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PODCAST – Automated Battle Management (and 1 year of C2 Coord)
“JB” Baker joins SWAT and Opie in a discussion centered on JB’s piece Your Radios: A Retiring Air Battle Manager’s Assessment of the Future of Command and Control and the Question I’m Leaving Behind, while also reflecting on one year of C2 Coord and looking ahead to another amazing year!
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Scarcity Is the Real Air Battle Management Problem in the Pacific
The Pacific deterrence problem is not just whether the joint force can see. It is whether it can stay coherent long enough to deny a rapid success.
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Just Like in the Simulations
Simulation training is essential for Air Battle Managers to develop Information Management and Force Management skills across all levels of complexity. Beginner through expert simulator events build proficiency from basic communication and coordination to expert-level instruction, joint integration, and mission synchronization.
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Legends and Myths
Legends and myths contribute to cultural understanding and help members of a community identify cultural norms or ideals. By improving access to legends of the past and creating new legends for the future, a more cohesive and enduring C2ABM culture may emerge.
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Deterrence Requires Air Battle Management, Not Just Better Sensing
Air battle management is the part of the warfighting architecture that keeps a force coherent under pressure. If an adversary believes it can disconnect the joint force’s ability to bring order to chaos in the air domain, the deterrent effect of other individually-exquisite capabilities is minimized.
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PODCAST – The Periphery
WELP joins SWAT and Opie to discuss the linkages between AMTI and C2ABM, which dovetails into a discussion on future capabilities being pursued or considered by the USAF, RCAF, and NATO.
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The Pentagon’s E-7 Reversal Is Really About Air Battle Management
The Pentagon is restoring funding for the U.S. E-7 program in their FY2027 budget request – a welcome reversal. This shift reflects widespread understanding that AMTI is not Air Battle Management, that C2ABM is indispensable, and that failing to invest in a robust airborne C2ABM capability invites unacceptable risk.
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C2ABM Cannot Rescue a Broken Strategy
When campaigns underperform, when operations become muddled, or when military action fails to produce the desired effect, the instinct is often to look first for a material fix. Better sensors. Better networks. Better aircraft. Sometimes that answer is correct. Often it is only part of one.
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The Pomodoro Technique: Time Management for the C2ABM Professional
The Pomodoro technique is a time management tool that can help individuals cope with otherwise-overwhelming amounts of work. By applying the technique at the individual, shop, unit, or planning cell level, C2ABM professionals can improve their individual and unit readiness.
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The Arsenal of Democracy Needs an Air Battle Management Plan
The U.S. industrial base must be modernized to support future mobilization, and C2ABM mobilization must be included in this effort. This modernization should include the establishment and maintenance of resilient and responsive supply lines to maintain, sustain, and replace C2ABM platforms.
