The premier professional military and academic publishing house of the National Defense University

Τhe decisive ground of tomorrow’s wars will not be a hilltop, a seaport, or outer space; it will be within the human mind. Victory will belong to forces that can rapidly discern truth from deception. Adversaries across the world weaponize information to fracture alliances and erode unit cohesion.

Warfighting communities provide officers with the necessary skills to operate weapon systems and cultivate their experience to lead in combat, but once junior officers are promoted to higher ranks, they often lack the abilities required of senior national security professionals. Joint professional military education (JPME) plays a deliberate and pivotal role in an officer’s operational and strategic growth.

Arthur Herman, in Freedom’s Forge, observed: “Business leaders discovered that in a crisis their most valuable assets were not just factories and capital, but their own knowledge, skills, and ideas.”

Blood is critical to casualty care, and managing the blood supply chain in expeditionary environments presents unique logistic challenges, especially in nonpermissive environments. Ensuring the availability of blood in resource-limited, remote settings far from established medical infrastructure requires sophisticated coordination.