A Battalion Staff Prepared for War: The Key to Combined Arms Success on the Modern Tactical Battlefield,

Abstract

Today's battlefield, much expanded and highly lethal, requires better staffs at lower levels than ever before. The ability of battalion commanders and staffs to combine arms effectively in order to gain an edge over the enemy in future engagements is essential. Their successor failure will have a major impact upon higher units and the Army altogether in the next war. Whether today's battalion staffs can meet the emmense combined arms challenges likely to exist on the modern battlefield is the main issue of this monograph. Keywords: Battalion staff, Staff training, combined arms, Combat support arms, Rapido river, Schmidt, Staff organization, Staff doctrine.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 10, 1988
Accession Number
ADA192582

Entities

People

  • Walter Wojdakowski

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Classification
  • Combat Support
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Employment
  • Fire Support
  • Indirect Fire
  • Lessons Learned
  • New York
  • Second World War
  • Security
  • Social Sciences
  • Standards
  • Task Forces
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation