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How the Stryker Brigade Fights and the Alignment of the SBCT in Corps and Division Formations

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.

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Fighting Fast and Flat: Use of ‘Secure-But-Unclassified-Encrypted’ Networks for C2 at the Squadron and Below

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…

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The Airborne Mechanized Raid: A Russian Concept

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.”

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Take the Training Wheels Off Your CPX: The Benefits of a Free-Thinking, Free-To-Win, and Equal-Sized OPFOR

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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Infantry in Action

Slide 1
A grenadier with the 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment participates in platoon live-fire training on 3 April 2019 at Pohakuloa Training Area, HI. (Photo by SPC Geoff Cooper)

Infantry in Action

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Paratroopers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, fire an M224 60mm lightweight mortar system during Exercise Rock Shock Two at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, on 14 August 2019. (Photo by SGT Henry Villarama)

Infantry in Action

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Paratroopers assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment participate in a squad live-fire exercise at Fort A.P. Hill, VA, on 14 March 2018. (Photo by SPC John Lytle)

Infantry in Action

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Paratroopers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, descend onto Juliet Drop Zone during airborne operations in Pordenone, Italy, on 1 October 2020. (Photo by Paolo Bovo)

Infantry in Action

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Paratroopers assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division rehearse firing a Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle during an exercise at the Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, on 24 June 2019. (Photo by SPC Justin W. Stafford)

Infantry in Action

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A platoon leader with 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment echoes a pro-word to his Soldiers during a combined arms live-fire exercise at Schofield Barracks, HI, on 3 August 2018. (Photo by 1LT Ryan DeBooy)