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the AWD , as MG White briefed GEN Franks
during his 14 October visit, was not to become
enamored or discouraged by the tinkering
with technology, but to look beyond
the challenges at the capability of the technology
implied when combined with the
soldier. Franks noted a number of comments
from soldiers about many items of the equipment
they were employing, not just the night
vision equipment, which he passed on to his
staff for action. 19
2 October 1993-MG Larry G.
Lehowicz, DCS-CD , TRADOC, briefed the
LAM Board of Directors on the status of
seven LAM issues for which TRADOC was
the proponent. The first issue briefed was
OTN. The briefing discussed the measures
underway within the Army including work
at the DBBL, the STF on 2d Gen FUR, and
the HTI approach to developing the 2d Gen
FUR capability. It noted that the OTN issue
was being carried over and folded into the
1994 LAM issue of Continuous Operations. 20
9 December 1993-DCSOPS approved
the Operational Requirements Document
(ORD) for the Improved FUR Capability
which resulted from the work of the STF on
2d Gen FUR. The Program Executive Officer
for Intelligence/Electronic Warfare was designated
as the executive while TRADOC was
deSignated the combat developer 21
March 1994-MG White published
"Commandant's Note: Dismounted Battlespace
Battle Lab, Putting the Ideas of the
Future into Action To day," in Infantry
(March-April 1994). In the note, he described
the battle lab system and the organization
and missions of his own DBBL In the
same issue, CPT Lewis G. Wagner published
"Owning the Night," which described in
detail the evolution of the DBBl's organization
and conduct of its several experiments
and demonstrations from mid-1992 through
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the AWD at Fort Campbell. Wagner discussed
the numerous equipment-related results
of the Campbell experimentation and
described some of the proj ected features of
the AWE to occur at the JRTC during March
1994 22
9-11 May 1994-The Infantry Center
conducted a Future Operational Capabilities,
Infantry (FOCUS II) AWE at Fort Benning in
conjunction with its Infantry Commanders'
Conference. The AWE employed a light infantry
company from Fort Lewis and a heavy
infantry company from Fort Benning. Results
of the AWE showed that objective OTN systems
provided a clear advantage over existing
capabilities and that these former systems
provided improved command and control and
increased stand-off ranges. In addition, the
new technologies reduced force exposure to
enemy detection and action and risks of fratricide,
and enabled the force equipped with
them to operate continuously at high tempos
day and night. 23
June-August 1994-During June, the
DBBL conducted a Night Firing AWE at Fort
Benning to compare the effectiveness and
ease of use of laser aiming devices. During
July and August, the Battle Lab also conducted
a two-phase Concept Evaluation Program
(CEP) Test of night driving technologies
and procedures using various night vision
devices and various vehicles H
FY 1995-The Infantry Center and the
DBBL conducted CEP tests on night firing,
night vision device range determinations,
and OTN tactics, techniques, and procedures
and completed construction of a Night Fighting
Training FaCility. The Night Fighting
Training FaCility used a variety of methodologies,
including a heavy reliance on simulations,
to train trainers and individual soldiers
in various skills necessary for fighting
and operating effectively at night. 25
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