From the Combat Training Centers: Ask Outlaw A Perspective on Rotational Training

By Colonel Ian J. Lauer

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Commander of Operations Group shares insights on maximizing NTC training. Focuses on fundamentals over gaming scenarios, commander-staff dialogue on risk, validation of systems, and home-station prep for BCT readiness success

M1 Abrams tank moving through urban street with crew visible in turret, additional armored vehicles in background,
demonstrating armored operations in built-up area.

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Tanks in Cities? Preparing the Armored Force for the Urban Fight

Modernizing U.S. Army Armor Branch doctrine, training, and culture for combined-arms urban operations in large-scale combat operations.

CPT Josh Johnstone and CPT Chris Jordan

Major General Taylor, Commanding General of the 2nd Infantry Division/ROK-U.S. Combined Division, gestures while briefing senior military leaders inside a military field tent. General Park, Chief of Staff of the ROK Army, and General Kang, Deputy Commander of South Korea/U.S. Combined Forces Command, are seated at a table reviewing documents. Both U.S. and ROK Army soldiers in camouflage uniforms stand in formation behind the seated leaders. Name placards are visible on the table.

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ROK-US Combined Division: How Fighting Together Enables 2nd Infantry Division

This article examines how the 2nd Infantry Division/ROK-U.S. Combined Division (2ID/RUCD) leveraged its unique binational command structure during Warfighter Exercise 24-2 to enhance combat effectiveness through integrated intelligence operations, combined targeting and fires coordination, protection asset prioritization for wet gap crossings, and execution of a complex forward passage of lines with the 2nd ROK Corps. The combined staff's standing relationships.

By LTC Brennan Speakes, LTC Jared Ferguson, MAJ Ian Murdoch, MAJ Seohyun Park, MAJ Bradley Rager and MAJ Wesley Mooseman

Six people standing in winter clothing in front of a modern church with distinctive A-frame architecture, tall central stained glass window, and snow-covered grounds.

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Lead, Maintain, Train A Framework for a Successful EUCOM Deployment

Operational framework employed by 1st Battalion, 37th Armor Regiment during a U.S. European Command deployment, focusing on leadership through Soldier protective factors, equipment maintenance standards, and combined arms training to build combat readiness.

By LTC Kyle Trottier, MAJ Timothy Lee, and CSM Mark Lavender

Lean's 8 Types of Waste diagram showing defects, overproduction, waiting, non-utilized talent, transportation, inventory, motion, and extra processing in manufacturing

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Driving Efficiency at the Battalion Level

Learn how Army battalion commanders can apply Lean's 8 Wastes framework to drive efficiency, optimize resources, and improve unit effectiveness and readiness.

By LTC Michael D. Hebert and MAJ Andrew T. Kilcer