Was researching tunnel warfare last night after questioning if existence of tunnel mapping tech (LiDar, GPR, other Tesla tech kek), and came across an interesting tidbit.
In 2017, the US Army, under urgent request, compiled an updated manual on underground/tunnel warfare, effort led by the Army’s Assymetric Warfare Group. Spec Ops alone wasn’t ready to handle tunnel warfare by itself. Researching again tonight.
Interesting bit from an article (https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-subterranean-warfare-training/)
Learning to fight underground
To prepare combat units, the Army has activated mobile teams to train the leadership of 26 brigade combat teams on how prepare units for underground warfare and plan and execute large-scale combat operations in the subterranean environment.
So far, the effort has trained five BCTs based at Fort Wainwright, Alaska; Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; Camp Casey, Korea; and Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. Army trainers have a January deadline to finish training 21 more BCTs located at bases including Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Fort Drum, New York; Fort Bliss and Fort Hood, Texas, and Fort Richardson, Alaska, the source said.
The 3rd BCT, 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson, Colorado is next in line for the training.
Army officials confirmed to Military.com that there is an approved plan to dedicate $572 million to the effort. That works out to $22 million for each BCT, according to an Army spokeswoman who did not want to be named for this article. The Army did not say where the money is coming from or when it will be given to units.