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Maneuver Leader's Guide to Stinger - Handbook (Lessons and Best Practices) U.S. Army

Stinger missiles provide a key capability for maneuver forces to defend themselves from aerial observation and attack. However, without direct involvement from senior brigade combat team leaders and effective leader training, these missiles will become dead weight at best or a fratricide in waiting at worst. Units must plan effectively to utilize this capability and ensure it ties directly to their scheme of maneuver as opposed to simply task-organizing one Stinger team per company. This guide is designed as a single entry point for brigade combat team and maneuver battalion commanders and their staffs to effectively train and fight Stinger teams as part of an integrated combined arms team. These planning and employment techniques should prove invaluable to effectively maximize mission effectiveness, allow maneuver forces to retain the initiative, and provide freedom of maneuver from the air.