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CENTER FOR ARMY LESSONS LEARNEDCALL INSIDERMAR-APR 2017Director’s CornerRecent CALL PublicationsWe are nearing the end of abusy spring with the release ofseveral great publications that Ihope you will take time to readand share. The ReconnaissanceandSecurityCommander’sHandbook and the BrigadeEngineer Battalion and BCTIntegration Handbook are bothexcellent resources that weredeveloped using lessons and bestpractices from combat trainingcenter (CTC), home station, andoperational experiences. We arealso in the process of updating several highly relevant, yetsomewhat dated, CALL products. This includes an updateto Rehearsals (98-05) and the addition of a volume 4 tothe Fighting with Fires series of publications.We are also developing a common operational picture(COP) handbook that will incorporate elements of otherproducts such as 1995’s Tactical Operations Center(TOC) and focus on how to maintain integrated digitaland analog COPs in the TOC. To make these the bestpossible products, however, I need your examples andinput. Please see our Data Call on page 4 for more detailson how to make this and other products as useful aspossible for improving unit performance.In 2003 we used the phrase “Every Soldier is a sensor,”as a reminder that each Soldier is a part of the intelligencecollection process. Every Soldier is also a part of theArmy Lessons Learned Process, making observations,assessments, and change as an individual and in the unit.Please share with CALL your great ideas and innovationsso we can share them with the rest of the Army, drivebigger change, and ensure the Army remains a learningorganization.Mike PappalCOL, ARCALL INSIDER17-12: Reconnaissanceand SecurityCommander’s Handbook(CAC login required)This handbook offers a readyselection of doctrinal guidance,direction,observations,andtechniques for commanders,leaders, and staffs at the brigadecombat team (BCT) level andbelow to improve proficiency.Numerous leaders from theManeuver Center of Excellence,CALL, the combat training centers (CTCs), and fromacross the Army provided input to create this publicationas a reference to accompany FM 3-98, Reconnaissanceand Security Operations. It serves as a practical guideto assist leaders at brigade and below in planningand executing effective reconnaissance and securityoperations that enable BCT, division, and joint task forcesuccess. As an accessible resource, this handbookidentifies common problems and potential solutions fortactical leaders and planners. JLLIS link.17-11: Brigade EngineerBattalion and BCTIntegration (CAC loginrequired)Thishandbookdeliversan organized “toolbox” forbrigade engineer battalions(BEBs), BCTs, subordinates,and echelons above brigade,enablingcommandersand staff to form solid andinformed commander and staffrelationships across the myriadfunctional areas that the BEB provides and supports.Each chapter contains tips, tools, and checklists, as wellas real-life lessons from the CTCs and other operationaland home station experiences from former BEBcommanders, staff, observer coach/trainers (OC/Ts) fromthe CTCs, and other practitioners. JLLIS link.Approved for Public ReleaseDistribution Unlimited1
CALL INSIDERMAR-APR 201717-08: Home StationTraining (CAC login required)This handbook serves as apractical guide to assist leadersat brigade level and below inplanning and executing effectivetraining at home station.This handbook is designedto accompany FM 7-0, Trainto Win in a Complex World,and is based on observationscollected from training eventsand Soldier and leader interviews from four brigadesand eight training support agencies across the Army. Italso identifies common issues and potential solutions tothe challenges observed during training events. JLLISlink.17-10: SustainmentMaturation Team ReferenceGuide (CAC login required)This handbook provides an indepth analysis of the effects thatlocal environmental factors mayhave on sustainment operations.Theanalysisofon-groundconditions, coupled with continuedrelationships, is a force multiplier,which will save valuable time ina period of crisis. United StatesArmy Europe has integrated twoperson sustainment maturation teams (SMTs) intoeach NATO Force Integration Unit (NFIU) to improvethe common operational picture across Europe anddevelop country-specific reception, staging, andonward movement (RSOM) concepts of support. TheSMTs developed relationships that allow them to gainin-depth knowledge of the personnel, processes,procedures, infrastructure, and host-nation supportcapabilities and capacities within their region. Thisguide provides readers with a perspective usually onlygained after walking the ground — not just facts — butthe impact the operational environment will have ontheir individual mission. JLLIS link.Operation Eagle Strike, Phase I (Shape) andII (Isolate) Initial Impressions Report (CAClogin required)The Center for Army Lessons Learned, in coordinationwith several U.S. Army and Joint entities, initiatedcollection efforts for Operation Eagle Strike in Mosul,Iraq, to capture lessons and best practices to improveU.S./Coalition support to a host nation during futureMosul-like operations. This initiative is bracketed atthe operational to tactical level of war across the fourphases (shape, isolate, clear, and hold) of OperationEagle Strike. JLLIS link.CALL INSIDER17-07: Sustaining a StrongEurope: Atlantic Resolve(CAC login required)Operation Atlantic Resolve (OAR)is a demonstration of continuedU.S. commitment to collectivesecurity through a series of actionsdesigned to reassure NATO alliesand partners of America’s dedicationto enduring peace and stability inthe region. These training eventsimprove interoperability, strengthenrelationships among allied armies, contribute to regionalstability, and demonstrate U.S. commitment. Thishandbook provides the 16th Sustainment Brigade’slessons during OAR and includes lessons fromreception, staging, and onward movement; theatersustainment; movement control; fuel distribution; andmore. Units deploying to OAR, whether in a maneuveror support role, will find this bulletin useful during predeployment training, as well as once they hit the groundin Germany. JLLIS link.ABCA Lessons Collection Team ReportAWF Assessment 2017 (CAC login required)The American, British, Canadian, Australian, andNew Zealand (ABCA) Program Office authorized theestablishment of an ABCA Lessons Collection Team(LCT) to undertake targeted lessons collection duringthe Army Warfighting Assessment 17 (AWA 17). TheLCT members assembled at Fort Bliss, TX, 17-28OCT 2016. The LCT focused on four specific areas:intelligence, fires, command/communication informationsystems, and information management. During thecollection, the LCT added liaison officer functions tothe collection-based observations. This report capturesrelevant observations collected by the ABCA LCT. Thisreport is restricted in its distribution and should not beshared outside ABCA channels.Graphic Training Aid (GTA) 03-10-001: CBRNIndividual Protective Equipment (CAC loginrequired)Learn the detailed and essential components of yourindividual protective equipment (IPE) in this handytactical pocket reference. It is useful for individuals,buddy teams, home station training, and any unitpreparing for a CTC or operational deployment. JLLISlink.GTA 03-10-002: Small-Unit CBRN DetectionEquipment (CAC login required)This is a quick pocket reference for effectively operatingsmall-unit detection equipment at all levels across theCBRN spectrum. JLLIS link.Approved for Public ReleaseDistribution Unlimited2
CALL INSIDERMAR-APR 2017GTA 19-10-001: Security OperationsSmartcard (CAC login required)News You Can UseThis GTA details security operations with a focus onframeworks and information on weapons systems. It ismeant to be folded and used by reconnaissance andsecurity leaders as they conduct operations. JLLIS link.News From the Front (NFTF)An Integrated Deep Fight, Deep Battle 2.0(CAC login required)The integrated division fight leverages emergingtechnology to improve the former concepts of deep battleand harnesses technology to improve survivability. Readhow the 25th Infantry Division Combat Aviation Brigadeand Division Artillery are developing concepts and tactics,techniques, and procedures to enable the division to fightagainst a numerically superior force and discover betterways to find a “position of relative advantage” in conjunctionwith the Army Operating Concept. JLLIS link.Adaptive Red Team: Facilitating BetterTechnology for the Warfighter (CAC loginrequired)The Adaptive Red Team (ART) hosts a quarterly eventthat serves as a venue for technology developers to puttheir equipment in the hands of Soldiers and stress it ina simulated real-world operating environment while teamsof engineers and scientists closely assess its performanceto identify and eliminate any vulnerabilities or weaknesses.Since its inception, the ART has evolved and expanded itsfocus to other high priority and emerging challenges withinthe military services and critical government organizations.It strives to aid in aligning system development choices withwarfighter (end user) expectations, challenge conventionalapproaches for systems development (which can imbedassumptions that translate into hidden vulnerabilities),increase interoperability and integration with other systems(“one fight, one screen”), and reduce life-cycle costs. JLLISlink.Cyber Defense Tactics (CAC login required)Cyber defense is a zero sum game. One small hole in anyarchitecture can and will allow a malicious cyber actor togain a foothold. Cyber defense is more about people thantechnology. Command support, a unified informed userbase, integrated administration, and a layered defense willfrustrate, inhibit, and stop malicious cyber actors. JLLISlink.African HorizonsThis NFTF shares the U.S. Army Africa (USARAF) storyand highlights the command’s creative approach toaccomplishing security cooperation (SC) goals on thecontinent. It includes an overview of the African Horizonsconcept, USARAF’s regional approach to SC, and aninterview with the USARAF chief of staff. JLLIS link.CALL INSIDERSustainment VirtualPlaybookThe U.S. Army CombinedArmsSupportCommand(CASCOM) has developed theSustainment Virtual Playbook(SVPB) to illustrate some ofthe areas that units routinelystruggle with at the CTCs. The Sustainment Virtual Playbookis an interactive, mobile, eLearning solution to living doctrine.It delivers doctrinal and best practice tactics, techniques,and procedures for executing synchronized sustainment in adecisive action environment. The playbook provides the toolsto think through complex sustainment processes that enablefreedom of action, extend operational reach, and prolongendurance. The SVPB is currently being used by CTCs duringLeader Training Program (LTP).Air Land Sea Bulletin and CRC QuarterlyNewslettersYou can now find Air Land Sea Bulletin (ALSB) and CombatReadiness Center (CRC) quarterly newsletters on the CALLrestricted website. This cross-sharing effort is intended toprovide our lessons learned community with information froma variety of sources and on a variety of topics. The ALSBis an open forum offering a wide mix of lessons learned,current status, and future considerations for warfighters. TheCRC newsletter supports the Army safety team’s mission ofproviding the Army with safety and risk management expertiseto preserve readiness through the prevention of accidental lossof our Soldiers, Civilians, Families, and vital resources.Modern War Institute “On Failure”Author Dan Maurer delivers an excellent article on the valueof accepting and learning from failure as a part of professionalgrowth. The questions we need to be asking are what learningtook place because of “failure” and just as importantly, whatchange did we implement to make us better?Small Wars Journal “New Rules for Advisers:Lessons From a Year With the Iraqi Army”The author notes the lack of information available on hismission prior to deployment. “With only these two chapters ofdoctrine and the possible attendance at a short ad hoc trainingevent to prepare them, many Soldiers tasked with becomingan adviser have nowhere to look for guidance. Many turn tothe almost 100 year-old lessons of T.E. Lawrence, arguably themost famous combat adviser, and his book Seven Pillars ofWisdom.” Today, Soldiers deploying on an advise and assistmission can benefit from numerous resources on this topicand many others available in the CALL library. These includeSecurity Force Assistance in Theater Newsletter, SecurityForce Assistance Planner’s Guide, and the Unified ActionPartners’ Quick Reference Guide. When you have questions,check with CALL to see what resources are available to helpyou and your team succeed.Approved for Public ReleaseDistribution Unlimited3
CALL INSIDERMAR-APR 2017DATA CALLComing Soon to CALLRehearsals UpdateWe need your best practices and techniques for conductingrehearsals — what do you do to make a successful rehearsal?These can be in written, audio, or video form. The ability toconduct a rehearsal well can atrophy and we know some of youshould be sharing “what right looks like.” Please send input toour operations section at ox@mail.mil (ATTN: MAJ Kaczor)COP HandbookWe are also looking for lessons and best practices onhow commanders are maintaining a shared and accurateunderstanding of their operational environment (OE). Some ofthe specific areas we need input on are: How does the commander effectively describe expectationsfor maintaining common understanding or criteria fordecision points? How does the staff maintain accurate running estimates tohelp the commander understand, visualize, describe, anddirect when staff members are working current operationsand future operations? How does the commander implement an effective battlerhythm? How does the S-2/G-2 work with the rest of the staffto prepare and maintain intelligence preparation of thebattlefield/military decisionmaking process (MDMP)products to support the information collections and firesupport plans, as well as the decision support template? What are the lessons and best practices for maintaining ananalog and digital COP?Any lessons, best practices, or products received are greatlyappreciated, even if they do not pertain to the specific questionsabove. Please send your input to our operations section ilbox@mail.mil (ATTN: CPT St Jean)Update to Handbook No. 08-02: Transition intoCombined/Joint Task Force for the U.S. ArmyDivision and CorpsCALL is updating this handbook to better meet the needs ofour echelons above brigade formations missioned to form thenucleus of a combined/joint force headquarters. What doesa Combined/Joint Task Force/Joint Force Land ComponentCommand (C/JTF/JFLCC) headquarters consist of? Whenforming the headquarters, what critical, time-sensitive actionsmust take place? What staff actions are required in startingthe conversion process as a point of departure in MDMP?Please send your input to our operations section at box@mail.mil.(ATTN: Mr. Buthorne)CALL INSIDER10 Fundamental BCT Skills Required to Win theFirst FightWritten by subject matter experts at the National TrainingCenter (NTC), this publication will communicate doctrinalsolutions to persistent observations, helping leaders quicklyunderstand the issues and change their training strategies asrequired. The current fundamental skills required are:1.2.Commander-driven operations processOperate in a cyber electromagnetic activities (CEMA)-deniedenvironment3. Reconnaissance and security4. Digital fires capability (sensor to shooter)5. Combined arms breaching6. Decisive action in an urban environment7. Counter-fire8. Chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, explosives (CBRNE)in decisive action9. Joint force integration and interoperability10. Sustainment in decisive actionTactical Combat Casualty Care HandbookNearly 90 percent of combat fatalities occur before a casualtyreaches a medical treatment facility. The prehospital phaseof care is the focus to reduce deaths in combat; however,few military physicians have training in this area. Tacticalcombat casualty care has transcended Service and medicalspecialty differences, processed new information, anddeveloped evidence-based, best-practice guidelines that havetransformed battlefield trauma care.Decisive Action Training Environment at theJoint Multinational Readiness Center, Volume IVThis newsletter will look at several challenges of missioncommand and open with a view from the NATO perspective.Articles will offer several techniques for bridging issues withmultinational fires interoperability and illustrate how the RussoUkrainian conflict has influenced and shaped the decisiveaction training environment (DATE) training conducted at theJoint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC). Other topicswill include the use of graphic control measures, camouflagetechniques, employment of reconnaissance, cyber security,digital systems interoperability, religious support, andconducting after action reviews.Conference of American Armies Bulletin,Volume II: Two-Year Cycle of Events/SpecializedEventsThe Conference of American Armies (CAA) is an internationalmilitary organization made up of and led by armies from theAmerican continents. This bulletin, volume two of three, willprovide valuable information to leaders from all conferencenations on the goals, processes, and procedures as acontributing army. It will also prepare nations to assume thecritical role of leading the Permanent Executive Secretariat ofthe CAA (PESCAA). This specific volume will be the “how-to”guide for member nations, outlining the structure and two-yearcycle of events of the PESCAA.Approved for Public ReleaseDistribution Unlimited4
CALL INSIDERMAR-APR 2017Combat Training CentersDefense Institution BuildingThe JMRC recently completed Rotation 17-03, Allied Spirit VI,operating under the Decisive Action Training Environment–Europe (DATE-E) scenario, also referred to as the SKOLKANscenario. The rotation was led by a Latvian brigadeheadquarters and focused on multinational unified landoperations while promoting integration and interoperabilityamong multinational partners from 15 nations. In May, JMRCconducted Rotation 17-04, Saber Junction 17, a rehearsalexercising the transition to war, passage of lines, and reliefof a NATO-enhanced forward presence force in contact, withparticipants representing 12 nations. This rotation also utilizedthe DATE-E scenario and featured the 2nd Cavalry Regimentas the controlling headquarters element.All of our CTC liaison teams are active on JLLIS. Informationand resources for rotational training units can be found at:CALL COPJMRC Community of Practice (COP)NTC COPJRTC COPOther CALL NewsTraveling Contact Team (TCT)The CALL liaison officer (pictured second from right) at FortSam Houston, TX, recently attended the El Salvador-U.S.Army Staff Talks Steering Committee Meeting (SCM) in SanSalvador. These annual events promote bilateral interests anddevelop and strengthen professional military relationships. TheLNO, attending as a member of the U.S. delegation, participatedin the Regional Training Center Against Transnational CrimeWorking Group and provided the working group with anoverview of CALL capabilities, methodology, and processes.Social MediaWant to be informed about new products and items of interest atCALL? Like us on Facebook @CenterforArmyLessonsLearnedor follow us on Twitter @USArmy CALL.CALL and the Combined Arms Doctrine Directorate deployedanalysts as a mission command (MC) TCT to Yerevan, Armenia,in February at the request of the U.S. Office of DefenseCooperation. This visit was a follow-on engagement with theArmenian Armed Forces to assist with their adoption of missioncommand. The Armenian General Headquarters formeda Mission Command Task Force and is conducting a pilotprogram to determine how MC principles should be integratedinto the force. Lessons and best practices from the pilot unitswill be collected each quarter and used to make adjustments tothe program. During the next engagement, CALL analysts willassist with the analysis of collected data from the pilot programand drafting of a report.CALL INSIDERCENTER FOR ARMY LESSONS LEARNED10 Meade Ave., Bldg. 50Fort Leavenworth, KS 66027-1350(913) 684-3035CALL Public Website: http://call.army.milCALL Restricted Website: https://call2.army.milJoint Lessons Learned Information System JLLISApproved for Public ReleaseDistribution Unlimited5
LCT members assembled at Fort Bliss, TX, 17-28 OCT 2016. The LCT focused on four specific areas: intelligence, fires, command/communication information systems, and information management. . Air Land Sea Bulletin and CRC Quarterly Newsletters You can now find Air Land Sea Bulletin (ALSB) and Combat Readiness Center (CRC) quarterly newsletters .
