Announcements

Army Mad Scientist cordially invites you to attend our subject conference on the 6 th and 7 th of November 2024 at The Healey Family Student Center at Georgetown University (3700 Tondorf Rd, Washington, DC 20057). Co-hosted by the Georgetown University Wargaming Society , this conference will feature world-renowned expert speakers and panelists from both the military and hobbyist wargaming communities discussing new...

Back to the Future Writing Contest: Crowdsourcing is an effective tool for harvesting ideas, thoughts, and concepts from a wide variety of interested individuals, helping to diversify thought and challenge conventional assumptions. Army Mad Scientist seeks to crowdsource the intellect of the Nation (i.e., you — our community of action!) with our Back to the Future Writing Contest. Check out the contest guidelines...

Army Mad Scientist’s first in-person conference in three years! This event will feature world-renowned expert speakers and panelists from industry, tech, academia, and the U.S. military and other Government agencies discussing how history and experience inform and shape our future thinking and decision-making on critical issues. Confirmed speakers include Ms. Amy Webb (Author and CEO, Future Today Institute), Dr...

Army Mad Scientist’s first in-person conference in three years! This event will feature world-renowned expert speakers and panelists from industry, tech, academia, and the U.S. military and other Government agencies discussing how history and experience inform and shape our future thinking and decision-making on critical issues. Confirmed speakers include Ms. Amy Webb (Author and CEO, Future Today Institute), Dr...

SAVE THE DATE! Plan on joining Army Mad Scientist and the National Museum of the United States Army (NMUSA) for our Back to the Future: Using History to Forecast conference! What: Army Mad Scientist’s first in-person conference in three years! This event will feature world-renowned expert speakers and panelists from industry, tech, academia, and the U.S. military and other Government agencies discussing how history...

Information Advantage is a critical requirement for Multi-Domain Operations. Information Advantage is a condition when a force holds the initiative in terms of relevant actor behavior, situational understanding, and decision making through the use of all military capabilities. As we produce ADP 3-13 Information Advantage this year, TRADOC wants to hear your ideas on how to achieve information advantage. Check out...

Crowdsourcing is an effective tool for harvesting ideas, thoughts, and concepts from a wide variety of interested individuals, helping to diversify thought and challenge conventional assumptions. Army Mad Scientist seeks to crowdsource the intellect of the Nation ( You! ) with our Fall / Winter Writing Contest’s two themes -- Back to the Future and Divergence – check out the associated writing prompts in the...

Crowdsourcing is an effective tool for harvesting ideas, thoughts, and concepts from a wide variety of interested individuals, helping to diversify thought and challenge conventional assumptions. Army Mad Scientist seeks to crowdsource the intellect of the Nation ( You! ) with our Fall / Winter Writing Contest’s two themes -- Back to the Future and Divergence – check out the associated writing prompts in the...

Army Mad Scientist is pleased to support the Army and its Army People Synchronization Conference (APSC) this month. To that end, we’re sponsoring the associated writing contest in support of this critical endeavor prioritizing the Army Team (Soldiers, Department of the Army Civilians, their dependents, and Soldiers for Life). [ NOTE: This is not to be confused with the previously announced and separate A rmy Mad...

Army Mad Scientist is pleased to support the Army and its Army People Synchronization Conference (APSC) in January 2022. To that end, we’re sponsoring the associated writing contest in support of this critical endeavor prioritizing the Army Team (Soldiers, Department of the Army Civilians, their dependents, and Soldiers for Life). [ NOTE: This is not to be confused with the previously announced A rmy Mad Scientist...

Army Mad Scientist is pleased to support the Army and its Army People Synchronization Conference (APSC) in January 2022. To that end, we’re sponsoring the associated writing contest in support of this critical endeavor prioritizing the Army Team (Soldiers, Department of the Army Civilians, their dependents, and Soldiers for Life). [ NOTE: This is not to be confused with the previously announced A rmy Mad Scientist...

Crowdsourcing is an effective tool for harvesting ideas, thoughts, and concepts from a wide variety of interested individuals, helping to diversify thought and challenge conventional assumptions. Army Mad Scientist seeks to crowdsource the intellect of the Nation ( You! ) with our Fall / Winter Writing Contest’ s two themes -- Back to the Future and Divergence – check out the associated writing prompts in...

Crowdsourcing is an effective tool for harvesting ideas, thoughts, and concepts from a wide variety of interested individuals, helping to diversify thought and challenge conventional assumptions. Army Mad Scientist seeks to crowdsource the intellect of the Nation ( You! ) with our Fall / Winter Writing Contest’ s two themes -- Back to the Future and Divergence – check out the associated writing prompts in...

The latest episode of #ArmyMadSci #ConvergencePodcast , with the next installment of our series on #HowTheyFight , features subject matter experts from the TRADOC G-2, Blue Path Labs, Center for New American Security (CNAS), CNA, and VAST-OSINT discussing #HowChinaFights , exploring how our pacing threat conducts intelligentized warfare, maneuver, fires, information operations, cyber, and more! China’s global ambitions...

The latest episode of #ArmyMadSci #ConvergencePodcast , with the next installment of our series on #HowTheyFight , features subject matter experts from the TRADOC G-2, Blue Path Labs, Center for New American Security (CNAS), CNA, and VAST-OSINT discussing #HowChinaFights , exploring how our pacing threat conducts intelligentized warfare, maneuver, fires, information operations, cyber, and more! China’s global ambitions...

Crowdsourcing is an effective tool for harvesting ideas, thoughts, and concepts from a wide variety of interested individuals, helping to diversify thought and challenge conventional assumptions. Army Mad Scientist seeks to crowdsource the intellect of the Nation ( You! ) with our Fall / Winter Writing Contest ’s two themes -- Back to the Future and Divergence – check out the associated writing prompts in...

The U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) has approved and published The Operational Environment (2021-2030): Great Power Competition, Crisis, and Conflict. This document is intended to complement previously published Operational Environment (OE) documents, expanding and adding to our understanding of the OE in light of recent events -- think of it as an addendum. This document explores the impact of COVID...

The U.S. Army finds itself at a historic inflection point, where disparate, yet related elements of the Operational Environment, also known as the OE, are converging. The U.S. Army faces many challenges in the current OE. ​ Check out the new Threats to 2030 video on: YouTube at: https://youtu.be/6tO3-uJK7h8 [accessible only via a non-DoD network] DVIDS at: https://www.dvidshub.net/video/811803/tradoc-g2-threats...

Featuring a collection of nine futurist articles by members of the just graduated 2021 School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS) class.

Just released -- ATP 7-100.3, Chinese Tactics This ATP serves as a foundation for understanding how Chinese ground forces think and act in tactical operations. Access this ATP at: https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/ARN33195-ATP_7-100.3-000-WEB-1.pdf

Army Mad Scientist is CALLING ALL CREATORS with our Multi-Media Contest for imaginative artists who would like to showcase their ideas about future possibilities in alternative ways. Check out the attached flyer (below) and our online announcement at: https://madsciblog.tradoc.army.mil/calling-all-creators-an-army-mad-scientist-multi-media-contest/ Consult your inner muse, unleash your creative talent, get cracking...

U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) wants your input to problems large and small. We think people are working on these problems every day around the world. Crowdsourcing our Problems Worth Solving — or redefining them properly — is one way to get at the solutions some of you may already have. Let’s Connect! Help Team Army and TRADOC set a new course for the future -- click here to join...

U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) wants your input to problems large and small. We think people are working on these problems every day around the world. Crowdsourcing our Problems Worth Solving — or redefining them properly — is one way to get at the solutions some of you may already have. Let’s Connect! Help Team Army and TRADOC set a new course for the future -- click here to join...

Army Mad Scientist is CALLING ALL CREATORS with our Multi-Media Contest for imaginative artists who would like to showcase their ideas about future possibilities in alternative ways. Check out the attached flyer (below) and our online announcement at: https://madsciblog.tradoc.army.mil/calling-all-creators-an-army-mad-scientist-multi-media-contest/ Consult your inner muse, unleash your creative talent, get cracking...

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