A new report prepared for lawmakers weighs the efficacy of a trio of Army programs intended to improve the viability of the service's infantry brigade combat teams, as well as the potential impact of a continuing resolution. A Sept. 26 report from the Congressional Research Service highlights "a number of limitations" facing IBCTs: they are unable "to decisively close with and destroy the enemy under restricted terrains," cannot "maneuver and survive in close combat against hardened enemy fortifications, light armored...
