US Army using lessons from Ukraine war to aid own training

” The Russia-Ukraine experience is a very powerful illustration for our Army of how important the info domain is going to be,” said Wormuth, who spent two days at the training center in the Mojave Desert seeing an Army brigade wage war versus the fictional “Denovian” forces. The Denovians only have about 1,350 forces, but they are tossing whatever they have at the brigade, from jamming and other electronic warfare to insurgency attacks and propaganda.The role-players have their phones all set to movie and post rapidly to social media.The Denovian forces want to represent the unit in the worst possible light, stated Taylor, and continuously twist the story on social media so Palmers troops recognize they are in a fight for the truth.Thats a difficulty, he said, since “when Ive got a bunch of casualties and Im getting overrun on my left flank and my supply trains arent where they require to be and I cant discover the bulldozers, its tough to believe about something that someone said about me on Twitter.” The training goal, stated Taylor, is teaching the brigades that come in how to fuse all elements of their combat power into a coordinated attack. U.S. leaders repeatedly noted that in Russias initial multipronged assault in Ukraine, leaders regularly stopped working to provide the airstrikes and support their ground troops required to move into essential cities such as Kyiv.That failure led to Russian troops bombing the cities from the borders, hitting health centers, home structures and other structures, and killing civilians.So when the next brigade arrives as the training center, Taylor said it will deal with an enemy on board with doing just that.” As were enjoying whats taking place to the Russians now, its informative for us to think about what is right, from a modernization standpoint,” she said, noting that some U.S. tanks are really heavy and the surface in Europe is muddier, not like the hard-packed sand of the desert.The Army, she said, has to figure out “whats the best balance between the mobility of a tank, the survivability of a tank and the lethality of a tank?

” The Russia-Ukraine experience is a really powerful illustration for our Army of how essential the information domain is going to be,” stated Wormuth, who invested two days at the training center in the Mojave Desert seeing an Army brigade wage war against the fictional “Denovian” forces. The Denovians only have about 1,350 forces, but they are tossing whatever they have at the brigade, from jamming and other electronic warfare to revolt attacks and propaganda.The role-players have their phones prepared to film and post quickly to social media.The Denovian forces desire to represent the unit in the worst possible light, stated Taylor, and constantly twist the narrative on social media so Palmers soldiers realize they are in a fight for the truth.Thats a challenge, he said, because “when Ive got a bunch of casualties and Im getting overrun on my left flank and my supply trains arent where they require to be and I cant find the bulldozers, its difficult to think about something that someone said about me on Twitter.” As were seeing whats happening to the Russians now, its useful for us to think about what is right, from a modernization perspective,” she said, keeping in mind that some U.S. tanks are very heavy and the terrain in Europe is muddier, not like the hard-packed sand of the desert.The Army, she stated, has to figure out “whats the right balance in between the movement of a tank, the survivability of a tank and the lethality of a tank?