Combat Vehicles Conference
20 - 22 September 2005
Shepherdsville, KY
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
Session I - Requirements and Warfighting
Keynote Address:
- Balanced Modernization, LTG Mark Curran, USA, Deputy Commanding General, Futures and Director, Futures Center, US Army Training and Doctrine Command
War Panel: Operation Iraqi Freedom
Moderator: MG J. B. Burns, USA (Ret)
Panelist:
- Key Points, COL James B. Hickey, USA, Director, JAWP APO
- Fighting the Guerilla in Iraq: Tactical Insights from the 4th Infantry Division, LTC Steven D. Russell, USA, Chief of Tactics, USAIS
- Assault Amphibian Vehicles (AAVs) in 1st Marine Division for Operation Iraqi Freedom, Col Robert S. Abbott, USMC, Chief National Plans Branch (PLN), Plans Polices and Operations, HQMC
- Operation Al Fajr - The Battle for Fallujah, Col Mike Shupp, USMC, Commanding Officer of the 1st Marine Regiment 1st Marine Division (Rein), FMF Camp Pendleton
Ogden Ops-Sequence .mpeg (Video)
Session II: U.S. Marine Corps Session
USMC Agenda
Maintaining the Corps Today While Preparing for Tomorrow
- Col Michael J. Mulligan, USMC, Director, Infantry Weapons Systems, Marine Corps Systems Command
Today's Combat Vehicles
- PM AAVS Program Brief
- USMC LAV Modernization Plan, Col John J. Bryant, USMC, Program Manager, Light Armored Vehicles, USA TACOM
Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV)
- Col Mike Brogan, USMC, DRPM Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle, Worth Avenue Technology Center
EFV OPM .wmv (Video)
Thursday, September 22, 2005
Session III: Future to Current
Combat Systems - Where We Are … Where We're Going … and Like a Rock .wmv (Video)
- COL Larry D. Hollingsworth, USA, Project Manager, Combat Systems (Tank: Abrams/Bradley)
Stryker "Move" .wmv (Video)
Shoot MGS .wmv (Video)
Communicate .wmv (Video)
Army Racing .wmv (Video)
Panel: Future Combat System/Unit of Action Panel Update
- Update (Presentation)
- Tiger Short .mpg (Video)
- Surv2 .avi (Video)
- Surv3 .m1v (Video)
Moderator: COL Charles Coutteau, USA, Program Manager Manned Ground Vehicle (MGV)
Panelist:
- Mr. Tom Hartigan, Program Manager, US - Reliability
- Mr. Dan Holtz and Mr. Dick Williams, Boeing
- Mr. Dean Vanderstelt, General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS)
- Mr. Mike Zoltoski, TARDEC
- Mr. Peter DeMasi, Program Manager, US/Lethality Systems
Thank You! .wmv (Video)
DTIC Citations
AD1017558 (Vol 1, Wednesday),
AD1017560 (Vol 2, Thursday Presentation & Videos)
AD1017564 (Vol 3, Thursday Videos)
AD1017587 (Vol 4, Thursday Videos)
AD1017602 (Vol 5, Thursday Videos)