We’ve added links on our resources page to two sources red teamers should find useful. The first is the FBI subject bibliography on red teaming. It cites two dozen papers, reports, and sites relevant to red teaming and provides a short description of each. The second is a May 2008 School of Advanced Military Studies monograph by Major David Longbine titled Red Teaming: Past and Present. Longbine highlights two case studies: T.E. Lawrence in Arabia and Field Marshal Slim in Burma.
From the monthly archives:
March 2009
Heavy force or light? Counterinsurgency or conventional warfighting? Airpower or ground pounders? Current strategic debate is marked by dispute over what lessons should be drawn from Iraq and Afghanistan and what kind of force structure should be employed in future warfare. 1 Some argue that a focus on irregular warfighting is yet another case of the Army preparing for the last war, endangering needed conventional skill sets.2 Advocates of counterinsurgency accuse opponents of “next war-itis” ignoring a world of low-intensity conflict out of love for high-tech toys.3 The current debate is another example of an ancient art–military futurism. [click to continue ...]
Notes:
- Charles J. Dunlap Jr., “Forget the Lessons of Iraq,” Armed Forces Journal, January 2009. http://www.afji.com/2009/01/3827971 [↩]
- ibid. [↩]
- Julian E. Barnes, “Gates Urges Military to Focus on Needs in Iraq, Afghanistan,” Los Angeles Times, May 14, 2008. http://articles.latimes.com/2008/may/14/nation/na-gates14 [↩]
Red Team Journal is pleased to announce that Dr. Randy Borum has joined the RTJ advisory board. Dr. Borum is a behavioral science consultant on counterintelligence and national security issues. He regularly teaches and consults with law enforcement agencies, the Intelligence Community, and the Department of Defense. As a Professor at the University of South Florida, he has taught courses on terrorism, custodial interrogation, intelligence analysis, and criminal psychology, and is author or co-author of more than 100 publications. In addition to having served as a sworn police officer for municipal departments in Maryland and Florida, he has been an instructor since 1999 with the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s State and Local Anti-Terrorism Training (SLATT) Program. Dr. Borum is a board-certified forensic psychologist who worked as a senior consultant to the U.S. Secret Service for more than a decade helping to develop, refine, and study behavior-based protocols for threat assessment and protective intelligence. He also serves on the Forensic Psychology Advisory Board for the FBI’s Behavioral Science Unit and served on the Defense Science Board Task Force on Understanding Human Dynamics in Military Operations.
The newest Joint Force Quarterly has much for red teamers to chew over. Doctrinal debate over joint operational warfare is heating up, with potentially serious consequences for future strategy and operations. [click to continue ...]
Red Team Journal is pleased to announce the addition of three contributing editors to the RTJ team:
- Mr. Adam Elkus,
- Mr. Michael McGannon, and
- Mr. Benjamin Miller.
Adam and Michael may be familiar to RTJ readers; both have written for us in the past. Each new contributing editor is an expert in his professional field, and we look forward to the additional insight they will bring to the red teaming community. [click to continue ...]
