Combining mission command and actionable intelligence for overmatch at the tactical edge
by Osie David and LTC(P) Richard J. Hornstein
REDUCING SURPRISES
The Army science and technology (S&T) community is working to increase overmatch and reduce tactical surprise at the small unit level. Here, SPC Curtis Mattingly of 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division scans his sector with his M-249 squad automatic weapon during Operation Southern Strike II in southern Afghanistan June 6. The Afghan Border Police-led operation focused on disrupting enemy formations in the vicinity of major passes. (U.S. Army photo by SGT Brendan Mackie, 117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment (MPAD) (Hawaii))