Over the last year and a half, I have participated in fourteen warfighter exercises (WFXs) as an observer coach/trainer for Operations Group-Charlie (OG-C) of the MCTP.
Why is it that my unit struggled so much?Ĭombat training centers like the NTC and focused organizations like the Mission Command Training Program (MCTP) provide opportunities to train and employ mission command from command posts in various scenarios. We soon found out that our subordinate companies came under attack, and the lack of communications with the main command post had prevented higher echelon assets from being retasked to mitigate the effects of the attack. With the entire unit staff now collocated at the main, we massed efforts to reestablish communications and began requesting situation reports from our subordinate units. The main seemed unconcerned with the lack of communication with subordinate units since the officer in charge presumed the mobile tactical command post was controlling the fight. Shortly after arriving, it became apparent that the main had been receiving indirect fire for most of the day and was struggling to man and troubleshoot our mission command information systems. Their intention, as our blue forces passed by undetected, was to unleash destruction and then watch us sit in wait while our rotating amber beacons lit up the sky. Just after dusk, while en route to the main command post, we snuck by the opposing force that was in concealed positions, waiting for an unsuspecting target of opportunity. Meanwhile, the main command post controlled two lines of effort: planning for our next phase of the operation and shaping the deep fight-or at least it controlled one of the two efforts, since the main command post lost communications.
One hot summer day at the National Training Center (NTC), I (Cecil) spent most of the afternoon riding around in my Bradley Fighting Vehicle as part of the mobile tactical command post. Army Techniques Publication 6-0.5, Command Post Organization and Operations Commanders employ CPs to help control operations through continuity, planning, coordination, and synchronizing of the warfighting functions. Army)ĬPs are facilities that include personnel, equipment, information systems, and networks, guided by processes and procedures that assist commanders in the exercise of mission command. The tactical operations center is a mobile platform for the brigade commander to use to direct the battle.
The 2nd Brigade Combat Team sets up a hasty command post 20 February 2015 on a hilltop a few miles from the Rotational Unit Bivouac Area of the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California, in order to guide units into position.
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