Retaking Sa'ad: Successful

Abstract

Counterinsurgency is difficult. As a force, we have only begun to rediscover and process the hard lessons of the past, which we largely discarded in our march to build the perfect maneuver and combat force. As a result, the Army is struggling with "nonkinetic operations" the Army's entire force structure is designed for kinetic operations, leaving commanders at all levels with few nonkinetic tools at their disposal. During 2006, Team Battle, 2d Battalion, 37th (2-37) Armor successfully set conditions that resulted in pacifying insurgent-dominated territory without fighting any major pitched battles in Tal Afar. The soldiers of Team Battle applied principles learned from training, scholarship, and hard experience to achieve short-term, and hopefully long-term, success in one of Iraq's most difficult cities.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA486613

Entities

People

  • Niel Smith

Organizations

  • United States Army Combined Arms Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Armored Vehicles
  • Employment
  • Explosive Devices
  • Explosives
  • First Responders
  • Human Intelligence
  • Improvised Explosive Devices
  • Iraqi-War
  • Joint Military Activities
  • Military Education
  • Military Science
  • Munitions
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychological Operations
  • Security
  • Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Devices
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.