This monograph determines the utility of the “reconnaissance-pull” concept for division commanders. Although the term, “recon-pull” is becoming widely used by many Army leaders, analysis proves that the concept is rarely applied in...
This monograph discusses the current need for platoon forward observers in M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle equipped mechanized infantry battalions. Changes in maneuver and artillery doctrine, emerging. technology, and a shrinking force structure have...
ABSTRACT-This is a paper concerning the federal activation of the 2-162 IN battalion out of Oregon, their mobilization experience, deployment to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II, the redeployment back to Conus and Oregon, and the...
Committee 8 Officers Advanced Course, The Armored School; Himes, Cecil; Krampitz, Charles T.; Heffelfinger, Hugo W.; Falls, Carroll M., Jr.; Stout, Morris C.; Boehmer, William J.; Plume, Stephen K.; Styer, George D.; Huddleston, James M.
This study covers the drive for, capture of, and withdrawal from Crailsheim by the 10th Armored Division during the period 4-10 April 1945. The main purpose in studying this particular action was to increase the knowledge of armored operations in...
Committee 15, Officers Advanced Course, The Armored School, 1948-1949; Cantey, J.; Sykes, J. R.; Peyton, J. L.; Edmondson, C. C.; Noel, J. C.; Drews, R. E.; Crouch, H. J.; Stockton, J. B.
This is a story of the 10th Armored Division and what the division did in the Saar-Moselle Triangle during November and December of 1944, and again in February 1945. This document considers the actions of the division from about the 8th of...
15th Field Artillery Brigade Headquarters Corps Artillery
This is a special staff committee report, containing an introduction to Corps artillery and its historical background, the artillery's increasing role in the global war, trained artillery commander's and staffs in the present Corps organization,...
This publication brings up to date the original history published by Colonel Elvid Hunt in 1927 and revised by Captain Walter E. Lorence in 1937. It contains a chronology of events from 1937 - 1951.
The focus of this thesis is to analyze whether or not current scout doctrine, coupled with the OSUT (One Station Unit Training) and unit available training time, permits us the time to adequately train 19D Cavalry Scouts to perform reconnaissance....
This paper presents a demonstration of the failure to appreciate the necessity of exhaustive logistical planning in peacetime preparation for war and of providing the means necessary to execute such plans, and to show the unsoundness of unbalanced...
This document is broken down into three sections. Part one addresses the general setting and situation, summary of Second British Army plan, the planning and preparation of 30 Corps, outline and organization for movement, and a summary of 30 Corps...
This personal experience paper covers my time in the United States Army. There is nothing classified talked about in the paper as I have never been involved in anything classified while in the United States Army.
This paper will talk about my...
Operations order for 38 Group, R.A.F. participating in Operation "Market" Details Glider delivery and dropping of Paratroopers. Contains Appendices for: Order of battle; Air movement table (including allocation of aircraft); Flight plan (including...
Covers the operations of the 391st Armored Field Artillery Battalion in support of the Third Armored Division, from the Roer River to the Rhine River from February 26th to March 7th, 1945. Describes the breaking out of a bridgehead and the leading...
This book contains stories from field and general officers commanding in training exercises, most from rotations at the National Training Center. In their stories, they describe their thoughts, their actions, their successes and especially their...