{"id":49992,"date":"2022-10-12T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/10\/12\/headed-to-a-combat-training-center-these-tips-will-help\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:10:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:10:34","slug":"headed-to-a-combat-training-center-these-tips-will-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/2022\/10\/12\/headed-to-a-combat-training-center-these-tips-will-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Headed to a combat training center? These tips will help."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If Army captains headed to one of the major combat training centers are looking for pointers, the officers who will challenge and evaluate them there recently shared a few.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At last month\u2019s Maneuver Warfighter Conference on Fort Benning, Georgia, observer\/controllers from each of the three major centers shared what they\u2019ve seen, both good and bad, in units they face off against in simulated combat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Capt. Galen King from the National Training Center<\/a> at Fort Irwin, California; Capt. Andrew Mueller from the Joint Readiness Training Center<\/a> at Fort Polk, Louisiana; and Capt. David Conser from the Joint Multinational Readiness Center<\/a> in Germany listed key tips they hope company commanders might consider before their next rotation in the box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An M1068 Standard Integrated Command Post System moves to a firing location at Orchard Combat Training Center, Idaho. (Staff Sgt. William Cowley\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUnits consistently struggle to accomplish basic tasks that enable success or survivability on the battlefield,\u201d Conser said. Leaders, regardless of their echelon level, \u201cdo not clearly articulate the commander\u2019s intent or concept of operation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conser stressed that a CTC rotation is a rare chance for commanders to road test their unit; coming prepared and having thought through and rehearsed every detail of their mission is vital to a successful rotation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mueller told the audience that at the company level he\u2019s seen a host of positive trends and challenges that seem common across formations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the positive side, more units are not using roads and are improving their use of high explosives. Units really know how to employ their weapons systems, and their understanding of small unit tactics has increased over past rotations, Mueller explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Common challenges included a lack of routine security measures, poor troop-leading procedures, a failure to prioritize tasks, and the ineffective use of terrain to conceal or maneuver. Many also had essentially nonfunctional command posts, Mueller added, and they failed to fight to, through and beyond the objective, misunderstanding the difference between movement and maneuver<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essentially, movement is getting units and equipment, with associated logistical support, to a predetermined location. That could happen rolling down an interstate and pulling off to a sideroad before parking trucks at a range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But maneuver uses the terrain features to gain a tactical advantage, remaining concealed until the opportune time to strike or execute a portion of the mission, whether that\u2019s making contact with the enemy force or retaining a reconnaissance position to observe and collect information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLeaders aren\u2019t comfortable maneuvering; they don\u2019t understand transitions from movement to maneuver,\u201d Mueller said. \u201cSo units will just do these charges across open ground and not use terrain to mask movement and stay concealed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Soldiers of Bravo Battery, 145th Field Artillery Brigade, 65th Field Artillery Brigade, Utah National Guard, prepare to fire an artillery round during Western Strike 22 at Orchard Combat Training Center, Idaho, June 10, 2022. (Sgt. Rebecca Call\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Mueller advised future captains to train the doctrine at home station, ensure they\u2019re delivering clear and concise communication, and practice that before their rotation. It\u2019s also important to build preformatted products, such as checklists, to refer to in a pinch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For his part, King reminded soldiers that their next rotation likely won\u2019t be similar to the one during the counterinsurgency wars given the modern battlefield is transparent; you can see and be seen. Planners must design their process to account for brigade and division rotations, and the pace of logistics is going to strain expectations set from some Afghanistan and Iraq deployments, where everything needed was quickly available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To replicate the operational environment the Army expects to see in future conflict, King underscored how much simulated fires have increased for units at the centers. The blue force in one rotation conducted 27 howitzer fire missions, sending more than 800 artillery rounds down range, another 400 rounds of 120mm mortars and 550 rockets from the M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The red force sent more than 2,100 artillery rounds, along with nearly 500 mortar rounds and 1,827 rockets of the 122mm variety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s a bit more than many saw on deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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