Training Ground Combat Forces for Operation Iraqi Freedom

Abstract

This paper explores how our military combat training centers are currently training Army and Marine Corps ground forces for counterinsurgency. Although the training centers have done a good job transforming from the Cold War to the war on terror, training objectives must be continually refined in order to train the force. Training objectives for commanders and their staffs at the tactical level are lacking and not fully developed and more importantly are not synchronized and nested with the joint task force commander's campaign plans, goals, and objectives in Iraq. This is an important topic because it suggests there is not a mechanism or system currently in place to ensure that we are fully training our tactical commanders and staffs in all aspects of the counterinsurgency and in line with the operational commander's vision for the end state. It suggests further that if we were to get the training right it could have far reaching impacts on our ability to better provide military support to stability, security, transition, and reconstruction (SSTR).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 06, 2007
Accession Number
ADA476626

Entities

People

  • R. J. Reid

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Training
  • Cold War
  • Combat Forces
  • Combat Operations
  • Department Of Defense
  • Doctrine
  • Governments
  • International Organizations
  • Iraqi-War
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Security
  • Task Forces
  • Training
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Systems Analysis and Design