The Operational Arch

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Evaluating Operational Art w/ Mick Ryan Feb 01, 2023

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Season 1 Episode 2 of the Operational Arch examines the evaluation and assessment of operational art to determine how students of war may glean lessons, good or bad, on how forces employ operational art. Our guest, Australian Army Major General (Ret.) Mick Ryan, provides insights on the relationship between design and operational art, the strategy of corrosion in relationship to attrition or annihilation, how we can prepare ourselves to understand when intangible aspects of war such as culmination or operational reach are occurring, in addition to the influence design plays on execution. Australian Army Major General (Ret.) Mick Ryan is a world-respected strategist with service in East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan, author of War Transformed: The Future of Twenty First Century Great Power Competition and Conflict, and is a 2003 graduate of the US Marine Corps School of Advanced Warfighting. MAJs Josh Bedingfield, Dan Warner, and Kelsey Kurtz are the hosts for this episode. You can contact them at operationalarch@gmail.com with any questions you may have. School of Advanced Military Studies: https://armyuniversity.edu/CGSC/SAMS/SAMS Twitter: https://twitter.com/us_sams Intro and Outro Music: "On and On" by Christian Bedingfield

The Value of Operational Art to the Joint Force w/ LTG Milford H. Beagle Jan 19, 2023

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Season 1 Episode 1 of the Operational Arch examines the value of operational art to the joint force and what commanders expect from their operational artists and planners. Our guest is the Commander of the Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, LTG Milford H. Beagle. LTG Beagle discusses his experiences as a planner, the concept of courage in planning, and how planners can use their skills to accomplish the mission and provide returns to their superiors, peers, and subordinates. LTG Milford H. Beagle commissioned as an infantry officer in 1990 and recently finished his command of the historic 10th Mountain Division (Climb to Glory!). He is a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan whose career assignments have spanned the globe and is a 2003 graduate of the Advanced Military Studies Program at SAMS. MAJs Josh Bedingfield, Dan Warner, and Kelsey Kurtz are the hosts for this episode. You can contact them at operationalarch@gmail.com with any questions you may have. School of Advanced Military Studies: https://armyuniversity.edu/CGSC/SAMS/SAMS Twitter: https://twitter.com/us_sams Intro and Outro Music: "On and On" by Christian Bedingfield

Welcome to the Operational Arch - Season 1 Dec 15, 2022

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Greetings and welcome to the Operational Arch, the official podcast of the School of Advanced Military Studies, dedicated to bridging the gap between tactics and strategy through the study of operational art and the operational level of war.
This episode will establish the foundation for this podcast by exploring who we are and what we are about. Meet your hosts as they introduce themselves, offer a brief explanation of SAMS, describe the mission and purpose of the Operational Arch, and look into what they have in store for you, the listener, this upcoming year.

School of Advanced Military Studies: https://armyuniversity.edu/CGSC/SAMS/SAMS
Twitter: https://twitter.com/us_sams
Intro and Outro Music: "On and On v3" by Christian Bedingfield

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