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SUMMARY:Sandhurst Conference: Training to Win Tomorrow's Wars
DESCRIPTION:How do we better train our soldiers for modern conflict? From realism in our computer simulations to ongoing resource constraints\, training our junior officers is critical to our future military success in an increasingly complex world. No longer is it enough to simply train cadets how to carry out raids or ambushes. From Somalia to South Korea\, the threat environment requires that our officers be versed in information operations\, hybrid warfare\, and technological advances like robotics and autonomous systems that are making the battlefield more complex and unpredictable. This year’s Sandhurst Conference\, to be held on Monday\, April 3\, 2017\, will address these challenges with a series of speakers\, panel discussions\, and breakout sessions. The purpose of the Sandhurst Conference is to provide an intellectual counterpart to the Sandhurst Competition\, a way to test our mental agility as well our military skills. Cadets\, officers\, and faculty will discuss and exchange ideas on tactics and training\, the role of non-lethal training techniques\, and improving technologies and simulations to replicate the modern battlefield. \nMonday\, 3 April\, 2017 \n0800-0835 \nMORNING RECEPTION\nThayer Hall\, Robinson Auditorium Rotunda \n0835-0840 \nINTRODUCTION\nCOL Jonathan Neumann\, Director of the Department of Military Instruction \n0840-0850 \nWELCOMING REMARKS\nBG Diana Holland\, Commandant of Cadets\, USCC \n0850-0935 \nOPENING KEYNOTE\nBG Jeffrey D. Broadwater\, Commanding General\, Fort Irwin & National Training Center\nTopic: The Future of Training and Army Readiness \n0935-0940 \nCONFERENCE OVERVIEW\nLTC Mike Jackson\, Deputy Director\, Modern War Institute \n0940-0950 \nBREAK \n0950-1045 \nSESSION 1 – OLD FOES DIE HARD: TRAINING FOR NEAR-PEER THREATS & HYBRID WAR\nThayer Hall\, Robinson Auditorium \nEvent Description: From Russia in Ukraine to China in the South China Sea\, the future of warfare will involve near-peer competitors engaging in hybrid-style warfare. This panel will walk through the challenges of how to train for conventional enemies engaging in unconventional tactics as well as how to better train our proxies in modern warfare. \nKey Questions\n1. At the tactical level\, how should cadets be training for hybrid warfare?\n2. How does the US Army train its proxies against near-peer competitors? \nFeatured Speaker\nDr. Phillip Karber\, President\, Potomac Foundation \nModerator\nLTC Mike Jackson\, Deputy Director\, Modern War Institute \n1045-1055 \nBREAK \n1055-1140 \nSESSION 2 – HOW TO TRAIN FOR ASYMMETRIC THREATS\nThayer Hall\, Robinson Auditorium \nEvent Description: Members of the Asymmetric Warfare Group will discuss the tactical challenges of preparing for and fighting transnational threats in complex terrain. \nKey Questions\n1. How should we prepare cadets for fighting non-state actors?\n2. How do we better create realistic simulations for complex terrain? \nFeatured Speaker\nCOL Michael Loos\, Commander\, Asymmetric Warfare Group \nModerator\nMAJ John Spencer\, Strategic Planner\, Modern War Institute \n1200-1250 \nLUNCH\nCadets: Cadet Mess Hall / Faculty and Officers: West Point Club \n1250-1345 \nBREAKOUT SESSIONS 1-5 – HOW TO TRAIN FOR ASYMMETRIC THREATS II \nEvent Description: Each breakout session will focus on a specific geographic combatant command and include Asymmetric Warfare Group representatives to discuss the practicability of this kind of training for asymmetric threats at the tactical level\, with an emphasis on regional threat environments\, customs\, cultures\, and other challenges. \nSpeakers\nEUCOM – CPT Chris Scott – TH344\nAFRICOM – Mr. Joe Dawson – TH342\nSOUTHCOM – Mr. Jack Alvarez – TH442\nPACOM – MAJ Jeremy Rockwell – TH144\nCENTCOM – SFC James Hays – Robinson Auditorium \n1345-1355 \nBREAK \n1355-1450 \nBREAKOUT SESSION 6 – IMPROVING OUR SIMULATIONS FOR MODERN THREATS\nThayer Hall\, Robinson Auditorium \nEvent Description:  Innovation\, the novel reuse of technologies and techniques for other-than-intended-for purposes\, will continue to be what separates those that succeed from those that excel. Models and simulations provide an imperfect representation of reality. Specific to military training\, simulations provide the conditions within which tasks are trained to standard—the task\, condition\, standard paradigm that’s been a hallmark of Army training for the last three decades. Training simulations necessarily lag behind contemporary commercial technologies. In part this is because training simulations are meant to represent fielded systems and contemporary operating conditions\, but also because oftentimes those technologies have to be combined with others to provide a new system. This discussion will address these and other challenges to realistically simulating the modern battlefield. \nKey Questions\n1. What are some innovative (economical\, technological\, etc.) ways to improve realistic simulations?\n2. How do we assess cadet performance to prepare them for modern combat? \nFeatured Panelist\nLTC Christopher Hartline\, West Point Simulation Center \nModerator\nCPT Caleb Goble\, Department of Military Instruction \nBREAKOUT SESSION 7 – MULTINATIONAL INTEROPERABILITY AND COALITION TRAINING AGAINST HYBRID THREATS\nThayer Hall\, Room 144 \nEvent Description: Training involves tradeoffs. Should we be focused on major conventional combat operations\, as Chief of State of the Army GEN Mark Milley has directed? Or should we train more tactically and focus on\, say\, improving soldiers’ marksmanship? This session will examine this issue\, as well as multinational interoperability and what makes platoons and companies successful in this sphere. Specifically\, it will address training multinational forces in Europe to prepare them for irregular\, conventional\, and hybrid threats. \nKey Questions\n1. Do you train for major combat operations and assume soldiers will be able to pick up stability operations?\n2. How should we experiment to find solutions to improve multinational interoperability? \nFeatured Panelists\nCPT Matthew Larson\, JMRC (Hohenfels\, Germany)\n1LT Robert Hurd\, 7ATC JMRC (Hohenfels\, Germany) \nModerator\nLTC Mike Jackson\, Deputy Director\, Modern War Institute \nBREAKOUT SESSION 8 – ‘COMBAT IN HELL’ REVISITED: TRAINING FOR URBAN COMBAT\nThayer Hall\, Room 344 \nEvent Description: The presence of large urban areas ranging all the way to megacities poses significant challenges to how we conduct military operations. In an increasingly urbanized world\, soldiers are far more likely to find themselves fighting in dense urban terrain. This panel will discuss the challenges\, considerations\, and best practices for how to train for these kinds of operations. \nKey Questions\n1. How do we train future officers to thrive in a complex environment such as dense urban areas?\n2. What are the appropriate changes we should make in doctrine\, training\, and technologies to address our vulnerability gaps in urban warfare? \nFeatured Panelist\nMAJ John Spencer\, Strategic Planner\, Modern War Institute \nBREAKOUT SESSION 9 – ‘FIGHT ANYWHERE’: TRAINING LIMITATIONS AND BUILDING ADAPTABILITY\nThayer Hall\, Room 442 \nEvent Description: Given today’s volatile operating environment it is difficult to choose one type of terrain or one enemy we are likely to fight. So how do you train when you don’t know what environment you will be operating in? This panel will discuss the requirement for adaptability and how to train so that soldiers can adjust quickly and effectively to any new situation whether they have trained for it or not. \nKey Questions\n1. What makes adaptability paramount for future leaders?\n2. How can tactical leaders train their soldiers to quickly adjust for any terrain\, mission\, and enemy? \nFeatured Panelist\nDr. Mike Matthews\, Department of Behavioral Sciences & Leadership \nModerator\nCPT Jake Miraldi\, Strategic Projects Officer\, Modern War Institute \nBREAKOUT SESSION 10 – TRAINING WITH NON-LETHAL TECHNOLOGIES\nThayer Hall\, Room 342 \nEvent Description: There is little training done on the rules\, norms\, and practices of non-lethal warfare at the tactical level as a way to avoid conflict escalation and use of lethal force. This affects soldiers’ ability to conduct effective patrols and secure base perimeters. This panel will discuss greater advances in non-lethal technologies\, from “active denial technology” to improved “flash bang” grenades. The panel will also discuss the role of TTPs and rules of engagement on non-lethal training. \nKey Questions\n1. How can militaries utilize non-lethal technologies in their training?\n2. How can we effectively incapacitate the enemy without causing injury or death? \nFeatured Panelists\nMAJ John Chambers\, Department of Social Sciences\nMAJ Allen Griffith\, US Army\, Columbia University \n1450-1500 \nBREAK \n1500-1555 \nCLOSING PANEL: CADET DEBATE – RESOLUTION: ‘TO FIGHT TERRORISM\, MILITARIES SHOULD USE ENHANCED INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES.’\nThayer Hall\, Robinson Auditorium \nEvent Description: Two members\, respectively\, of the United States Military Academy and Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst debate teams will debate the merits of enhanced interrogation techniques as a way to combat terrorism. Cadets in the audience will vote on the winning team. \nModerator\nMAJ Kevin Krupski\, Department of Social Sciences \n1555-1600 \nCLOSING REMARKS\nLTC Mike Jackson\, Deputy Director\, Modern War Institute\nThayer Hall\, Robinson Auditorium \n1600-1730 \nSANDHURST RECEPTION\nWest Point Club
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