AAF Historical Office, Headquarters, Army Air Forces; Williams, Howard D.
This history of basic military training in the AAF covers the six years from January 1, 1939 to December 31, 1944. The first chapter shows the peacetime accumulation of experience in planning, administration, training, and activation of replacement...
Headquarters, Department of the Army; Headquarters, Marine Corps Combat Development Command
This manual is a dual-Service US Army and US Marine Corps publication introducing new terms and definitions and updating existing definitions as reflected in the latest editions of Army field manuals and Marine Corps doctrinal, warfighting, and...
(A self-study of the U.S. Army Engineer School, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, conducted by the instructional and non-instructional staffs, April 1975, Volume 1- submitted to the Commission on Occupational Education Institutions of the Southern...
A massive coordinated attack devastated the efforts put forth by Iraqi and US forces. The Iraqi National Guard Soldier’s caught off guard. This should have been a routine day however; it became a mass causality evacuation. While fighting off well...
Abstract: The Department of Defense and the military have found that building and maintaining a relationship with the media is critical to the management of information describing the War in Iraq. As a nation fighting the Global War on Terrorism,...
All noncommissioned officers want to advance in rank. Many may find themselves reaching a certain rank and not being able to advance any further. Unfortunately, many NCOs have no idea why they are not being recommended for the next higher rank. Due...
An effective financial system is essential to economic development. US Army doctrine acknowledges that military forces play an important role in supporting economic stabilization and infrastructure development. A specific task is to support the...
As operations in Iraq and Afghanistan end, it is useful to analyze the current state of stability operations within the U.S. Army and determine its ability to conduct these types of operations in the future. Analyzing the state of stability...
Beginning in the Korea War, through Vietnam and continuing with the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, US forces have been involved in combat typified by close, sharp actions - often without the doctrinally prescribed firepower to support the...
Captain George Rodriguez commanded Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry Regiment - a New York National Guard unit - during the Easter Sunday Battle of Samarra in April 2004. Attached to 1-26 Infantry, his unit relied on vehicle armor...
Captain William Rockefeller was the commander of Bravo Company, 1-26 Infantry during the Easter Sunday Battle of Samarra in April 2004. Stationed at FOB Brassfield-Mora, Rockefeller describes the actions of his company upon hearing that Charlie...
Conducting an effective counterinsurgency operation in the country of Afghanistan is paramount to the success of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA). Until recently, military operations have been led and conducted mainly...
Conflicto ideológico. Brigadier (R) Herbert Francisco Orellana Herrera, Ejército de Chile; El concepto o sujeto especial de "conflicto ideológico" puede ser comprendido al contestar preguntas como las siguientes: Cuando dos grupos de personas...
Contents of this field manual include: organization and staff officers; characteristics of guns and accessories; missions; control of fire; communications; employment of AAA guns; employment against ground and naval targets; reconnaissance,...
During the so-called Battle of Easter Sunday that took place in Samarra, Iraq, on 11-12 April 2004, Lieutenant Colonel Kirk Allen was in command of 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment (part of 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division) - and in this...