As is often the case, our only saving grace is that the only people worse at OPSEC than we are happen to be our adversaries.

At least one of the examples someone uses here, "collaboration" on cancer research, is an area where China mainly engages in widespread research fraud and IP theft; very discouraging to hear there are senior military leaders who are still in denial about the dynamics here.

We have to scale on drones, and we have to do it now.

It doesn't have to be this way, and we've accepted it for far too long.

I don't think we're ready for this if I'm being honest. Imagine if the IED threat included the IEDs being able to hunt you down and have multiple chances at a kill, oh and to top it off it'll film the kill and send it to your family. One of the only ways to really counter this is

I hate to invoke it, but we're growing a new survivability onion when it comes to drones. This is *a* layer, not all the layers.

Precision wins battles, brutality wins wars. Tech cannot shield you from poor strategic decision making, GWOT let us think we can get away with dumb decisions because we're good at air support and have great ISR, etc. We need to unlearn that lesson now.

There are some lessons the Army can learn here to keep ATI on track: Do not over-emphasize exquisite platforms at the expense of mass and attritability. Do not neglect dependencies (logistics, data portability, comms infrastructure). Be willing, and retain the ability, to shift

Tip o' the hat to "Fiery" Gabriel.

I want to recognize the six heroic 3rd Infantry Division Soldiers who acted without hesitation. In the face of danger, they ran toward it—risking their lives to stop the shooter and protect their fellow brothers and sisters in arms. Their swift, selfless actions stopped the bloodshed

And yet, we are told empowering cyber as a 6th service won't hamper coordination with other effects and further calcify the domain's stovepipe.

"Presence" is literally a doctrinal term related to both leadership and establishing troop positions. The presence is both a task and purpose. But what do I know I never got to wear three stars🤷‍♂️