Publications

NFTF - Rapid Equipping Force: The Commander's Option to Quickly Address Equipment Gaps
PDF | Published 10 Dec 2018
When there is an equipment (hardware, software, weapon, tool, etc.) capability gap, what solutions does a unit have at its fingertips? The United States Army provides units with two means to solve the issue: the Operational Needs Statement (ONS) and the Rapid Equipping Force (REF) 10-Liner Request for Capability. If the need is urgent, the REF 10-Liner is the way to go. The purpose of this article is to explain the REF 10-Liner and detail the very easy-to-complete form in order to help Soldiers and leaders.

NFTF - The 404th Civil Affairs Battalion, Counter Illicit Trafficking Training in Tanzania
PDF | Published 06 Dec 2018
One of the missions of the 404th Civil Affairs Battalion (CA BN) of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) is to conduct counter illicit trafficking (CIT) training in Tanzania; it is one of the unit's enduring and perhaps more interesting missions in Africa. Aside from the pure training aspect, the mission demonstrates suitable nesting with the lines of effort of the CJTF-HOA campaign support plan, the benefits of multiagency contribution, specific properties associated with greater success in building partner capabilities/capacity and finally the importance of using the CA BN's civil information management cell to analyze information for situational awareness and to establish an assessments program to evaluate effectiveness in order to modify courses of action as needed.

19-01: Security Cooperation and the State Partnership Program Bulletin
PDF | Published 23 Oct 2018
The State Partnership Program (SPP) is a Department of Defense (DOD) security cooperation program, managed and administered by the National Guard Bureau (NGB), executed and coordinated by the geographic combatant commands (GCCs), with personnel sourced by the National Guard. It is an innovative, small-footprint tool supporting the security cooperation goals of the GCCs and the U.S. Chief of Mission (CoM) for the partner nation (PN). This publication provides an overview of program highlights and activities.

NFTF - Army Logistics-Over-the-Shore: Nautical Horizon 18
PDF | Published 15 Oct 2018
The purpose of this NFTF is to highlight the complexities involved with logistics-over-the-shore. It is presented in two parts: one an overview from CALL analysts stationed forward in the AOR and another excerpted from a SUSTAINER article.

News From the CTC: Questions of MGS PLT Relationships Within the SBCT
PDF | Published 10 Oct 2018
The purpose of this article is to discuss the command and control relationship and employment of the mobile gun system (MGS) platoon within the Stryker Brigade. The observations have been collected by the JMRC Observer Controllers during a unit's rotational exercise.

NFTF - Class VIII Blood Supply Support to Current Operations for Medical Planners
PDF | Published 03 Oct 2018
This article discusses the challenges of providing class VIII blood and blood products to austere theaters of operation. In many of the austere locations the Army operates in, countries do not meet the medical standard that the U.S. requires. Therefore, perishable Class VIII items must be supplied and sustained in theater from the U.S. or U.S. approved stores such as the Armed Services Blood Bank Center - Europe (ASBBC-E). While this article focuses on the Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), the insights and information provided are pertinent to all theaters and should interest medical service corps planners across the Army.

NFTF: The Tropical Medicine Course CJTF-HOA for Medical Personnel Deployed to Africa
PDF | Published 02 Oct 2018
The endstate of the Military Tropic Medicine (MTM) Course is to increase force health protection (FHP) and troop readiness, just as FHP was a primary endstate for Britain and U.S. interests with regard to tropical diseases more than a century ago. A more immediate objective in achieving the endstate is to provide medical personnel with relevant knowledge and understanding to address medical issues specific to deployment areas, especially for those who may be a considerable distance from a military base.

Director's Action Group Report - Considerations for Multi-Domain Operation Success
PDF | Published 28 Sep 2018
This primer proffers a consideration for the identification of a functional combatant command as the lead DOD entity to integrate, synchronize, and coordinate multi-domain operations (MDO) across the United States Government (USG). This primer also includes planning considerations for commanders to employ MDO.

Director's Action Group Report - The Next Arms Race
PDF | Published 28 Sep 2018
Within the next 10-20 years technological advancements will be the catalyst for the next arms race. Unlike the nuclear build-up of the Cold War, the next arms race will centrally focus on two lines of efforts: autonomous systems using artificial intelligence (AI) with humans-out-of-the loop, and anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon systems.

18-37: The Army Combat Fitness Test Handbook
PDF | Published 27 Sep 2018
This handbook is a compilation of products developed by the Center for Initial Military Training (CIMT) in preparation for the Army-wide implementation of the ACFT. Refinements are expected as testing units provide feedback, but in the interim, this handbook provides commanders, leaders, and Soldiers with a guide to preparing for and administering the ACFT.

NFTF: Insights from Brig. Gen. S. Clinton Hinote, USAF Deputy Chief, Office of Security Cooperation-Iraq
PDF | Published 21 Sep 2018
This article summarizes the key points from an end of tour interview with Brigadier General S. Clinton Hinote, USAF, Deputy Chief for the Office of Security Cooperation-Iraq from February 2017 to February 2018 and includes a white paper written by the general entitled “Iraq What Now? Consolidating Coalition Gains with Smart, Limited Investments.”

News From the CTC: Questions of MGS Platoon Relationships within SBCT
PDF | Published 20 Sep 2018
The purpose of this article is to discuss the command and control relationship and employment of the mobile gun system (MGS) platoon within the Stryker Brigade. The observations have been collected by the JMRC Observer Controllers during the unit’s rotational exercise.

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