Publications
USMA COVID-19 Response AAR
Like many other civilian academic institutions and military training
centers, the U.S. Military Academy (USMA), located in West Point, New York,
was impacted by the coronavirus pandemic which also affected the entire
world in the spring of 2020. The USMA staff quickly initiated planning to
develop a response to COVID-19. Planning resulted in a campaign plan that
focused on four major key tasks: return and reception of the graduating
class of 2020, the graduation of the class of 2020, subsequent cadet summer
training, and activities surrounding the reception of the new Plebe class in
late summer. All planning needed to balance the immediate impact of health
as a risk to force against the risk to mission of developing leaders of
character. There were many lessons learned and best practices identified throughout the
three months in which "Operation Resilient Knight" was developed and then
transitioned into execution. Contained within this report are the key points
identified during the Center for Army Lessons Learned collection, which was
conducted on the Academy grounds. There are many points upon which to grow
and improve. Additionally, many of these points may serve as waypoints for
other educational institutions and training commands to imitate as they
also chart a path to return to training amid the coronavirus threat.
Doctrine Newsletter, April 2020
Doctrine Developers Guidance, 2-20
CALL Insider, 3rd Qtr, FY 20 Newsletter
This edition of the CALL Insider includes a roll-up of 3rd quarter FY20
publications, reports, best practice submissions, and articles from the
field. The "News You Can Use" section features the latest audiobooks from
the Combined Arms Doctrine Directorate and resources from the Center for the
Army Profession and Leadership. Finally, check out ways the combat training
centers are adapting to the COVID-19 environment and how you can better
prepare yourself and your unit for the next CTC rotation.
20-16: Defense of the Cajun Bayou
This book is an effort to reach units prior to their arrival in Louisiana by giving them realistic scenarios to think about while following the Cajun Brigade through the planning and execution of a defense. While reading, take note of the guidance the brigade commander provides his staff. Watch the staff focus on achieving the commander’s guidance through its planning sessions. Study how the staff primaries take an active role in their struggle to understand and apply that guidance. Empathize with them as they do it all under the duress and tyranny of time. Throughout, the authors have provided an opportunity for the reader to take an active role.
GTA 19-10-007: Doctrine SmartCard
Analysts from the Center for Army Lessons Learned, having observed numerous iterations of the Mission Command Training Program’s Warfighter Exercises and Combat Training Center rotations, have identified key doctrinal areas that most junior Soldiers and leaders routinely reference. These include areas relevant to Army planning and Army offensive and defensive operations. This quick reference aid aims to help Soldiers quickly identify and reference key doctrinal terms and steps in high operational tempo training environments.
NFTF - Train the Trainer: Kuwaiti Police Special Forces Female Very Important Person Protection Team
In February 2020, female Soldiers from the 114th Military Police (MP) Company, 112th MP Battalion, and 66th Troop Command within the Mississippi Army National Guard in direct support of the Directorate of Emergency Services within Area Support Group-Kuwait, conducted a train the trainer event for the incoming instructors of the Kuwaiti Police Special Forces Female Very Important Person (VIP) Protection Team at the Kuwait Ministry of Interior. The purpose of this training was to provide instruction on law enforcement operations, protective service training fundamentals, non-lethal capabilities, and combatives, to provide the VIP Protection Team a baseline needed to teach incoming members.
News From the Front: Sustaining Division Readiness Through Existing Training Opportunities
This article describes how the 1st Infantry Division and select subordinate units built and sustained mission command readiness while providing a forward-deployed headquarters in support of USAREUR’s Operation ATLANTIC RESOLVE.
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Musicians of Mars IV: The Mustangs’ War (Deliberate Attack)
LTC Milner and the Soldiers of Task Force (TF) Mustang are back in this final installment of the series. Its focus is on tactical leaders’ decisions as TF Mustang transitions from a hasty pursuit to a more deliberate offensive operation. As with previous volumes, tactical leaders’ decisions, both good and poor, are designed to stimulate discussion of small-unit training, leadership, professionalism, and planning in a large-scale combat operation. Characters in the work, as well as their subordinates, are human and will make mistakes. They will also use realistic language, talk about their interests, and display prejudices or anger toward enemy forces that may alarm some readers. Musicians of Mars IV displays leader progression as its protagonists advance through combat operations. CALL anticipates that this volume will facilitate unit-level professional development in the same manner its three predecessors did. Whether discussing combined arms breaches or reconnaissance and security operations, LTC Milner and his subordinates are intended to be an avenue through which battalion and field grade officers can initiate a professional discussion with their subordinates.
NFTF: The Army Interoperability Measurement System - AIMS
To assess interoperability progress and inform resource allocation decisions, the Army developed an Army Interoperability Measurement System (AIMS) which measures interoperability levels among the U.S. Army and its partners. The AIMS is scalable, focused, strategic-to-tactical, linked to interoperability plans, and it has bilateral, cross component, and joint utility. With sound concepts, linkages, processes, and AIMS in place, the Army can design and implement training exercises that, foremost, train U.S. and MN forces while providing armies an opportunity to observe and measure if interoperability goals are achieved.
NFTF - Multinational Patient Evacuation and Coordination Cell 20-543
Exercise SABER STRIKE is a U.S.-led multinational exercise involving 19 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies and partners. The exercise is conducted throughout the Baltic region and Poland. During Exercise SABER STRIKE 18, the 30th Medical Brigade liaison officer was assigned to the land component command and multinational patient evacuation and coordination cell to ensure synchronization among the medical brigade, corps, and multinational staffs. Conducting medical regulation in this dynamic environment facilitated collaboration with NATO counterparts that resulted in observations to benefit medical operations in a joint or multinational environment.