The Urban Operations Journal 

Technologies

Current and Future

"If anything is certain about the future, it is that we will face a bewildering array of technology choices. Choosing intelligently demands an understanding of future context and concepts. These give us logical backboards against which to bounce various technology alternatives and make operationally sound choices"

- Colonel Anthony Wood

"People, ideas, and hardware - in that order!"

- Colonel John Boyd

Advanced Concept Technology Demonstrations (ACTDs)

• ACTD List for 2002 Announced (DefenseLINK)
• Advanced Technologies Programs are on the Battlefield (Jim Garamone - American Forces Press Service)

Marine Corps

• Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (Fact Sheets)

STRICOM

• Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain/Restrictive Terrain Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity Contract (MOUT/RT/ID/IQ)

Reference

• Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
• Army Research Lab
• Marine Corps Warfighting Lab
• Office of Naval Research
• Air Force Research Lab
• Defense Science and Technology Lab (UK)
• Technology Review (MIT)
• Defense Tech
• Robots Net
• IEEE Spectrum
• Tech Central Station: Defense
• Defence Systems Daily (Defence Data Ltd.)

General

• Improving the Infantry's Inventory: Can New Technologies Transform Military Operations in Urban Terrain? (Aidan Harris - University of Lancaster, U.K. - PDF)
• TF Ranger: A Case Study Examining the Application of Advanced Technology in Modern Urban Warfare (Frank Akers, Jr. - PDF)
• Emerging Technologies and MOUT (Gerold Yonas and Timothy Moy - Sandia National Laboratories - PDF)
• War with Iraq: As Predictable as Chess: New Technologies Undergrid a Potential War With Saddam (Richard Muller - Technology Review)
• Statement of the Honorable Edward C. Aldridge; USD Acquisition, Technology and Logistics; Before the Senate Armed Services Committee (June 2001 - PDF)
• Exploring Advanced Technologies for the Future Combat Systems Program (John Matsumura, Randall Steeb, Tom Herbert, John Gordon, Carl Rhodes, Russell Glenn, Mike Barbers, Fred Gellert, Phylliss Kantat, Gail Halverson, Rob Cochran and Paul Steinberg - Rand)
• Future Warfare and the Decline of Human Decision Making (Dr. Thomas Adams - Parameters)
• Preparing for Future Warfare with Advanced Technologies: The Next Generation of Capabilities (John Matsumura, Randall Steeb and Paul Steinberg - Rand - PDF)
• Techno Cops: How L.A. Sheriff's Deputy Sid Heal is Creating a World-Renowned Test Bed for Police Technologies (Jean Kumagai - IEEE Spectrum [Military Applications])
• Doomed to Fail: America's Blind Faith in Military Technologies (John Gentry - Parameters)
• Key Technological Trends Since World War Two (Dr. Loren Thompson - Lexington Institute)
• DARPA: Blazing the Trail for Tech (Benjamin Pimentel - San Francisco Chronicle)
• Training Not Technology, is the Key to Urban Warfare (Robert Ackerman - Signal)
• High-Tech vs. Low-Tech Threats (Noah Shachtman - Tech Central Station)
• Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain Defense Technology Objectives for JWSTP (Small-unit Operations TD, MOUT ACTD, Joint Nonlethal Weapons - PDF)
• Marine Corps Warfighting Lab's Technology Page
• Technology Puts U.S. Troops on Higher Ground (Peter Baker and Susan Glasser - Washington Post)
• More U.S. Civilians Accompanying U.S. Military (Renae Merle - Washington Post)
• Warfighters and Humanitarians: Integrating Technologies to Save Lives (Maj Ronald Zich, USMC - CSC 1997 - PDF)
• Improved Technology to be Tested in 'Second Gulf War' (Peter Baker and Susan Glasser - Washington Post)
• Perfected Technology (James Dunnigan - Strategy Page)
• Rumsfeld's Budget Favors Weaponry of Tomorrow (AP)
• New Weapons Ready to Fight Iraq (Jim Krane - AP)
• U.S. Plans New Nuclear Weapons (WMD Bunker Busters) (BBC)
• Military Turns to Software to Cut Civilian Casualties (Bradley Graham - Washington Post)
• High-Tech Revolution Means a Different War (Knight Ridder)
• Can New Arms Cut Casualties? (Brad Knickerbocker - Christian Science Monitor)
• U.S. Forces Counting on High-Tech Tools in War With Iraq (Chris Tomlinson and Jim Krane - AP)
• Weapons That May Get Baptism of Fire in Iraq (Scott Kariya - IEEE Spectrum)
• The New Arsenal at a Glance (IEEE Spectrum)
• The New Tools of War (Robert Stewart - Washington Times)
• Analysis: With New Technologies, U.S. Tries Out New Way to Make War (Joseph Fitchett - International Herald Tribune)
• Toy Makers Study Troops, and Vice Versa (William Hamilton - New York Times)
• Special Operators Seeking a Technological Advantage (Harold Kennedy - National Defense)
• Firm Envisions High-Tech Combat (David Whelan - Contra Costa Times)
• 'Land Warrior' Technology is the Next Battlefield Edge (David Whelan - Contra Costa Times)

Close Quarters Combat/Individual Infantry Equipment

• New Equipment for Urban Combat (MOUT ACTD) (SSG John Valceanu, USA - Soldiers - PDF)
• USMC Close Quarters/Direct Action Program (USMC Factfile)
• Integrated Infantry Combat System (Maj A. King Dixon III, USMC - PDF)
• Exoskeleton Operational Concepts: Lessons From Future Wargames (Michael Vickers - PDF)
• The Platoon Urban Operations Kit (MAJ Jeffrey Bovais, USA)
• The Marine Infantry System: Providing Close Combat Overwatch for the Next Century or Is Every Marine an Infantryman? (Capt C. M. Moran, USMC - AWS 2002)
• Special Ops Helmet to be Fielded Army-Wide (Elizabeth Book - National Defense)
• Lightweight Heavyweight Body Armor (Annie Squeo - Wall Street Journal)
• To Stop a Bullet - Body Armor in Iraq (Ralph Kinney Bennett - Tech Central Station)
• Body Armor Could be a Technological Hero of War in Iraq (Seth Stern - Christian Science Monitor)
• Foot Soldier of the Future (Garry Barker and Michael Regan - The Age)

Non-Lethal Weapons

• Non-Lethal Capabilities: Realizing the Opportunities (E. R. Bedard - Defense Horizons)
• Non-Lethal Weapons: Helping to Maintain Legitimacy During U.S. Operations (MAJ Bryan Rudacille, USA - USMC CSC 1998)
• Making the Breach: Utilization of the Active Denial System in the MOUT Environment (CPT R. Lackey, USA - USMC AWS 2002)
• Non-Lethal Weapons and Their Application in the Canadian Armed Forces: The Need for a Better Doctrine and Policy (Maj Rory Radford, Canadian Army - USMC CSC 1999)
• Nonlethal Targeting Revisited: The Kosovo Experience (CWO2 Richard Gonzales and Marc Romanych, USA - Field Artillery - PDF)
• Non-Lethal Chemical Incapacitants (CDR Kevin Mears, USN - USMC CSC 1999 - PDF)
• Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Program (Official Internet Site)
• Sonic Bullets and Spider Webs (Daniel Barrick - Concord Monitor)
• Military Studies Nonlethal Weapons (Associated Press)
• Non-Lethal Weapons and Strategic Policy Implications for 21st Century Peace Operations (LTC Paul Capstick, USA - PDF)
• Non-Lethal Weapons Resource Guide (Terry Kiss - Air University Library)
• Non-Lethal Weapons and Strategic Policy Implications for 21st Century Peace Operations (LTC Paul Capstick, USA - USAWC 2001 -PDF)
• Non-lethality and American Land Power: Strategic Context and Operational Concepts (Douglas Lovelace, Jr. and Steven Metz)
• Crowds, Mobs and Non-Lethal Weapons (Sid Heal - Military Review)
• Non-Lethal Force: The Slippery Slope to War? (F.M. Lorenz - Parameters)
• What Price Sticky Foam? (Martin Stanton - Proceedings)
• Non-Lethal Weapons: A British View (Dr. Robert Bunker - Military Review)
• US: Non-Lethal Weapons Being Developed (Pamela Hess - UPI)
• Beyond the Rubber Bullet (Lev Grossman - Time)
• Non-Lethal Weapons Research Project (Center for Conflict Resolution)
• Secretary Rumsfeld: New Rules For Non-Lethal Combat (Pamela Hess - UPI)
• New Rules for Non-Lethal Combat (Phil Brennan - NewsMax)
• The Fuzzy Ethics of Non-Lethal Weapons (Brad Knickerbocker - Christian Science Monitor)
•  Weapons Treaty Outlaws Use of Tear Gas; Lethal Weapons Get Treaty Nod (Tom Carter - Washington Times)

Lasers/Directed Energy/Electromagnetic Weapons

• Making the Breach: Utilization of the Active Denial System in the MOUT Environment (CPT R. Lackey, USA)
• Zapping Short-Range Threats (Mobile Lasers) (Kerry Gildea - IEEE Spectrum)
• High-Energy Lasers: Technological, Operational and Policy Issues (Elihu Zimet - Defense Horizons)
• U.S. Working on Lightning Weapon (BBC)
• E-Bomb: Ultimate Military (and Terrorist) Weapon (Robert Williscroft - Defense Watch)

Aerospace

• Gunship Sensors Optimized for Urban Warfare (Sandra Erwin - National Defense)
• Tilt This Way: AFSOC's CV-22 Osprey (Adam Geibel - Special Operations Technology)
• Avionics Upgrade Underway for Special Ops Helicopters (Frank Colucci - National Defense)
• For Sale: Personal Strap-On Aircraft (Jeordan Legon - CNN)
• Air Force Tests Behemoth 21,000 Pound Bomb in Florida (Robert Burns - AP)
• Air Force Detonates 21,000 Pound Bomb (Rowan Scarborough - Washington Times)
• 'Smart Bombs' Move to Center Stage in U.S. Arsenal (Seth Stern - Christian Science Monitor)
• Technologies, Doctrine Changes Allow For Better Bombing Runs (Kathleen Rhem - American Forces Press Service)
• Weapon Spotlight: Joint Stand-Off Weapon (JSOW) (Defense Daily Network)
• Weapon Spotlight: Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) (Defense Daily Network)
• Is JDAM Smart Enough for Street Fighting? (James Dunnigan - Strategy Page)
• Direct Hit: Bombing Accuracy (Ralph Kinney Bennett - Tech Central Station)
• Concrete Bombs Ready to Avoid Collateral Damage, Civilian Casualties in Baghdad Street Fight (Mark Nichols - BBC)

Robotics (UAV and UGV) - Associated Sensors/Weapons

• Al Qaeda Fighting American Robots and Losing (Austin Bay - Strategy Page)
• Robotics: Military Applications for Special Operations Forces (Maj George Pierce II, USAF - Air University 2000 - PDF)
• The Potential for Growth: Aerospace Applications of Unmanned Systems in Urban Operations (Maj Stephen Bishop, USAF)
• Future Missions for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Maj Earl Odom, USAF - Air and Space Power Journal)
• Future Employment of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (1LT Jeff Mustin, USAF - Air and Space Power Journal)
• The Role of Unmanned Aviation in Homeland Defense (Laurence Newcome - Unmanned Vehicles)
• UAV Forum (Hosted by Adroit Systems Inc.)
• Shepard's UAV Online
• RQ-1 Predator UAV (USAF Fact Sheet)
• The Deadly Predator (James Dunnigan - Strategy Page)
• UCAVs - Technological, Policy and Operational Challenges (Charles Barry and Elihu Zimet - Defense Horizons)
• USA Prepares Trial of "Swarming" UCAVs (Nick Cook - Janes Defense Weekly)
• Urban Exercise Tests Novel Technologies (Roxana Tiron - National Defense)
• Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles: Dawn of a New Age? (COL Robert Chapman II, USAF - Air and Space Power Journal)
• Unmanned Aircraft Attract New Interest From Pentagon (Harold Kennedy - National Defense)
• Legal Implications of the Uninhabited Combat Aerial Vehicle (LtCol Anthony Lazarski, USAF - Air and Space Power Journal)
• Pilotless Planes' Latest Target May be Homeland Security (Chuck McCutcheon - Newhouse News Service)
• Signals From the Predator Robot Hit (Austin Bay - Washington Post)
• Robotics at Space and Naval Warfare (SPAWAR) Systems Center
  Index of Robotics Images (SPAWAR Systems Center)
• iRobot: Current Research and Development Programs
  Micro-Robots, Sensors Shape Urban Warfare (CETO Project Lincolnia) (Roxana Tiron - National Defense)
• A Portable Autonomous Urban Reconnaissance Robot (PDF)
  Smart Sensor Web: Experimentation and Analysis in the MOUT Environment (LtCol Eileen Bjorkman - Briefing Slides)
• Sensing Urban Targets (Dr. Darryl Greenwood and Barbara Wilson - Briefing Slides)
• Multipurpose Security and Surveillance Mission Platform (SPAWAR)
  Tactical Unattended Ground Sensors: A Military Police Necessity (Michael Pasquin)
• Warfighting Lab Tests Dragon Runner UGV (MCWL)
• MOUT UGV Vignette (SAIC)
• DoD Eyes Sensors to Give "Urban Canyon Visibility" (Bryan Bender - Jane's Defense Weekly)
• Robotic Warfare (William Weed - New York Times)
• Looking to Iraq, Military Robots Focus on Lessons of Afghanistan (Justin Pope - AP)
• Transformational Stars: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles or Unmanned Ground Vehicles? (Marcus Corbin - CDI)
• Distributed Robotic Mapping of Extreme Environments (S. M. Thayer, M. Bernardine Dias, B. Nabbe, B. Digney, M. Hebert, and A. Stentz - Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon - PDF)
• Military Robots Well Trained for War (CNN)
• Readying Robots for War (CBS)
• Predator or Prey? (Noah Shachtman - Tech Central Station)
• Hummingbird First Forward Flight Validates Model (UVonline.com)
• The Application of Remotely Operated Small Arms Platforms in Future Military Ground Operations (Maj Henri Lambert, USAF - USMC CSC 2002 - PDF)
• Bird-Size Spy Planes See, Hear, Even Smell the Enemy (J. Lynn Lunsford - Wall Street Journal)
• Robot Finds Booby Traps in Afghanistan (Army News Service)
• With the Dragon Eye: High Tech Pilot Keeps Feet on Ground (Washington Post)
• Pentagon Plans Heavy Investment in UAV Development (SFC Doug Sample, USA - American Forces Press Service)
• Pentagon Unhappy About Drone Aircraft Reliability (Michael Peck - National Defense)
• Global Hawk Helps Rout Iraqis (Rowan Scarborough - Washington Times)
• Global Hawk Crashes: Who's to Blame? (Michael Peck - National Defense)
• In the Skies Over Iraq, Silent Observers Become Futuristic Weapons (Eric Schmitt - New York Times)
• Lack of Autonomy Hampering Progress of Battlefield Robots (Roxana Tiron - National Defense)
• DoD Special Report: UAV Background and Future (DoD)

Command, Control and Communications (C3)

• Combat Computers for the Infantry (James Dunnigan - Strategy Page)
• Urban Warfare Communications: A Contemporary Russian View (Lester Grau - FMSO)
• Improving Communications in Urban Warfare (Rand Research Brief)
• Urban Communications: Preparing to Fail? (Capt Douglas Keller, USMC - AWS 2002)
• Urban Communications Considerations (Short Overview - Urban Operations Journal)
• An Advanced C2 Concept for Urban Operations (Luc Pigeon, Defence R&D Canada - PDF)
• 'Light Fighter' Communications and MOUT (Ed Farmer and Dave Fielder)
• Global Positioning System (GPS) Vulnerabilities (LTC Thomas Adams, USA - Military Review)
• GPS: Changing the Landscape (Matthew French - Federal Computer Week)
• A Step in the Wrong Direction (ICOM IC-4008A Intra-Squad Radios) (Capt Bradley Bean, USMC - AWS 2002)
• New GPS Handheld Receiver Planned for '04 (Christian Sheehy - National Defense)
• Iridium Rises as Motorola Flails (Julie Johnsson - Crain's Chicago Business)
• The Curse of Technology and American Artillery (James Dunnigan - Strategy Page)
• Small Unit Operations: Situational Awareness System (SUOSAS) (DARPA)
• DARPA 'Soldier's Radio' (JRTS) Bridging Gaps (Dan Caterniccha - Federal Computer Week)
• Digitized Battlefield Puts Friend and Foe in Sight (Vernon Loeb - Washington Post)
• GPS Jammers: Trump Card for Saddam? (Greg Schmitt - Washington Times)
• In Iraq, Solar Storms Play Havoc With Communications (Peter Spotts - Christian Science Monitor)
• Networked Information Decisive in War (Frank Bajak - AP)
• U.S. Commandos Wore General Dynamics Transmitters (Update 1) (Tony Capaccio - Bloomberg)
• Friendly Fire Still a Deadly Foe (Alex Salkever - Business Week)
• Army's Next Quest: Worldwide Bandwidth (Jason Miller - GCN)
• Can Your Hear Me Now? (Jeffrey McKaughan - Special Operations Technology)

Information Operations

• U.S. Guidelines for Cyber-Warfare (Bradley Graham - Washington Post)

Urban Visualization/Situational Awareness/Intelligence

• Urban Terrain Zone Based GIS for MOUT (Dr. Richard Ellefsen and Dr. Jack Liu - Digital Geographics)
• Object Raku MOUT Capabilities
  HUMINT Communication Information Systems for Complex Warfare (Luc Pigeon, Defence R&D Canada - PDF)
• Battlefield Augmented Reality System (BARS) - MOUT (Office of Naval Research)
• Object Raku Technology MOUT Capabilities
• Out of the Dark: Night Vision Equipment for the Infantry (WO John Marshall and LT Jeff Gill - FIBUA - Royal Canadian Army)
• Dominating the Night (Scott Gourley - Special Operations Technology)
• Fort Dix Battle Lab Simulates Dark War (Josh Bernstein - Burlington County Times)
• Boost for Poor World's Cities (GIS Software) (Alex Kirby - BBC)
• Virtual Battleground: SGI Program Gives a 3-D Look at Iraq Urban Targets (Benjamin Pimentel - San Francisco Chronicle)
• Military Brings 3D Advantage to War Preparations (David McGuire - Washington Post)
• U.S. Commandos Wore General Dynamics Transmitters (Update 1) (Tony Capaccio - Bloomberg)
• Friendly Fire Still a Deadly Foe (Alex Salkever - Business Week)
• Urban Warfare Takes Creative Solutions (Dan Caterinicchia - Federal Computer Week)
• DoD Changing Face of Urban Warfare (Dan Caterinicchia - Federal Computer Week)
• Iraq Offers Glimpses into ISR Future (Dan Caterinicchia - Federal Computer Week)
• Urban Warfare IT Has 'Missing Link" (Dan Caterinicchia - Federal Computer Week)
• Special Ops and Geospatial Intelligence (Lynn Galucci - Special Operations Technology)
• New Radar Sees Through Walls (BBC)
• CCL Unveils 'See Through Walls' Radar (Alice Walker - Business Weekly)
• Radar Promises Through-Wall Vision for Military and Emergency Services (Helen Duncan - EE Times U.K.)
• Researchers Build Gadget to See Through Walls (Tony Smith - The Register)

Imagery

• Satellite Imagery Control: An American Dilemma (Laurence Nardon - Center for Strategic and International Studies - PDF)
• Satellite Image Suppliers Poised for Future Growth (Elizabeth Book - National Defense)
• Candid Cameras Cover the Bases (Vernon Loeb - Washington Post - Commercial Overhead Imagery)
• Eyes in the Sky, Commercial Imagery Serves Many Efforts (Benjamin Pimentel - San Francisco Chronicle)
• Pentagon Scrambling for Satellites, Communications and Commercial Imagery (Christopher Stern - Washington Post)
• Commercial Imaging Satellites Look Down on Baghdad (David Whitehouse - BBC)
• NIMA's Urban Maps to Pave Way for Iraqi Relief (R. Jeffrey Smith - Washington Post)
• U.S. to Rely More on Private Companies' Satellite Images (Eric Lichtblau - New York Times)

Modeling and Simulation

• Military Operations in Urban Terrain Focus Area Collaborative Team (U.S. Army Modeling and Simulation Office)
• Representation of Urban Operations in Military Models and Simulations (CPT Scott Crino, USA - TRAC-Monterey - PDF)
• Intelligent Hostile Urban Threat Agents for MOUT Operations (Karen Harper, Stephen Ho and Greg Zacharias - Charles River Analytics, Inc. - PDF)
• Urban Warfare Simulation Helps Train Company Commanders (Sandra Erwin - National Defense)
• Constructive and Virtual Simulating of Urban Operations Training (MAJ John Janiszewski, USA - PDF)
• Agent-Based Simulation of MOOTW Small Unit Combat (Ronald Woodman - PDF)
• In Search of the Grand Challenge (Michael Macedonia - STRICOM)
• Assessment of Modeling and Simulation of Item-Level Performance in MOUT (Linda Kimball - Briefing Slides)
• Use of Pseudo-Random Urban Feature Entity Server (PRUFES) to Evaluate Urban Applications (Poly Ann Cayson, Clinton Seegle, and Bobby Wright - ARMDEC - PDF)
• Updating ModSAF for Individual Combatants (Douglas Reece, Dirk Ourston, Matthew Kraus and Ivan Carbia - SAIC)
• Researchers Apply Combat Simulation Technology (ACATS) to Homeland Security (ScienceBlog)
• Spectrum Overview (Conflict, Attrition Based Modeling Combined With Multivariate Sociological Model)
• Spectrum (National Simulation Center)
• Modeling and Simulation Resource Repository (DMSO)
• Simulations Capture War's Realities (Reuters)

Armored Vehicles

• Russian-Manufactured Armored Vehicle Vulnerability in Urban Combat: The Chechnya Experience (Lester Grau - FMSO)
• Modifying the Abrams Tank for Fighting in Urban Areas (Sergeant First Class Ira Partridge, USA - Armor)
• MAGTF Expeditionary Family of Fighting Vehicles: Recon Variant as a Marine Corps 1st Echelon Requirement in 2020 (Maj John Reed, USMC - CSC 2002 - PDF)
• Diesel Tank Engines (Carlton Meyer - G2mil.com)
• In Louisiana, A Bid for a Speedier Infantry (Ann Scott Tyson - Christian Science Monitor)
• Stryker Interim Armored Vehicle (Global Security.org)
• Billions Wasted on New Stryker Military Vehicle? (Jon Dougherty - World Net Daily)

Vehicles (General)

• Expanding Military Missions Fuel Market for Custom Trucks (Sandra Erwin - National Defense)
• Army Units Experiment with Ultralight Vehicles (Harold Kennedy - National Defense)
• Zoom Zoom: Special Operations Vehicle Platforms (Scott Gourley - Special Operations Technology)

Weapons

• Bursts of Brilliance (Vernon Loeb - Washington Post)
• Countersniper System Debuts in Live-Fire Test (Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory)
• U.S. Soldiers Lack Weapon to Breach Walls (Tom Squitieri - USA Today)
• Man-Portable Grenade Launcher Firepower Now (Carlton Meyer - G2mil.com)
• Wonder Weapon - The OICW (Sandra Erwin - Popular Mechanics)
• Will It Work? (SABR - OICW) (James Dunnigan - Strategy Page)
• A Weapon for All Seasons: The Old But Effective RPG-7 Promising to Haunt the Battlefields of Tomorrow (Lester Grau - FMSO)
• The Mighty RPG (Ralph Kinney Bennett - Tech Central Station)
• Analysis: How Thermobaric Weapons Work (Jonathan Marcus - BBC)
• Thermobaric Weapons: A Weapon of Choice for Urban Warfare
• BLU-118/B Thermobaric Warhead (DTRA Factsheet)
• MoD (UK) Assesses New Urban Weapon (Thermobaric - BBC)
• Fierce Thermobaric Weapons Readied Against Underground Bunkers (Paula Kaufman - IEEE Spectrum)
• Backgrounder on Russian Fuel Air Explosives ("Vacuum Bombs") (Human Rights Watch)
• U.S. Troops Get Javelin Anti-Tank Missile (James Dunnigan - Strategy Page)
• Trends in Small Arms and Light Weapons Development: Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Dimensions (Maj David DeClerq (Ret.) - Canada - PDF)
• Modern Bayonets Still Useful: Marines Order New and Improved Version (Denver Post)
• War Prompts Urgent Requests for Sniper Rifles (Sandra Erwin - National Defense)

Medical/MEDEVAC

• New Blood-clotting Material May Revolutionize Combat First Aid (MCWL)
• Armed With New Tools and Tactics, Doctors Head to the Battlefield (Gina Kolata - New York Times)
• Kosmo MOUT Lifeline

Training

• Close Combat Marine Workbook (Maj Brendan McBreen - 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, Infantry Training Website)
• Close Combat and Learning Infantry Tactics (Maj Brendan McBreen - 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, Infantry Training Website)
• High Tech Training System Targets Urban Combat Drills (Roxana Trion - National Defense)
• Virtual Urban Battleground Tests Soldiers (Dan Caterinicchia - Federal Computer Week)
• U.S. Army Urban Training Game 'Full Spectrum Warrior' Set for Shops (BBC)
• THQ and Pandemic Studios Unveil 'Full Spectrum Warrior' (Business Wire)
• Hollywood to Give U.S. War Games 'Razzmatazz' (Stephan Lovgren - National Geographic)
• U.S. Army: Video Game to Train Soldiers (Reuters)
• Full Spectrum Warrior Most Nominated Game of 'Game Critics Awards' (GameInfo.com)

Cover and Concealment

• Urban Camouflage
• Militaries Study Animals for Cutting-Edge Camouflage (James Owen - National Geographic)