The U.S. Army\u2019s III Armored Corps held a four-day program at Fort Hood to study how Russia is adapting its tactics, organization and use of battlefield technology. The Russian Way of War series was intended to give leaders a shared understanding of current threats and inform how U.S. forces prepare for modern combat.<\/p>\n
More than 60 personnel attended in person, representing divisions, enabling brigades and other corps staff elements. The curriculum covered Russian military culture, unmanned aircraft systems, counter-drone operations, task organization, fires and other aspects of Russian warfare.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis training, the Russian Way of War series, enables leadership development, but it also informs our warfighting,\u201d said Maj. Tiffany Summers, III Armored Corps public affairs plans officer. \u201cThe more we learn, the more we develop our leaders, the more we can make sure that our warfighting is accurate, and it identifies all of the different techniques and ongoing, current threats in different theaters.\u201d<\/p>\n
The course was taught by instructors from the Russian Way of War program sponsored by U.S. Army Europe and Africa. The instructors study the Russian armed forces to explain the thinking behind their doctrine, tactics and operational decisions.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur mission assigned to us by U.S. Army Europe and Africa is just to make sure that U.S. forces, U.S. units, their commanders and their staffs understand the threat,\u201d Donnelly said. \u201cSo they understand why Russia fights, why they fight the way they do, and then how they will fight.\u201d<\/p>\n
Donnelly served in the Army for 30 years and spent much of his career working in and around the former Soviet Union before retiring seven years ago. He said that experience continues to shape his work with the program.<\/p>\n
The training also challenged participants to examine whether established U.S. military practices are always the most effective response to a changing battlefield. Instructors encouraged leaders to remain flexible and consider how an adversary may approach the same operational problem differently.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the big takeaways for me in this course is just reinforcing the need to be flexible in our thinking,\u201d said Maj. Kevin Zhang, III Armored Corps strategic plans officer. \u201cThe way we think things ought to work, and the way that we develop things and orders and operate as military professionals, is not always the only way.\u201d<\/p>\n
The series also asked participants to reconsider their assumptions about warfare and the environments in which they may be required to operate. \u201cAs professionals, we should always be striving to develop ourselves, learn more, understand the environment that we\u2019ll be asked to operate in,\u201d Zhang said.<\/p>\n
The Russian Way of War program regularly updates its instruction and written material to reflect changes observed on the battlefield. \u201cWe track adaptations,\u201d Donnelly said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The U.S. Army\u2019s III Armored Corps held a four-day program at Fort Hood to study how Russia is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9031,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[14],"class_list":["post-9030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-defence-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}