The Modern Louisiana Maneuvers - US Army Center Of Military History
The Modern Louisiana Maneuvers - US Army Center Of Military History
The Modern Louisiana Maneuvers - US Army Center Of Military History
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Contents<br />
Chapter Page<br />
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1<br />
1. <strong>The</strong> Genesis of the <strong>Louisiana</strong> <strong>Maneuvers</strong> and the<br />
Organization of the LAM Task Force ................................................................................ 7<br />
Sullivans Challenge ................................................................................................... 7<br />
Discovery Learning: Sullivan Decides How To Change the <strong>Army</strong> ............................. 11<br />
Competing Visions of How To Change an <strong>Army</strong> ...................................................... 17<br />
Forming the <strong>Louisiana</strong> <strong>Maneuvers</strong> Task Force ......................................................... 20<br />
Contemporaneous Developments ............................................................................ 23<br />
Notes ....................................................................................................................... 26<br />
2. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Louisiana</strong> <strong>Maneuvers</strong> Process in Action from 1992 to 1994 ....................................... 33<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Maneuvers</strong>-and the Maneuvering-Begin ....................................................... 33<br />
Evolving the LAM Process ....................................................................................... 35<br />
Birthing and Growing Pains ..................................................................................... 37<br />
<strong>The</strong> Process Produces-Some Examples .................................................................. 39<br />
<strong>The</strong> GHQ Exercises ................................................................................................. 43<br />
Other Task Force Issues-Structure, Manning, Funding .......................................... 45<br />
Related Experimentation-Battle Lab and Other Activity ........................................ 46<br />
Getting the Message Out-Publicizing LAM and Change in the <strong>Army</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46<br />
On the Road to Force XXI ....................................................................................... 49<br />
Conclusion .............................................................................................................. 50<br />
Notes ....................................................................................................................... 51<br />
3. Reorienting LAM: <strong>The</strong> Force XXI Campaign .................................................................... 57<br />
<strong>The</strong> Campaign ......................................................................................................... 57<br />
From Monroe to D.C. .............................................................................................. 58<br />
Reorganization and Relocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58<br />
Challenges and Tensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Louisiana</strong> <strong>Maneuvers</strong> and the Force XXI Campaign Through Ohle's Year .......... 67<br />
What Future for LAM? . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69<br />
Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70<br />
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72