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Ukraine Lessons for SOF in Large Scale Combat Operations – Training and Preparation
Ukraine Lessons for SOF in Large Scale Combat Operations – Training and Preparation Ukrainian SOF relies heavily on UAS and as mentioned above, UAS is often the main effort for...
Ukraine Lessons for SOF in Large Scale Combat Operations – Fires, Unmanned Systems, and Intelligence
Ukraine Lessons for SOF in Large Scale Combat Operations – Fires, Unmanned Systems, and Intelligence Artillery at the beginning of the Russian Special Military Operation was the...
Ukraine Lessons for SOF in Large Scale Combat Operations – Planning and Maneuver Operations
Ukraine Lessons for SOF in Large Scale Combat Operations – Planning and Maneuver Operations “We have to cancel tonight’s training mission.” The Ukrainian company commander of the...
Ukraine: The Revolution in Warfare That the U.S. Army Is Not Prepared For – Part III
Ukraine: The Revolution in Warfare That the U.S. Army Is Not Prepared For – Part III Ukraine is in an artillery war. The king of battle was the largest casualty producer for both...
Ukraine: The Revolution in Warfare That the U.S. Army Is Not Prepared For – Part II
Ukraine: The Revolution in Warfare That the U.S. Army Is Not Prepared For – Part II The days of division, brigade, and battalion movements are not over, but will be less and less...
Ukraine: The Revolution in Warfare That the U.S. Army Is Not Prepared For – Part I
Ukraine: The Revolution in Warfare That the U.S. Army Is Not Prepared For – Part I A column of four Ukrainian Army Bradley Fighting Vehicles near Zaporizhzhia were moving in...
The Unmanned Systems Fight in Ukraine: The Not So Quiet Revolution
The Unmanned Systems Fight in Ukraine: The Not So Quiet Revolution Dr. Stacie Pettyjohn, in a recent white paper entitled “Evolution Not Revolution, Drone Warfare in Russia’s...
The U.S. Is in a New Cold War: Whether It Wants to Be or Not
The U.S. Is in a New Cold War: Whether It Wants to Be or Not What would we do when Russia used nuclear weapons in Ukraine? My organization was training a Ukrainian special...
What the Ukrainian Armed Forces Need to Do to Win
WAR ON THE ROCKS Our instructors were training a Ukrainian national guard unit near the Moldovan border. When we arrived at the range, a Ukrainian unit was already on the range...
“5 Minute Salute” with Chris DeRuyter of National Center for Urban Operations
BUZZ ON VETERANS Each week on “5 Minute Salute” our host Chris Budihas talks to veterans making a difference in their communities. Today, Chris has the honor to speak with Chris...
Future of Urban Warfare
March 9, 2023 by Margaret Williams and Max Cheng Urbanization is drastically altering the global population distribution. With over half of the world’s growing population...
In Gaza’s Tunnels, ‘You Can Lose Sense Of Direction. You Can Really Freak Out.’
Jeremy Bogaisky Forbes Staff Military experts map out Israel’s unique challenges in fighting Hamas underground. READ THE FULL FORBES ARTICLE Photo: A file image from 2014 shows...
Ukraine
COMMENTARY BY ERIK KRAMER AND PAUL SCHNEIDER Our instructors were training a Ukrainian national guard unit near the Moldovan border. When we arrived at the range, a Ukrainian...
Technology Reconnaissance, Cultivation, & Incubation
The National Center for Urban Operations (NCUO) was formally established in February 2018 at Fort Hamilton, New York City as a a team of experienced practitioners & public servants uniting the larger network of interest in order to generate material, educational, training, and conceptual solutions to the emerging problems associated with the asymmetric threats and complex characteristics of the dense urban environment
1st Special Forces Command Group Technical & Information Support Companies (TISCO) Material Development Consultation
The National Center for Urban Operations (NCUO) was formally established in February 2018 at Fort Hamilton, New York City as a a team of experienced practitioners & public servants uniting the larger network of interest in order to generate material, educational, training, and conceptual solutions to the emerging problems associated with the asymmetric threats and complex characteristics of the dense urban environment
The National Center for Urban Operations Dense Urban Operations Solution Portfolio
The National Center for Urban Operations (NCUO) was formally established in February 2018 at Fort Hamilton, New York City as a a team of experienced practitioners & public servants uniting the larger network of interest in order to generate material, educational, training, and conceptual solutions to the emerging problems associated with the asymmetric threats and complex characteristics of the dense urban environment
The National Center for Urban Operations Dense Urban Operations Solution Portfolio
The National Center for Urban Operations (NCUO) was formally established in February 2018 at Fort Hamilton, New York City as a a team of experienced practitioners & public servants uniting the larger network of interest in order to generate material, educational, training, and conceptual solutions to the emerging problems associated with the asymmetric threats and complex characteristics of the dense urban environment
Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs Dense Urban Warfare Conference
The National Center for Urban Operations (NCUO) provided subject matter expertise in support of a capstone exercise to explore the future of military operation in dense urban terrain at the Columbia University School of International & Public Affairs (SIPA) under the direction of the National Security Innovation Network (NSIN).
Tokyo National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS) Current and Future Operations in Megacities Conference
The National Center for Urban Operations (NCUO) supported the “Current and Future Operations in Megacities” conference at the Tokyo National Institute for Defense Studies, hosted jointly by Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF), US Army Pacific (USARPAC), US Army Japan (UARJ), Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), and the Australian Army.
Modern War Institute- Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya Subterranean Challenges in War and Peace Conference
The National Center for Urban Operations (NCUO) supported the MWI-IDCH Subterranean Challenges in War and Peace Conference in Israel, hosted by IDCH and held in conjunction with MWI, the Liber Institute on Law and Land Warfare, and the US Embassy.