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PB 7-17-1 BG PETER L. JONES Commandant, U.S. Army Infantry School RUSSELL A. ENO Editor JANUARY-MARCH 2017 Volume 106, Number 1 MICHELLE J. ROWAN Deputy Editor FEATURES INFANTRY (ISSN: 0019-9532) is an Army professional bulletin prepared for quarterly publication by the U.S. 28 INFANTRY ATTACKS AT NTC: Army Infantry School at Fort Benning, GA. Although it PART I contains professional information for the Infantryman, COL Brian J. Harthorn the content does not necessarily reflect the official LTC Michael S. Farmer Army position and does not supersede any information This article shares some observations gleaned from the authors’ presented in other official Army publications. Unless experiences coaching, teaching, and training rotational units during otherwise stated, the views herein are those of the the conduct of both force-on-force and live-fire operations in a training authors and not necessarily those of the Department of area slightly larger than the state of Rhode Island. The authors share some lessons learned, best practices, doctrinal discussion, and the Defense or any element of it. opportunities offered at the National Training Center (NTC) at Fort Irwin, Calif., — the “crown jewel” of the Army — during seven rotational www.benning.army.mil/infantry/magazine decisive action battles. Contact Information 38 ASSURED ACCESS THROUGH TACTICAL MOBILITY: Mailing Address: OBSERVATIONS AND LESSONS LEARNED FROM A PROOF OF 1 Karker St., McGinnis-Wickam Hall, Suite W-142, PRINCIPLE Fort Benning, GA 31905. Telephones: CPT Virgil J. Barnard (706) 545-2350 or 545-6951, DSN 835-2350 or 835-6951 1LT Michael M. Bouchard Email: The 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment [email protected] conducted the Light Tactical All-Terrain Vehicle (LTATV) proof of principle from November 2014 through December 2015. In this article the authors discuss the background, highlights, lessons learned from the tactical employment This medium is approved for official dissemination of these vehicles, list the desirable parameters, and make recommendations for furthering this capability within the of material designed to keep individuals within Global Response Force. the Army knowledgeable of current and emerging developments within their areas of expertise for the purpose of enhancing their professional development. 43 BUILDING THE INFANTRY SQUAD LEADER: COGNITIVE, SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT 1LT Michael P. Ferguson By Order of the Secretary of the Army: In the interest of identifying a nexus of common denominators among our finest Infantry squad leaders and to determine how MARK A. MILLEY leaders may foster such skills within their units, platoon leaders General, United States Army of Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Chief of Staff Regiment, examined feedback from their squad leaders after a battalion squad leader course and pinpointed several best practices. The outcome of this examination is a set of practical Official: guidelines that develop the cognitive, social, and physical domains of military leadership. GERALD B. O’KEEFE Administrative Assistant to the Check out the U.S. Army Infantry School website at: Secretary of the Army http://www.benning.army.mil/Infantry/ 1705902 Facebook: Distribution: Special https://www.facebook.com/USArmyInfantrySchoolFt.BenningGA/ Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. OTHER DEPARTMENTS NFANTRY EWS 53 STRONGER TOGETHER: EXPERIENCING I N INTEROPERABILITY AT JRTC 2 VIETNAM WAR HERO ‘HAL’ MOORE DIES AT AGE 94 SSG Christopher J. Wheatley Army News Service CPT Daniel T. Harrison 3 NEW ARMY JUNGLE WEAR GIVES TRENCH FOOT 57 AT FOR A DISMOUNTED RECON TROOP THE BOOT CPT Ryan P. Hovatter C. Todd Lopez 4 ARMY DEVELOPING NEW PRECISION MORTAR LESSONS FROM THE PAST Audra Calloway 61 WHAT FREE MEN CAN DO: THE WINTER WAR, THE USE OF DELAY AND LESSONS FOR THE 21ST PROFESSIONAL FORUM CENTURY CPT Rick Chersicla 5 IMPROVING YOUR POSITION: SECURITY AND THE HUMAN TERRAIN CPT Micah Ables BOOK REVIEWS 7 FM 7-0: THE COMPANY COMMANDER’S TRAINING 67 ATTACK ON THE SOMME: 1ST ANZAC CORPS AND PRIMER THE BATTLE OF POZIERES RIDGE, 1916 William Bosnan By Meleah Hamptom LTC Charles Bergman Reviewed by Maj Timothy Heck, USMC Reserve 10 CROSS-DOMAIN OBSCURATION: ‘MORE THAN A 68 THE SPEARHEADERS: A PERSONAL HISTORY OF SMOKE GRENADE’ DARBY’S RANGERS Andy Yerkes By James Altieri Reviewed by LTC (Retired) Rick Baillergeon 14 DEMYSTIFYING THE COF CALCULATOR LTC (Retired) Dale Spurlin 69 DEVIL DOGS CHRONICLE: VOICES OF THE 4TH LTC (Retired) Matthew Green MARINE BRIGADE IN WORLD WAR I Edited by George B. Clark 18 THE MEDICANIC DEFEAT STRATEGY: HOW SMALL Reviewed by Maj Timothy Heck, USMC Reserve CHANGES CAN MAKE A HUGE IMPACT SFC Ross C. Geller 20 THE PRICE OF THE SALUTE CPT Michael Anderson ON THE COVER: 22 QRT AIMS TO IMPROVE SNIPER PERFORMANCE Soldiers of the 25th Infantry Division’s 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, out of Fort WHEN ENGAGING MOVING TARGETS Wainwright, AK, participate in a combat CPT Nicholas C. Milano exercise on 19 January 2017 at the National Training Center on Fort Irwin, CA. (Photo by SPC Rachel Diehm) TRAINING NOTES 43 VALIDATING READINESS: A BATTALION COMMANDER’S OBSERVATIONS FROM A NO-NOTICE EXERCISE LTC Mark Ivezaj 45 AAR CONSIDERATIONS DURING MULTINATIONAL BACK COVER: OPERATIONS Paratroopers from the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, MAJ Patrick L. Bryan fire an M240L machine gun during a training mission at the 7th Army Training Command’s 49 I AM BASTOGNE: LESSONS LEARNED FROM JRTC Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, ROTATION 16-06 on 28 January 2017. (Photo by Markus MAJ Rick Montcalm Rauchenberger) MAJ Joseph Mickley January-March 2017 INFANTRY 1 VIETNAM WAR HERO ‘HAL’ MOORE DIES AT AGE 94 ARMY NEWS SERVICE TG (Retired) Harold “Hal” Gregory Moore, co-author of Lthe book We Were Soldiers Once... and Young, died on 10 February at his home in Auburn, AL. He was 94 years old. Moore’s book about the exploits of his battalion in the Battle of Ia Drang Valley during the Vietnam War — co-written with journalist Joseph L. Galloway — was adapted into a 2002 Hollywood film in which Moore was portrayed by actor Mel Gibson. Moore graduated from West Point in June 1945 and entered the Infantry branch as a second lieutenant just three months before the end of World War II. While Moore was unable to serve in that conflict, he went on to serve in both the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Moore’s heroism during the Battle of la Drang earned him the Distinguished Service Cross. At the time of the battle, Moore served as commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile). His unit was dropped by helicopter into the la Drang Valley presence and active participation against an overwhelming on 14 November 1965 in one of the first major battles between enemy, the friendly forces solidified their perimeter defenses U.S. and North Vietnamese regulars. During the battle, 234 and repulsed numerous enemy assaults. Americans were killed and another 250 were wounded. On 15 November 1965, the embattled battalion was again Estimates of the North Vietnamese killed range between 600 attacked by a three-pronged insurgent assault aimed at and 1,200, depending on sources. surrounding and destroying the friendly forces in one great advance. With great skill and foresight, Moore moved from Distinguished Service Cross Citation position to position, directing accurate fire and giving moral During the period 14-16 November 1965, then-LTC Moore, support to the defending forces. By his successful predictions commanding officer, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry of insurgent attack plans, he was able to thwart all their efforts Division (Airmobile), was participating with his unit in a vital by directing barrages of small arms, mortar, and artillery fire search and destroy operation in the la Drang Valley, Republic in conjunction with devastating air strikes against Viet Cong of Vietnam. Upon entering the landing zone with the first rifle positions and attack zones. company, Moore personally commenced the firefight to gain As the grueling battle continued into the third day, another control of the zone by placing accurate fire upon the Viet Cong large Viet Cong strike was repulsed through Moore’s ability from an exposed position in his hovering helicopter. to shift men and firepower at a moment’s notice against the Throughout the initial assault phase, Moore repeatedly savage, last-ditch efforts of the insurgents to break through exposed himself to intense hostile fire to ensure the proper the friendly positions. Moore’s battalion — inspired by his and expedient deployment of friendly troops. By his constant superb leadership, combat participation, and moral support movement and repeated exposure to this insurgent fire, Moore — finally decimated the well-trained and numerically superior set the standard for his combat troops by a courageous display Viet Cong force so decidedly that they withdrew in defeat, of leadership by example, which characterized all his actions leaving more than 800 of their dead on the battlefield and throughout the long and deadly battle. Inspired by his constant resulting in a great victory for the 1st Battalion. 2 INFANTRY January-March 2017 NEW ARMY JUNGLE WEAR GIVES TRENCH FOOT THE BOOT C. TODD LOPEZ he standard issue combat boot in Hawaii that Soldiers there must Tmost Soldiers wear today — contend with. The new boots look the one most commonly worn in Iraq remarkably similar to the current boots and Afghanistan — is great for sandy Soldiers wear. They are the same color, with a dunes, hot dry weather, and asphalt. for instance. And the boots, which steel plate. The new boot has a ballistic But it’s proven not so good in hot and Bryan said are called the “Army Jungle fabric-like layer instead. wet environments.