This subcourse focuses on planning for a defensive AirLand Battle based on a scenario of forward deployed forces in a central European situation. Founded on current and proposed doctrine, defensive operations are planned (to include combat support and combat service support) from corps through brigade levels of command. Course materials include: advance booklet, instructional support plan; Lesson 1, Introduction to defensive tactics; Lesson 2, Corps defensive planning; Lesson 3, Division defensive planning; Lesson 4, Brigade defensive planning; maps; viewgraphs; readings: "Extending the battlefield", by Gen Donn A. Starry; "Operational art of the AirLand Battle", by LTC John S. Doerfel; "The operational level of war", Edward N. Luttwak; "Grand tactics", by COL Wallace P. Franz; "Maneuver in war", by COL Charles Andrew Willoughby; "Battlefield interdiction: old term new problem", by BG Edward A. Dinges and MAJ Richard H. Sinnreich; "Maneuver in the deep battle", by LTC L. D. Holder; "Large unit operations doctrine", by MAJ Paul E. Cate; "A comparative assessment of the NATO corps battle", by Steven L. Canby.