Five Operational Lessons from the Battle for Mosul.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Arnold, Thomas D.; Fiore, Nicolas
- Source
- Military Review. Jan/Feb2019, Vol. 99 Issue 1, p56-71. 15p.
- Subject
- *DRONE aircraft
*IMPROVISED explosive devices
*INTELLIGENCE service
- Language
- ISSN
- 0026-4148
The article focuses on lessons learned from large-scale combat operations (LSCO) which liberate Mosul, Iraq from Islamic State and multi-domain operations in dense urban environments (DUEs). It mentions U.S. Army updated "Field Manual (FM) 3-0, Operations" in 2017 to provide a doctrinal foundation for LSCO against a modern peer adversary. It also mentions unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) and vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (IEDs) to replace intelligence and fires capabilities.