MG Curt Taylor - Training for the Changing Character of War

"If you bring a cell phone to NTC, you'll be found and targeted."

 

In this episode, we get an inside look at how the Army's National Training Center creates tough, realistic training rotations to ensure that Soldiers and units are ready to win the first fight.

 

Guest

Major General Curt Taylor is the Commanding General of the National Training Center (NTC) and Fort Irwin, California. NTC is the Army's premier training center and one of the three installations solely dedicated to making the Army's units and leaders ready for the next fight.

 

Episode Summary

In this episode, we discuss:

• How NTC adapts its training rotations to account for the evolving character of war
• What lessons to take away from the conflicts in Ukraine, Nagorno-Karabach, and Gaza
• How NTC uses cell phone data to locate units during rotation
• Why it is important for commanders to develop an instinct for opportunity and then act decisively to seize it
• How leaders can succumb to information overload and how to avoid "paralysis by analysis"
• What rotational units will experience in the environment of contested logistics
• The unseen benefits of serving at the National Training Center

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