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ARTICLE: Army’s New Manual: Peacekeeper Training, AP, December 17, 2008
The Army has released its first new training field manual in six years, highlighting the need for units to be ready to conduct stability operations after traditional combat has ended.
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The manual, titled “Training for Full Spectrum Operations” and written at Fort Leavenworth, explains what soldiers can [...]

The Planned Change principle generally includes three courses of action: Maintain/sustain the current system/process, evolutionary/incremental improvement or revolutionary improvement through re-design.  The higher degree of change, the higher the risk. Risk can be minimized through use of the concept of Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs).  FCS incorporates all three approaches and a strategic assessment will help [...]

Army Releases Newest Manual, (Washington Times)…John Milburn, Associated Press
The Army has released its first new training field manual in six years, highlighting the need for units to be ready to conduct stability operations after traditional combat has ended.
The manual, titled “Training for Full Spectrum Operations” and written at Fort Leavenworth, explains what soldiers can expect [...]

The initial design of the BFSB was outlined in the Operational and Organizational Concept for the Battlefield Surveillance Brigade in 2007. Both active component and reserve component BFSBs have been approved for the Army, and brigades are already participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom.At Fort Knox, KY., the Maneuver Center of Excellence’s Maneuver Battle Lab conducted [...]