People’s Liberation Army

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MCTP Senior Mentor Forum OE and Threat Update

By Mica Hall | 10/29/2026 | Comments Off on MCTP Senior Mentor Forum OE and Threat Update

This brief links adversary strategic intent to the tactical friction points rotational training units face during Warfighter exercises. The presentation…

China’s People’s Liberation Army Amphibious Landing Operations Threat Template

By David Anderson | 10/28/2026 | Comments Off on China’s People’s Liberation Army Amphibious Landing Operations Threat Template

PLA doctrine treats amphibious landings as specialized land offensives requiring joint fires, deception, and coordinated ship-to-shore movement. These templates describe…

Quarterly Operational Environment (OE) Insights Roll-Up

By David Anderson | 10/22/2026 | Comments Off on Quarterly Operational Environment (OE) Insights Roll-Up

The quarterly OE Insights Roll-Up for the fourth quarter, FY26 synthesizes the preceding 3 months of running estimates into a…

Operational Environment and Threat Update – CTC Commanders Forum

By Mica Hall | 10/22/2026 | Comments Off on Operational Environment and Threat Update – CTC Commanders Forum

This unclassified brief provides CTC Commanders with a current, comprehensive overview of the global Operational Environment (OE), emerging threat trends,…

Know the Threat: People’s Liberation Army (PLA) “Big 8” Capabilities of an Amphibious Combined Arms Brigade Poster

By David Anderson | 09/24/2026 | Comments Off on Know the Threat: People’s Liberation Army (PLA) “Big 8” Capabilities of an Amphibious Combined Arms Brigade Poster

GTA 20-10-008 provides a quick recognition guide to the PLA “Big 8” capabilities of an amphibious combined-arms brigade. It is…

Know the Threat: People’s Liberation Army (PLA) “Big 8” Capabilities of a Medium Combined Arms Brigade Poster

By David Anderson | 09/24/2026 | Comments Off on Know the Threat: People’s Liberation Army (PLA) “Big 8” Capabilities of a Medium Combined Arms Brigade Poster

GTA 20-10-007 provides a quick recognition guide to the PLA “Big 8” capabilities of a medium combined-arms brigade. It is…

PLA Theater Army Attack on a U.S. Army Corps

By David Anderson | 09/17/2026 | Comments Off on PLA Theater Army Attack on a U.S. Army Corps

This graphic represents a U.S. Army corps serving as a tactical headquarters under a joint command would face a multidomain…

PLA Theater Army Defense Against a U.S. Army Corps

By David Anderson | 09/17/2026 | Comments Off on PLA Theater Army Defense Against a U.S. Army Corps

This graphic represents a notional U.S. attack against a PLA theater command would be a multidivision, multidomain operation in which…

T2COM OE Threat Assessment 1-1.3, How China Fights Against a U.S. Army Corps

By David Anderson | 09/08/2026 | Comments Off on T2COM OE Threat Assessment 1-1.3, How China Fights Against a U.S. Army Corps

This paper provides a threat-informed framework for understanding how the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) might fight as a joint force…

Command and Sustainment in the PLA Army Service Support Brigade

By David Anderson | 08/27/2026 | Comments Off on Command and Sustainment in the PLA Army Service Support Brigade

While Western analysis of the PLA Army’s sweeping 2015-2017 structural reforms has heavily prioritized the modernization and lethality of newly…