Military Review English Edition January-February 2017

January-February 2017 Volume 97 ◆ Number 1 49 Cutting Our Feet to Fit the Shoes 73 From Riley to Baku How an Opportunistic Unit Broke the Crucible An Analysis of Mission Command in the U.S. Army Lt. Col. Jerem G. Swenddal, U.S. Army Maj. Stacy L. Moore, U.S. Army Maj. Amos C. Fox, U.S. Army Proposed improvements to the Army’s mission command doctrine would encourage commanders to use a continuum of control based on their assessment of the situation. The authors describe how the 1st Infantry Divisio n built and trained a cohesive team to defeat a world-class opposing force during a warfighter exercise in a complex decisive-action training environment. 58 Complex Intelligence 85 Building Digital Lethality Preparation of the Battlefield in Ukrainian Capt. Jonathan Stafford, U.S. Army Antiterrorism Operations Training personnel to operate the Army’s mission command information systems is as important as the systems themselves. The 1st Infantry Division’s chief of knowledge management details how the unit used digital gunnery tables developed by the Mission Command Center of Excellence to achieve digital proficiency. Victor R. Morris A case study from training conducted in Ukraine illustrates a way to analyze the complex group dynamics that influence the operational environment. 66 Operational Surveillance and Reconnaissance Battalion Capt. Brian Fitzgerald, U.S. Army A reorganization of the Army’s long-range surveillance (LRS) units into a consolidated battalion would provide corps commanders more effective, responsive, and predictable organic surveillance assets, according to this former LRS detachment leader and company commander. MILITARY REVIEW January-February 2017 91 Sleep Banking Improving Fighter Management Maj. Amy Thompson, U.S. Army Capt. Brad Jones, U.S. Army Capt. Jordan Thornburg, U.S. Army A unit demonstrates the positive impact adequate sleep has on individual and team performance, health, safety, and readiness during an experiment in “sleep banking.” 5

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