Current MOUT Doctrine And Its Adequacy For Today's Army

Abstract

This thesis examines the adequacy of current military operations on urbanized terrain (MOUT) doctrine for current and future Army operations at the battalion task force level. This study outlines Army MOUT doctrine's development including and since World War II and the current state of Army MOUT doctrine. This study applies four tests to determine the adequacy of MOUT doctrine; mission, threat, terrain and technology. Each test involves the general question of whether or not our current MOUT doctrine gives the task force commander the sufficient tools to conduct the range of operations he may execute today or in the near future. Additionally, the study uses two historical vignettes to as lessons learned and another means of testing MOUT doctine. This study concludes that current Army MOUT doctrine is inadequate for current and future operations. MOUT doctrine does not give the task force commander the tools he requires to conduct the missions, evaluate the threat, analyze the terrain, or use the technology available to him in an urban setting.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 06, 1997
Accession Number
ADA331772

Entities

People

  • Phillip T. Nethery

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Combat Operations
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Doctrine
  • Employment
  • Geography
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military History
  • Military Operations
  • Mobile Phones
  • Second World War
  • Task Forces
  • Threat Evaluation
  • Urban Areas
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Effects

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Urban Planning and Geography.