The purpose of this article is to examine how the Stryker brigade combat team (SBCT) fights in multidomain operations (MDO) given its unique capabilities and limitations. It also examines how the Stryker brigade may further support the Army’s shift in focus to the division and corps level by aligning an SBCT to each corps as well as the priority armored divisions, providing similar capabilities to what an Army corps had during the Cold War era. This would also provide corps and division commanders a much-needed increase in Infantrymen to augment an armored brigade combat team’s (ABCT) number of Infantrymen to better allow for consolidation of gains.
As modern threats have evolved in recent years, Army units have recognized several imperatives, including trimming the size of command posts, maintaining connectivity in contested environments, and distributing useful fighting products that generate speed and shared understanding on the battlefield. This article describes one way that Army units at the squadron level and below can achieve the last two of these imperatives in cooperation with partner units. In most situations, Army tactical units can significantly increase their capabilities by exercising a SBU-E network rather than relying solely on their traditional classified networks…
According to the latest U.S. Army tactics manual, a raid is a variation of attack to temporarily seize an objective with a planned withdrawal. The purposes of a raid are to secure information, capture personnel or equipment, destroy a capability, rescue and recover individuals and equipment, or confuse an adversary… In Russian military science, a “raid” does not have a single, strict definition. The concept generally entails different interpretations, such as “a method of action of the troops,” “a form of carrying out combat missions behind enemy lines,” “a type of maneuver,” and also as “a method or variety of offensive actions.”
Contested logistics in the Indo-Pacific area of operations is an acknowledged complex and unsolved problem set. Though the problem is known, the defined scope is frequently focused on the strategic level flow of commodities from the industrial base to forward staging areas in the operational theater. While significant discussion and solutions are needed to solve the tyranny of distance and inter-theater flow, emphasis must also be placed on the tactical level.
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