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Capt. Paul Lushenko is the commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Company for the 502nd Military Intelligence Battalion, 201st Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. He is a distinguished honor graduate of the U.S. Military Academy and holds an M.A. in international relations and a Master of Diplomacy from the Australian National University. He has deployed several times to Iraq and Afghanistan with Stryker and special operations forces. Maj. David Hammerschmidt is the executive officer for the 502nd Military Intelligence Battalion, 201st Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. He is a graduate of the University of Florida Army Reserve Officer Training Program and holds a Master of National Security and Strategy from the U.S. Naval War College. He has deployed several times to Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Philippines with air assault, airborne, and special operations forces. Notes Epigraph. Army Doctrine Reference Publication (ADRP) 7-0, Training Units and Developing Leaders (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office [GPO], August 2012), 1-1. 1. ADRP 7-0. 2. See United States Army Combined Arms Center online, “Integrated Training Environment,” http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/ ite/ (accessed 12 October 2014). 3. George C. Marshall, quoted in Forrest C. Pogue, George C. Marshall: Education of a General, 1880-1939 (New York: Viking Press, 1963), 251. 4. Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) Pamphlet 525-3-1, U.S. Army Operating Concept: Win in a Complex World (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Army TRADOC, 7 October 2014), 18. 5. Ibid. 6. Comments made by Maj. Gen. Terry Ferrell at the 201st Battlefield Surveillance Brigade’s quarterly training brief, 30 September 2014. 7. TRADOC Pamphlet 525-3-1, 48. 8. On 11 March 2011, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Japan, causing a tsunami that damaged multiple reactors at the Fukushima Nuclear Plant. 9. Raymond Odierno, “CSA [Chief of Staff of the Army] Strategic Priorities: Waypoint #2,” Chief of Staff of the Army, 19 February 2014, online at www.us.army.mil (accessed 05 March 2014). 10. Kimberly Field, James Learmont, and Jason Charland, “Regionally Aligned Forces: Business Not as Usual,” Parameters 43(2)(Autumn 2013), 56-63. 11. Pacific Pathways is an innovative program that commits platoons and companies to participate in a succession of bilateral training exercises with partners over the course of a six-month operational deployment. For more information, see Sgt. 1st Class Tyrone C. Marshall Jr., “Pacific Pathways Increases Readiness through Partnership,” U.S. Department of Defense, online news article, 15 October 2014, http://www.defense. gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=123421 (accessed 7 November 2014). 60 12. Personal conversation between authors and United States Army Pacific Command planner, 12 December 2013. 13. Daniel Wasserbly, “U.S. Army Begins ‘Pacific Pathways’ for Training, Engagement in Asia,” IHS Janes Defence Weekly online, 3 September 2014, www.janes.com (accessed 3 September 2014). 14. Conversation with a 2nd Battalion, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team junior officer participating in Pacific Pathways, 18 October 2014. 15. Ibid. 16. Paul Lushenko, “Intellectualizing the U.S. Army’s Rebalance Within Asia,” U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence, Military Intelligence Professional Bulletin 40(3)( July-September 2014), 53-58. 17. The Worldwide Individual Augmentation System is the Army’s personnel management method for resourcing military and civilian support to contingency operations, recurring operations, and exercises. See Department of the Army Pamphlet 500-5-1, Individual Augmentation Management (Washington, D.C.: U.S. GPO, 3 January 2008). 18. Gregory Ford and Ammilee Oliva, “25th ID’s Intelligence Outreach Program: Leader Development, Intelligence Federation, and Regional Alignment,” U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence, Military Intelligence Professional Bulletin 40(2)(April-June 2014), 27-30. 19. Ibid. 20. David Rowland, “Relevant, Cost-Effective, Home-Station Training,” Army 64(6)( June 2014), 68. 21. The Training Brain Operations Center processes data from real-world combat environments to support the integrated training environment. See “Training Brain Operations Center,” Stand-To online, http://www.army.mil/standto (accessed 9 November 2014). The Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization provides insight on recent advances in improvised explosive device technology and tactics. See the “JIEDDO,” the website, http://www.jieddo.mil (accessed 9 November 2014). Operations Support Technology, Inc. re Ɩ6FW2V