MilStack Saturday (17 August 2024)

The best Substack articles on military subjects I read (or listened to) in the past week

Carl Röchling Unser Heer (1890)

Most of the articles included in this list rolled off the presses (so to speak) in the past seven days. A few, however, may be older pieces that I discovered in the week that ends today.

The Ukrainian incursion west of Kursk convinces B.A. Friedman that Maneuver is so back

Over at Dead Carl and You, Kieren Pfitzner compares the aforementioned incursion to the German invasion of France and Belgium in 1914.

Robert Lyman sings a song, to the tune of ‘Would You Please Oblige Us with a Bren Gun’, about the remarkable role played by a corporal of the 1st Middlesex in the defense of the Pusan perimeter.

The Connecting File describes an intensive program to match would-be commanders with particular infantry companies of the 2nd Marine Division.¹

Lest we forget the sine qua non just about everything, Tactical Permaculture provides a master class on ways to avoid the ‘agony of dee feet’, especially when water is in short supply.²

On the Whirl of Reorientation podcast, Moose and Ponch talk to Mark Squeglia about the early days of John Boyd. (You can also see Mr. Squelgia talk about the life and work of Colonel Boyd on this television program. In fact, if you are new to this subject, I recommend starting with the video.)

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1. The gents speaking on this podcast use many terms of art, quite a few of which are acronyms and numerical designations. The most important of these is ‘TDG’, which stands for ‘Tactical Decision Game’.

2. In the dialect of Milwaukee Deutsch spoken in the Old Headquarters Building, enthusiasm for the care of feet under trying conditions is called Fussflegefreudigkeit.