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…Lessons Learned172 pagesSmall Unit Tactics
There are many problems associated with living and fighting in the desert environment. Throughout history, the Greek, French, British, and American forces have learned and relearned the problems associated with desert operations. More…Lessons Learned32 pagesFieldcraft Survival
Managing combat trauma on the modern battlefield represents challenges that are scarcely encountered within the civilian community. The advent of tactical combat casualty care (TCCC) represented a fundamental paradigm shift from the care…Lessons Learned57 pagesSmall Unit Tactics
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 Learned163 pagesSmall Unit Tactics
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
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
ealizing the need to foster a closer sense of cooperation between the light infantry company and a &tank force when task-organized, the Chief of Staff of the Army, General Dennis Reimer, directed that the Army develop Tactics, Techniques,…Lessons Learned107 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
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
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
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 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
Use of Mortars in Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain (MOUT) Mortars are valuable in providing indirect fire support during military operations on urbanized terrain. Indirect fire by FA has often been unavailable to infantrymen and in…Lessons Learned23 pagesFires
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
BUSTING THE BARRICADES: How Armor Was Employed In the Urban Battle of Seoul by Captain Matthew H. Fath As noted in a recent Army Times arti- cle entitled "Urban Crisis," few armor or mechanized infantry units — and not one active duty…Lessons Learned7 pagesSmall Unit Tactics
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
of military forces results in a sharp increase of violence and hatred, hindering a diplomatic solution and marginalizing moderate officials— both insurgent and government.23 Perhaps most importantly, the social contract between the…Lessons Learned88 pagesDoctrine Philosophy
The proper application of fire support assets is a critical planning factor in any combat situation. Successful employment of MLRS in MOUT requires exceptional planning and C2 down to the launcher level. The purpose of this review of…Lessons Learned20 pagesFires
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
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 following collection of articles and reports are focused on multinational training and operations. The articles are categorized in the following areas of interest: global environment and strategic challenges; and the geographic…Lessons Learned191 pagesDoctrine Philosophy
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
1 SUPPORT TO CIVIL AUTHORITIES Support to Civil Authorities: Protecting the Homeland Introduction The task of protecting borders and ports of entry from transnational and other threats to the security of the United States is a colossal…Lessons Learned139 pagesDoctrine Philosophy
This newsletter is a collection of articles focused on stability operations in the Western Hemisphere, specifically in Central and South America. Today, stability operations in Afghanistan and Iraq rightfully receive the lion's share of…Lessons Learned125 pagesDoctrine Philosophy
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).Lessons Learned5 pagesSustainment
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
MarineLINK The Commandant's Page Articles "The Strategic Corporal: Leadership in the Three Block War" "The Strategic Corporal: Leadership in the Three Block War" Marines Magazine, January 1999 by Gen. Charles C. Krulak Operation Absolute…Lessons Learned8 pagesLeadership Training
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
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