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Kurt McDowell
Colonel in the U.S. Army and the Director of the Washington Field Office for U.S. Southern Command. Graduate of the AY25 Resident Course at the U.S. Army War College.
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Sep 3, 2025
• 28min
MANEUVER WARFARE: INNOVATION AND THE ELASTIC MINDSET
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Kurt McDowell, a colonel in the U.S. Army and Director of the Washington Field Office for U.S. Southern Command, joins the conversation to explore innovative military strategies. He and co-guest Michael Smith advocate for an 'elastic mindset' essential for adapting to future warfare by 2040. They discuss how effectual logic, an entrepreneurial approach, can transform military planning. The duo also emphasizes the need for a cultural shift within the Army that embraces technology's role in decision-making and the lessons learned from recent conflicts like Ukraine.
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