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should ensure that Army leaders—including the
many without combat experience—are prepared
by training environments that reflect the uncertainty inherent in warfare. By creating the right
mix of education and training, with uncertainty
incorporated into the mix, the Army will be prepared when the time comes to fight and win the
Nation’s wars.
Lt. Col. Jonathan Due commands 4th Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, in Vilseck, Germany. He holds an M.A.
from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a B.S. from the United States Military Academy. An
armor officer, his previous assignments include troop commander, squadron operations officer, and regimental executive officer.
Maj. Nathan K. Finney is an Army strategist, stationed in the National Capital Region. He holds an M.P.A. from
Harvard University, an M.P.A. from the University of Kansas, and a B.A. in anthropology from the University of
Arizona. His previous assignments include tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Maj. Joe Byerly is an armor officer studying at the United States Naval War College in Newport, R.I. He has commanded a cavalry troop and a headquarters company at Fort Stewart, Ga. He holds a B.S. from North Georgia
College and State University. He received the Army’s General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award in 2011.
Notes
1. Carl von Clausewitz, On War, ed. and trans. Michael Howard
and Peter Paret (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993), 117.
2. Thucydides, The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive
Guide to the Peloponnesian War, ed. Robert B. Strassler (New York:
Free Press, 1996), 374-376. To find an example of Thucydides’
treatment of uncertainty, read about the failed actions of Nicias in
an attempt to thwart the Sicily Expedition.
3. Clausewitz, 97.
4. Alan Beyerchen, “Clausewitz, Nonlinearity, and the Unpredictability of War,” International Security, 17, no. 3 (Winter
1992-1993): 59-90, http://www.jstor.org/stable/2539130?origin=JSTOR-pdf& (accessed 29 October 2014). Beyerchen provides an
excellent analysis of Clausewitz and nonlinearity.
5. U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC)
Pamphlet 525-3-1, The U.S. Army Operating Concept: Win in a
Complex World (Fort Eustis, VA: TRADOC, 2014), http://www.tradoc.army.mil/tpubs/pamndx.htm (accessed 29 October 2014). This
pamphlet provides an example of a formal disc