A Professional Journal for the Mounted Warrior Printed by the U.S. Cavalry & Armor Association
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FEATURES
18 Lessons from the Battlefield (Part 1) LTC Patrick O’Brien Boling PhD Dr. Paul Sanders PhD, CPT Carter Shields
24 53 Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) Strategies for Command Post Survival
LTC Michael R. Anderson, Executive Officer, 53 IBCT
28 THOR: Open-Architecture Edge Computing for the Next Fight
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ELVIS PRESLEY RECOLLECTIONS BG Raymond E. Bell, Jr. PhD (R)
37 The Cavalry Planning Process CPT Zach Newman
42 Learning the Wrong Lessons ARMOR Spring, Vol. CXXXVIII, No. 1 MAJ Michael Hanson, USMC
45 From Contact to Overmatch ARMOR Spring, Vol. CXXXVIII, No. 1 COL Bryan Bonnema, MAJ Aram Hatfield MAJ David Sturm
DEPARTMENTS
3 Cavalry Musings - From Executive Director COL Rocky Kmiecik (R)
5 Chief of Armor’s Hatch- ATP 3-20.96, Cavalry Squadron, Is Changing the Fight ARMOR Spring, Vol. CXXXVIII, No. 1 BG Chad C. Chalfont
7 From the Gunner’s Seat - Forging the Future of Armor Leadership: Modernizing NCO PME ARMOR Spring, Vol. CXXXVIII, No. 1 CSM Ryan W. Roush
8 From the Boresight Line - From Proficiency to Lethality ARMOR Spring, Vol. CXXXVIII, No. 1 SCF Chas D. Ward, SFC Kenneth L. Shelton
11 Combat Training Centers - Data Overload ARMOR Spring, Vol. CXXXVIII, No. 1 LTC Jordan Bradford, MAJ Edwin den Harder COL CJ Kirkpatrick
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From The Doctrine Corner - Winning the First Fight ARMOR Spring, Vol. CXXXVIII, No. 1 LTC Jordan Bradford
31 U.S. Army Armor & Cavalry Collection, The U.S. 90 MM Gun Tank T69 Robert Cogan, Curator
50 Featured Unit: 237th Cavalry Regiment Spring 2026, Vol. 17, No. 2
CAVALRY & ARMOR JOURNAL Spring 2026
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