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FEATURES 7
Multirole Tanks in Multidomain Operations - Emerging Concepts of Armor in the Pacific MAJ Chris Jarrett
Enhancing Mounted Maneuver Operations by Setting Conditions of Advantage through Information Environment Effects Synchronization - “We are baking in Information Advantage, not just sprinkling it on top” MAJ Scott C. Hall
17 The Forgotten Art of Short-Range Air Defense SGM John M. O’Connor
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Pacific Tanks - Historic Lessons for the Indo-Pacific Fight MAJ Stephen Cumby
29 Reimagining Snipers in the ABCT – SBCT SSG John A. Sisk II
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“The Bastard Cav” - An Old Trooper’s Vietnam Reminiscences BG (R) Raymond E. Bell Jr., PhD
36 Thinking Outside the Airbox - Creative Ways to Integrate SUAS into Small Unit Training
COL Gregory W. McLean LTC Mitchell Payne
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Janus, the Roman God, on Armor’s Past and Future - Use in the INDOPACOM Area of Responsibility MAJ Shameek De Lancey
51 What’s Missing in Your Leader or Self-Development Program? The Answer is Probably Military History! MAJ Shameek De Lancey
DEPARTMENTS
3 Cavalry Musings - From Executive Director COL (R) Rocky Kmiecik
5 Chief of Armor’s Hatch- Ready for the Next Fight: Armor Force Training Standards BG Chad C. Chalfont
40 The U.S. Army Armor & Cavalry Collection - First into Bagdad Robert L. Cogan
54 Book Review Fall 2024, Vol. 15, No. 3 CAVALRY & ARMOR JOURNAL Fall 2024
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