Is the United States Army ready to succeed on the battlefields of tomorrow? At the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, we have long understood that success in warfare requires a professional military whose Soldiers-scholars are bold and adaptive thinkers grounded in analytical decision-making. It is exactly these types of leaders that Russia clearly lacks. The extraordinary number of Russian generals killed in the conflict demonstrates the dearth of capable and empowered junior officers who would normally be commanding on the front lines. The absence of such officers has made Russian operations inflexible and slow. As war continues to be transformed by the proliferation of technology, constant competition in new domains like space and cyberspace, and ongoing debates on ethical and legal combat obligations, West Point cannot, and will not, fail in its mission to educate and train thinking officers. Read more.
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