Ministry of National Defence, Historical Service of the Army
Without prejudging the official historical account which will be published in due time, the object of this pamphlet is to place the Belgian Army Campaign of May 1940 in its true perspective, in relation with the Allies' General plan of operations....
Information contained in this Civil Affairs document includes the following topics: Japanese objectives, problems, and methods (problem of Thailand's independence); military controls (seizing and forms of control); political control (Japanese-Thai...
Noncommissioned Officers play an important role in the development of today’s officer corps. Nowhere else is this more prevalent than at the United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School (USAJFKSWCS) at Fort Bragg, North...
This study investigates the viability of employing unmanned aerial vehicles in the close air support role on the future battlefield of 2010 and beyond. The concept of employing unmanned aerial vehicles in a strike role is currently in the advanced...
In his book Breaking the Phalanx, Colonel Douglas A. Macgregor raises important questions as to the future role of land power in the national strategy of the United States. Despite directing much of his discussion toward current Army corps/division...
This paper is based off my time and experience as a member in a Special Forces unit. This paper is an introduction to the Special Forces Group unit composition, Special Forces Qualification Course training, some of the additional training that one...
The duties and responsibilities of Special Forces (SF) Noncommissioned Officers (NCO) have not changed since the birth of the unit. If anything, their duties and responsibilities have grown. One of the many SF NCO's duties and responsibilities is...
In August 2002, the Special Forces Qualification Course was still operating on a peacetime footing. Graduation rates were low, attrition was high. The course was the same one that had been running for years with slight modifications. The Global War...
The following is an account of Combat Actions or lack thereof experienced by members of C Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) while participating in Operation Restore Hope in Mogadishu, Somalia from 5 September 1993 until...
Extraction in bound, withdrawal of forces to perspective landing zones (LZ) begins. The unit sustained a few casualties on this mission. The helicopters (Helo) land, personnel get on and take off in a timely manner. The two casualties marked with...
My personal experience paper is about an experience I had in dealing with a foreign national military and realizing how professional the U.S. Army Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) Corps is in comparison to other NCO Corps from other foreign...
During the first Gulf War of 1991, I was a communication sergeant with the 3d Special Forces Group. After the ground campaign began, I was assigned to the British Unit of Royal Marines from the Special Boat Squadron and the Special Air Service of...
Given the fact that Special Forces detachments cause effects at the strategic and operational levels of war in the GWOT, it is imperative that SF detachment commanders are adequately prepared to develop a comprehensive understanding of the...
Joint Vision 2010 was developed to focus the direction of the four armed services towards a unified vision of the future. It presented four operational concepts to act as the framework for all future joint operations. The operational concepts are...
The following chapter headings are contained in this field manual: marches and bivouac; offensive combat; defense and retrograde movements; caliber .30 machine-gun platoon; caliber .30 machine-gun section and squad; 81-mm mortar platoon; 81-mm...
This periodical report from March 31, 1944 represents the best available information for the current month on enemy dispositions, formations and battle order. It represents material required for the enemy paragraph of operational orders and...
September 11th 2001 I was overseas on a Joint Readiness Exercise. Not being in country I was a spectator to the events. As the news broke I was keenly aware of the NCOs around me who “got it” and the ones that did not. There were a few NCOs...
During Operation Iraqi Freedom 05-07 I was assigned as LTG R.S. Whitcomb's Communications Sergeant. LTG Whitcomb was and currently is the Commanding General of3rd Army. Typically, the Commanding General's Communications Sergeant is an Army trained,...