MCCOE News Archive

Fri, 2020-05-22 12:14

Center for Army Lessons Learned Director Col. Chris Keller (center) conducted a socially distanced promotion ceremony for military analyst Lt. Col. Chris Watkins, May 21, 2020. The ceremony included a small in-person gathering, with a larger audience participating and providing congratulatory messages via Microsoft Teams. (courtesy photo)

Wed, 2020-05-13 13:45

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.

Mon, 2020-04-27 15:44

The Commanders of Operations Group for the National Training Center and the Joint Readiness Training Center, Col. Michael Simmering and Col. David Gardner, participated in the “Lessons Learned for S3s and XOs” elective with Command and General Staff College students April 23, 2020. Discussion focused on warfighting function trends, unit performance, and roles/expectations for field grade officers. (Courtesy photo by Tim Wilson, Center for Army Lessons Learned)

Wed, 2020-04-15 12:58

Mission Command Training Program trains Army functional/multi-functional/maneuver brigades, divisions, expeditionary sustainment commands, Corps, special operations units, and U.S. Air Force personnel in mission command and large-scale combat operations. This publication provides an overview of the top seven collective trends organized by echelon of command and warfighting function, with additional emphasis on the integration of U.S. Air Force assets, special operations forces, and cyberspace electromagnetic activities. NCO utilization observations are also included to help facilitate the integration of NCOs into command posts. The goal is to increase the readiness of units to plan, prepare, fight, and win in any environment. Winning matters!

Mon, 2020-04-13 11:42

Center for Army Lessons Learned analyst Tim Wilson conducts the “Lessons Learned for S3s and XOs” elective course for U.S. Army Command and General Staff College students from his home office April 9, 2020. Thirty-nine students are attending this virtual four-week course that addresses the tactical S3’s and XO’s roles and responsibilities in the Army Lessons Learned Process. (Courtesy photo)

Tue, 2020-03-24 11:38

Mission Command Center of Excellence Director Maj. Gen. Douglas Crissman listens to his Chief of Operations Cam Wesson (on screen) during a distributed Director’s Synchronization Meeting March 24, 2020. Many MCCoE employees are conducting operations remotely in accordance with local public health guidelines to help stem the spread of COVID 19. (U.S. Army photo by Randi Stenson, MCCoE Public Affairs)

Fri, 2020-03-13 15:41

Mission Command Center of Excellence Director Maj. Gen. Douglas Crissman presents Sgt. Maj. Christopher Prosser and his wife Michelle with a gift as part of a farewell ceremony March 13, 2020, at the MCCoE headquarters. Prosser served as the MCCoE sergeant major since April 2018 and leaves to assume duties as the command sergeant major of White Sands Missile Range. (U.S. Army photo by Randi Stenson, MCCoE Public Affairs)

Wed, 2020-03-11 18:06

British Army Lt. Gen. Tim Radford, NATO’s Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe-designate and Mission Command Center of Excellence Director Maj. Gen. Douglas Crissman visit the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion Monument near the Buffalo Soldier Monument during Radford’s visit to Fort Leavenworth, Kan. March 6. Radford later spoke to the Command and General Staff College students, staff and faculty as part of the Kermit Roosevelt Lecture Series. Radford most recently served as commander of NATO’s Allied Rapid Reaction Corps and will become DSACEUR, one of the most senior military positions in NATO, in April 2020. Photo by Tisha Swart-Entwistle, Combined Arms Center Public Affairs Office.

Mon, 2020-02-24 15:54

The Army Joint Support Team graduated 28 students from the Echelons Above Brigade Airspace Course Feb. 13, 2020, at Hurlburt Field, Fla. The eight-day course trains individuals to perform tasks essential to unit collective-level tasks associated with airspace control and airspace management. (Courtesy Photo)

Wed, 2020-02-12 16:11

Saidmurat Tangirbergen (center), senior officer, Strategic Development Department, Kazakhstan Ministry of Defense, led a delegation of military and civilian personnel participating in a Center for Army Lessons Learned seminar Feb. 9-12, Fort Leavenworth, Kan. The delegation shared lessons learned and discussed plans to develop a comprehensive lessons learned program within the Kazakhstan Armed Forces. (U.S. Army photo by Christine Weis)