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"Lessons Learned:
- Good, well-trained men will die in combat. NOTHING REPLICATES THIS.
- 'Team' must be solid BEFORE deploying.
- Inside (buildings) is better than outside (buildings).
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"Lessons Learned:
- Good, well-trained men will die in combat. NOTHING REPLICATES THIS.
- 'Team' must be solid BEFORE deploying.
- Inside (buildings) is better than outside (buildings).
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- Live fire exercises build cohesion and confidence. This took away the initial fright of enemy fire.
- Warrior mentality is CRITICAL!! TRAIN FOR WAR, NOT NTC, JRTC, etc.
- Everything must be related to combat.
- Live fire exercises build cohesion and confidence. This took away the initial fright of enemy fire.
- Warrior mentality is CRITICAL!! TRAIN FOR WAR, NOT NTC, JRTC, etc.
- Everything must be related to combat.
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- All soldiers must be intimate with urban operations.
- The 50 meter battlefield: It is 3D (3-dimensional) and fast.
- All soldiers must be intimate with urban operations.
- The 50 meter battlefield: It is 3D (3-dimensional) and fast.
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I also learned that it is much better to be inside buildings than outside in the city. It isn't always possible, but whenever the force can have more protection it has to be done as long as you can still accomplish the task.
I also learned that it is much better to be inside buildings than outside in the city. It isn't always possible, but whenever the force can have more protection it has to be done as long as you can still accomplish the task.
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The 50 meter battlefield is very fast, very close, and very frantic.
Everyone needs to be able to assess the situation, and doing that while in the street with enemy fire incoming from several directions is extremely difficult.
The 50 meter battlefield is very fast, very close, and very frantic.
Everyone needs to be able to assess the situation, and doing that while in the street with enemy fire incoming from several directions is extremely difficult.
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Being inside a building gives leaders and men a moment to evaluate the situation and think; the streets provide no such luxury. In the streets the fight is close; it is instantaneous; there is nothing harder in combat."
Being inside a building gives leaders and men a moment to evaluate the situation and think; the streets provide no such luxury. In the streets the fight is close; it is instantaneous; there is nothing harder in combat."
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– Sergeant First Class Matthew Eversmann fought in the Battle of Mogadishu 03-04 October 1993 & here provides some of his lessons learned from that particular urban fight.
– Sergeant First Class Matthew Eversmann fought in the Battle of Mogadishu 03-04 October 1993 & here provides some of his lessons learned from that particular urban fight.
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From "Capital Preservation: Preparing for Urban Operations in the Twenty-First Century – Proceedings of the RAND Arroyo-TRADOC-MCWL-OSD Urban Operations Conference, March 22-23, 2000," edited by Russell W. Glenn.
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From "Capital Preservation: Preparing for Urban Operations in the Twenty-First Century – Proceedings of the RAND Arroyo-TRADOC-MCWL-OSD Urban Operations Conference, March 22-23, 2000," edited by Russell W. Glenn.
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