Life in the 11th ACR

Life in the 11th ACR

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Life in the 11th ACR
  • Life in the 11th ACR, Part 1: Blackhorse

    11th Cav is the professional opposing force at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, CA. Not only do they have a cool unit insignia and strong heritage, troopers assigned to the unit become some of the most proficient practitioners of maneuver warfare anywhere in the world. This series of v...

  • Life in the 11th ACR, Part 2: Tanks

    There are two main battle tanks in use by 11th ACR. The Abrams and the OSV-T. Crewmen need to master both: The M1 to remain current on the fielded vehicles, and the OSV-T which will be familiar to Bradley crewmen, to fight the rotational units.

  • Life in the 11th ACR Pt 3: The Orders Cascade

    11th Cav is the professional opposing force at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, CA. As with any US Army unit, its success comes from its internal processes as much as the individual skills of its troopers. This series of videos will take you into the lives of the troopers, and their fa...

  • Life in the 11th ACR, Part 4: The Battle in the OSV

    11th Cav is the professional opposing force at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, CA. The main mount of the Blackhorse today is the OSV, the Opfor Surrogate Vehicle, which is basically a modified M113 with a somewhat changed Bradley turret on top. So the question: Can we actually convert...

  • Life in the 11th ACR, Part 5: The M88 ARV

    11th Cav is the professional opposing force at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, CA. In order to keep a unit of fighting vehicles operating, a support structure is necessary, and the M88 does the heavy lifting that the HEMTT wrecker cannot. This series of videos will take you into the l...

  • Life in 11th ACR: Career Effects

    11th Cav is the professional opposing force at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, CA. As such, you get to do really cool things, but does this come at the cost of your professional development?TLDW: No.
    This series of videos will take you into the lives of the troopers, and their famili...

  • Life in the 11th ACR, Part 7: The Families

    This video is good for most anyone going to Fort Irwin, not just 11th ACR. It's all very well for the soldier to go play soldier so much in the desert, but what happens to the spouses and kids who are dozens of miles away from the nearest civilian city? Or single soldiers?
    This series of videos w...

  • Life in the 11th ACR, Part 8: The Horses

    11th Cav is the professional opposing force at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, CA. Can one really have a cavalry unit without horses? 11th ACR thinks not. I spent a pleasant afternoon up the hill at the Horse Detachment. This series of videos will take you into the lives of the troope...

  • Life in the 11th ACR, Part 9: The M984

    Not all recovery operations in the Box require the use of an M88. The workhorse is the HEMTT Wrecker.

  • Life in 11th ACR, Part 10: How Blackhorse Fights

    A sit-down interview talking about how 11th ACR's doctrine differs from that of the rest of the US Army. How do Donovians differ from Krasnovians?

  • Life in the 11th ACR, Part 11: Intel & Fires Cell

    Task Force Reaper is the brains at Blackhorse's operational level. Normally this sort of thing is a classified environment, but the 11th does things a little differently. After all, they are representing capabilities a potential enemy is already supposed to have. This is the last of the series of...