CALL ·Army ·2001 Modifying the Abrams Tank for Fighting in Urban Areas
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…
CALL ·Army ·1998 Armor, July-August 1998. Light/Heavy Integration at the Joint Readiness Training Center
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…
CALL ·Army ·2001 Defining Digital Proficiency Measurement Targets for U.S. Army Units
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…
CALL ·Army ·2008 The Role of Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Stability Operations: Reality and Potential
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…
CALL ·Army ·2001 Mountain Cavalry Recon in Built-Up Areas
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,…
CALL ·Army ·2000 Echoes of Chechnya Warfare Resound in Moscow, Quantico
Selections from the Current Issue May 2000 ©SIGNAL Magazine 2000 Echoes of Chechnya Warfare Resound in Moscow, Quantico Experiences gleaned in Caucasus urban battles shape Russian doctrine, but raise more questions for U.S. Marines…
CALL ·Army ·1993 Desert Storm Challenges: An Overview of Desert Storm Survey Responses
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,…
CALL ·Army ·1998 The Indirect Approach: How US Military Forces Can Avoid the Pitfalls of Future Urban Warfare
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…
CALL ·Army ·1996 Joint Readiness Training Center MOUT Complex
Center for Army Lessons Learned product describing the Joint Readiness Training Center's military operations on urbanized terrain (MOUT) training complex (1996).
CALL ·Army ·1987 National Training Center, Joint Readiness Training Center, and Home Station-Based Program Products
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…
CALL ·Army ·2000 Lessons and Conclusions on the Execution of IFOR Operations and Prospects for a Future Combined Security System: The Peace and Stability of Europe after IFOR
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…
CALL ·Army ·2010 Small Unit Leader's Guide to: The Command Supply Discipline Program
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…
CALL ·Army ·2010 Iraq Provincial Reconstruction Team Handbook: Observations, Insights, and Lessons
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…
CALL ·Army ·2008 Journal of Special Operations Medicine. Training Supplement to Fall 2008. Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures
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…
CALL ·Army ·2003 U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Stability Operations and Support Operations (SOSO)
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…
CALL ·Army ·1996 Battle Command Training Program Database Development
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…
CALL ·Army ·1990 Rule-Based Expert Systems in the Command Estimate: An Operational Perspective
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…
CALL ·Army ·2002 Rethinking Combat Identification. Joint Center for Lessons Learned Quarterly Bulletin. Volume 4, Issue 3, June 2002
Joint Center for Lessons Learned quarterly bulletin examining combat identification: reducing fratricide through doctrine, training, and technology lessons from recent operations (2002).
CALL ·Army ·2007 Using Innovative Knowledge Management Tools for Information Technology Development, Acquisition, and Integration in the United States Army
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…
CALL ·Army ·1998 Basic Terminology and Concepts in International Peacekeeping Operations: An Analytical Review
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…
CALL ·Army ·2011 Afghanistan Provincial Reconstruction Team Handbook: Observations, Insights, and Lessons
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…
CALL ·Army ·2003 Military Review. Volume 83, Number 2, March-April 2003
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…
CALL ·Army ·2009 Engineer: The Professional Bulletin of Army Engineers
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…
CALL ·Army ·2009 Reflections on Building Great Engineers
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…
CALL ·Army ·2001 Impact of the Implementation of Information Technology on the Center for Army Lessons Learned
ABSTRACT As today's Army moves further into the Information Age and its mission evolves into a CONUS-based, Force Projection Army with diverse mission requirements, the ability to collect and disseminate lessons learned never has been more…
CALL ·Army ·1944 Urban Combat Operations Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures
With the Cold War over, it is obvious that many future operations will take place in an urbanized environment. Grenada, Panama, Haiti, and Somalia are recent examples of combat operations conducted under these conditions. The current…
CALL ·Army ·2008 Journal of Special Operations Medicine. Training Supplement: Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures, Volume 8 Edition 4, Fall 2008
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…
CALL ·Army ·2016 Combat Trains Command Post (CTCP) Operations
Center for Army Lessons Learned piece on combat trains command post (CTCP) operations supporting cavalry squadron reconnaissance: sustaining the momentum of the operation through the maneuver plan (2016).
CALL ·Army ·2016 Noncombatant Evacuation Operations: Department of State's Lessons Learned Program
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) and the Department of the Army (DA) both rotate positions frequently, deploy to a variety of countries, and work to promote and defend the interests of the American people overseas. Despite these shared…
CALL ·Army ·2006