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News from the CTC: Intelligence support to sustainment.
No full textThis article will discuss the intelligence war fighting function in CSSBs during sustainment operations in the decisive action training (DATE) scenario 2.2. The author uses her recent experiences at the National Training Center (NTC) at Fort Irwin, California and the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) at Fort Polk, Louisiana, to highlight the methods in which a CSSB S-2 can be successful at CTCs
Decisive action training environment at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center, volume IV.
No full textThis newsletter takes a look at several challenges of mission command, opening with a view from the NATO perspective. Also included is a comparative study of the various methodologies used for the military decisionmaking process and the importance of seeking to understand the lowest common denominator between these processes. Likewise, it is important for leaders to understand the differences between unit capacities versus capabilities. The newsletter offers several techniques for bridging multinational fires interoperability and illustrates how the Russian-Ukrainian conflict has influenced and shaped the DATE training conducted at JMRC.
Other topics discussed in this newsletter are the use of graphic control measures, camouflage techniques, employment of reconnaissance, cyber security, digital systems interoperability, religious support, and conducting after action reviews.
NATO interoperability: fostering U.S. and NATO headquarters understanding; a tool for parallel planning in a combined brigade combat team; capacity versus capability and effects on interoperability; bridging multinational joint fires interoperability with competent fire support liaison; graphic control measures in multinational operations; winter camouflage modifications: observations of multinational techniques; employing reconnaissance in a multinational task force; fratricide avoidance in multinational operations; understanding interoperability through the lens of religious support; after action review considerations during multinational operations
Knowledge management in the CJTF-OIR.
No full textThis News From The Front discusses how the III Corps addressed gaps in the knowledge management process within the Combined Joint Task Force (CJTF). It illustrates some practical steps to address sharing of information in a combined joint headquarters that maybe adopted by knowledge managers and leaders in similar situations
The “By, With, and Through” approach: an Army Service Component Command perspective, United States Army Central white paper.
No full textThis white paper provides US Army Central’s perspective on the contemporary operating environment as the Theater Army for the US Central Command Area of Responsibility. It also constitutes a request of the Army to analyze the By, With, and Through (BWT) operational framework for the purpose of informing future force generation, training, and mission command for Army forces
Executing knowledge management in support of mission command : a primer for senior leaders.
No full textThis primer was developed using lessons learned from Soldiers in the field and the Combat Training Centers, has been prepared by the Army Knowledge Management Proponent. It is intended to provide senior Army leaders a concise understanding of KM and what they can do to improve important organizational processes (e.g., the military decisionmaking process and operations process). It briefly discusses basic KM concepts, the roles of senior leaders in KM, and provides some techniques senior leaders may choose to employ in managing a KM program.
TOC: Executing knowledge management; in support of mission command; the knowledge management team; knowledge management maturity model; references
African Horizons : planning and engaging in security cooperation across the three horizons; partnerships, time, and scale.
No full textAfrican Horizons is U.S. Army Africa’s (USARAF) innovative approach to synchronizing Army activities over time to achieve strategic objectives. It links bilateral security cooperation (SC) activities with key influencers to achieve regional effects that build toward continental security in Africa. African Horizons was designed to increase the efficacy of USARAF as a theater army, improve readiness of both U.S. and African army forces through relevant and demanding training in austere environments, and expand the global land power network in Africa.
The purpose of this News from the Front (NFTF) is to share the USARAF story and highlight its creative approach to accomplishing SC goals on the continent. To that end, this NFTF will address: An overview of the African Horizons concept, USARAF’s regional approach to SC, and an interview with the USARAF chief of staff
CALL Insider, Jan-Feb 2017.
No full textSeveral of our newly released products are highlighted in this issue of the CALL Insider. In particular, I want to draw your attention to the Joint Air Ground Integration Center (JAGIC) and Mission Command Training in Unified Land Operations. The JAGIC Handbook is a must read for anyone headed to or serving on division staff because of the JAGIC’s value as a tool for the division commander. The Mission Command Training Program (MCTP) completed its fiscal year (FY) 16 trends analysis product to help commands and staffs prepare for exercises and operational missions. You may also be interested in our News From the Front article featuring observations from the Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine. Here you will learn how Ukrainian soldiers are adapting to the enemy tactics they are facing on the frontline. It really puts into perspective the importance of why we do, or should do, certain things like use of cell phones, social media, operations security, and camouflage. In the coming months you can look forward to products on home station training and support area operations. We are also updating one of our most popular publications, the Radio and System Operators Handbook, to include instructions for operating Capability Set 15 equipment
Terrain models : by the 941st engineer aviation topographic battalion.
No full textThis pamphlet describes the method employed by this organization in the rapid production of light weight terrain models
Administrative Order No. 1- XII Air Force Service Command.
No full textThe mission is to provide the 12th Air Force with services of supply and repair for all its equipment, the construction and maintenance of airdromes and other facilities and utilities, shelter, food, clothing, and medical facilities and equipment, the payment of the command, evacuation, sanitation, transportation, traffic control, training of Service Units, estimation, supervision and disbursement of funds, and other services as they may be required
School of the saboteur.
No full textSabotage may be defined as any surreptitious means of hampering war effort by delay, damage, or destruction. It is practiced in great variety, from the minor nuisance of a severed telephone line to the major catastrophe of a destroyed munitions plant. Contents: the saboteur; training; means of sabotage; delay devices; high-explosive devices; and complete explosive devices