The Army has commissioned the Army Science Board to help service leaders wrestle with the doctrinal implications of bolstering conventional defense against near-peer adversaries such as China and Russia, directing the independent advisory panel to conduct a follow-on study to its 2017 Multi-Domain Battle assessment. In an undated, two-page memo, Ryan McCarthy -- then-acting Army secretary -- chartered the new study, which is slated to deliver recommendations at the end of the summer to Gen. Mark Milley, chief of staff,...