{"id":31205,"date":"2021-10-12T12:16:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T12:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2021\/10\/12\/this-california-army-guard-unit-is-leading-the-charge-on-urban-operations\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:54:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:54:46","slug":"this-california-army-guard-unit-is-leading-the-charge-on-urban-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2021\/10\/12\/this-california-army-guard-unit-is-leading-the-charge-on-urban-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"This California Army Guard unit is leading the charge on urban operations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This month, the 40th Infantry Division, California Army National Guard, is holding its first-ever urban planner conference, the training is aimed at brigade and above-level urban operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Brig. Gen. Rob Wooldridge confronting the challenges of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2019\/01\/09\/the-army-and-marine-corps-are-looking-at-what-troops-will-need-to-fight-in-megacities-underground\/\" target=\"_blank\">urban <\/a>environment started early in his career, during a 1997 deployment to Haiti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because of the experience the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2019\/12\/02\/army-scientists-work-on-urban-combat-robot-that-can-be-controlled-with-hand-gestures\/\" target=\"_blank\">Army <\/a>had in 1993 at the battle of Mogadishu, Wooldridge\u2019s unit made sure to take tanks with them to the urban setting of Port-au-Prince. They knew they would need some kind of armor to protect them from the multi-level, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2019\/10\/24\/this-device-could-help-soldiers-see-through-walls-in-the-urban-fight\/\" target=\"_blank\">360 degrees of attack<\/a> they could face in any kind of city.<\/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\/2018\/04\/25\/congressional-group-asks-army-to-look-at-building-an-urban-warfare-center\/\" 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\/ARM-urban-combat-cover-2-web.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\">Congressional group asks Army to look at building an urban warfare center<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Army chief of staff predicts a &quot;megacity&quot; fight and says the Army is not prepared.<\/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\">More than 20 years later, in a command post exercise earlier this year, the computer pushed Wooldridge\u2019s team to take a port in the middle of a simulated city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They were able to easily bypass a city of 200,000 people without hitting a speed bump. But that\u2019s not realistic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat bypassed city should have been a thorn in my side,\u201d Wooldridge said. \u201cPart of the problem is that the people who designed the system need a requirement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And that signals a larger requirement for larger unit planners to better consider urban factors, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Without substantial planning, equipping and training for even a brigade-sized urban scenario, the Army faces huge gaps that could cost lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back in 2016, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley had warned that the Army needed to be ready to fight in megacities. But training still falls at mostly the squad, platoon and sometimes company level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wooldridge\u2019s boss, Maj. Gen. Laura Yeager, commander of the 40th Infantry Division, spearheaded support for the conference that they hope will become an annual event. The intent is to share expertise and build real knowledge on brigade-level and above urban operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Between Oct. 17 and 23 at least<b> <\/b>50 soldiers, allied officers and first responders<b> <\/b>will<b> <\/b>meet in person for the conference. Another 50 to 100 will meet online. The conference is being held at joint force training base Los Alamitos, California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The seven-day conference will center on urban operations doctrine and training concepts, look at historical studies and identify gaps in the current U.S. dense urban operations fighting doctrine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army has units that specialize in all types of terrain and methods of operations \u2014 from jungle warfare with the 25th Infantry Division to mountain warfare with 10th Mountain Division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But no such schoolhouse or dedicated unit is focused solely on urban operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wooldridge said he sees this conference as a starting point for building that kind of repository of knowledge of urban operations for the Army. And the California Army National Guard could use some of this information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2700\" height=\"1800\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/idaho-NG-urban.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-67513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/idaho-NG-urban.jpg.jpg 2700w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/idaho-NG-urban.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/idaho-NG-urban.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/idaho-NG-urban.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/idaho-NG-urban.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/idaho-NG-urban.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2700px) 100vw, 2700px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">After entering the building and ascending the stairs, Idaho Army National Guard soldiers from Charlie Company cautiously move forward. Around the corner Sgt.1st Class Esslinger is waiting to observe their methods and offer instruction. (Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe need to understand the implications of the urban, what does (Dense Urban Terrain) do to your operation at the planning level and also at the support level?\u201d Wooldridge said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 101st Airborne Division has their yellow book that the Army relies upon for air assault. The Army could create something like a \u201cgray book\u201d for urban operations, Wooldridge explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example, planners may need to pack 10 times the ammunition or fuel that they normally would in order to meet a highly intensive shooting fight in an urban scenario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s good urban combat training at the small unit level, Wooldridge explained. But walk up to any random major or lieutenant colonel and ask them, \u201cHow many urban operations have you prepared for at the brigade level and above?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wooldridge suspects those officers might say zero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though combat is the focus of Army training now, the conference goes beyond battle. 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