introduction, my background is Naval Aviation (E-2C Hawkeye Naval Flight Officer) and I am a Commander in the Naval Reserve. I have nineteen years of active and reserve time which included deployments on the USS AMERICA and USS ABRAHAM…Lessons Learned44 pagesDoctrine Philosophy
introduction, followed by a review of the literature pertaining to US COIN doctrine, the doctrine of other nations, and the background of Iraq. A look at the history of the US COIN doctrine development through US Army operations overseas…Lessons Learned95 pagesSmall Unit Tactics
The purpose of this study was to examine the Army's supply chain management system for capability gaps in the management of Class IX repair parts and determine if the best practices for civilian supply chain management can be applied to…Lessons Learned79 pagesSustainment
BATTLES FROM CORTINA: 3-D MOUT Battles From Cortina 3-D MOUT by MAJ Jeffrey D. Kulmayer The Atlantican Army had been defeated, but its remnants had retreated into the Cortinian town of Shughart-Gordon. The U.S. brigade charged with…Lessons Learned5 pagesSmall Unit Tactics
Subject Matter Expert Opinion Lacking significant findings related to tank crew coordination training, we consulted subject matter experts in industry, academia, and the military (including tank crewmembers) to clarify CRM considerations…Lessons Learned11 pagesLeadership Training
his newsletter addresses new non-lethal weapons that have been developed based on the latest technologies available today and how to apply them at the unit level. Studies dealing with non-lethal weapons and technologies can be grouped into…Lessons Learned48 pagesSmall Unit Tactics
At right, two Israeli Installations of the .50 caliber M2HB machine gun on the gun mantlets of, top, an M60, and below, a Merkava. Originally a train- ing device, this modification allows precision single-shot fire at snipers and lightly…Lessons Learned7 pagesSmall Unit Tactics
of the new round, the Bradley 25 MM HEIT is also very effective, with a killing burst radius of five meters. - In Vietnam, we modified the M113, eventually giving birth to the Armored Cavairy Vehicle (ACAV). At first it came out with a .50…Lessons Learned6 pagesSmall Unit Tactics
Digital communications networks are being procured and fielded by the U.S. Army. Digitization of the force has tremendous potential impact on U.S. Army operations. Used appropriately, digitization shows the potential to give everyone from…Lessons Learned79 pagesLeadership Training
The mission, purpose, and goals were the foundation to start integrating a reconstruction and stability effort in Iraq. Consequently, these goals embody the post conflict reconstruction task framework established in May 2002, which…Lessons Learned58 pagesDoctrine Philosophy
Mountain Cavalry Recon in Built-Up Areas by Captain Rich Rouleau The mounted scouts moved forward into the edge of the town in what was supposed to be a reconnaissance mission. Aero-scouts overhead probed forward of the ground elements,…Lessons Learned5 pagesSmall Unit Tactics
The Fort Leavenworth Field Unit of the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI) supports the Combined Arms Command by conducting research on human performance issues in command and control. In January 1991,…Lessons Learned100 pagesFieldcraft Survival
The Indirect Approach THE INDIRECT APPROACH How US Military Forces Can Avoid The Pitfalls of Future Urban Warfare by Maj. Gen Robert H. Scales, Jr., USA This article was previously published in Armed Forces Journal International, October…Lessons Learned8 pagesSmall Unit Tactics
Center for Army Lessons Learned product describing the Joint Readiness Training Center's military operations on urbanized terrain (MOUT) training complex (1996).Lessons Learned6 pagesLeadership Training
This report describes, in summary form, the research products developed from the Army Research Institute (ARI) National Training Center (NTC), Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC), and Home Station-Based Research Program to date. This…Lessons Learned41 pagesLeadership Training
It is a great pleasure to join Colonel-General Leontiy P. Shevtsov in providing a foreword to this joint publication on US-Russian lessons learned in the course of NATO's IFOR mission. One of my greatest honors, and challenges, as the…Lessons Learned121 pagesDoctrine Philosophy
The Command Supply Discipline Program (CSDP) is a commander's program. This handbook addresses the CSDP every unit must establish and enforce. Leaders must enforce and implement effective programs to ensure resources are being used without…Lessons Learned49 pagesSustainment
The government of Iraq is successfully transitioning from combating an insurgency and rebuilding its infrastructure to a strong sovereign state that no longer requires U.S. government assistance. Key to this success is the provincial…Lessons Learned163 pagesEngineering
Prehospital trauma care as performed on the battlefield differs markedly from that performed in the civilian sector. Treatment guidelines developed for the civilian setting do not necessarily translate well to the battlefield and may…Lessons Learned166 pagesSmall Unit Tactics
The Center for Army Lessons Learned assembled a Combined Arms Assessment Team (CAAT) to collect specific stability and support lessons and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) to help meet the challenges in post-war Iraq. The CAAT was…Lessons Learned122 pagesDoctrine Philosophy
The need to improve command and control functioning, particularly at echelons above brigade, is a recognized concern of long standing within the Army. The Battle Command Training Program (BCTP) is an important training program established…Lessons Learned286 pagesLeadership Training
The estimate of the situation has been the bedrock for military decision making in the United States Army since the turn of the century.' When used to assist the commander and staff as they plan and conduct combat operations it is referred…Lessons Learned224 pagesLeadership Training
Joint Center for Lessons Learned quarterly bulletin examining combat identification: reducing fratricide through doctrine, training, and technology lessons from recent operations (2002).Lessons Learned41 pagesDoctrine Philosophy
Background Four centuries ago, English statesman-philosopher Francis Bacon wrote that knowledge is power (Nye 2007, 233); however, simply having the knowledge is not exploiting the true value of it. The fundamental goal of knowledge…Lessons Learned161 pagesLeadership Training
LY he Foreign Military Studies Office (FMSO) is a research organization of the Center for Army Lessons 7Learned (CALL), located at the Combined Arms Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. As a part of CALL, FMSO's basic mission of mid-term…Lessons Learned21 pagesRecon Intel
The Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is combating an insurgency and simultaneously rebuilding its infrastructure to become a strong sovereign state no longer requiring assistance from the U.S. government (USG) or other…Lessons Learned223 pagesEngineering
From the Editor In this issue Military Review examines several issues. One is force projection— the ability to project combat power into a theater of operations to meet military requirements. Military Review also continues its series on…Lessons Learned98 pagesOther
support organizations. I'd like to turn now to a second vitally important initiative designed to honor our family of engineers in a profound way…by honoring the sacrifice of our Fallen Engineers from OEF and OIF. The AEA is proposing, and…Lessons Learned69 pagesEngineering
September-December 2009 6 Engineer C apturing observations has always been part of our military history. Today's engineers are learning historic lessons as our military conducts domestic and overseas contingency operations, and it is…Lessons Learned6 pagesEngineering
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