Todd South
Editor-at-large
Todd South has written about crime, courts, government and the military for multiple publications since 2004 and was named a 2014 Pulitzer finalist for a co-written project on witness intimidation. Todd is a Marine veteran of the Iraq War.
All Stories By Todd
This new tool lets brigades ‘see’ their electronic warfare footprint
A handful of operational U.S. Army brigades now have a tool to “see” how they and enemy forces look in the otherwise invisible electromagnetic spectrum.
The Army team that spots problems before they lead to a toxic climate
The Cohesion Assistance Team visits six to eight teams a year.
Army targets California to boost recruitment numbers
The Army plans to add 50 more JROTC programs in the next five years across the country.
Water wars: Army tackles water use, reuse and its effects on combat
New research aims to gather water from the air.
The fate of Army Special Operations Forces
The most likely combat is irregular warfare. The Army may cut its lead forces for that kind of fight.
Divisions are headed into the dirt
Simulations are great, but nothing beats going to the field.
Combat training centers undergo a generational makeover
Adversary vehicles, attack helos that shoot back, self-contained cyber, EW and cell phone networks all seek to modernize the training centers.
Tech-fueled warfighting: targeting, movement and interactive barracks
The often-deployed corps has implemented new data analytics and is serving as the testbed for joint targeting across the Army.
Gear epicenter aims efforts at brigades, loitering munitions and kit
Senior NCO training teams now analyze operational kit and provide new equipment training to units.
Updates on soldier gear cold weather, targeting, body armor
New gear coming, as improvements to legacy gear continue.
