Breaking Doctrine

Episode 86 - “The Warfighter’s Role in Triage, CASEVAC, and DNBI" Feb 15, 2025

Brigadier General Clinton Murray, Commanding General of the Medical School of Excellence (MEDCoE), joins our host Lieutenant Colonel Lisa Becker on today’s episode focusing on medical aspects of the battlefield. Theystart the discussion with medical considerations of today’s operational environment. Then, they turn the conversation to three big topics relevant to all Soldiers: triage, casualty evacuation (CASEVAC), and disease and non battle injury (DNBI). Leaders will hear practical ways to think about these topics and, also, how to train their formations.

Episode 85- ““Practical Mentorship" Feb 01, 2025

Lieutenant Colonel Nate Rice (host) brings three guests to talk about ATP 6-22.1, Providing Feedback: Counseling-Coaching-Mentoring.

- Colonel (COL) Andy Morgado, Director of the Army University Press

- Ms. Judy Price, Leadership Editor and Doctrine Developer

- First Lieutenant (1LT) Melissa Czarnogursky, Brigade S4-Assistant of the 108th ADA Brigade

They discuss doctrine on counseling, coaching and mentorship, what mentorship is, what it is not, and tips on being a good mentor and mentee.

Check out COL Morgado and 1LT Czarnogursky’s article on mentorship here: https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/Military-Review/Online-Exclusive/2024-OLE/Mentorship/

Episode 84- “FM 5-0 Writing Team Talks" Jan 15, 2025

Join the CADD team for another Writing Team Talks episode! Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Lisa Becker hosts CADD’s doctrine writers for FM 5-0, LTC Joe Yurisich and LTC(R) Will Rogers. They talk about how FM 3-0 drove changes to planning and when to use MDMP or RDSP. They also give the background of why TLPs changed and updates in the orders format.

Episode 83 - “Data-Driven Decision Making" Jan 02, 2025

Dr. Steve Stoddard, Director of the Center for Army Analysis (CAA), is joined by our host Lieutenant Colonel Lisa Becker on today’s episode. The conversation starts with understanding what CAA does for the Army and how they inform Army Senior Leaders with data. Dr. Stoddard also gives insight into how his organization contributes to Continuous Transformation. Finally, he shows the importance of using art and science to make decisions and how tactical leaders can approach data-informed decision making

Episode 82 - “The 12 Days of Doctrine: A Serving of Tea" Dec 24, 2024

Welcome to the twelfth day of doctrine where we gift to you a Serving of Tea. We wrap up the 12 Days of Doctrine by reflecting on the past and looking toward the future. Mr. Jim Benn and Mr. Chuck Schrankel rejoin us on Breaking Doctrine to share how and why they have seen doctrine evolve. They also ponder how doctrine may look in the future. As this episode airs, both seasoned doctrine authors and leaders will be retired, so we are especially grateful for them joining one last conversation on Breaking Doctrine.

Episode 80 - “The 12 Days of Doctrine: White Castle" Dec 22, 2024

Welcome to the tenth day of doctrine with a gift of White Castle. Lieutenant Colonel Aaron Anderson, engineer doctrine author at the Maneuver Support Center of Excellence, echoes the need to stay nested with operational units to build relevant doctrine. He emphasizes changes to wet gap crossing doctrine and how this operation is combined arms. Finally, he touches on the importance of leaning forward with human machine integration.