page_title: Subterranean warfare
section_title: Overview
hierarchical_section_title: Subterranean warfare / Overview
caption_attribution_description: English: Soldiers from Company B, 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division of the Brigade Modernization Command participate in the U.S. Army Asymmetric Warfare Group’s Subterranean Risk Reduction Exercise Sept. 3-14 here and at the Center for National Response in Gallagher, W.Va. During the exercise, the BMC soldiers were placed in various scenarios that included operating in underground and confined spaces, areas of limited visibility, breaching obstacles, close quarter drills and how to best use various Army organizations and assets as enablers for a mission set. The AWG conducted the exercise in order to prepare the soldiers for their upcoming participation in a subterranean assessment at the Network Integration Evaluation 14.1 scheduled for November. AWG’s end state for conducting the Risk Reduction Exercise and its upcoming participation in NIE 14.1 is to develop technique solutions to capability gaps with respect to subterranean operations and to ultimately develop an Army Techniques Publication on subterranean warfare for the force.
context_page_description: Subterranean warfare is warfare carried out under the ground surface.
context_section_description: Underground military facilities play a key role in many nations, there are more than 10,000 underground military facilities worldwide, as such underground warfare is a nearly inevitable component of modern conflicts. Actors often go underground to counteract overmatch such as that faced when taking on a superpower.
caption: US Army soldiers training for subterranean warfare
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