{"id":26996,"date":"2019-10-17T10:08:43","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T10:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/10\/17\/armys-maneuver-force-is-retooling-for-large-scale-combat-operations-from-top-to-bottom\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:36:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:36:12","slug":"armys-maneuver-force-is-retooling-for-large-scale-combat-operations-from-top-to-bottom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/digital-show-dailies\/ausa-digital-show-dailies\/2019\/10\/17\/armys-maneuver-force-is-retooling-for-large-scale-combat-operations-from-top-to-bottom\/","title":{"rendered":"Army\u2019s maneuver force is retooling for large-scale combat operations from top to bottom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fort Benning, Ga. \u2014 The Army\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2019\/08\/02\/heres-when-the-army-wants-50kw-lasers-on-strykers\/\" target=_blank>ground element<\/a> and its close support have been tasked with executing missions for the last two decades they were not designed fo do, becoming lighter formations with responsibilities to counter insurgencies, win over populations and train nascent foreign security forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the generation preceding the most recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the generation that saw the beginnings of the careers of the commanders and senior enlisted, the fight was about a big opponent \u2014 the Soviet Union. That meant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2019\/09\/12\/massive-simulation-shows-the-need-for-speed-in-multi-domain-ops\/\" target=_blank>lots of steel clashing with a lot of steel<\/a> on the other end, and even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2019\/07\/10\/blast-from-the-past-the-pentagons-updated-war-plan-for-tactical-nukes\/\" target=_blank>nuclear options<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville told the top commanders of the ground forces and their maneuver experts at their annual conference in September, soldiers who have been in the Army less than 18 years don\u2019t know what large-scale combat operations entail.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2019\/06\/03\/stryker-brigade-will-convert-to-armor-this-month-as-army-goes-heavy-for-near-peer-battle\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1st-armored-division.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Stryker brigade will convert to armor this month as Army goes heavy for near-peer battle<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">This move puts a full armored division back at Fort Bliss, Texas.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the chief has his way, the soldiers of today and the soldiers of tomorrow will start and end their careers heading toward readiness for that potential big fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While talk of near-peer, great power competition has been tossed around each of the services and the Washington D.C. think tanks, Army leadership on both the ground and aviation sides have tailored that message to the force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That seems to have started infusing the thinking of commanders about everything from total training for all of the Army, to future vehicles, to the operational forces such as the 82nd Airborne and 101st Airborne divisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The head of the Maneuver Center of Excellence, host of the annual Maneuver Warfighter Conference, Maj. Gen. Gary Brito, has emphasized the \u201creadiness and lethality\u201d of the brigade combat teams, which are the focus of ground maneuver warfighting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That starts low and reaches high in the force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is about leader development,\u201d said Gen. Paul Funk, head of Training and Doctrine Command. \u201cThe kids you\u2019re training right now are going to lead America\u2019s next act.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This isn\u2019t a future fight, said Funk, whose role is to help form training from entry to doctoral level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are in the competitive zone right now,\u201d he said told an audience of generals, colonels and even newly minted iieutenants at the maneuver gathering at Fort Benning, Georgia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Commanders in theater and even at home station must be aware of gray-zone conflict, below armed conflict, that sets the stage for a potential large-scale combat operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soldiers will see that permeate through the ranks in their training and exercises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army has spent much of the past two decades in the tactical realm, but now must return to practicing doctrine of higher order, Funk emphasizes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>From squads to large scale<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the training side, for perhaps the first time, advancements in simulations will aide that type of training, getting reps and sets for smaller formations such as squads but also allowing higher echelon commanders ways to run through realistic scenarios with forces the size of which they can\u2019t easily, or cheaply replicate in a live exercise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those lower level tasks remain the bedrock of proficiency, however.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gen. Michael Garrett, commander of Army Forces Command, said new ways of doing business are being echoed down from the defense secretary to say no to taskers that don\u2019t fit lethality and combat readiness objectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Garrett said he is challenging commanders to say \u201cno.\u201d If they\u2019re given 50 things to do and resourced for 20 of them, they need to push back with the three that matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf we\u2019re really, really, really serious about dominating our adversaries at the point of contact,\u201d Garrett said, \u201cthen mastery of tasks at the individual, squad and platoon level will allow us to win every fight we are in.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some of that, especially for the maneuver force, will mean adapting those tactical-level proficiencies to new platforms and, perhaps, changing how they fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brig. Gen. Ross Coffman, director of the Next Generation Combat Vehicle Cross Functional Team, reminded the maneuver force of its unique obligation in preparing for large-scale combat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPeople in this room start at the objective and work backward. Everyone else is focused on shaping deep and deeper to enable that fight,\u201d Coffman said. \u201cThey are not going to solve your tactical problem. It\u2019s not going to happen, it\u2019s up to us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At a low level, he referenced another project, the work to build the M4 carbine replacement, the Next Generation Squad Weapon program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ll have a rifle that will shoot farther. Maybe the base of fire drill doesn\u2019t have to be so close, maybe it\u2019s farther,\u201d he said. \u201cHow do I take this technology and apply it to our battle drills today?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s being seen maybe in the most evident way in the Stryker Brigade Combat Team formations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The platform has seen add-ons that include anti-tank missiles with remote firing capabilities, an upgrade to a 30mm gun, double-V hulls and experimentation with drone launch and loitering munitions along with active protection systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lt. Gen. Gary Volesky, commander of I Corps, pointed to the Stryker and its associated BCT as what was first started as an \u201cinterim\u201d solution in the early 2000s into a platform with more capabilities, built around the base of the infantry squad and tailored to the urban fight that will be around in some form until likely 2040.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Volesky noted that four of the eight CFTs have pieces of their work that will aid Stryker modernization. Those include soldier lethality and network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maj. Gen. Brian Winski, commander of the 101st Airborne Division, added a voice on the airborne operations side of the fence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two-star noted that the service must get back to training for large-scale joint forcible entry operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is no large-scale combat operation that would not have a joint forcible entry\u201d Winski said. \u201cAnd vertical envelopment is the key shaping part.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4984\" height=\"3323\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5602272.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5602272.jpg.jpg 4984w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5602272.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5602272.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5602272.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5602272.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5602272.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4984px) 100vw, 4984px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to 1st Squadron (Airborne), 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade sling load a U.S. Army Ground Mobility Vehicle to a CH-47 Chinook in preparation for air assaulting into Hohenfels Training Area, Germany during Exercise Saber Screen 19, July 22, 2019.\r\r\r\rThe 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army\u2019s Contingency Response Force in Europe, providing rapidly deployable forces to the United States Europe, Africa and Central Commands areas of responsibilities. Forward deployed across Italy and Germany, the brigade routinely trains alongside NATO allies and partners to build partnerships and strengthen the alliance.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>New battalion of assault aircraft<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As they move toward more large-scale combat, the 101st is building a new battalion of CH-47 Chinook helicopters to use as an assault aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Historically, the Chinook was mostly an air mule, moving troops and gear across the battlefield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An attack helicopter battalion is being tasked with providing support to the 1st Armored Division in an upcoming training exercise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some of what the Army needs must include the Guard and Reserve forces, said Lt. Gen. Thomas James Jr., commander of First Army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Guard BCTs have gotten more combat training center rotations in recent years, more remains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Task Force Deed is an initiative that connects Guard and Reserve units with geographic areas so that if a major conflict kicks off they\u2019re ready to mobilize for a specific command, James said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Aviation shifts focus<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One step above the ground forces, Army aviation leaders are also looking to the large scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the Association of the U.S. Army\u2019s hot topic event the week preceding the Maneuver Warfighter Conference, Army aviation leaders noted how they are simultaneously shifting their focus to large-scale combat while still resourcing for the current fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That will also include advances in synthetic training environments and simulators. In the past aviators have seen long delays in fielding training changes and equipment changes, leaving trainers lagging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But recent efforts are shrinking those timelines, keeping training more relevant, leaders say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Synthetic training environments will help aviation replicate large scale combat in ways they cannot currently do, said Brig. Gen. Stephen L. A. 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