Military Review English Edition July-August 2016 | Page 7

July-August 2016
Volume 96 ◆ Number 4

55 NATO Special Operations 72 Reinventing the Wheel
Forces, Counterterrorism,
Operational Lessons Learned
and the Resurgence of
by the 101st Division Artillery
during Two Warfighter Exercises
Terrorism in Europe
1st Lt. Matthew E. Miller,
U.S. Army Reserve

Maj. Travis Robison, U.S. Army
Capt. Alex Moen, U.S. Army

The threat of terrorist attacks in Europe will
continue to increase, according to this author.
He believes NATO special operations forces
should be the one central institution to respond
to an overwhelming terror crisis, and he
recommends making counterterrorism one of
their principal missions.

During warfighter exercises, members of the
recently reactivated division artillery units
found themselves relearning common skills and
overcoming new challenges. Based on their
lessons learned, the authors recommend best
practices for common fires issues.

62 20th CBRNE Command

78 The Mud of Verdun
Falkenhayn and the Future of
American Landpower

Organizing, Training, and
Resourcing for Chemical,
Biological, Radiological,
Nuclear, and Explosives
Operations
Brig. Gen. James B. Burton,
U.S. Army, Retired
Col. F. John Burpo, U.S. Army
Capt. Kevin Garcia, U.S. Army
Former leaders of the 20th CBRNE Command
draw from their institutional knowledge to
recommend reorganizing this one-of-a-kind
unit into three multifunctional, regionally
aligned CBRNE brigade task forces to meet the
challenges of future operations.

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Maj. Robert Chamberlain, U.S. Army
The author discusses why Germany lost
the bloody World War I battle at Verdun.
He analyzes similarities between the failed
German theory of warfare from that battle and
contemporary American theory.

88 Everything I Never Wanted
to L earn about the Network
and Where We Might
Go from Here
Lt. Col. J.B. Shattuck, U.S. Army,
Retired

Creating a viable communications network
requires a wide variety of integrated
communications platforms. However, according
to this author, a single, Internet-like unifying
network with data for all to see in real time is
currently unattainable.

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