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Army leaders commit to keeping Marines in close combat task force
The Close Combat Lethality Task Force is likely to move from the Pentagon to the Army.
By Todd South
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Army task force takeover could spell doom for infantry reform
SecDef says this move will help field innovations more quickly.
By Todd South
Tactics, tech and work of close combat experts is turning warfare ‘upside down’
The retired Army 2-star envisions enabled squads running future wars from the ground.
By Todd South
A look inside the work, future of Jim Mattis' task force focused on infantry, close combat
The outgoing defense secretary put in place an order to continue the task force for at least another year.
By Todd South
DARPA program blending robots in the squad to find and destroy threats
Marines and soldiers will get to test run new ways to use robots to achieve squad-level missions.
By Todd South
Taking infantry to the ‘next level’: This task force is working to make it happen
In less than a year, a new task force formed at the direction of the Pentagon’s most senior leaders is pushing key equipment programs and putting personnel policies under a microscope — all to take close combat units to the “next level” of war-fighting overmatch.
By Todd South