1. 1-Traditional Staff Rides The Staff Ride A Leadership Development Seminar Beaver Dam Creek Battlefield Learners Staff Ride Leader or Mentor Take Cadets to a battlefield

2. Virtual Staff Ride Virtual Staff Ride Mentor Mentor Internet Connectivity for Virtual Collaboration PoP Duke U. Mar 2008: Take battlefield to Cadets Virtual Battlefield Maps & photos Gun camera film Digital Elev. Models Animated.ppt Participants Participants Participants cyberspace

3. 3-ROTC Support VSR&LDS ROTC SUPPORT In Progress World War I (final draft): Cantigny & Soissons World War II (prelim draft) El Guettar& Beja-Mateur Evolution of Air-Ground Opn 1918: Fall 1918 1944: Sep 1944 2002: Mar 2002 George C. Marshall Foundation and Cantigny First Division Foundation VSR and LDS Operation Anaconda

5. 5--Decisions re tanks 1 st Division Final Attack Plan Cemetery = Strongpoint Tanks ? Capitaine Noscereau E-18 A 1 st Bn 26 th Inf 82 Res. XX 25 Res. 4 83 R.I. 2 3 272 R.I lll 271 R.I. 2-28 ll 1-28 B D C G H E F 3-28 ll 2-28 M L K L- 18 I Fr 152 XX Am 1 IX XXX X Fr 152 XX Am 1 IX XXX X 3 2 1 270 R.I lll 272 R.I. 10 9 12 3 2 1 Decision: Tank Employment

6. 6--Sit0730gle Decision: Maneuver control

7. 7-Decisions re Terrain & Maneuver Cemetery E-18 A-28 B-28 D-28 1 st Bn 26 Inf H-28 E-28 F-28 G-28 C-28 M-28 L-28 K-28 I-28 L-18 Outpost Line Main Line of Resistance Old Front Line 82 Res XX 25 Res 270 R.I. lll 272 R.I. 272 R.I. lll 271 R.I. 28 Inf PC 3-28 PC 1-28 PC 2-28 PC 83 R.I. German Front Line 2-28 ll 1-28 3-28 ll 2-28 Brick Ruins Situation About 0730 Contour Interval 5 meters Bois de Lalval Bois de Framicourt M - 28 100 100 80 80 80 100 100 100 10 1 12 (-) 1 (-) 4 3 2 4 2 9 3-272 1-271

9. 9-The Evolution of Air-Ground Cooperation: I Cantigny, May 1918 Early Air-Ground Cooperation Battle for Air Space Control, 1918 GCMF Mentoring Documents in Draft Evolution of Air-Ground Cooperation-I The U.S. Army Air Service in the AEF, 1918 Authors: USAFA historian and Tom Bowers

10. 10-AEF Air Observers AEF Air Observers Training to Adjust Artillery Fire CLICK By the end of the war, the AEF had twice as many balloons aloft as all the other belligerents combined, and had nearly as many fixed-wing observation aircraft squadrons (18) as they had pursuit (fighter) squadrons (20). Air observers were trained with simulation to adjust fire. From each observer’s seat in the gallery (left) the “battlefield” below is scaled to present the view from 2000 meters (6500 feet). The instructor designates targets, and then manipulates an apparatus that marks the “explosion” of artillery shells on the terrain. The observer must locate these precisely on his map, then enter the map coordinates into a radio telegram to the fire direction center on the ground, together with corrections of range and azimuth to put a subsequent volley onto the target. These data are then sent in Morse code.

11. 11-Suggestion Lt Col, USAF Asst Prof ,USAFA Marshall Library’s Holdings G.C. Marshall papers 900 aerial photos of Meuse-Argonne WWI French & US topo maps 5000 SC photos An Emminent USAFA Author Plus Unexploited Sources Suggestion:

12. 12-The Evolution of Air-Ground Cooperation: II Photos from Belgian inhabitants during battle (914 snapshots on hand) ~25,000 POW, unk German KIA — remnants of 20 German divisions 851 motor vehicles, 50 armored vehicles, 652 horse drawn vehicles* * Blumenson, M. Breakout and Pursuit . OCMH, 1960. P. 684. The Evolution of Air-Ground Cooperation-II The Battle of Mons, Sep 3-5, 1944 Authors: Jack Neufeld (ed. Air Power History ) and Dr. Steve Bowman (former Director, U.S.Army Mil. History Institute)

13. 13-368th FG 13

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16. 16-Proposal Proposal Contract between GCMF & Holm Center : For three LDS tracing evolution of air-ground cooperation, using the GCMF’s decision-focused VSR technique: (1)AEF 1918;(2) Mons Pocket 1944; (3) ANACONDA 2002 Co-fund 3 qualified authors now hired (~$20k each) AETC furnishes 2 AF authors (active duty) Thereafter: AETC accesses LDS via Beyond Campus (gratis) (GCMF retains copyright, full lease to Holmes Center)