Someone went and Moneyball-ed military history. Data scientist Ethan Arsht applied the principles of baseball sabermetrics to the performances of history’s greatest generals, examining their ability to win battles. He started by comparing the number of wins from that general to a replacement general in the same circumstances.
The math is tricky, but the list of the best generals is definitive. There are just a few caveats.
First, where is all this information coming from? Although an imperfect source, Arsht compiled Wikipedia data from 3,580 battles and 6,619 generals.
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The Army introduced the Master Combat Infantryman Badge earlier this year to recognize some of its most accomplished and dedicated soldiers.
Last week, it went to an Air Force recipient.
Senior Master Sgt. Greg Cleghorn, a security forces supervisor in the Iowa Air National Guard, was awarded the Army’s MCIB on Aug 18. Cleghorn is the first Iowa air guardsman to receive the award. Air Force troops can only qualify for the badge through previous service in the Army.
The Master Combat Infantryman Badge itself is new in the Army but its heritage is not.
The war in Ukraine, intensifying U.S. pressure on NATO members, and other factors are leading many European countries to pursue increased defense spending. In many European states, there is growing public support for this. National governments can leverage this moment of heightened public concern to devote more resources to defense.
A Reserve soldier has been kicked out of a full-time position with a Civil Affairs reserve unit in Florida after posting personal criticisms online of U.S. support for Israel and sharing information on an app that compiles the locations of ICE agents from public sources.
Sgt. 1st Class Jonathan Estridge was notified of his “involuntary release” from a full-time IT staff role at the 350th Civil Affairs Command, a reserve unit in Pensacola, Florida, according to a counseling memo shared with Task & Purpose.
The M240 has been a staple of U.S. firepower for nearly 50 years. Heavy, rugged, and combat-proven, the belt-fed 7.62x51mm machine gun has been carried by generations of American troops in conflicts from the Gulf War to Afghanistan. Now, after decades of service, the Army is laying the groundwork to replace it.
This effort is still in its earliest stages, and there’s no official program of record yet. But buried in the Army’s fiscal year 2026 budget request is a clear signal: the service is preparing for what it’s calling the Future Medium Machine Gun, or FMMG.
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The Army is gearing up for a set of incremental experimentation events, described as “sprints,” as it aims to scale its Next Generation Command and Control prototype to the division level next year.
NGC2, the Army’s number one modernization priority, is a clean slate to battlefield communications and data to provide commanders and units a new approach to manage information, data, and command and control with agile and software-based architectures.
Emil Michael, undersecretary of defense for researching and engineering and the Pentagon’s CTO, has taken on the role of acting director of the Silicon Valley-headquartered Defense Innovation Unit in the wake of Doug Beck’s resignation, DefenseScoop has learned.
Beck unexpectedly resigned on Monday. The Defense Department has not provided an explanation for his sudden resignation.
“Yesterday, Doug Beck resigned as Director of the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU).
Zelenskyy calls on Canada to send troops to strengthen European security guarantees after any potential peace deal.
Lockheed Martin has successfully conducted the inaugural test launch of its JR3 at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, US.
The Canadian Department of National Defence (DND) has contracted BAE Systems subsidiary BISim to supply Digital Virtual Trainer (DVT).