From the Executive Director


Howdy! Spring is here and along with that comes Armor Week!! As you’re reading this, we are most likely in the middle of Armor Week, or it has just finished. If you haven’t been down to Fort Benning, GA, the Maneuver Center of Excellence, for Armor Week, you should plan on coming one of these next years. The Armor School hosts this awesome event each year, al- ternating between the Sullivan Cup Inter- national Best Armor Crew Competition (even years) and the Gainey Cup Inter- national Best Scout Squad Competition (odd years). For this year’s Sullivan Cup competition, we’re expecting 8 tank crews and 7 IFV crews to compete. International teams will be coming from Ireland, Poland and the United Kingdom. You will be able to read all about it and see the results (photos too!) in the Summer Journal.


Also, during Armor Week, we finalize and announce the winners of the Starry Wri- ting Competition. I will be heading out to Fort Leavenworth, KS in the third week of May to present the awards to the win- ners. You will also get to read all about that and get to read the winning essay in the Summer Journal.


And what else is in the Summer Journal? Well, we culminate Armor Week with the Armor Ball and the Order of Saint George and Noble Patron of Armor Gold Medal- lion Ceremony. You have to wait until the next issue to see the results of the Sullivan Cup and the photos of the events, but the OSG Gold results are listed in the next column!! Lots of teasers this time!


So what actually is in this issue? First off, you get an upfront apology from me for our error in the last issue. For those of you that caught it, the US Army Armor & Cavalry Collection article featured the US 90 mm Gun Tank T69. Unfortunately, only the photos were correct, the text that went along with the article was from the Fall 2025 Journal collection article on the Jagdpanther. Many of you noticed this and brought it to my attention – kudos to Erik L and Patrick N for being the first two readers to notice my error. And yes, the error was mine as I didn’t notice the mis- match when going through the final edi- torial review of the journal. The T69 article is correct in this edition!!


Spring 2026 CAVALRY & ARMOR JOURNAL


Sponsors are Leonardo DRS and Amer- ican Rheinmetall.


ROCKY KMIECIK


Colonel, US Army Retired Executive Director


The voting is complete for the 2026 Order of Saint George and Noble Patron of Armor Gold Medallions. We have three outstand- ing recipients this year:


COL(R) Doug Morrison, Order of Saint George Gold Medallion.


CSM(R) Phil Johndrow, Order of Saint George Gold Medallion.


Mrs. Britta DeSario, Noble Patron of Armor Gold Medallion.


Their awards will be presented on 8 May 2026 during the Armor Ball.


For those of you following our Revolution- ary War Series articles, we’re still on break until Summer of 2026 with those. We do have a whole slew of other great articles. I would like to invite your atten- tion to a few particular ones, but they are all worth the read. To start, an interesting piece on tanks in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) and the lessons we didn’t learn – one of my favorite historical articles we published of late. Also, we’ve got the se- cond in a series of articles on reconnais- sance by Boling, Sanders and Shields. This article is Part 1 of a longer piece split across the Spring and Summer Journals. You will also find the return of the CTC and Doctrine updates. BG Ray Bell is back, this time with his recollections of Elvis, an article sure to make you smile.


You will find advertisements throughout the Journal from our outstanding spon- sors. We’ve got a full-page listing of those whose contributions are essential to ex- ecuting Armor Week and also to being able to continue to publish this magazine – check them out. Our 2026 Diamond


If you have ideas for an article, or have the urge to get something published, reach out directly to me! I’m always open to dialog about new and interesting things that can spur debate within the Cavalry/ Armor community and that can help edu- cate and develop the Army’s maneuver warriors. I also work closely with the great crew over at ARMOR Magazine, the of- ficial US Army publication, and can point you in the right direction to get with them. We’ve got an advertisement “ARMOR Write for Us” that also tells you how to submit articles to them – check it out.


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. We’ve got a link and dates for the 37th Armored Regiment Reunion is this issue.


Big thanks as always go to 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 suppor- ters of our educational efforts.


I hope you enjoy this edition of the Cavalry and Armor Journal. The next edition, Summer 2026, should be out in July. If you’re interested in publishing or adver- tising in the CAJ, reach out to me soon! I can provide you with a complete list of our publishing deadlines and require- ments. I look forward to seeing y’all on the objective.


Allons! 3


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