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ISR Evolution in the Iraqi Theater

The setting is Iraq, 2008. Picture the following: A vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) network has been responsible for several high-casualty attacks on coalition forces and local civilians. But now a cordon is in place, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are overhead. The squad is ready to move in-waiting on the last bit of close target reconnaissance information
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MOUT and the 1982 Lebanon Campaign: The Israeli Approach

MOUT (Military Operations in Urban Terrain) is a topic much discussed currently within the profession of arms. The growing consensus is that U.S. forces can expect to conduct MOUT routinely in future operations, though there are still a few who doubt this. Some analysts go so far as to predict that MOUT will dominate future operations....
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The Hidden Risks of High-Intensity, Multiechelon Battle-Focused Lane Training

The Army’s emphasis on realism in its high-intensity, battle-focused lane training sometimes results in training fatalities despite leaders’ efforts to man-age risk. But surprisingly, more soldiers are killed in accidents outside the train-ing lane than during the lane training itself. ...
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A Second Look at the Armored Gun System

This tracked candidate for the Medium Gun System role offers unique strengths ...
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The Embedded Morality in FM 3-24: Counterinsurgency

Today's Army Doctrine describes a new era of "persistent conflict" in which military professionals must apply their skills in "complex" and "multidimensional" environments and conduct operations "among the people." Marines and Soldiers trained in the nuances of attack, defense, and movement-to-contact must become, in General David Petraeus's words, "pentathlete leaders comfortable not just with major combat operations but with operations conducted throughout the middle- and lower-ends of the spectrum of conflict....
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