Lieutenant General Matthew McFarlane, commanding general of America's First Corps, and Mr. Rich Creed, Director of the Combined Arms Doctrine Directorate, join our host Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Gregory to discuss the significance of the corps in large scale combat operations. They discuss the challenges and solutions to commanding large army organizations, interoperability with the Joint Force, and the future of corps level doctrine.

Major General Christopher Norrie and Division Command Sergeant Major Jonathan Reffeor (Third Infantry Division Command Team), join our host Major Avalon Dillon on today’s episode to discuss doctrine and transformation in contact. They discuss lessons learned and leveraging doctrine to enhance existing capability and technologies. They also discuss proactive organizational actions and empowering the Noncommissioned officer to achieve lethality in a transparent and unpredictable battlefield.

The Combined Arms Doctrine Directorate (CADD) recently published an update to FM 3-0, Operations. Three members of the writing team - Major Scott McMahan, Brian Goings, and Matt Farmer – discuss the key updates and feedback that led to the revision.

Lieutenant Colonel Nate Rice (host) brings three guests to talk about assessing Soldiers for Centralized Selection List positions and ADP 6-22, Army Leadership and the Profession
- Mr. Bob O’Brien, Highly Qualified Expert Advisor to the Command Assessment Program
- Colonel (COL) Andy Morgado, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Command Assessment Program, and Director of the Army University Press
- LTC Mike Skuza, Alumni of the Command Assessment Program and Primary Select for Battalion Command

They discuss the evolution of Command Selection, its ties to doctrine, and the benefits to both the Army and the assessed Soldiers

Colonel Bradely Louden (Director of the Force Modernization Proponent Center and Chief of the Army Information Operation Functional Area, the Army Deception Proponent, and Army Operations Security Proponent), joins our host Lieutenant Colonel Jessamyn Jempson on today’s episode focusing on military deception. They discuss how Army commanders and organizations can leverage this traditional military activity to achieve a tactical advantage on a progressively more transparent and lethal battlefield. They also discuss lessons learned from historical and current examples of deception.

Captain Ed Garibay hosts Mr. Carlos Soto and Dr. Elena Wicker in a discussion about how we communicate as an Army. They discuss the differences and similarities of jargon, terminology, and buzzwords. Listen in to also find out if acronyms are good or bad. Finally, they discuss how leaders can create a culture of shared understanding and openness of ideas simple by the words that they use.

Join us for a relook of episode 25 where Major (MAJ) Rich Diegel (host) leads a conversation on the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), how the PLA looks at Multidomain Operations, and the use of information by the PLA. MAJ Diegel is joined by Mr. Brad Marvel and Ms. Angela Williams from the TRADOC G2, Colonel (Retired) Rich Creed, CADD Director, joins the conversation, too.

Colonel John Sandor and Chief Warrant Officer 4 Austin Kilpatrick return to Breaking Doctrine after they joined us on episode 58. In this episode, they focus on the upcoming publication of FM 3-52 Airspace. They discuss how everyone needs to be thinking about airspace on today’s battlefield. They dive into the lessons learned from a counterinsurgency focus, the Joint Air Ground Integration Center, and the importance of a Unit Airspace Plan.

Join us for the second episode with Colonel (Retired) John Antal and Lieutenant Colonel Lisa Becker (host). COL(R) Antal is passionate about waking leaders and Soldiers up to the realities of today’s battlefield.

In this episode, they pick up where they left off in episode 87 with FM 3-0’s imperatives. Listen in to hear the relevance of these imperatives to recent and on-going conflicts.

- Designate, weight, and sustain the main effort.

- Consolidate gains continuously

Check out COL(R) Antal’s work here:

https://theconvergence.castos.com/?search=antal

https://www.academia.edu/115562878/21_COMMAND_POST_MAXIMS_Mission_Command_Tactics_for_the_Employment_of_Command_Posts_in_the_Modern_Battlespace

https://www.academia.edu/115562498/The_Ten_Rules_of_Masking

https://www.academia.edu/42306862/Thinking_about_the_Future_Battlespace_by_John_Antal

Colonel (Retired) John Antal joins Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Lisa Becker (host) in a two-part series about the current operational environment and how that nests with the imperatives found in FM 3-0. Truly a Soldier for Life, COL(R) Antal discusses his ongoing research into current conflicts and how he uncovered ten battlefield disrupters. LTC Becker then poses how these three imperatives nest with his work:

See yourself, see the enemy, and understand the operational environment.

- Account for being under constant observation and all forms of enemy contact.

- Make initial contact with the smallest element possible.

Check out COL(R) Antal’s work here:

https://theconvergence.castos.com/?search=antal

https://www.academia.edu/115562878/21_COMMAND_POST_MAXIMS_Mission_Command_Tactics_for_the_Employment_of_Command_Posts_in_the_Modern_Battlespace

https://www.academia.edu/115562498/The_Ten_Rules_of_Masking

https://www.academia.edu/42306862/Thinking_about_the_Future_Battlespace_by_John_Antal