Stuart is a career Army officer with over 25+ years of distinguished service, blending deep expertise in logistics, sustainment, and strategic planning. Most recently, he commanded the Army Field Support Battalion – Charleston (AFSBn-CHS), home of the Army’s Prepositioned Stocks (APS-3) program, where he led a 600-person organization responsible for maintaining and deploying combat power positioned aboard ships worldwide.
His career has spanned tactical, operational, and strategic levels. Stuart has commanded at company and battalion levels, deployed multiple times to Iraq, Korea, and Europe, and served in elite assignments including Regimental S4 for the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) and SAMS planner for the XVIII Airborne Corps. He holds master’s degrees in business administration, Military Arts and Science, and Military Operations, and is a graduate of the School of Advanced Military Studies.
#decisionadvantage #decisiondominance
02:18 - Stuart introduction
07:17 - School of Advanced Military Studies overview
11:14 - Why sustainment is such a critical, but overlooked component of Army operations
16:41 - How is the role of the logistician evolving in an era of contested logistics
21:41 - Why should people pay attention to sustainment at the tactical edge, not just headquarters?
26:20 - AI-enabled sustainment at the tactical edge
29:56 - How Stuart defines "AI" for defense
32:45 - Where sustainment is going in the next 5-10 years
36:00 - Great books for sustainment
37:10 - Superbowl prediction!
Referenced in the show
-https://www.amazon.com/Logistics-Falklands-War-Expeditionary-Warfare/dp/1473899044
-https://www.amazon.com/Engineers-Victory-Problem-Solvers-Turned/dp/0812979397
-https://armyuniversity.edu/cgsc/sams/sams
Colonel Kent Park has served in the U.S. Army as an Infantry officer for over 25 years. Most recently, he was the Joint Base Commander of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, leading one of the Army’s largest and most complex installations. During his career, Park commanded at every level and deployed multiple times to Iraq and Afghanistan in support of combat operations. Park served in key strategic assignments, including U.S. Army Pacific and Combined Forces Command, Republic of Korea, where he advanced U.S.–ROK military cooperation and combined defense planning.
A graduate of West Point, the U.S. Army War College, and Harvard Kennedy School, Colonel Park has shaped Army modernization, installation management, and international security policy. His leadership has spanned combat operations, strategic planning, and institutional reform, reflecting a career dedicated to national defense and the profession of arms.
00:12 – Introduction
01:10 – The next major war
02:35 – The paradox of combined operations: combined, fast, precise
04:06 – Why segregating different national armies into separate areas doesn't work
04:27 – Interoperability challenges as the root cause of failure of combined operations; types of interoperability
07:20 – Examples of cultural interoperability
08:53 – Solutions for interoperability challenges
13:36 – Crisis action SOP
17:50 – What's needed at the tactical echelon to help with cultural interoperability
Referenced in the episode:
-https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45319/the-charge-of-the-light-brigade
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Balaclava
Serk Kazar is Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Exia Labs.
00:12 Decision advantage definition
01:43 What technology is required to generate feasible courses of action
02:43 Spatial awareness proof of concept
Referenced in this episode:
https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.08545
https://mapeval.github.io/
Brian L. Steed is a retired US Army lieutenant colonel with more than thirty two years of civilian and uniformed experience in artillery, armor, cavalry (reconnaissance and security), international engagement, and professional military education. He is a practitioner, student, and writer of military theory, Middle East culture, and history.
The views expressed are those of the speaker and do not reflect the official policy or position of the U.S. Army, the U.S. Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government.
00:22: Brian introduction
01:33: 9/11 story
05:23: Foreign area officer, Middle East experience
09:30: Debating the center of gravity for ISIS
10:45: Big ideas of Narrative War
13:40: Narrative space as a geological metaphor: space, terrain, landscape, shape
16:33: Narrative War well
20:13: Narrative War is how our opponents fight
21:20: The narrative environment: transient, enduring, societal
25:25: Narrative entrepreneur, governments, and political campaigns
27:55: Explaining how the Taliban navigated the Afghan societal narrative
31:26: TikTok as a mechanism to make Americans hate and fight each other
31:53: All war issues are domestic
33:39: Currencies of Narrative war
36:60: Proactive story vs. counter-narrative
37:53: Operations orders as stories
41:04: Rules of Social Conflict
44:26: Consolidation of gains
46:52: Narrative Space Terrain
51:20: Narrative strategy: Domestic, Expeditionary, Third Party, Great Power
54:05: Narrative strategy during IPOE and Mission Analysis
59:00: Brian's contact information
Referenced in this episode:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tip_O%27Neill
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mosul_(2016%E2%80%932017)
https://www.newsweek.com/gavin-newsom-breaks-through-trolling-trump-his-own-meme-game-2114281
https://ndupress.ndu.edu/Media/News/Article/607722/three-approaches-to-center-of-gravity-analysis-the-islamic-state-of-iraq-and-th/
https://www.understandingwar.org/jaysh-al-mahdihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX_NZtMDd3A
0:16 John's background
1:00 Framework for decision dominance
3:26 Understand: Carl von Clausewitz, not taking shortcuts on mission analysis
5:17 Visualize: George C. Marshall's canal-side vision for the Meuse-Argonne Offensive
7:40 Direct: Noncombatant Evacuation Operations planning in Sudan
8:16 Assess: Spotting HIMARS flaw through data
Referenced in this episode:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/29/world/europe/us-ukraine-military-war-wiesbaden.html
https://blog.exialabs.com/p/exia-welcomes-john-herrman-jay-miseli
https://www.thehistoryreader.com/military-history/marshall-mitchell-meuse-argonne/
Colonel Craig Broyles is the Commander of the 81st Stryker Brigade Combat Team.
01:40 Worshiping the MDMP process
04:32 Origins of the word "Decide"
05:30 John Boyd's OODA Loop
06:50 Focusing on what's worked in the past
07:40 Understanding that the context will evolve
08:10 METT-TC / S
13:28 Deep dive on terrain analysis
17:08 Adjusting the plan when the environment changes
19:05 Intelligence Preparation of the Operational Environment
21:20 Planning the mission from the opponent's point of view
26:20 Commander's intent
Referenced in this episode:
https://www.etymonline.com/word/decide
https://www.usmcu.edu/Outreach/Marine-Corps-University-Press/MCU-Journal/JAMS-vol-14-no-1/Colonel-John-Boyds-Thoughts-on-Disruption/
https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/Military-Review/English-Edition-Archives/May-June-2023/Furthering-the-Discussion/
Colonel Kent Park has served in the U.S. Army as an Infantry officer for over 25 years. Most recently, he was the Joint Base Commander of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, leading one of the Army’s largest and most complex installations. During his career, Park commanded at every level and deployed multiple times to Iraq and Afghanistan in support of combat operations. Park served in key strategic assignments, including U.S. Army Pacific and Combined Forces Command, Republic of Korea, where he advanced U.S.–ROK military cooperation and combined defense planning.
A graduate of West Point, the U.S. Army War College, and Harvard Kennedy School, Colonel Park has shaped Army modernization, installation management, and international security policy. His leadership has spanned combat operations, strategic planning, and institutional reform, reflecting a career dedicated to national defense and the profession of arms.
00:00 – Personal Experience in Mosul, Iraq
01:28 – Introduction
02:12 – Part 1: Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink
02:46 – The Getty Kouros
04:12 – John Gottman’s Marriage Prediction Studies
05:39 – Case Study: Mr. Amadou Diallo Shooting
06:58 – NCT Scenario Example
11:15 – The Limits of Human Cognition
11:33 – Insights from The User Illusion by Tor Nørretranders
12:55 – Thin Slicing and Summary of Blink
15:25 – The 10,000-Hour Rule from Outliers
18:52 – Introduction to AI in Military Contexts
20:11 – Project Maven Overview
20:28 – Palantir’s Role in Military Intelligence
21:56 – Exia Labs: Project Blue
22:24 – AlphaGo, Move 37, and Military Applications
24:46 – Centaur Chess – Human-AI Collaboration
26:31 – Adversaries and AI
27:57 – Exponential Progress & Future of Military Operations
29:42 – Tactical Recommendations for Modern Leaders
35:12 – Closing
Referenced in this episode:
Malcom Gladwell's Blink: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blink:_The_Power_of_Thinking_Without_Thinking
The Getty's Kouros: https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/103VNP
Gottman Institute Marriage and Couples Research: https://www.gottman.com/about/research/couples/
Case of Mr. Amadou Diallo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Amadou_Diallo
The User Illusion by Tor Nørretranders: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/106732.The_User_Illusion
https://deepmind.google/research/projects/alphago/
Malcom Gladwell's Outliers https://www.amazon.com/Outliers-Story-Success-Malcolm-Gladwell/dp/0316017930
Project Maven https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Maven
Jay Miseli is a retired US Army officer and proven executive leader, founder, and innovator with 30 years of experience delivering results in military organizations and industry. Jay is Co-Founder of Red Thread X and has led Sales and Business Development for a $50M technology firm as a Senior Vice President.
His military career spanned a broad range of responsibilities including large unit command, executive-level plans and operations, multinational and cross-agency coordination, US Army combat vehicle modernization, human resource and program management, and budget programming and execution. Jay continues to support strategic wargaming and analysis as a highly qualified expert for Army Futures Command.
Jay attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, where he completed a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. Jay holds a master’s degree in operations research from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and he earned the academic title of Assistant Professor of Mathematics as course director for the advanced mathematics program at West Point.Jay lives and works in the greater Austin area where he can enjoy the many opportunities to mountain bike, hike, and be outdoors and working in the burgeoning tech and defense innovation sectors.
00:05 - Intro
00:34 - Controlling transitions
02:51 - Force the enemy's transitions
04:57 - Enemy SITTEMP
07:03 - Key Terrain
07:52 - Gettysburg
08:57 - When/where to dismount?
15:30 - COP - digital and analog
16:11 - Digital Fires and PTT Command Nets
18:49 - Graphic control measures and boundaries / FSCMs
23:13 - METT - TC variables and forms of contact
25:25 - Tracking and reporting Enemy BDA
Referenced in the episode:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gettysburg,_third_day_cavalry_battles
Jay Miseli is a retired US Army officer and proven executive leader, founder, and innovator with 30 years of experience delivering results in military organizations and industry. Jay is Co-Founder of Red Thread X and has led Sales and Business Development for a $50M technology firm as a Senior Vice President.
His military career spanned a broad range of responsibilities including large unit command, executive-level plans and operations, multinational and cross-agency coordination, US Army combat vehicle modernization, human resource and program management, and budget programming and execution. Jay continues to support strategic wargaming and analysis as a highly qualified expert for Army Futures Command.
Jay attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, where he completed a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. Jay holds a master’s degree in operations research from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and he earned the academic title of Assistant Professor of Mathematics as course director for the advanced mathematics program at West Point.Jay lives and works in the greater Austin area where he can enjoy the many opportunities to mountain bike, hike, and be outdoors and working in the burgeoning tech and defense innovation sectors.
00:05 Background
00:38 War of Words in the Kinetic Activity in North Korea
00:52 BCT vs. BN Fight
02:21 Bicycle Wheels
03:17 Maneuver Theories Intro
04:05 Move Strike Protect
04:06 JFC Fuller
06:32 Interior and Exterior Lines
06:52 Battle of LC X-Ray
07:40 Battle of Little Bighorn
08:10 Surfaces and Gaps
10:27 Maneuver Based Fires vs Fire Based Maneuver
11:24 Pacific Theater
12:05 World War II European Theater
13:20 ISD Methodology
17:32 Expanding Torrent Model
18:58 Boyd Cycle / OODA LoopReferenced in the episode:
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/north-korea-and-the-war-of-words/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._F._C._Fuller
https://lzxray.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Little_Bighorn
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/pacific-strategy-1941-1944
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/sites/default/files/styles/wide_large/public/2017-07/Pacific%20Strategy%20Map.jpg?h=33be4f59
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/topics/european-theater-operations
https://web.archive.org/web/20181215223002/https://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwii/woundblstcs/chapter1.htm
https://gacbe.ac.in/pdf/ematerial/18BDS62C-U3.pdf
