2021-2030):  Great Power Competition, Crisis, and Conflict.  This document is intended to complement previously published Operational Environment…

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The Latest from TRADOC Mad Scientist: China’s PLA Modernization through the DOTMLPF-P Lens

[Editor’s Note:  As previously noted on the Mad Scientist Laboratory, U.S. battlefield dominance over the past thirty years has been sustained by three heretofore unchallenged pillars:  1) We have the best…

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