Christopher Mugg

Work for the U.S. Army and a Fellow at the Army Futures Study Group. However, these are my opinions, not the Army's.

[Modern War Institute @WarInstitute]

AARs—a staple of Army culture—will no longer be sufficient to help us learn and win in future wars. Why? "Because they ask the wrong people the wrong questions, in pursuit of the wrong outcomes, to handle ambiguity." https://t.co/iWtr4YN5xZ

[Christopher Mugg @MuggChristopher]

@WestPoint_USMA Prayers for them and their families.

[Dave Wright @102ndblackhawk6]

@ArmyFuturesGrp Somewhere in here was a comment about the lack of MDO doctrine and that implying it was a non-starter. I can’t find it. Find Perkins YouTube talks about concepts leading to doctrine. THATS the fertile ground. Why aren’t we driving the doctrinal development. Here. Now. Us.

[Army Future Studies Group @ArmyFuturesGrp]

Congrats to AFSG Fellows @MichaelFilanow1 @bagapios @MuggChristopher @seanlmcewen and Rebecca D’Angelo who were all selected for LTC!

#FutureOfTheArmy

[Army Future Studies Group @ArmyFuturesGrp]

Short break but we’re back at it. All week we’re drafting future strategic environments with possible conflicts. What’s the craziest thing you can come up with?

We’re gonna need more whiteboards.

[Christopher Mugg @MuggChristopher]

Yep, it is official, black holes are nothing more than giant flaming donuts. I wonder if we can find the flaming donut holes.

[BBC Breaking News @BBCBreaking]

This is the first ever photo of a black hole, unveiled today after a decade of work by scientists https://t.co/6mFoo6ktyc

[Christopher Mugg @MuggChristopher]

Heard this same comment yesterday. Thought I would retweet, since it seems to keep popping up. Do you think the responsibilities that JFCOM had will be successfully filled by the Joint Staff? What are those actual responsibilities?

[Jim Perkins @jim_perkins1]

12 yrs after its creation, JFCOM was shuttered and the responsibilities were moved to the Joint Staff. Let’s try to learn from that failure.

[Christopher Mugg @MuggChristopher]

Good article from RAND on Characteristics of Successful U.S. Military Interventions. #FutureoftheArmy https://t.co/KSy6SixUup

[Christopher Mugg @MuggChristopher]

Great lecture by Dr. Lai on U.S. and Chinese Grand Strategy and the Remaking of the Rules-Based Global Order - Herb York Memorial Lecture https://t.co/mJMErL7cJi

[Christopher Mugg @MuggChristopher]

Interesting read on a Revolutionary War hero. https://t.co/iskqzUzaBb

[Christopher Mugg @MuggChristopher]

This looks to be an amazing technology for the military and I see huge improvements to it in the future. Very cool! https://t.co/ASt840Xyxb

[Christopher Mugg @MuggChristopher]

The US Army may not find itself fight a conventional war in Lat. Amer., but there will always be a role the Army plays in the area in one form or another. As far as being preoccupied with EUR and Asia, some could say that, but the better question is how do we balance our focus?

[Christopher Mugg @MuggChristopher]

Spending time with Dr. Evan Ellis this morning to learn about Latin American Security Dynamics to gain a Historical Perspective. How important is Latin America to U.S. Security? Has the US been too preoccupied with Europe and Asia? Should the US spend more time focusing on LA?

[Christopher Mugg @MuggChristopher]

@MoForMAGA Thanks for sending this video. I shared it with the rest of my study group. 3 hours with Dr. Ellis was not enough time. He is a wealth of knowledge on Latin America.

[Christopher Mugg @MuggChristopher]

For more on Latin America with Dr. Evan Ellis, see this video. #ArmyFutures @ArmyFuturesGrp https://t.co/Hu8Yz5toqk

[Christopher Mugg @MuggChristopher]

Interesting and good read.

[RAND @RANDCorporation]

U.S. military interventions have succeeded at achieving their political objectives 63% of the time. But levels of success have declined over time as the U.S. has pursued more ambitious goals.

New report: https://t.co/TI9B2uVlxn via @jekavanagh

[Christopher Mugg @MuggChristopher]

@jameskgreer77 👍

[Christopher Mugg @MuggChristopher]

What are the lessons we gain from a study of the Arab-Israeli Wars of '67 and '73? How do we successfully focus on the future and not be trapped by our success of the past? How do we ensure our political and military objectives are sync'd to allow for success. #FutureoftheArmy

[Christopher Mugg @MuggChristopher]

@jameskgreer77 Sounds good. Will definately look into that as well. Thanks

[Christopher Mugg @MuggChristopher]

@jameskgreer77 Key being they learned from it and rapidly adjusted. They didn't achieve the decisive victory in '73 that they had in '67, but they also weren't necessarily defeated at the tactical level. They did arguably lose the strategic fight. However, gaining peace with Egypt was a win.