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Col. Anna R. Friederich-Maggard

Happy New Year!

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s I compose this letter and
reflect on the last twelve
months, I marvel at how
quickly the year has passed and
how much we have accomplished. While combining
Military Review and the Combat Studies Institute into
one organization, we managed to reorganize personnel, develop new approaches to familiar processes, and
welcome many more professionals into the fold. We
transformed a thirteen-person staff into a robust team
of forty-one writers, researchers, historians, instructors,
editors, and web administrators. I am immensely proud
to be the director of one of the Army’s newest organizations—the Army Press.
So, why the Army Press? Writing is one of the most
important things we can do across the force to document and share best practices, develop new ideas, and
debate issues important to the Army. The Press serves
as the point of entry and the Army’s hub for identifying, encouraging, and coaching prospective authors to
write and publish articles or book-length works.
The Army Press allows for the publication of
more products due to the partnerships we share with
many Army center-of-excellence and Department of
Defense publications, as well as our ability to publish
manuscripts and articles in print and online under
the Army Press imprint. This means more publication
opportunities for authors and increased information
sharing across the force.
Although the Army Press officially became a reality
in August, it continues to evolve. For example, the
recent activation of our website has greatly enhanced

our functionality. And, the Press will continue to grow
over the next several years. The NCO Journal will soon
join the Army Press; it is scheduled to transition its team
from Fort Bliss, Texas, to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, later this year. We are looking forward to adding the NCO
Journal’s very talented staff of noncommissioned officers
and civilians to the Army Press family.
Due to recent global events, we approached this
edition of Military Review a bit differently by republishing an article by the chief of the General Staff of
the Russian Federation Armed Forces, Gen. Valery
Gerasimov. He offers his perspective—and the prevalent view in Russian security circles—of the recent
past, present, and expected future of warfare.
You will also find comments made by Russian
President Vladimir Putin during a speech given to the
UN General Assembly 28 September 2015 addressing
his view of the future, including the future of war.
We juxtaposed these articles with a discussion by
Charles K. Bartles. He puts Gerasimov’s article, written
for a Russian audience, in context for U.S. readers by
explaining references that could be missed or easily
misunderstood.
I feel this edition of Military Review is one of the
most powerful to date; I hope you agree, and I invite
you to provide your perspectives on the very important topic of The Future of War through a letter to the
editor or through our various social media platforms
found at http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/militaryreview/
index.asp or http://armypress.dodlive.mil/. Thank you
for your continued support, and please have a safe and
prosperous new year!

An 82nd Airborne Division soldier returns after completing a jump during the 18th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy
Drop, hosted by U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), 4 December 2015, on Sicily Drop Zone
2at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
November-December 2015  MILITARY REVIEW
(Photo by Sgt. Destiny Mann, 450th Civil Affairs Battalion Airborne)