Approaching Doctrinal Training the Army Way
Approaching Doctrinal Training the Army Way
by Morgan Sheeran
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Our forces were exquisitely trained for the Gulf War. Everyone knew their roles in executing AirLand doctrine. The forces could move forward, backward, left, right and vertically. Each service was able to create the necessary effects at the proper time and place. Specific units trained for the breaching operations, with follow-on operations as their secondary responsibility. They created the breaches while other units passed through and exploited. The exploiting units knew how to breach, but their primary task was to expand and exploit the breach. They were using different tools drawn from the same bag; and they trained these tasks in the standard Army way. Recent history demonstrates that our bag of tricks is incomplete. Army units should have COIN and Stability capability as part of their repertoire. The secret to that is training. The Army can do anything that it properly trains Soldiers and leaders to do. We can look at our own history for guidance.
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Morgan Sheeran is an Ohio National Guard Sergeant First Class with 28 years of experience, including a tour in 2007-2008 as an embedded advisor with the Afghan National Police as part of Task Force Phoenix. (Fort Riley Class 15) Since July, 2009 he has been assigned to the Counterinsurgency Training Center — Afghanistan as a COIN instructor and has worked with Afghan National Security Forces , the forces of over 25 Coalition nations, governmental and non-governmental civilian implementation partners. An Infantryman and Cavalryman, his career has spanned assignments ranging from Rifleman to Operations NCO and Police Mentor Team NCOIC. He resides in Cincinnati, Ohio.
