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Army

Army Unprepared For Future Urban Conflict Against Near-Peer Nation

Thursday, May 4th, 2017

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Army Unprepared For Future Urban Conflict Against Near-Peer Nation

Gen. Mark A. Milley, U.S. Army Chief of Staff, during his Aug. 18, 2016 visit to Rodriguez Live Fire Center, South Korea.

Army senior leaders are closely studying current conflicts for clues to how future urban warfare will be fought, but say the service is fundamentally unprepared for the megacity battles some foresee.Not only has the Army focused on counterinsurgency during the wars of the past 15 years, it is structured and equipped for open-field fighting, said Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley. Its veteran combat units are used to fighting with overwhelming firepower against relatively unsophisticated opponents under skies clear of…

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