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Article: A concept for all seasons: the COE and its relation to real-world events.(TRAINING NOTES)(contemporary operational environment)
- Article from:
- Infantry Magazine
- Article date:
- July 1, 2007
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The contemporary operational environment (COE), introduced in February 2000, has proven surprisingly adept at maintaining its training relevance to the present day. The number of changes and seemingly "new" occurrences in current conflicts are staggering; yet those who understood the COE would have been prepared for just such occurrences. Essentially. those with a thorough grounding in the COE would be able to replicate any real world environment for any preparatory, predeployment, training or experimentation purpose. Armed with a thorough understanding of the COE and opposing force (OPFOR) operations and tactics, today's trainers can prepare the Army for any conflict ...