Engagement Area Development in a Compressed Timeline

24 INFANTRY April-June 2018In 2015, the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) at Fort Polk, LA, transitioned the focus of its crucible training event from a mission readiness exercise (MRE) to a direct action training environment (DATE). This transition moved the focus of brigade combat teams (BCTs) away from stability and counterinsurgency (COIN) operations within a nodal defense construct out of combat outposts to an intelligence-driven, intensive permissive training environment focused on hybrid and near-peer threats. One of the most difficult transitions has been the necessity for doctrinal defensive operations, specifically a rifle company s execution of the seven steps of Engagement area Development (EA DEV).

company during a compressed timeline. The recommendations I provide become more ambiguous because the situation will heavily dictate the mode and timeline for dissemination. At this point, companies routinely “wait on the word” as most of these outputs during the MDMP will be fluid estimates until the completion of COA approval.

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