#131 Brian Burbank on the Ghost Team, Transparent Battlefield Concepts and Multi-Domain Operations

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Cognitive Crucible is a forum that presents different perspectives and emerging thought leadership related to the information environment. The opinions expressed by guests are their own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of or endorsement by the Information Professionals Association.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">During this episode, US Army LTC Brian Burbank discusses the Ghost Team’s immersive information operations training capability at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California. The Ghost Team challenges brigade-sized units with multi-domain dynamics so that we can win the first battle of the next war.</span></p> <p><strong>Research Question</strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;">: Brian Burbank observes that everyone is talking about Artificial Intelligence and how it’s going to change modern warfare.  The real question is how, and how do we make it useful to help a Commander win? Lots of value to automate the science of Leadership, so Commanders can apply the Art to enhance our information dominance (Our OODA loop is faster than our adversaries).  But if it doesn’t help Commanders win, then it won’t be of value.</span></p> <p><strong>Resources</strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;">:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Cognitive Crucible Podcast Episodes Mentioned</span> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href= "https://information-professionals.org/episode/cognitive-crucible-episode-129"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">#129 Eliot Jardines on Open Source Intelligence</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/ARN36290-FM_3-0-000-WEB-2.pdf"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Army FM 3-0 OPERATIONS</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://madsciblog.tradoc.army.mil/410-sooner-than-we-think-command-post-survivability-and-future-threats/">