Platoon FSCX as Enabler Integration Training within IWTS — A Technique

By COL Trevor Voelkel, LTC Eric Evans, MAJ Craig Hymel, MAJ Christopher Cummings

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The Army Integrated Weapons Training Strategy (IWTS) provides a comprehensive framework for progressive, multi-echelon readiness. This site examines how the 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), developed an innovative enabler integration training model.

Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment conduct AT4 live-fire training in Adazi, Latvia, on 17 September 2023. (Photo by SGT Cesar Salazar Jr.)

A tank is on its side in a field, surrounded by bushes and grass.

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The Army Needs to Quickly Adapt to Tactical Drone Warfare

A Field Artillery major draws on Ukraine and Nagorno-Karabakh lessons to propose modernizing Army IBCTs with tactical drones — replacing the RQ-7 Shadow with loitering munitions, equipping FISTs with FPVs, and giving battalion mortars organic precision-strike capability.

By MAJ Anthony R. Padalino

Military briefing with large-scale floor map showing tactical positions and unit movements for assembled soldiers.

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Taking Your Operational Performance ‘To the Limit’

A Stryker battalion S-3 details how 5-20 IN maximized NTC's leader training program by digitizing seven key fight products across CPCE, JBC-P, ShareDrive, and SharePoint — accelerating MDMP, enabling parallel planning, and sharpening C2 before hitting the box.

By CPT William Taylor

The command team from 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Mobile Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), conduct battlefield circulation during hasty defense and vehicle drop off operations during Operation Lethal Eagle 24.1. (Photo by SFC Joseph Truesdale)

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Intelligence Challenges Under the C2 Fix Construct

CW2 Thompson examines brigade S-2 intelligence challenges under the C2 Fix construct, offering lessons from Operation Lethal Eagle 24.1 on staffing, UAS integration, OSINT, and cross-echelon intelligence dissemination.

By CW2 Jonathan I. Thompson

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To Build Survivability: Troop the Line

The Line of Departure is the premier platform for accessing the latest articles, insights, and discussions from official U.S. Army branch journals. Designed to fuel your Professional Military Education (PME) journey, our mobile-friendly hub empowers you to deepen your knowledge, sharpen your critical thinking, and expand your strategic understanding. Engage with a supportive community of fellow Army professionals, share your perspectives, and stay ahead of the curve.

By 1SG Philip J. Piennette