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This episode continued our look at some of the changes taking place across the Marine Corps under #ForceDesign2030, and highlighted an example of practical application and experimentation. Our guests discussed how the Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command contributes to Marine Littoral Regiment (MLR) training and Service-level experimentation. They covered how the exercises prepare deployed forces to assure allies and partners; the defense of key maritime terrain against amphibious assault; counter-landing operations; how the MLR enables naval and joint forces to execute decisive operations in contested space; and a number of other topics, with some great questions from our virtual audience! Enjoyed this episode? Think there's room for improvement? Share your thoughts in this quick survey - all feedback is welcome! The survey may be found here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSenRutN5m31Pfe9h7FAlppPWoN1s_2ZJyBeA7HhYhvDbazdCw/viewform?usp=sf_link Intro/outro music is "Evolution" from BenSound.com (https://www.bensound.com) Follow the Krulak Center: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thekrulakcenter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thekrulakcenter/ Twitter: @TheKrulakCenter YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcIYZ84VMuP8bDw0T9K8S3g LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/brute-krulak-center-for-innovation-and-future-warfare Krulak Center homepage on The Landing: https://unum.nsin.us/kcic

Dr. Njord Wegge is a professor at Norwegian Defence University College/Norwegian Military Academy, and for the last 6 months has been resident at Marine Corps University as Chair of Arctic Security. We talked about Norway's strategic outlook, the challenges and requirements for American and NATO forces to operate in the High North, Russian threats in the context of the ongoing invasion of #Ukraine, and more. Enjoyed this episode? Think there's room for improvement? Share your thoughts in this quick survey - all feedback is welcome! The survey may be found here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSenRutN5m31Pfe9h7FAlppPWoN1s_2ZJyBeA7HhYhvDbazdCw/viewform?usp=sf_link Intro/outro music is "Evolution" from BenSound.com (https://www.bensound.com) Follow the Krulak Center: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thekrulakcenter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thekrulakcenter/ Twitter: @TheKrulakCenter YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcIYZ84VMuP8bDw0T9K8S3g LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/brute-krulak-center-for-innovation-and-future-warfare Krulak Center homepage on The Landing: https://unum.nsin.us/kcic

Understanding complex military concepts on one's own is hard; distilling their essence to quickly and coherently explain them to others is much harder. Our guest on this episode, 1stLt Kayla Haas, has nevertheless cracked the code on this challenge with the help of the humble whiteboard. Lt Haas tells us why she started this project, how she deconstructs complex concepts into a single whiteboard frame, and how this unique approach to training and education can help you! 1st Lieutenant Kayla Haas is the Communication Strategy and Operations (COMMSTRAT) Director at Marine Barracks Washington, D.C. She is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, where she studied Mathematics. She previously served as a COMMSTRAT Officer at 2d Marine Division, where she deployed with Marine Rotational Force-Europe 21.1 and Joint Task Force-Haiti. Follow her on Twitter at @PAO_kaylahaas, Instagram at pao_kaylahaas, and LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaylaolsen/. Enjoyed this episode? Think there's room for improvement? Share your thoughts in this quick survey - all feedback is welcome! The survey may be found here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSenRutN5m31Pfe9h7FAlppPWoN1s_2ZJyBeA7HhYhvDbazdCw/viewform?usp=sf_link Intro/outro music is "Evolution" from BenSound.com (https://www.bensound.com) Follow the Krulak Center: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thekrulakcenter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thekrulakcenter/ Twitter: @TheKrulakCenter YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcIYZ84VMuP8bDw0T9K8S3g LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/brute-krulak-center-for-innovation-and-future-warfare Krulak Center homepage on The Landing: https://unum.nsin.us/kcic

It's been a while since we've provided a "Rabbit Hole" update, so in this episode #TeamKrulak #Russia SME Dr. Yuval Weber updates us on the missile attacks of the last month, an overview of integrated air defense systems and how the Patriot missile will impact #Ukraine's ability to protect civilian infrastructure, Putin's build-up for a possible future 2023 offensive, and the state of the Russian economy and internal Russian domestic pressures. All opinions expressed here are those of the individual and do not necessarily reflect those of the Krulak Center, Marine Corps University, the United States Marine Corps, or any other agency of the U.S. Government. Enjoyed this episode? Think there's room for improvement? Share your thoughts in this quick survey - all feedback is welcome! The survey may be found here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSenRutN5m31Pfe9h7FAlppPWoN1s_2ZJyBeA7HhYhvDbazdCw/viewform?usp=sf_link Intro/outro music is "Epic" from BenSound.com (https://www.bensound.com) Follow the Krulak Center: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thekrulakcenter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thekrulakcenter/ Twitter: @TheKrulakCenter YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcIYZ84VMuP8bDw0T9K8S3g LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/brute-krulak-center-for-innovation-and-future-warfare Krulak Center homepage on The Landing: https://unum.nsin.us/kcic

A few months back, SSgt Miranda stopped by the #TeamKrulak spaces to learn more about what we do and share our approach to innovation with his Air Force audience. In this episode, it's our turn to do the learning! SSgt Miranda works at the "Tesseract" office in the Air Force's Air Staff Logistics Directorate, with a mission of accelerating combat-focused logistics innovation by empowering Airmen and connecting them to a network of ideas and resources in order to improve the agile combat support and mission generation capabilities of the United States Air Force. Learn more about Tesseract at their website: https://www.tesseract.af.mil/ SSgt Miranda discussed the "Year in Review" study recently posted on Tesseract's LinkedIn page; you can read it here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tesseracts-2022-year-review-tesseractaf/?trackingId=Mc4Ibhrrr2rI113xNCXqEA%3D%3D Enjoyed this episode? Think there's room for improvement? Share your thoughts in this quick survey - all feedback is welcome! The survey may be found here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSenRutN5m31Pfe9h7FAlppPWoN1s_2ZJyBeA7HhYhvDbazdCw/viewform?usp=sf_link Intro/outro music is "Evolution" from BenSound.com (https://www.bensound.com) Follow the Krulak Center: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thekrulakcenter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thekrulakcenter/ Twitter: @TheKrulakCenter YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcIYZ84VMuP8bDw0T9K8S3g LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/brute-krulak-center-for-innovation-and-future-warfare Krulak Center homepage on The Landing: https://unum.nsin.us/kcic

In this special episode, we had the unique opportunity to talk to Dr. Hanna Shelest. She recently returned to Ukraine from extensive travel across that country and throughout Europe, and we are extremely grateful to her for taking the time to talk with us. We discussed some misperceptions about the war, the condition of Ukrainian forces on the front lines, the remarkable performance of Ukrainian first responders and civil engineers in restoring infrastructure, and more. Dr. Hanna Shelest is Director of Security Programmes for the Foreign Policy Council "Ukrainian Prism," and editor-in-chief of Ukraine Analytica, which is the first Ukrainian academic and analytical journal in the English language on International Relations, Politics and Economics. Enjoyed this episode? Think there's room for improvement? Share your thoughts in this quick survey - all feedback is welcome! The survey may be found here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSenRutN5m31Pfe9h7FAlppPWoN1s_2ZJyBeA7HhYhvDbazdCw/viewform?usp=sf_link Intro/outro music is "Evolution" from BenSound.com (https://www.bensound.com) Follow the Krulak Center: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thekrulakcenter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thekrulakcenter/ Twitter: @TheKrulakCenter YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcIYZ84VMuP8bDw0T9K8S3g LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/brute-krulak-center-for-innovation-and-future-warfare Krulak Center homepage on The Landing: https://unum.nsin.us/kcic

This lecture is part of the AY23 Middle East Studies (MES) Research Talks series. The implications of great power competition are increasingly apparent across South Asia, especially within the Indian Subcontinent where the two largest nuclear armed nations in South Asia, Pakistan and India, are locked in a protracted rivalry.  Rather than primarily relying on India’s simultaneous ability to engage in adversarial competition with China and to wean smaller South Asian states away from Chinese influence, the U.S. needs to invest in alternative strategies to contend with the growing Chinese footprint in South Asia.  The U.S. is well placed to leverage its long-standing relationship with Pakistan to explore opportunities to promote human-centric security goals which are in the national interests of both the global powers and which can also have a positive impact on much needed regional stabilization within South Asia. Dr. S. M. Ali is a Non-Resident Scholar at the Middle East Institute in Washington, D.C.  He has a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Melbourne.  He has extensive on the ground experience working on development issues with government and non-government organizations.  He teaches courses on South Asian security, human security, and different research methods at American University, Georgetown University, and Johns Hopkins University.  He has previously taught courses on the same subjects at George Washington University, George Mason University, and in universities in Australia and Pakistan. Enjoyed this episode? Think there's room for improvement? Share your thoughts in this quick survey - all feedback is welcome! The survey may be found here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSenRutN5m31Pfe9h7FAlppPWoN1s_2ZJyBeA7HhYhvDbazdCw/viewform?usp=sf_link Intro/outro music is "Evolution" from BenSound.com (https://www.bensound.com) Follow the Krulak Center: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thekrulakcenter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thekrulakcenter/ Twitter: @TheKrulakCenter YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcIYZ84VMuP8bDw0T9K8S3g LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/brute-krulak-center-for-innovation-and-future-warfare Krulak Center homepage on The Landing: https://unum.nsin.us/kcic

In this episode, we welcomed Megan J. Hennessey, Ph.D., who is the Director of the Teaching and Learning Center at Air University. We talked about the Air University approaching to #wargaming as an educational tool, but our wide-ranging discussion covered broader learning methodologies and assessments, and a "save the date" for next year's Military Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Forum! You can contact the Teaching and Learning Center at autlc@us.af.mil. Learn more about the Military Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Forum here: https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/TLC/MSOTL/. Enjoyed this episode? Think there's room for improvement? Share your thoughts in this quick survey - all feedback is welcome! The survey may be found here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSenRutN5m31Pfe9h7FAlppPWoN1s_2ZJyBeA7HhYhvDbazdCw/viewform?usp=sf_link Intro/outro music is "Evolution" from BenSound.com (https://www.bensound.com) Follow the Krulak Center: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thekrulakcenter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thekrulakcenter/ Twitter: @TheKrulakCenter YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcIYZ84VMuP8bDw0T9K8S3g LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/brute-krulak-center-for-innovation-and-future-warfare Krulak Center homepage on The Landing: https://unum.nsin.us/kcic

The #BruteCast audience knows that we’ve had several episodes this year in which we asked the question: What will the next fight look like, and what changes must be made to compete and win? In the context of the institutional restructuring undertaken through Force Design 2030, these are important questions. Today, we look at the problem through the lens of another topic we’ve often focused on, and that is wargaming. In May 2022, the students of the School of Advanced Warfighting at Marine Corps University looked at the hard choices an institution must make to design a force capable of outperforming a committed adversary, and tested these choices in a series of open-source wargames; and recently, the US Naval Institute’s Proceedings journal published three articles that highlighted these games. LtCol Brian Kerg and Maj Tyler Quinn, both part of the student cadre that ran these games as well as contributors to the articles, are here today to talk about what they learned and how those lessons apply to the challenges that Force Design 2030 is trying to face. The articles which our guests reference in this presentation can be found below: The 'Agile' Wargames that Can Test Force Design, Part 1 (https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2022/november/agile-wargames-can-test-force-design-part-1) The 'Agile' Wargames that Can Test Force Design, Part 2 (https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2022/november/agile-wargames-can-test-force-design-part-2) The 'Agile' Wargames that Can Test Force Design, Part 3 (https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2022/november/agile-wargames-can-test-force-design-part-3) Enjoyed this episode? Think there's room for improvement? Share your thoughts in this quick survey - all feedback is welcome! The survey may be found here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSenRutN5m31Pfe9h7FAlppPWoN1s_2ZJyBeA7HhYhvDbazdCw/viewform?usp=sf_link Intro/outro music is "Evolution" from BenSound.com (https://www.bensound.com) Follow the Krulak Center: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thekrulakcenter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thekrulakcenter/ Twitter: @TheKrulakCenter YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcIYZ84VMuP8bDw0T9K8S3g LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/brute-krulak-center-for-innovation-and-future-warfare Krulak Center homepage on The Landing: https://unum.nsin.us/kcic

Dr. Yuval Weber, #TeamKrulak's Russia SME, reviews the liberation of Kherson, the recent tragic missile explosion in Poland, and looks ahead to what might develop in the winter months. All opinions expressed here are those of the individual and do not necessarily reflect those of the Krulak Center, Marine Corps University, the United States Marine Corps, or any other agency of the U.S. Government. Enjoyed this episode? Think there's room for improvement? Share your thoughts in this quick survey - all feedback is welcome! The survey may be found here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSenRutN5m31Pfe9h7FAlppPWoN1s_2ZJyBeA7HhYhvDbazdCw/viewform?usp=sf_link Intro/outro music is "Epic" from BenSound.com (https://www.bensound.com) Follow the Krulak Center: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thekrulakcenter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thekrulakcenter/ Twitter: @TheKrulakCenter YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcIYZ84VMuP8bDw0T9K8S3g LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/brute-krulak-center-for-innovation-and-future-warfare Krulak Center homepage on The Landing: https://unum.nsin.us/kcic