"Train as you fight" is one of the most essential principles of Army training doctrine, yet for more than 10 years this principle has been applied only partially. Why? Because fighting has been mostly decentralized and training mostly centralized. The Army's centralized "road to war" training...
Army doctrine from 1905 to the present day. The author discusses the philosophy of mission command as a warfighting function, examines the Army Doctrine Publication (ADP) titled "Mission Command," and explores the rules and regulations surrounding military field service....
Army Doctrine Publication (ADP) 6-0, Mission Command, defines mission command as "the exercise of authority and direction by the commander using mission orders to enable disciplined initiative within the commander's intent to empower agile and adaptive leaders in the conduct of unified land operatio...
According to the Stryker Interim Armored Vehicle Operational Mode Summary/Mission Profile (IAV OMS/MP) (Training and Doctrine Command, 2000b), the Stryker planned mission profile called for operations on hard roads 20 percent of the time, and cross-country operations 80 percent of the time. Stry...
The NTC Campaign. The National Training Center in the California Mojave Desert was established in 1982, right at the end of Combat Mission Cold War’s time frame. The NTC campaign puts you in command of a US Army Company Team as it begins its rotation and trial by simulated fire against ...
The new doctrine applied the operations process to training management, revised the mission essential task list (METL) concept, and introduced the idea of key collective tasks (KCT). CATS provides training assistance we were able to complete our Mission Essential Task List to standard and completed...
Leaders struggle to address these challenges while in the various stages of Army force generation. Here's how one battalion overcame excessive rates of soldier misconduct and reestablished a unit culture that fosters safe and responsible decision making. Ultimately, this effort not only benefited the...
The NTC campaign puts you in command of a US Army Company Team as it begins its rotation and trial by simulated fire against the premier Soviet style formation in the world, the NTC OPFOR (Opposing Force). The US West German Campaign. Set in the southern Fulda Strategic Corridor between ...
However, we should note that in many but not all military situations there is a clear chain of command which effectively reduces the number of stakeholders who are involved in a decision-making process to one. In such cases, Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem does not apply. While we did not ...
1. I am a US Army vet so am biased towards my own service. 2. I've never really managed to get the hang of Soviet doctrine. 3. Most of the content in CMRT has you playing as the Germans and I really, really, really hate fighting against Soviet infantry. Damn. Soviet doctrin...