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AGILE SPIRIT is a EUCOM scheduled, USAREUR-AF directed and led regional joint field training and command post exercise co-led by participating host nations that strengthens regional security cooperation, builds military capacity, integrates innovations, and fosters interoperability in NATO and with participating partners.

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TAC Talks EP16: Transitions (NTC Warrior Chronicles)
Fort Irwin Operations Group
Feb. 18, 2025 | 5:54
Operations Group TAC Talks, part of NTC Warrior Chronicles, is a video series discussing best practices from the experts in combined arms maneuver, the Observer, Coach/Trainers (OCTs) at the National Training Center/Fort Irwin (NTC).

In this episode of Operations Group TAC Talks, Lt. Col. Dan Cannon, Senior Cavalry Squadron Trainer, talks about transitions. Transitions occur when the commander makes an assessment that the unit must change its focus from one element of decisive action to another. He dives into how commanders identify, set conditions for, plan and execute those plans; the 4 conditions that drive transitions; culmination, and FPOL and RPOL, Observer, Coach / Trainers at the National Training Center continue to coach Brigade Combat Teams on best practices, according to doctrine.

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FM 3-96 (January 2021): Brigade Combat Team
https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/ARN31505-FM_3-96-000-WEB-1.pdf

FM 3-98 (January 2023): Reconnaissance and Security Operations
https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/ARN37194-FM_3-98-000-WEB-1.pdf


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