Accession Number:

ADA399522

Title:

Armor, July-August 1998. Light/Heavy Integration at the Joint Readiness Training Center

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

CENTER FOR ARMY LESSONS LEARNED FORT LEAVENWORTH KS VIRTUAL RESEARCH LIBRARY

Personal Author(s):

• Thompson, Paul E., Jr

Report Date:

1998-08-01

Pagination or Media Count:

6.0

Abstract:

The Joint Readiness Training Center JRTC specializes in low- to mid-intensity conflict of the type todays armored force will encounter during many deployments. JRTCs mission is to provide an advanced level of joint training for Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps contingency forces under tough, realistic conditions of low- to mid-intensity combat. It is also the premier light infantry training center in the world. This claim is proven by the number of countries who send observers to JRTC in order to set up their own training centers replicating the battlefield realism and effective observer controller coverage demonstrated at JRTC. However, many people, Armor soldiers included, dont know that there is a heavy team attached to the light brigade task force executing a JRTC rotation. The heavy team usually consists of a balanced companyteam of two M1 platoons and two Bradley platoons led by either a tank or a mechanized infantry company commander. Occasionally, there is a heavy cavalry troop with a standard mix of tanks and Bradleys, maintenance support, logistical support, and 120mm mortars.

Descriptors:

• *ARMOR
• *COMBAT READINESS
• *OPERATIONAL READINESS
• *INTEGRATION
• *JOINT MILITARY ACTIVITIES
• LOGISTICS SUPPORT
• DEPLOYMENT
• MARINE CORPS
• ARMY TRAINING
• INFANTRY
• BATTLEFIELDS
• TASK FORCES
• COMPANY LEVEL ORGANIZATIONS
• MILITARY TRAINING
• MILITARY COMMANDERS
• MILITARY PUBLICATIONS
• PERIODICALS
• ARMORED VEHICLES
• MEDIUM INTENSITY

Subject Categories:

• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE