Latest Releases
Protection in the Modern Battlespace: A Conceptual Approach for Battalion and Brigade Staffs
Published 5/9/2025
By Captain Desmond A. Edwards
The 2024 revision of ADP 3-37 consolidates the 16 protection tasks into four categories. This concept-driven approach makes the protection warfighting function more accessible and enables better integration into staffs below the division level.
Prioritizing Protection: Creating Synchronized Success
By Sergeant First Class Mark D. Moore
This article emphasizes the importance integrating the protection war fighting function into military operations emphasizing the need for effective communication, collaboration, and proper training in protection capabilities and limitations.
Protection in an Armored Division-The Iron Way
By Major Luke J. Grieder
This article describes how the 1st Armored Division addresses protection during large-scale combat operations. The author shares lessons learned and best practices that emerged from the preparation and execution of Warfighter Exercise 25-01, conducted in October 2024.
Joint Protection Efforts
By Master Sergeant Russell W. Haney
Force protection and force health protection are critical requirements in joint operations. Through knowledge and training, all forces execute joint protection efforts in all joint operational areas.
The Application of the U.S. Army RM Process is Broken
By Major Courtney A. Zimmerman
This article discusses doctrinal Army risk management processes and describes methods that units could use to incorporate risk management into their operations, thereby changing their organizational culture.
Impact of the 52d BEB Mounted CBRN R&S Platoon Throughout KRF-13
The 52d BEB CBRN R&S Platoon recently participated in KRF-13, where it conducted a series of individual, collective, and combined training exercises to ensure proficiency in assessing, mitigating, and protecting against CBRN hazards and to maintain its ability to “Fight Tonight and Win.” While deployed to South Korea, members of the platoon also took advantage of several opportunities to learn about and experience the unique culture of the country.
2024 Annual Issue
Maneuver Support Center of Excellence and Fort Leonard Wood Commanding General
Maneuver Support and Protection Integration Experiment 2024
By Colonel Kenneth J. Frey and Mr. David L. Nobles
This article summarizes new and emerging technologies evaluated during the latest Maneuver Support and Protection Integration Experiment, held at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, in May 2024.
Survivability: The Foundation of Protection
By Mr. Douglas M. Loggins
As the foundation of the protection warfighting function, survivability applies to all military personnel; therefore, Soldiers must be proficient at critical common tasks; units must employ proper tactics, techniques, and procedures; and leaders must understand unit capabilities and, when necessary, request survivability support to prevent and mitigate the effects of threats and hazards to ensure mission success.
Protective Fires
By Captain Michael E. McCallister
We must reframe out tactical, operational, and strategic thinking in order to integrate protection into the maneuver fight, fires plans, and all aspects of operational planning.
The Inaugural Protection and Maneuver Support Senior Leader Forum
By Colonel Barrett K. Parker (Retired) and First Sergeant Michael A. Koren (Retired)
This article describes the events of the inaugural Protection and Maneuver Support Senior Leader Forum, held at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, 23–25 July 2024.
Aligning Protection in the Operations Process
Due to recent technological advancements, the physical and electronic dimensions of protection (a significant combat multiplier) must be strategically reevaluated and should be integrated throughout the duration of operations and depth of the offensive and defensive battlespace.
Book Review of Next War: Reimagining How We Fight
2025 Protection Warfighting Function Professional Media List
