The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast
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143 S13 Ep 20 – Military Decision-Making Process Outputs that Win w/JRTC Experts
32 mins; March 27, 2026
142 S13 Ep 19 – The Importance of Rehearsals at Echelon within the Brigade w/JRTC Experts
31 mins; March 25, 2026
141 S13 Ep 18 – Getting the Integrated Fires Support Plan Right w/JRTC Experts
38 mins; March 20, 2026
140 S11 Ep 09 – Closing the Gap: Replicating the Modern Threat at JRTC w/JRTC OPFOR
37 mins; March 18, 2026
139 S13 Ep 17 – Running Estimates Made Easy w/JRTC Experts
34 mins; March 13, 2026
138 S05 Ep 14 – Sustainment Base Cluster Design Deep-Dive w/JRTC Subject Matter Experts
82 hours 24 mins; March 11, 2026
137 S13 Ep 16 – Base Cluster Basics w/JRTC Expert Sustainers
36 mins; March 06, 2026
136 S11 Ep 08 – Machines before Men: Geronimo’s New Forms of Mass & Their Modern New Kill Chain w/JRTC OPFOR
30 mins; March 04, 2026
135 S13 Ep 15 – Intelligence Preparation of the Operational Environment Done Right: A Whole of Staff Approach as the Foundation of Military Decision Making Process w/JRTC Subject Matter Experts
39 mins; February 27, 2026
134 S05 Ep 13 – LOGSTATs: The Variables of Success and Frustration w/JRTC Subject Matter Experts
56 mins; February 25, 2026
133 S13 Ep 14 - Recon without Cav: Fighting for Information in LSCO w/JRTC Subject Matter Experts
39 mins; February 20, 2026
132 S13 Ep 13 - Presence, Planning, and Purpose: The Untapped Combat Multiplier of Unit Ministry Teams w/JRTC Subject Matter Experts
40 mins; February 18, 2026
131 S13 Ep 12 - Depth, Mutual Support, Integration: Winning the Defensive Fight at Echelon w/JRTC Subject Matter Experts
25 mins; February 13, 2026
130 S05 Ep 12 – LSB Staff Hacks & Why Sustainment ARSTRUC Isn’t the Risk Maneuver Thinks It Is
52 mins; February 11, 2026
129 S13 Ep 11 - Sergeant’s Time or Leader’s Time? Who Owns Training? w/JRTC Subject Matter Experts
31 mins; February 06, 2026
128 S13 Ep 10 - Air-Ground Disconnect: Why Enablers Fail in the Brigade Fight w/JRTC Subject Matter Experts
40 mins; February 04, 2026
127 S13 Ep 09 - Fighting Across Islands: LSCO in an Archipelago Battlespace w/JRTC Subject Matter Experts in Hawaii
22 mins; January 30, 2026
126 S05 Ep 12 – Casualties Don’t Wait: Medical Planning for the Hardest Days of Ground Combat w/JRTC Experts
45 mins; January 28, 2026
125 S05 Ep 11 – BDE S4 vs SPO: No Dumb Questions, Roles and Responsibilities w/JRTC Sustainers
31 mins; January 21, 2026
124 S13 Ep 08 - From Order to Action: Why Receipt of Mission Sets the Fight w/JRTC MDMP Subject Matter Experts
22 mins; January 14, 2026
123 S05 Ep 10 – Ghost Logistics: How Sustainment Stayed Alive in the Box w/LTC Wilson, 307 Light Support Battalion
42 mins; January 07, 2026
122 S13 Ep 07 - The Backbone in Action: Unleashing Non-Commissioned Officer Power at Echelon w/the JRTC Senior NCOs
34 mins; December 31, 2025
121 S02 Ep 19 - Fight the Enemy, Not the Plan: Lessons from the Drop Zone w/Commanders from the Devil Brigade (1/82 ABD)
63 hours 43 mins; December 26, 2025
120 S01 Ep 38 – The Large Scale Combat Operations Symposium of Fiscal Year 2026 w/BG Jason Curl & COL Ricky Taylor
117 hours 43 mins; December 19, 2025
119 S01 Ep 37 – Light Forces, Heavy Problems: Airborne Division Lessons Learned from the Friction Factory w/All American 06, MG Brandon Tegtmeier
65 hours 34 mins; December 17, 2025
118 S05 Ep 09 – Triage Tips the Scales: Combat Medicine Realities in Large Scale Combat Operations with Combat Medicine Professionals of JRTC
70 hours 0 mins; December 10, 2025
117 S13 Ep 06 - Ammo, Assumptions, and the Artillery Fight: Lessons from the Box w/the JRTC Fires Support Task Force
26 mins; November 26, 2025
116 S05 Ep 08 – The Joint Aid Station-Rear and Beyond: Medical Coordination from the Line to the Rear at the JRTC
52 mins; October 01, 2025
115 S13 Ep 05 - The First Tactical Problem: Contested Reception, Staging, Onward Movement, & Integration (RSOI) in Large-Scale Combat Operations w/JRTC G4 & Plans /Exercise Maneuver Control
27 mins; September 24, 2025
114 S13 Ep 04 - LOGSTATs and Lifelines: Getting Sustainment Right in Large Scale Combat Operations w/Two Senior JRTC Sustainers
29 mins; September 17, 2025
113 S13 Ep 03 - Rotary-Wing Reality Check: Time, Terrain, and Tactical Reach on the Modern Battlefield
25 mins; September 10, 2025
112 S05 Ep 07 – Triage Under Fire: What Leaders Must Know About Prolonged Casualty Care, Pt 2/2
57 mins; September 03, 2025
111 S13 Ep 02 - Command, Control, and the Art of Enabler Integration within the Brigade Combat Team
20 mins; August 28, 2025
110 S05 Ep 06 – Triage Under Fire: What Leaders Must Know About Prolonged Casualty Care, Part 1 of 2
64 hours 26 mins; August 21, 2025
109 S13 Ep 01 - Hip Pocket Training Premier and MDMP in the Defense
36 mins; August 13, 2025
108 S02 Ep 18 – Bridging State Lines & Front Lines: How the Army National Guard Prepares for Modern Warfare w/COL Soults of TF Ryder, 2-34 IBCT (IA ARNG)
59 mins; July 30, 2025
107 S05 Ep 05 – Care under Fire: Combat Medicine in the Chaos of Large Scale Combat Operations w/Three JRTC Medical Professionals
61 hours 42 mins; July 23, 2025
106 S03 Ep 11 – The Backbone of the Plan: Integrating NCOs into the Plan & Across the Warfighting Functions to Survive Large Scale Combat Operations w/JRTC Infantry TF CSMs
54 mins; July 02, 2025
105 S03 Ep 10 – Modern Infantry Tactics, Ancient Truths: The Reality of Large Scale Combat Operations across Multiple Domains w/JRTC Infantry TF Seniors
66 hours 0 mins; June 25, 2025
104 S05 Ep 04 – From Brigade Support Battalion to Light Support BN in Mobility Brigade Combat Teams: Transforming Sustainment for Large Scale Combat Operations w/LTC Justin Bowman of 426 LSB
79 hours 0 mins; June 13, 2025
103 S08 Ep 03 – Wings of the Future: The Screaming Eagle’s Air Assault 2.0 (L2A2) in a Multi-Domain Fight during LSCO w/BG Travis McIntosh (Eagle 09)
58 mins; June 09, 2025
102 S12 Ep 08 – La Familia at War: 7th SFG(A) “Red Empire” Adapts to Large Scale Combat Operation w/COL Nelson, CSM Dunn, & CW5 Villareal
46 mins; May 15, 2025
101 S11 Ep 07 – Understanding the Challenge of the Dragon: Decoding China’s People’s Liberation Army’s Tactics and Strategy w/Mr. Peter Wood of the Foreign Military Studies Office
60 hours 7 mins; May 08, 2025
100 S01 Ep 36 – Order in Chaos: The Art of Synchronizing Battalion Operations in Large-Scale Combat Operations w/the JRTC TF-2 Team
55 mins; April 30, 2025
099 S01 Ep 35 – From Wargaming to Warfighting: Military Decision Making Process That Delivers in Large-Scale Combat Operations w/the JRTC BC2 Team
62 hours 17 mins; April 23, 2025
098 S03 Ep 10 – No Shortcuts to Proficiency: Closing the Gap in Small Unit Lethality and Readiness
50 mins; April 16, 2025
097 S01 Ep 34 – Warfighting at Scale: Planning, Leadership, and Lessons Learned in Large-Scale Combat Operations w/LTG Anderson of XVIII Airborne Corps
57 mins; April 10, 2025
096 S04 Ep 05 – Drones in the Fight: Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems at Echelon during Large-Scale Combat Operations w/LTC Mason Thornal & CW3 Jerrad Rader
43 mins; April 02, 2025
095 S05 Ep 03 – Blood, Sweat, and Battlefield Medicine: Medical Operations in Large-Scale Combat Operations w/two JRTC Medical Professionals
53 mins; March 26, 2025
094 S02 Ep 17 – Leadership at Echelon & the Sergeant Major’s Impact on Warfighting within the BCT w/CSM Michael Hall
48 mins; March 20, 2025
093 S01 Ep 33 – Large-Scale Combat Operations Symposium 2024 w/COL Ricky Taylor
123 hours 25 mins; March 13, 2025
092 S01 Ep 32 – The Backbone of the Battlefield: Command Sergeants Major in Large-Scale Combat w/CSM Oracio Pena and CSM Michael Hall
44 mins; March 05, 2025
091 S01 Ep 31 – Planning in a Whirlwind - Myths, Realities, and the Need to Do Military Decision Making Process in Large Scale Combat Operations w/the JRTC BC2 Team
74 hours 5 mins; February 26, 2025
090 S10 Ep 03 – Breaking Down the Battlefield: Intel’s Role in Targeting and Decision-Making within the Brigade Combat Team w/the JRTC Intel Team
64 hours 54 mins; February 20, 2025
089 S05 Ep 02 – Sustainment as a Warfighting Function: Keeping Combat Power in the Fight w/Three JRTC Sustainers
56 mins; February 12, 2025
088 S01 Ep 30 – Lessons Learned from Two Infantry Officers at the Maneuver Captain's Career Course w/CPT Wilson & 1LT Hoover
50 mins; February 05, 2025
087 S07 Ep 06 – The Art & Application of Joint Fires in LSCO, Part 2 of 2, w/the JRTC Fire Support Enterprise
55 mins; January 23, 2025
086 S01 Ep 29 - Relearning the Lost Art of Wargaming w/JRTC’s DCOG, LTC Ian Ginty
60 hours 56 mins; January 15, 2025
085 S07 Ep 06 – Strike’s Fires – A Mobile Brigade Combat Team’s Fire Support Enterprise in Large Scale Combat Operations w/LTC Haskell of 1-320 FA, 2nd MBCT, 101st ABN (AASLT)
38 mins; January 09, 2025
084 S04 Ep 04 – Reconnaissance in a Post-ARSTRUC World w/JRTC’s DCOG, LTC Ian Ginty
49 mins; December 18, 2024
083 S12 Ep 07 – Getting Pegasus Ready – 2 PARA’s Approach to LSCO w/LtCol Hitchins & RSM Groves of the British Arm
67 hours 38 mins; December 12, 2024
082 S07 Ep 05 – The Science & Foundation of Joint Fires in LSCO, Part 1 of 2, w/the JRTC Fire Support Enterprise
52 mins; December 04, 2024
081 S01 Ep 28 - Breaking the Gridlock: Stryker Tactics in Restrictive Terrain & Multidomain Maneuver w/MG Doyle & CSM Kupratty of 4th ID
48 mins; November 28, 2024
080 S05 Ep 01 – How to Sustain the Brigade Fight in Large Scale Combat Operations w/Three Senior Sustainers
95 hours 7 mins; November 20, 2024
079 S09 Ep 02 – Command Post Modernization and Survivability - Be Hard to Find and Hard to Kill
36 mins; November 13, 2024
078 S03 Ep 09 – Preparing Warfighters to Take Company Command w/Two Small Group Leaders from the Maneuver Captain's Career Course
51 mins; November 06, 2024
077 S08 Ep 02 – Planning and Employment of a Combat Aviation Brigade in Large Scale Combat Operations w/COL Nicholas Ploetz of 4th Combat Aviation Brigade
39 mins; October 30, 2024
076 S02 Ep 16 – Red Arrow Resilience and Lessons from the Les Terribles in Action at the JRTC w/MSG William Kocken
38 mins; October 23, 2024
075 S02 Ep 15 - Preparing for the Next Fight & the Army's Modernization Effort of Transformation in Contact w/COL Stultz of 2MBCT/101 ABN
49 mins; October 16, 2024
074 S01 Ep 27 - Be Brilliant at the Basics: Advice for Army National Guard Units w/BG Riley & CSM Carver of the Oregon ARNG
32 mins; October 09, 2024
073 S01 Ep 26 - Long Range Airborne Envelopment During Large Scale Combat Operations w/MG Work, CDR of the 82nd ABN
57 mins; October 02, 2024
072 S09 Ep 01 – Establishing & Maintaining Command & Control on the Battlefields of Tomorrow w/MG Ellis, the Director of Network Cross-Functional Team
43 mins; September 26, 2024
071 S02 Ep 14 – Realities of Large Scale Combat Operations at the Battalion Echelon w/MAJ Edward Worman & SGT Stephanie Smith of the 2-130 IN “Blackhawks”
43 mins; September 20, 2024
070 S02 Ep 13 – Now and Then: Experiences and Lessons Learned Over Time at the JRTC as an Observer-Coach-Trainer w/CPT Whitney Strong & CPT Joshua Kent
72 hours 50 mins; September 18, 2024
069 S01 Ep 25 – Professional Reading for the Military Practitioner w/COL(R) Mike Kershaw of JRTC’s Leader Training Program
86 hours 31 mins; September 11, 2024
068 S01 Ep 24 – Training for Victory: How Combat Training Centers Build Combat Readiness of the Force & Shape the Future of Warfare w/BG Jason Curl
60 hours 39 mins; September 04, 2024
067 S07 Ep 04 – Brigade Targeting Process During Large-Scale Combat Operations w/CW3 James Crain of 10th Mountain Division
57 mins; August 28, 2024
066 S01 Ep 23 – Large-Scale Combat Operations Symposium 2024 w/BG Jason Curl
126 hours 25 mins; August 22, 2024
065 S01 Ep 22 – Perspectives of a Warfighter: Leadership Lessons with the Sergeant Major of the Army
58 mins; August 14, 2024
064 S03 Ep 08 – Paratrooper Basics & Preparing for an Airborne Joint Forcible Entry Operation w/a Rifle CO RTO, SPC Mitchell of 1-504 PIR
40 mins; August 07, 2024
063 S01 Ep 21 – Developing Leaders for Combat at the Brigade through Corps Echelons w/LTG Stephen Smith
60 hours 57 mins; July 31, 2024
062 S02 Ep 12 – Developing BDEs & Their Leaders for the Next Fight w/a Pre-BCT CMD & a Current BCT CDR
61 hours 43 mins; July 24, 2024
Large Scale Combat Operations Symposium of '24 Teaser 01
30 secs; July 17, 2024
061 S02 Ep 11 – Setting the Conditions for the BDE & BNs to Succeed in LSCO thru Staff Overmatch w/Devil 03, MAJ Tony Formica
68 hours 20 mins; July 17, 2024
060 S12 Ep 06 – Special Operations within Large Scale Combat Operations w/JRTC's Special Operations Training Detachment
60 hours 37 mins; July 10, 2024
059 S03 Ep 07 – The Life of a Grunt Leader: From a Ranger PFC to an Infantry Colonel w/COL Matthew Leclair
67 hours 19 mins; June 19, 2024
058 S11 Ep 06 – Spectre Team's Best Practices & Innovations w/Geronimo's Info War Cell
39 mins; June 12, 2024
057 S1 Ep 20 – Training to Fight and Win in Tomorrow's Fight w/MG Buzzard of the Maneuver Center of Excellence
44 mins; June 06, 2024
056 S1 Ep 19 – The Employment of Light Infantry Formations During Large Scale Combat Operations w/MG Gregory Anderson of 10th MTN
60 hours 6 mins; May 29, 2024
055 S12 Ep 05 – Army Special Forces During Large Scale Combat Operations w/BG Joseph Wortham of 1st SFC(A)
34 mins; May 23, 2024
054 S07 Ep 03 – Fixing Brigade Combat Team’s Organic Mortars w/Three Seasoned Mortarmen, SFC Hernandez, SFC Fusek, & SFC Scholle from JRTC
51 mins; May 15, 2024
053 S01 Ep 18 – Using Data to Feed Operations & Incorporate Emerging Tech on the Modern Battlefield w/LTC Beskow of ORCEN
64 hours 52 mins; May 02, 2024
052 S06 Ep 02 – Preparing US Army Engineers for LSCO w/Commandant of the US Army Engineer School, COL Clete Goetz & CSM Zach Plummer
48 mins; April 24, 2024
JRTC COG & CSMOG Offer Congrats to Alumni & Current OCTs for Making the Centralized Selection List
1 min; April 19, 2024
051 S01 Ep 17 – Developing Leaders for Combat w/Two Seasoned Command Sergeant Majors, CSM(R) Nash & CSM(R) Donaldson
33 mins; April 17, 2024
050 S01 Ep 16 - Using Technology as a Combat Multiplier on the Modern Battlefield w/DR Robert Semmens of the Army Research Laboratory
60 hours 33 mins; April 10, 2024
049 S01 Ep 15 – Preparing the Army for the Next Fight w/GEN Andrew Poppas (Freedom 06)
38 mins; April 03, 2024
048 S12 Ep 04 – Combat Advisor Teams from Security Force Assistance Brigades Integrating US and Multi-National Partners in Large Scale Combat Operations w/ SFC Escalante & SFC Kelley
34 mins; March 27, 2024
047 S12 Ep 03 – Multinational Expeditionary Operations during Large Scale Combat Operations w/CPT Will Happel of the British Army
58 mins; March 13, 2024
046 S02 Ep 10 – TF Strike’s Large-Scale, Long-Range Air Assault w/COL Stultz, 2nd IBCT, 101st ABN DIV (AASLT)
35 mins; March 06, 2024