Prime-Power Considerations for Engineer Planners

Abstract

Recent experiences in Iraq, Afghanistan, East Timor, and other global hot spots have shown that most theater or Joint Task Force-level engineer staffs are largely unfamiliar with the capabilities, limitations, and employment of prime-power assets. Because the 249th Engineer Battalion (Prime Power) is the only unit of its kind in the Army, staff planners simply lack exposure to the unit and training in the employment of its assets. Furthermore, the current doctrinal guidance in Field Manual (FM) 5-422, Engineer Prime-Power Operations, frequently comes up short in bridging the gap between theory and practice because the manual was written before prime power was reorganized into the 249th Engineer Battalion in 1994. (FM 5-422 is being revised and will be published as FM 3-34.483, Engineer Prime-Power Operations.) The following four lessons have proven to be the most important and most repeated comments over the course of the past two years of operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA596647

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  • Geoff Van Epps

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  • United States Army Engineer School

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  • Army
  • Bare Bases
  • Combat Operations
  • Construction
  • Contracts
  • Employment
  • Engineers
  • Generators
  • Hot Spots
  • Lessons Learned
  • Maintenance
  • Materials
  • Military Facilities
  • Personnel Management
  • Procurement
  • Task Forces
  • Warfare

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