The US Army’s First Urban Warfare Planners Course

October 29, 2021 00:38:10
The US Army’s First Urban Warfare Planners Course
Urban Warfare Project
The US Army’s First Urban Warfare Planners Course

Oct 29 2021 | 00:38:10

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Show Notes

In this episode of MWI’s Urban Warfare Project Podcast, John Spencer is joined by Brig. Gen. Robert Wooldridge. He is the Deputy Commanding General for Support of the 40th Infantry Division, California Army National Guard—which just held the Army’s first urban warfare planners course. Listen as he explains the gaps that drove the division's leaders to create the course, the challenges in designing the course, the lessons they learned executing the course, and what comes next as the team works toward institutionalizing standard operating procedures for urban operations planning.

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