160 S11 Ep 12 – Disrupt, Attrit, & Counterattack: Geronimo’s Art of the Defense w/JRTC OPFOR’s Subject Matter Experts

About this episode

This episode discusses the art and science of conducting a successful defense against a peer threat, featuring insights from subject matter experts.

The Joint Readiness Training Center is pleased to present the one-hundredth-and-sixtieth episode to air on ‘The Crucible - The JRTC Experience.’ Hosted by CSM James Miller, the Command Sergeant Major of 1-509th IN (OPFOR), known as Geronimo, on behalf of the Commander of Operations Group. Today’s guests are subject matter experts on all things defense within Geronimo’s Baker Company: 1SG Larson Palsis, the Baker Co First Sergeant; SFC Woodroof Musser, Platoon Sergeant for 1st PLT; and SSG Joseph DuBrul, Squad Leader for 2nd SQD, 1st PLT. This episode examines the art and science of conducting a successful defense against a peer threat, using Geronimo’s defensive operations as a framework for discussing proven tactics, techniques, and procedures. The conversation centers on the doctrinal characteristics of the defense—disruption, mass and concentration, security, preparation, flexibility, maneuver, and operations in depth—and how these concepts are applied on a modern battlefield. Leaders discuss the importance of engagement area development, obstacle integration, reconnaissance, early warning systems, and synchronizing direct and indirect fires to create multiple dilemmas for…

People in this episode

Host: CSM James Miller

Guests: 1SG Larson Palsis, SFC Woodroof Musser, SSG Joseph DuBrul

Topics covered

• defense tactics
• military operations
• peer threat
• combat strategies
• intelligence-driven operations
• counterattack

Keywords

• defense
• military tactics
• combat power
• reconnaissance
• obstacle integration
• early warning systems
• direct and indirect fires

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Joint Readiness Training Center, Geronimo, Baker Company, 1-509th IN (OPFOR)

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