Operational Environment Center - OEC

09/25/2024

Dear U.S. Army & Co.,

Thanking you for your newsletter, publications and reports. Much obliged,

I was curious as to what you teach your soldiers about Asia Minor and all it's 'revolutions'. Were you not looking for WMDs in Iran like a life time ago? Well... how did you go? BTW congrats on your advancements/retreats (which ever one is applicable in the War on Terror.

Nothing to see here, right?! 🤓

All the best in your future endeavours,

with respect,
Human Rights.

08/12/2020

Join in: TRADOC Mad Scientist's Future of Unmanned Ground Systems Webinar, Next Tuesday, 18 Aug 20 (1000-1100 EDT).

The Mad Scientist Initiative will facilitate our "Future of Unmanned Ground Systems" webinar next Tuesday, 18 August 2020 (1000-1100 EDT). This...

06/23/2020

The Mad Scientist Initiative announces the next webinar in our series of Mad Scientist Weaponized Information Virtual Events on Wednesday, 1 July 2020:

- Weaponized Information: The Storm After the Flood — This virtual wargame will be facilitated by Dr. Gary Ackerman, The Center for Advanced Red Teaming, University at Albany, SUNY, with crowdsourced participation.

In order to participate in this virtual event, you must first register [via a non-DoD network]

The Mad Scientist Initiative announces the next webinar in our series of Mad Scientist Weaponized Information Virtual Events on Wednesday, 1 July 2020 : ...

04/07/2020

Mad Scientist Laboratory Blog Post 225. The PLA: Close Combat in the Information Age and the “Blade of Victory”
Today's post is excerpted from last month's edition of the OE Watch (March 2020), which analyzed two articles published in Jiefangjun Bao (the People's Liberation Army Daily), on 16 and 23 January 2020, respectively. Together, they provide valuable insights into how China is thinking about countering
the U.S. Army's current force, the Multi-Domain Operations (MDO)-Capable Force in 2028, and the MDO-Ready Force in 2035 -- read the post:

Posted on April 6, 2020April 3, 2020 by user225. The PLA: Close Combat in the Information Age and the “Blade of Victory” [Editor’s Note: Today’s post is excerpted from last month’s (March 2020) edition of the OE Watch, which in turn analyzes two articles from Jiefangjun Bao (the People’s...

03/31/2020

OE WATCH March 2020 EDITION~
This issue of OE Watch features 54 articles covering various security challenges from the foreign perspective from over thirty different countries and regions around the globe.
This issue of OE Watch looks at how Russia is investing heavily in and incorporating emerging technologies in deterrence, anti-access and area denial as well as
direct/indirect fire. Meanwhile, Russia is increasing is military power in the Arctic and "Russian Nuclear Submarines Testing Rockets to Fire Through Arctic Ice".
As part of its Arctic strategy until 2035, Russia is also considering economic benefits to businesses willing to engage in projects in the region ("Russia Prepares Ambitious Economic Strategy for Arctic Region").
Also in this March issue: China continues to study how to adopt new technologies into their warfare strategies and
tactics as well as how artificial intelligence will shape the future battlefield ("The 'Blade of Victory': A Chinese Perspective on Drone Swarms"). Chinese 5G is causing concern and prompting debates about a potential new 'technological Cold War' ("The Indian Military's Concerns with
Chinese 5G"; "Huawei in Europe: Debating Europe's Position in a New Technological Cold War").
This and more can be found at FMSO's website:
https://community.apan.org/wg/tradoc-g2/fmso/. All of FMSO's books,studies, and OE Watch issues are there.

FMSO's Operational Environment Watch provides translated selections and analysis from a diverse range of foreign articles and other media that our analysts believe will give military and security experts an added dimension to their critical thinking about the Operational Environment.

02/25/2020

This issue of OE Watch opens with a look at some of what Russians are touting as their military accomplishments in 2019 ("Summing Up Russian Military Achievements in 2019" and "Some Changes in the Russian Armed Forces in 2019").
This issue of OE Watch features 57 articles covering various security challenges from the foreign perspective from over thirty different countries and regions around the globe. It can be found at FMSO's new website:
https://community.apan.org/wg/tradoc-g2/fmso/.
All of FMSO's books, studies, and OE Watch issues are there.

FMSO's Operational Environment Watch provides translated selections and analysis from a diverse range of foreign articles and other media that our analysts believe will give military and security experts an added dimension to their critical thinking about the Operational Environment.

02/24/2020

On Today's Mad Scientist Blog: China is likely to surpass Russia as our pacing threat sometime around 2030.
Given this probability, Mad Scientist Laboratory has gleaned insights from previous posts to explore how China will likely challenge us in both competition and conflict -- read today's post.

[Editor’s Note: The U.S. Army’s capstone unclassified document on the Operational Environment (OE) states: “China is rapidly modernizing its armed forces and investing heavily in …

02/07/2020

Guns of August 2035 – “Ferdinand Visits the Kashmir”: A Future Strategic and Operational Environment.
Read this latest U.S. Army Mad Scientist Laboratory post, by guest bloggers Mike Filanowski, Ruth Foutz, Sean McEwen, Mike Yocum, and Matt Ziemann, addresses the analysis associated with an Army Futures Study Group conflict scenario and lays out the associated events that could morph a hypothetical limited Asian conflict into one that ultimately embroils the U.S. Army in Large Scale Combat Operations with a near-peer competitor.

[Editor’s Note: Today’s post by guest bloggers Mike Filanowski, Ruth Foutz, Sean McEwen, Mike Yocum, and Matt Ziemann (collectively, Team RSM3 from the Army Futures Study Group Cohort V…

01/27/2020

On Wednesday The U.S. Army's Mad Scientist Initiative is co-hosting the Global Perspectives in the Operational Environment (OE) Virtual Conference with the Army Futures Command (AFC) and the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) International Army Programs Directorate (IAPD). International subject matter experts present their respective nations' perspectives on a diverse array of topics affecting the Operational Environment - check out the conference agenda, 'join in' details and take a short OE survey....

In our on-going effort to broaden our aperture on the Operational Environment (OE), the U.S. Army’s Mad Scientist Initiative is co-hosting the Global Perspectives in the Operational Environme…

01/24/2020

The Latest TRADOC G2 Mad Scientist News: Proclaimed Mad Scientist and returning guest blogger Sam Bendett explores
three trends associated with Russian battlefield autonomous systems - read how this near-peer competitor is embracing this game changing technology.

[Editor’s Note: Mad Scientist Laboratory has previously described how unmanned systems, including advanced battlefield robotic systems acting both autonomously and as part of a wider trend in…