This study analyzes past efforts to introduce automated systems into existing military and civilian organizations. Six fundamental principles for successful implementation of automated support to management are derived and then applied to the U.S....
The purpose of this report is to put in writing the form of a recommended check list lessons learned from the operation conducted by the 187th Airborne Infantry from 20-23 October 1950 during the Korean War. Contents include notes on the planning...
This paper examines the adequacy of current AirLand Battle doctrine in assisting the operational commander in making his decision on when to counterattack at the operational level against Warsaw Pact forces in a war in Central Europe. It provides a...
This study is an analysis of how to apply the fundamentals of AirLand Battle doctrine to the tactics of company and platoon level maneuver units. The fundamental tenets and imperatives of AirLand Battle doctrine described in FM 100-5, Operations,...
The U.S. Armed Forces needs a new organization capable of remaining competitive in an ever-expanding global information environment, adapting to reach both illiterate and technologically-savvy audiences of the 21st Century, developing information...
This book presents the latest information on tables of organization, provisional and special Quartermaster organizations, adaptation of standard units, and civilian and prisoner of war labor and how it will be used.
Despite the best-combined efforts of the world's five major powers (United States, Great Britain, France, Russia, and China), third world countries, rogue radical groups, and potential terrorist organizations continue their alarming proliferation...
This monograph recounts in some detail the manifold personnel problems caused by the rapid mobilization and eventual demobilization of the largest officer force in [then] Air Force history. Although limited to Air Force officers for the most part,...
This monograph analyzes the use of bypassed forces in defensive operations to determine if they are a viable means for increasing tactical depth of the defense. Because of the fluid nature and rapid tempo of modern battle there will be situations...
The battlefield of the future will be a chaotic, non-linear environment where forces are intermingled and highly lethal weapons will cause great destruct ion and force wide dispersion. Regardless of the exact location of the fight, highly...
G-2 summary of the enemy situation on the Western Front, enemy operations, dispositions, transportation, supply, visual reconnaissance, and defense trends.
The subject of this report is the participation by United States Army Forces in the Central Pacific Area, in the GALVANIC Operation against the Japanese held Gilbert Islands, in November, 1943. It shows the operational support by the USAFICPA and...
This study discusses the movements of the 4th Division, their failure to attack Montfaucon, and the causes of the lull in the offensive on September 29.
With the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact, NATO member nations have begun reducing the size of their military forces. Therefore, NATO is faced with responding to crises situations with considerably smaller forces available. To...
This report evaluates whether or not the antiarmor companies of M-2 equipped mechanized infantry battalions should be given to armor battalions that fight pure. Without attached mechanized infantry, the pure armor battalion has no long range direct...