The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters Parameters Autumn 2023

The Secretary of the Army has determined that publication of this periodical is necessary in the transaction of the public business as required by law of the Department. [...] The views and opinions expressed in Parameters are those of the authors and are not necessarily those of the Department of Defense, the Department of the Army, the US Army War College, or any other agency of the US government. [...] In the seventh installment of the SRAD Director’s Corner, “The US Army War College Russia-Ukraine War Study Project,” Eric Hartunian discusses the expansive project undertaken in 2022 to analyze the operational events and activities of the Russia-Ukraine War to understand the war’s strategic implications for the US Army and its role in the NATO Alliance. [...] But the new combat branch boasted 195 master sergeants to the infantry ’s 150, 1,029 staff sergeants to the infantry’s 318, 225 technical sergeants to the infantry’s 57, and 146 first-class and 289 second-class specialists to the infantry’s 25 and 35.11 The first years after the end of World War II brought one of the worst recruiting crises in Army history. [...] The views and opinions expressed in Parameters are those of the authors and are not necessarily those of the Department of Defense, the Department of the Army, the US Army War College, or any other agency of the US government.