Making the Soldier Decisive on Future Battlefields (2013) / Chapter Skim
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1 Introduction
1 Introduction
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At the request of the Assistant Secretary, Dr. Malcolm O'Neill, the next three BAST meetings included presentations related to the individual Soldier and small unit operations.
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Results in Iraq and Afghanistan show that while the US soldier is a formidable fighter, his contemporary suite of equipment and support does not enjoy the same high degree of overmatch capability exhibited by large weapons platforms -- yet it is the soldier who ultimately will play the decisive role in restoring stability. A study is needed to establish the technical requirements for overmatch capability for dismounted soldiers operating individually or in small units.
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This clarifying guidance became crucial to the study approach adopted by the committee, serving as a touchstone for affirming what many readers of this report may initially see as controversial premises assumed and positions defended. Definitions The SOT contains several terms that are defined below for the purposes of the study: Decisive: An adjective that refers to the ability to settle or decide an outcome; to be conclusive.
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Technical requirements for optimizing Soldiers and small units to achieve overmatch were to be identified in areas including but not limited to situational awareness, communications and networking, weapons, mobility, protection, human dynamics, and logistical support. To address its charge, the committee conducted an extensive informationgathering effort that included visits to Army training facilities and service laboratories, presentations from and discussions with Army leaders from both the requirements development and acquisition communities, and meetings and interviews with Soldiers and small unit leaders recently returned from deployment in overseas operations.
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The human dimension, as defined by the Army, needs to be expanded in scope, and more emphasis needs to be placed on this expanded concept of the human dimension and other non-materiel aspects of potential solutions to provide overmatch capability. The committee's view of what the human dimension should include is discussed below.
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The committee learned during its study that there are known advances in individual and collective human performance that offer potential to meet the identified capability needs of future dismounted operations but that have not been applied by the Army. Decisive overmatch capabilities will only be achieved if adequate attention to and investment in human dimension solutions are fully coordinated with solutions from the materiel dimension.
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In presentations from Army briefers, the committee frequently heard the term "human dimension" or read it on briefing slides, but the usage implied little beyond "other-than-materiel." A more useful characterization of what should be included in the human dimension occurred in a two-page information paper on the human dimension written in June 2011 and approved by the Chief of the Human Dimension Task Force (Johnson, 2011)
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Chapter 2 (Capabilities) uses the committee's view of the missions and tasks that are likely to be assigned to dismounted TSUs and Soldiers in future operations to identify critical capability needs and opportunities to achieve decisive overmatch.
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In particular, it focuses on five areas for improving TSU capability that the committee agreed have the greatest potential for contributing to decisive overmatch.
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2012. Army Doctrine Reference Publication 3-0 (ADRP 3-0)
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