According to two Department of Defense (DOD) studies, the MUTC, a microcosm of a "living, breathing, urban area," provides a unique and realistic urban training venue on a scale unmatched in existing training venues. Located in rural south central...
This newsletter highlights some of the operations and missions over the last several years where Army and Navy forces have operated jointly. This publication is primarily a compilation of articles and interviews published in professional journals...
This newsletter emphasizes Army and Marine Corps efforts as joint or coalition forces. These professional journal articles focus on joint teams integrating logistics support to the warfighter. Topics include supply operations for Operations Iraqi...
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 Combatant...
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 reconstruction...
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 our...
For many years, the U.S. Army recognized the need to share information or lessons gained from training and actual combat operations. During World War II and the Korean War, the Army published “combat bulletins” in an attempt to share combat...
In this edition of the Center for Army Lessons Learned (CALL) Special Operations newsletter, we will examine the special operations forces (SOF) perspective of irregular warfare (IW) at the operational and tactical levels through a selection of...
Agriculture accounts for 45 percent of Afghanistan's gross domestic product and is the main source of income for the Afghan economy. Over 80 percent of the Afghan population is involved in farming, herding, or both. However, decades of war,...
The U.S. Army Financial Management School and the Center for Army Lessons Learned (CALL) have produced an outstanding "how to" guide to assist unit commanders and their paying agents and field ordering officers (FOOs) in meeting their...
This newsletter focuses on a comprehensive approach to integrated civilian-military command and control (C2) and staff integration in complex operations. Interagency operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and several other locations have revealed the...
The nature of recent challenges and the types of missions the U.S. Department of Defense(DOD) has undertaken highlight the need for the DOD to examine how the military prepares to work in a joint, interagency, intergovernmental, and multinational...
The complex and ambiguous nature of today's contemporary operational environment requires leaders of extraordinary skill and ability. Regardless of where the U.S. military conducts operations, the operational environment will often include large...
Last fall, the Army Reconnaissance Course (ARC) successfully moved from Fort Knox, Kentucky, to its new home in the Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Benning, Georgia. Since its establishment at Fort Benning, the ARC cadre reflected on its...
Problem: The brigade combat team (BCT) (or brigade task force [BTF]) and the provincial reconstruction team (PRT) have responsibilities for governance, security, development, and information lines of effort (LOEs) within a defined geographical area...
Media operations are vital components of the information operations fight. This newsletter explores the role media operations play on the modern battlefield, enumerating battle-tested and proven public affairs training guidance tactics, techniques,...
This first edition of the Battlefield Field Ordering Officer and Paying Agent Handbook contains a summary of acquisition policies, procedures, and managerial skills field ordering officers (FOOs)* and paying agents frequently require in deployed...
In early 2009 Multi-National Division--North (MND--N) directed its brigade combat teams (BCTs) to begin a women's initiative program. The program's goal was to empower Iraqi women to improve their own lives and the lives of their families. Captains...
Mobilizing the 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) was a major task for the brigade, the Arkansas Army National Guard, the State of Arkansas, family members of the mobilizing Soldiers, and affected employers.
Employer Support of the Guard and...
The purpose of this article is to share advice and ideas for future casualty assistance officers (CAOs) to enhance their performance and enrich the experience for the families involved and themselves. In September 2006, I was selected to serve as a...