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Urban Operations Reference Sites
Urban-Specific Studies
- JSOU Report – Village Stability Operations in Afghanistan | by : SOF News | Posted Thu, 04/16/2020 - 9:02am
- Russian Counterinsurgency Doctrine During The Second Chechen War 1999-2009 | by : Georgetown Security Studies Review | Posted Sat, 03/07/2020 - 2:43pm
- The City Is Not Neutral: Why Urban Warfare Is So Hard | by : Modern War Institute | Posted Wed, 03/04/2020 - 9:26pm
- The City Is Neutral: On Urban Warfare in the 21st Century | by : Texas National Security Review | Posted Wed, 03/04/2020 - 7:15pm
- MWI Video: FIghting Terrorism in the City | by : Modern War Institute | Posted Wed, 11/20/2019 - 11:11pm
- The U.S. Army and the Battle for Baghdad: Lessons Learned — And Still to Be Learned | by : RAND | Posted Sat, 11/09/2019 - 3:33pm
- Intuition, the City, and War | by : Modern War Institute | Posted Sun, 08/11/2019 - 12:22am
- The Marawi Crisis—Urban Conflict and Information Operations | by : Charles Knight and Katja Theodorakis - Australian Strategic Policy Institute | Posted Thu, 08/08/2019 - 1:45pm
- UN: World Population Expected to Rise to 9.7 Billion in 2050 | by : Associated Press | Posted Tue, 06/18/2019 - 12:19am
- The US Army and the Battle for Baghdad Lessons Learned — And Still to Be Learned | by : David E. Johnson, Agnes Gereben Schaefer, Brenna Allen, Raphael S. Cohen, Gian Gentile, James Hoobler, Michael Schwille, Jerry M. Sollinger and Sean M. Zeigler - RAND | Posted Fri, 06/14/2019 - 8:15pm
- The Battle of Marawi: Small Team Lessons Learned For the Close Fight | by : James Lewis - The Cove | Posted Wed, 01/23/2019 - 12:42am
- The US Army in the Iraq War – Volume 2:Surge and Withdrawal, 2007-2011 | by : Edited by COL Joel D. Rayburn, COL Frank K. Sobchak - SSI | Posted Fri, 01/18/2019 - 6:56pm
- The US Army in the Iraq War – Volume 1: Invasion – Insurgency – Civil War, 2003-2006 | by : Edited by COL Joel D. Rayburn, COL Frank K. Sobchak - SSI | Posted Fri, 01/18/2019 - 6:54pm
- Lessons from Israel's Wars in Gaza | by : RAND Corporation Research Brief | Posted Wed, 01/09/2019 - 9:26am
- The Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory and Concept Based Experimentation: Armed To Fight in the 21st Century (Report) | by : National Defense Univeristy National War College | Posted Sat, 01/05/2019 - 7:28am
Urban Environment / Infrastructure
- JSOU Report – Village Stability Operations in Afghanistan | by : SOF News | Posted Thu, 04/16/2020 - 9:02am
- When War Goes Underground | by : Modern War Institute | Posted Fri, 04/10/2020 - 8:48am
- Can City Life Survive Coronavirus? | by : NYT | Posted Tue, 03/17/2020 - 3:36pm
- Russian Counterinsurgency Doctrine During The Second Chechen War 1999-2009 | by : Georgetown Security Studies Review | Posted Sat, 03/07/2020 - 2:43pm
- Syria War: Satellite Images Reveal Idlib Destruction and Displacement | by : BBC News | Posted Wed, 03/04/2020 - 11:09pm
- The City Is Not Neutral: Why Urban Warfare Is So Hard | by : Modern War Institute | Posted Wed, 03/04/2020 - 9:26pm
- The City Is Neutral: On Urban Warfare in the 21st Century | by : Texas National Security Review | Posted Wed, 03/04/2020 - 7:15pm
- The Protest Banners of Kafranbel, Syria, Were Once the Symbols of a Revolution. Now Assad’s Forces Have Retaken the Town. | by : WaPo | Posted Sun, 03/01/2020 - 7:19am
- Children Freeze to Death as Attack Prompts Largest Exodus of Syrian War | by : NYT | Posted Wed, 02/26/2020 - 4:49pm
- A Syrian Offensive Inside Embattled Idlib Wreaks Terror on Children | by : WaPo | Posted Wed, 02/26/2020 - 4:24pm
- Syria Conflict: Inside the Final Rebel Stronghold | by : BBC News Video | Posted Mon, 02/24/2020 - 7:26pm
- Turkey's Erdogan 'Determined to Transform Idlib Into a Safe Place' | by : VOA News | Posted Thu, 02/20/2020 - 10:58pm
- Record Breaking US Airstrikes Pushing al-Shabab Fighters Into Urban Areas | by : Military Times | Posted Thu, 02/20/2020 - 8:27pm
- As Civilians Suffer in Syria’s Idlib Province, Death and Displacement Stalk Aid Workers, Too | by : WaPo | Posted Wed, 02/19/2020 - 10:47pm
- Aleppo Shows Syria is Broken in Too Many Places | by : The National | Posted Wed, 02/19/2020 - 10:20pm
Urban Military Wargaming
- Three Futurist Urban Scenarios | by : Nir Buras - US Army Mad Scientist Laboratory | Posted Fri, 02/01/2019 - 3:52am
- Army 3-Star Futurist: Services Wargaming Multi-Domain Consensus | by : Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. - Breaking Defense | Posted Thu, 01/10/2019 - 8:12am
- The Army and Marine Corps are Looking at What Troops Will Need to Fight in Megacities, Underground | by : Todd South - Army Times | Posted Wed, 01/09/2019 - 10:57pm
- Getting the Most out of Your Wargame: Practical Advice for Decision-Makers | by : Elizabeth Bartels - War on the Rocks | Posted Sat, 01/05/2019 - 9:10pm
- Six Rules for Wargaming: The Lessons of Millennium Challenge ‘02 | by : Gary Anderson and Dave Dilegge - War on the Rocks | Posted Sat, 01/05/2019 - 9:09pm
- Millennium Challenge: The Real Story of a Corrupted Military Exercise and its Legacy | by : Micah Zenko - War on the Rocks | Posted Sat, 01/05/2019 - 9:08pm
- USMC: Urban Warrior Program | by : Global Security | Posted Sat, 01/05/2019 - 7:31am
- U.S. Joint Forces Command, Marines begin Joint Urban Warrior 07 | by : Andrew Orillion - USJFCOM Public Affairs / Leatherneck Magazine (2007) | Posted Sat, 01/05/2019 - 7:20am
- USMC: Urban Warrior Program Briefing Slides | by : Col. Gary Anderson - Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory | Posted Sat, 01/05/2019 - 7:08am
- USMC: Urban Warrior Program | by : Wikipedia | Posted Sat, 01/05/2019 - 7:06am
- Advisory Panel Calls for New Army Capabilities, Inventory Retrofit for Future Fight in Megacities | by : Jason Sherman - Inside Defense | Posted Wed, 01/02/2019 - 11:42am
Urban Operations and Conflicts Op-Eds
- When War Goes Underground | by : Modern War Institute | Posted Fri, 04/10/2020 - 8:48am
- The City Is Not Neutral: Why Urban Warfare Is So Hard | by : Modern War Institute | Posted Wed, 03/04/2020 - 9:26pm
- The City Is Neutral: On Urban Warfare in the 21st Century | by : Texas National Security Review | Posted Wed, 03/04/2020 - 7:15pm
- Syria War: The Lessons of Idlib | by : WSJ Editorial | Posted Tue, 03/03/2020 - 9:44pm
- Syria War: Brutal Endgame in Idlib Risks Spilling Over | by : BBC News | Posted Fri, 02/28/2020 - 8:03am
- Syria’s Carnage Nears a Horrific Climax | by : WaPo | Posted Wed, 02/26/2020 - 8:04pm
- Syria’s Carnage Nears a Horrific Climax | by : WaPo | Posted Wed, 02/26/2020 - 8:24am
- Fighting in the Phone Booth: An Urban Pivot for the US Army | by : Small Wars Journal | Posted Wed, 02/26/2020 - 6:11am
- Aleppo Shows Syria is Broken in Too Many Places | by : The National | Posted Wed, 02/19/2020 - 10:20pm
- Airpower and the Future Urban Battlefield | by : Modern War Institute | Posted Tue, 02/18/2020 - 7:25am
- The Urban Imperative: War, Terrorism, and Insecurity in Megacities | by : Stratfor | Posted Wed, 02/12/2020 - 8:20pm
- Russia Enables New Syrian Regime Offensive in Idlib | by : Institute for the Study of War | Posted Sat, 02/08/2020 - 8:21am
- Amid Humanitarian Crisis, Syrian Regime Intensifies Idlib Offensive | by : US Institute of Peace | Posted Thu, 02/06/2020 - 11:36pm
- The Idlib Crisis is a Reminder that the Syrian War is Not Over | by : WaPo | Posted Thu, 02/06/2020 - 9:14am
- MWI Video: FIghting Terrorism in the City | by : Modern War Institute | Posted Wed, 11/20/2019 - 11:11pm
Urban Military Experiments
- The Trouble When Military Robots Go Underground | by : C4ISRNET | Posted Sat, 03/21/2020 - 9:45pm
- In a Washington Business Park, DARPA is Testing Robots Underground | by : C4ISRNET | Posted Wed, 02/26/2020 - 7:01am
- US Army Wants to See Through Walls—and ID People on the Other Side | by : Defense One | Posted Fri, 02/07/2020 - 10:57pm
- Israel Finds an AI System to Help Fight in Cities | by : C4ISRNET | Posted Wed, 02/05/2020 - 7:12pm
- Krulak Revisited: The Three-Block War, Strategic Corporals, and the Future Battlefield | by : Modern War Institute | Posted Tue, 02/04/2020 - 6:07am
- British Streetfighter II Tank Is All About The Urban Fight | by : The WarZone | Posted Wed, 01/22/2020 - 8:46am
- The Army is Finding New Ways to Airdrop Loads Large and Small, Even in Urban Terrain | by : Army Times | Posted Fri, 10/25/2019 - 9:19pm
- This Device Could Help Soldiers See Through Walls in the Urban Fight | by : Army Times | Posted Fri, 10/25/2019 - 12:13pm
- Why Robots In Cities Will Capture Attention | by : C4ISRNET | Posted Tue, 10/22/2019 - 6:57am
- Largest Middle East Military Exercise Features Army, Marine Ground Troops in Multi-Domain and Urban Defense | by : Army Times | Posted Wed, 10/09/2019 - 11:36am
- Marines Arm Drone Vehicle with .50-cal Machine Gun for Urban Fight | by : Military.com | Posted Fri, 09/20/2019 - 1:31pm
- The Army Is Preparing to Go Underground | by : Jeremiah Rozman - RealClearDefense | Posted Wed, 07/03/2019 - 10:22am
- The Marines’ Urban Warfare Tactics Are Outdated. Here’s How They Plan to Fix That. | by : Gina Hawkins - Military.com | Posted Sun, 06/23/2019 - 8:53pm
- Tactics, Tech and Work of Close Combat Experts is Turning Warfare ‘Upside Down’ | by : Todd South - Military Times | Posted Wed, 06/05/2019 - 11:23pm
- Here’s How the Marine Corps is Dealing with the Looming Underground Combat Threat | by : Todd South – Marine Corps Times | Posted Mon, 06/03/2019 - 6:43pm
Overarching Military Doctrine
Urban Operations and Conflicts News
- Can City Life Survive Coronavirus? | by : NYT | Posted Tue, 03/17/2020 - 3:36pm
- ‘There is Nothing Now’: Syrians in Idlib Fear End Nearing | by : AP | Posted Mon, 03/16/2020 - 4:56am
- Inside Yemen's Dangerously Divided 'City of Snipers' | by : BBC News Video | Posted Mon, 03/09/2020 - 10:46pm
- Turkey Says Idlib Truce With Russia Seems To Be Holding | by : RFE/RL | Posted Sat, 03/07/2020 - 8:16am
- Amid Rehab Efforts, Duterte Orders Military to Maintain Presence in Marawi City | by : Philippines Inquirer | Posted Fri, 03/06/2020 - 7:27am
- Syria War: Satellite Images Reveal Idlib Destruction and Displacement | by : BBC News | Posted Wed, 03/04/2020 - 11:09pm
- Violence Continues in Mali Despite Negotiation Efforts | by : VOA News | Posted Wed, 03/04/2020 - 9:57am
- Turkey Downs Syrian Jet as Moscow Warns Ankara | by : VOA News | Posted Tue, 03/03/2020 - 9:37pm
- Thousands Bury Hezbollah Fighters Killed in Syria's Idlib | by : AP | Posted Mon, 03/02/2020 - 9:28am
- Syria War: Turkey Intensifies Idlib Onslaught After Air Strike | by : BBC News | Posted Sun, 03/01/2020 - 9:03pm
- Turkey’s Killer Drone Swarm Poses Syria Air Challenge to Putin | by : Bloomberg | Posted Sun, 03/01/2020 - 5:29pm
- Syria War: Turkey Intensifies Idlib Onslaught After Air Strike | by : BBC News | Posted Sun, 03/01/2020 - 5:28pm
- Turkey Begins Military Operation Against Assad Regime | by : Jerusalem Post | Posted Sun, 03/01/2020 - 8:57am
- The Protest Banners of Kafranbel, Syria, Were Once the Symbols of a Revolution. Now Assad’s Forces Have Retaken the Town. | by : WaPo | Posted Sun, 03/01/2020 - 7:19am
- Turkey Stands Firm Against Russia, Even as Both Try to Step Back | by : NYT | Posted Fri, 02/28/2020 - 5:43pm
Urban-Specific Military Doctrine & TTP
Urban Military Training
- Fighting in the Phone Booth: An Urban Pivot for the US Army | by : Small Wars Journal | Posted Wed, 02/26/2020 - 6:11am
- The Army Is Preparing to Go Underground | by : Jeremiah Rozman - RealClearDefense | Posted Wed, 07/03/2019 - 10:22am
- The Marines’ Urban Warfare Tactics Are Outdated. Here’s How They Plan to Fix That. | by : Gina Hawkins - Military.com | Posted Sun, 06/23/2019 - 8:53pm
- Tactics, Tech and Work of Close Combat Experts is Turning Warfare ‘Upside Down’ | by : Todd South - Military Times | Posted Wed, 06/05/2019 - 11:23pm
- Here’s How the Marine Corps is Dealing with the Looming Underground Combat Threat | by : Todd South – Marine Corps Times | Posted Mon, 06/03/2019 - 6:43pm
- 1st Woman Completes Marines' Urban Leaders Course | by : Gina Harkins - Military.com | Posted Mon, 05/20/2019 - 1:28am
- Army’s ‘Google Earth on Steroids’ to Include Inside of Buildings | by : Stew Magnuson - National Defense Magazine | Posted Sun, 05/19/2019 - 11:04am
- Air Force Will Bring Urban Training to Boise – and Some Residents are Fighting Back | by : Ruth Brown - Idaho Statesman | Posted Sun, 04/28/2019 - 5:21pm
- Idaho Residents File Suit to Stop Mountain Home from Using Cities for Close-Air Support Training | by : Kent Miller - Air Force Times | Posted Sat, 04/06/2019 - 9:47pm
- National Training Center’s Largest Urban Objective: Attacking Razish – Part I | by : The Military Leader | Posted Fri, 04/05/2019 - 12:57pm
- We Need a Joint Squad Leaders’ School | by : Gary Anderson - Small Wars Journal | Posted Sun, 02/03/2019 - 12:54pm
- Marines Raid Water Park in Urban-Assault Training Held in Hawaii for First Time | by : Wyatt Olson - Stars & Stripes | Posted Thu, 01/31/2019 - 2:12am
- On Copehill Down, a Technology-Augmented Army Gathers (UK) | by : Conor Reynolds - Computer Business Review | Posted Wed, 01/02/2019 - 11:31am
- To Prepare for Urban Warfare, Soldiers Train for Chemical Attack, Mass Disaster Response in Detroit | by : Todd South - Army Times | Posted Wed, 01/02/2019 - 11:26am
Urban Operations & Battles (Books)
- War Books: Preparing for Underground Warfare | by : Modern War Institute | Posted Wed, 02/12/2020 - 11:16pm
- Urban Generic Information Requirements Handbook | by : Dave Dilegge - MCIA via FAS | Posted Sun, 06/09/2019 - 5:19pm
- New ‘Black Hawk Down’ Documentary Tells Story of Soldiers Who Saved Rangers, Delta Force Troops | by : Todd South - Army Times | Posted Sun, 03/31/2019 - 3:31am
- ‘Blood and Concrete’: New Anthology Released on Urban Operations/Combat in Megacities | by : Homeland Security Today | Posted Mon, 02/11/2019 - 4:24am
- Blood and Concrete: 21st Century Conflict in Urban Centers and Megacities | by : Dave Dilegge, Robert J. Bunker, John P. Sullivan and Alma Keshavarz (Editors) - Small Wars Journal | Posted Mon, 01/14/2019 - 4:58pm
- Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam (Book) | by : Mark Bowden - Amazon.com | Posted Sat, 01/05/2019 - 7:25am
- Marines in Hue City: A Portrait of Urban Combat, Tet 1968 (Book) | by : Eric Hammel - Amazon.com | Posted Sat, 01/05/2019 - 7:22am
- Mad Scientist: Megacities and Dense Urban Areas Compendium | by : TRADOC G2 Mad Scientist Intiative | Posted Thu, 01/03/2019 - 10:48am
- SWJ Book Review – “Underground Warfare” by Daphné Richemond-Barak | by : John P. Sullivan - Small Wars Journal | Posted Thu, 01/03/2019 - 10:45am
- War Books: Preparing for Urban Warfare | by : John Spencer – Modern War Institute | Posted Wed, 01/02/2019 - 11:35am
Urban Military & Civilian Technologies
- The Trouble When Military Robots Go Underground | by : C4ISRNET | Posted Sat, 03/21/2020 - 9:45pm
- Turkey’s Killer Drone Swarm Poses Syria Air Challenge to Putin | by : Bloomberg | Posted Sun, 03/01/2020 - 5:29pm
- In a Washington Business Park, DARPA is Testing Robots Underground | by : C4ISRNET | Posted Wed, 02/26/2020 - 7:01am
- Airpower and the Future Urban Battlefield | by : Modern War Institute | Posted Tue, 02/18/2020 - 7:25am
- US Army Wants to See Through Walls—and ID People on the Other Side | by : Defense One | Posted Fri, 02/07/2020 - 10:57pm
- Israel Finds an AI System to Help Fight in Cities | by : C4ISRNET | Posted Wed, 02/05/2020 - 7:12pm
- British Streetfighter II Tank Is All About The Urban Fight | by : The WarZone | Posted Wed, 01/22/2020 - 8:46am
- The Role of Police and Military Special Forces in Counter-terrorism Efforts in Cities | by : Small Wars Journal | Posted Sat, 11/02/2019 - 11:27am
- The Army is Finding New Ways to Airdrop Loads Large and Small, Even in Urban Terrain | by : Army Times | Posted Fri, 10/25/2019 - 9:19pm
- This Device Could Help Soldiers See Through Walls in the Urban Fight | by : Army Times | Posted Fri, 10/25/2019 - 12:13pm
- Why Robots In Cities Will Capture Attention | by : C4ISRNET | Posted Tue, 10/22/2019 - 6:57am
- Marines Arm Drone Vehicle with .50-cal Machine Gun for Urban Fight | by : Military.com | Posted Fri, 09/20/2019 - 1:31pm
- Futuristic Building Senses Threats and Reacts | by : VOA News | Posted Tue, 08/20/2019 - 3:49am
- Israelis Test Classified Tunnel Tech To Stymie Terrorists; US Watches | by : Breaking Defense | Posted Wed, 08/14/2019 - 8:30am
- Border Patrol Wants Robots that Can Go Underground and Report Back | by : Aaron Boyd - Defense One | Posted Mon, 06/24/2019 - 8:29am
Historic Urban Operations & Battles
- Russian Counterinsurgency Doctrine During The Second Chechen War 1999-2009 | by : Georgetown Security Studies Review | Posted Sat, 03/07/2020 - 2:43pm
- This Brutal World War II Battle Holds Lessons for Future Pacific Fights | by : Army Times | Posted Wed, 02/05/2020 - 4:16pm
- Difficulat Megacity Fight Seen in Mumbai | by : AUSA | Posted Mon, 11/18/2019 - 5:18pm
- The U.S. Army and the Battle for Baghdad: Lessons Learned — And Still to Be Learned | by : RAND | Posted Sat, 11/09/2019 - 3:33pm
- What the Mosul Study Group Missed | by : Modern War Institute | Posted Wed, 10/23/2019 - 10:54am
- 15 Years After the Iraq War's Deadliest Battle, Marines Fight to Save Their Comrades | by : Military.com | Posted Mon, 10/14/2019 - 11:08am
- Image Gallery: Welcome to Hell Part II (Urban Battle for Gozny) | by : RFE/RL | Posted Tue, 10/01/2019 - 3:48pm
- Yemen War: 5 Years Since the Houthis' Sanaa Takeover | by : Al Jazeera | Posted Sun, 09/22/2019 - 12:18am
- Reflections: The Sadr City Sniper | by : Military.com | Posted Sun, 09/01/2019 - 1:29pm
- 22nd MEU Marines Rocked ISIS Fighters in Libya in 2016 with Naval Gunfire | by : Marine Corps Times | Posted Sat, 08/24/2019 - 2:55am
- Syria's Raqqa Struggles to Recover, 2 Years After IS Ouster | by : Voice of America | Posted Tue, 08/13/2019 - 12:04pm
- Inside Libya’s Brutal Battle for Control of Tripoli | by : Photographs by André Liohn and Text by Jared Malsin - WSJ | Posted Fri, 06/28/2019 - 4:11pm
- Inside the “Nightmare of a House” that Created the Iraq War’s First Living Medal of Honor | by : Meghann Myers - Army Times | Posted Mon, 06/24/2019 - 8:44pm
- The US Army and the Battle for Baghdad Lessons Learned — And Still to Be Learned | by : David E. Johnson, Agnes Gereben Schaefer, Brenna Allen, Raphael S. Cohen, Gian Gentile, James Hoobler, Michael Schwille, Jerry M. Sollinger and Sean M. Zeigler - RAND | Posted Fri, 06/14/2019 - 8:15pm
- Medal of Honor Announced for Soldier Who Fought Through Three Floors of Insurgents in Fallujah | by : Kyle Rempfer - Army Times | Posted Tue, 06/11/2019 - 2:40pm
