From the Executive Director


Well folks, this is our fourth and last issue of the Cavalry & Armor Journal for 2024. It’s been a great year for your Association and we sincerely hope you’ve enjoyed the CAJ and the articles and essays we’ve been able to provide to you for your professional development and reading pleasure. We’d like to welcome BG Chad Chalfont to Fort Moore and the MCoE. It’s going to be awesome working with him for these next several years as he helps shape the future of our armored force.


We are looking forward to seeing many of you at the AUSA Annual Meeting & Exposition in Washington DC. The USCAA will have a kiosk again, but this year we will be in the Association and Affinity Partner area at Concourse B by the esca- lators leading down to the show floor. If you have the time, please stop by and say hi. We’ll have some giveaways and will be able to address membership and award questions. Bring a friend and get them to join your Association!


As I mentioned in the start of my com- ments, this is the final edition for this year. Look for the Winter edition to come out in late January – early February 2025. And … what is special about 2025? It marks the 250th anniversary of the American Revolutionary War – the war that shaped and established the greatest Nation the world has ever seen. In recognition of this, we are embarking on the biggest project we’ve the Association has under- taken, an exciting and informative series in Cavalry & Armor Journal, a series that will capture the elan and spirit of our Ca- valry-Armor history: Mounted Operations in the American Revolution, 1775-1782.


This multi-year effort, orchestrated by Major General Julian “JB” Burns and Dr. Jim Piecuch, will feature a variety of authors, and will cover the birth of the United States Cavalry – our forebears in the Mounted Arm of Decision – a key part of a fledgling army at war, fighting for a country not yet in existence. Topics will include leadership, logistics, doctrine, tactics, and equipping, as illustrated by battles and campaigns. These articles will appear in Cavalry & Armor Journal, published on/about the 250th anniversary of each of those battles or campaigns.


Fall 2024 CAVALRY & ARMOR JOURNAL


discussing the importance of studying military history, and his essay submission from the 2023-24 Starry Competition. Remember, if you’ve got an idea for an article, or have one already done that you’d like to get published, reach out and contact me. We’ll work together to make something happen.


ROCKY KMIECIK


Colonel, US Army Retired Executive Director


We hope you will be as excited to read this eight-year series of articles as we are to collect and publish them for you.


The Fall edition also brings with it the announcement of the 2024-25 Starry Writing Competition topic. Students from the Command and General Staff School and School of Advanced Military Studies will begin researching and writing essays for submission in April 2025 to address the prompt: How the Armor Force Fights: Attritional Warfare & Maneuver Warfare. What are the doctrinal, training, materiel and organizational implications for the Armor Force when it fights in an Oper- ational Environment characterized by transparency, an extended battlefield, and high degrees of lethality? How does the Armor Force fight a) during periods/ battles that are characterized by high attrition and the relatively static posi- tioning of forces; and b) during periods/ battles that are characterized by maneuver and the dynamic movement of forces? How does the Armor Force transition be- tween these two kinds of warfare while campaigning? Are we investing in the right materiel solutions to accomplish this?


This issue features two more essays from our 2023-24 Starry Competition, MAJ Chris Jarrett’s second place essay, Multirole Tanks in Multidomain Operations: Emerging Concepts of Armor in the Pacific, and our third place essay, Pacific Tanks: Historic Lessons for the Indo-Pacific Fight by MAJ Stephen Cumby. We also have another fun read from BG(R) Ray Bell – The Bastard Cav: An Old Trooper’s Vietnam Reminis- cences. In addition, you get a “two-fer” from MAJ Shameek De Lancey, an essay


I’m excited about this issue’s article from the U.S. Army Armor & Cavalry Collection – The Collection now has in its posses- sion M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank A11 from First Platoon, A Company, 1st Bat- talion of the 64th Armor Regiment, the Desert Rouges. Rob Cogan, the Collec- tion Curator, provides you the details on the vehicle and lays out the plan with the National Armor & Cavalry Heritage Foundation to get it restored.


If you would like to access current and back issues of the CAJ on-line, you can do so at: http://www.modernpubsonline. com/0A40rkj/edition_list/


We have the issues dated back to 2016 posted there. Hard copies (inventory de- pendent) are also available for a nominal fee – you can contact the USCAA offices via email to check and see if the issue you want is there.


The CAJ is also a great place to get out the word on your unit/association news and reunion announcements. If you have questions about publication timing, just send me a note. I’d be happy to go over the process with you.


I also would like to thank Leonardo DRS (www.leonardodrs.com) for their contin- ued support of the USCAA and, in parti- cular, of the Cavalry and Armor Journal. Without their interest and generosity we could not publish a hard-copy journal for the Cavalry & Armor community. They continue to be steadfast and loyal sup- porters of our educational efforts. If you’re at the AUSA Annual Meeting & Exposi- tion in Washington DC this October, please go by and see them at Booth #6641 in Hall D.


I hope you enjoy this edition of the Cav- alry and Armor Journal. The next edition, Winter 2024-25, should come out in early February 2025. I look forward to seeing y’all on the objective.


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