Major combat ops to return in training

Major combat ops to return in training
By Gina Cavallaro - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Dec 17, 2008 18:10:16 EST

After seven years of war in a counterinsurgency environment, the Army will resume training next summer on major combat operations by using simulators in scenarios against a hypothetical uniformed force.

But the brigade-level exercise won’t look anything like exercises did before Sept. 11, 2001.

For the first time, commanders will incorporate stability operations in the same proportion as offensive and defensive combat, or full-spectrum operations.

It’s part of conducting the first test run with FM 7-0 — “Training for Full Spectrum Operations” — to be launched at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., on Dec. 16.

It is the first update to the Army’s global training manual since 2002.


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