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Tactical j ■j Problems i At ‘Drum*• Agressor \ the* Army's realistic train.:.* aid providing an “enemy fo; major tactical exercises, will have resumed his eight year old campaign against continental United State.- in the tactical phase ,of Snow Storm at Camp Drum a unrig the period February 24-Ma.ch 12.For the purpose of Sn *w S’unn, only that part of_ the winter campaign of 1952-53 asaffects a regimental size aev-. tor running through the Camp Drum Mihtaiy Re?c-i vation between Ca.thage and Philadelphia, New Yoik, w*ll be put under thespotlight.The overall war situation will br furnished orally to the three airborne infantry regments of :he 82nd Airborne D.v^ion tak-.ng the exercise to provide them with a complete picture of the tactical position in which thiy | will be placed. This situation involves a two-pronged thrust made by “Agressor south from ,the Saint Lawrence R.ver during 1 Nh-vembe: and December 1952which reached a line: Oswego. Rome, Bine M untain Lake and ;Giens Fails, N\w York, before being halted by the U.S. Fust. Army.%At the time the tactical phase f Sn-*w Storm starts, the U.S. :Fiit Army will have ready its ! countei-offensive designed :lt;• destroy “Aggressor” Ninth Army. It is as par; of this general U.S.mental tactical exeicises will take place involving one airborne regiment at a time.i! The start of each exercise will be the drop of elements of theairborne regiment concerned behind the part of e •*Aggres*o: line on the Camp Drum reserva-’ | lion east of the village of Phila-l,delphia. “Agg essor'* will be rep-1 resented m each instance by the ! 278th Regimental Combat Team ; dressed in the green uniform and ’ employing the tactics of ‘‘Aggressor.»«i ‘ After the drop the a.:borne '.regiment will drive Southeast :r. jthe direction of Carthage with 'the mission of seizing high I ground in that vicinity, therei l denying “Aggressor” forces escape by way of two main roads and a railroad that run through that area as the First Armv drives northward.The exercises w.Il be controlled by umpiies. The speed and decision that will be required to solve the tactical problems to be presented will constitute a rigorous physical and mental tet of! troops and commanders takingI part.
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Ogdensburg Advance News
Ogdensburg, New York, US
Sun, Feb 15, 1953
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