U.S. Battle Doctrine Faces First Real Test
_-- ; , ; _ Desert StormI t ' '+! /" Update \. * Army officials are working with AT&T to provide free telephone calls home for wounded soldiers in hospitals in Germany. * Family members of seriously wounded troops may receive invitational travel orders to join their loved ones at overseas hospitals. * Commemorative bracelets are being sold, with profits going to veterans groups and family members. For more on these stories, see page 6. U.S. battle doctrine faces first real test divisions of armor, two of the essence of the "AirLand so encompasses two Marine that has come into the Amer- AirLand scenario to be used mechanized infantry, two air- Battle Doctrine," a military divisions along the Saudi ican battle inventory in the borne, one cavalry and a host philosophy developed by Kuwait border, six Navy car- past decade - night vision of related combat units - the Army brainstormers in the riers and offshore striking equipment, missile-firing jets in crucible of desert warfare mission boils down to a sin- early 1980s to fight the Sovi- power, more Marines primed and helicopters, "smart" gle paragraph on a battle or- ets in Europe, and now about for a classic beach landing weapons that can take out a By Richard Pyle First comes word that it's der: Commander's Intent. to face its first major test in from the Persian Gulf, and single objective, "area denial" Associated Press "good to go." Then seven Within that seemingly nar- the Arabian desert. troops of half a dozen major munitions that keep the ene- Army divisions leap forward, row framework, however, The doctrine was applied in partners in the multinational my from his own resources, RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) veer off in diversion or re- there is plenty of room for a limited way in the 1989 in- coalition.
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