Hi and welcome to another episode of the Modern War Institute podcast. I'm John Amble,

editorial director at MWI. On this episode, Captain Jake Moraldi is back and sits down for a

discussion with Colonel Jonathan Newman.

Colonel Newman has served for the past three years as the director of West Point's Department of Military Instruction.

Prior to that, he commanded the 198th Infantry Brigade, the unit responsible for training nearly 20,000 new infantrymen and mortarmen per year.

In both of these jobs, he's played a central role in guiding the way

the Army trains its soldiers and leaders to operate and thrive in the current operating

environment. In this episode of the podcast, Colonel Newman shares his thoughts on what principles

should guide the Army's training, particularly as our nation's missions have required a balance

between training on traditional core competencies

and preparing to conduct other missions like stability operations and counterinsurgency.

Before we turn to Captain Moraldi's conversation with Colonel Newman, a couple notes.

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All right, enjoy the podcast.

Colonel Newman, sir, I appreciate you taking the time to sit down and talk to us.

I think it'll be really interesting conversation about how you bring soldiers in the Army,

and how you sort of prioritize the things that they're learning and what they're training as they enter their service.

To start out with, we'll kind of go with a big picture question and then kind of neck down from there.

I'm curious what it means to you as someone who's been in the Army for quite some time,

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