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Combined arms obstacle breaching is perhaps one of the most complicated tasks to plan, synchronize, and execute. For quite some time, execution of combined arms obstacle breaching has been reported by the Combat Training Centers (CTCs) as a negative trend. As part of an action plan to reverse this negative trend, the U. S. Army Engineer School evaluated and developed TTP designed to improve combined arms obstacle breaching. This newsletter is one of several products developed as a direct result of the information gathered from a series of rotations at all of the CTCs.

A Combined Arms Assessment Team (CAAT) comprised of Infantry, Engineer, Field Artillery, and Military Police subject matter experts was assembled from across the U. S. Army to develop and implement an information collection plan focused specifically on combined arms breaching operations. The CAAT gathered observations from units at home-station training and during their CTC rotations. The observations and lessons learned are combined into this "how to" newsletter which contains tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) to aid units in planning their home-station training for combined arms breaching operations.

The first part of the newsletter highlights the changes in doctrine from the old FM 90-13-1, Combined Arms Obstacle Breaching, to the new FM 3-34.2, Combined Arms Obstacle Breaching, and a review of the problem through the DTLOMS process. The remainder of the newsletter focuses on TTP associated with combined arms breaching operations.

MICHAEL A. HIEMSTRA
COL, FA
Director, Center for Army Lessons Learned

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