USAREUR: Force Readiness and the Maneuver Damage Dilemma.

Abstract

The AirLand Battle doctrine provides the US Army an approach to fighting and winning against a numerically superior force. For the United States Army in Europe, realistic maneuver training is essential to effective execution of this doctrine. However, the inadequacy of maneuver space under US control dictates that maneuver training must be conducted in maneuver right areas on the German countryside. The high cost of maneuver damage coupled with ever growing environmental protection efforts by the host nation conflicts with this need and is: USAREURS MANEUVER DAMAGE DILEMMA. This essay establishes USAREURS need to conduct maneuver training, explores the costs and problems associated with maneuver damage, analyzes USAREURS approach to the maneuver damage dilemma and provides insightand recommendations concerning this approach based on the experience of the author. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 15, 1983
Accession Number
ADA127861

Entities

People

  • Herbert E. Koenigsbauer

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Army Training
  • Classification
  • Combat Readiness
  • Command And Control
  • Department Of Defense
  • Doctrine
  • Employment
  • Environment
  • Governments
  • Security
  • Students
  • Task Forces
  • Training
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers