The purpose of this guide is to present the essential tactical, technical and recognition data on weapons and equipment employed in the armies and security forces of the Communist countries of Eastern Europe. This volume discusses antitank mines,...
The purpose of this guide is to present the essential tactical, technical and recognition data on weapons and equipment employed in the armies and security forces of the Communist countries of Eastern Europe. This volume discusses Soviet trucks and...
The purpose of this guide is to present the essential tactical, technical and recognition data on weapons and equipment employed in the armies and security forces of the Communist countries of Eastern Europe. This volume discusses armored vehicles...
The purpose of this guide is to present the essential tactical, technical and recognition data on weapons and equipment employed in the armies and security forces of the Communist countries of Eastern Europe. This volume discusses field and coast...
The purpose of this guide is to present the essential tactical, technical and recognition data on weapons and equipment employed in the armies and security forces of the Communist countries of Eastern Europe. This volume discusses trucks, tractors,...
The purpose of this guide is to present the essential tactical, technical and recognition data on weapons and equipment employed in the armies and security forces of the Communist countries of Eastern Europe. This volume discusses armored...
The United States Army Special Forces (SF) is a unique combat organization that no other American branch of service can duplicate. The Special Forces are known within the force as the "Quiet Professionals" due to the unwritten code of, get in and...
Born into a working class family on August 26, 1945, in Munhall, Pennsylvania in Pittsburgh's Steel Valley, Thomas J. Ridge would begin at an early age to show the qualities that would one day make him a model for noncommissioned officers. These...
Contains a transliteration table for the Russian language, abbreviations for use with this manual, grammatical abbreviations and a glossary of Soviet military and related abbreviations.
At the end of January 1968, on the New Year's holiday known to the Vietnamese as Tet, communist forces launched a massive offensive against most of the major cities in South Vietnam. The U.S. embassy in Saigon came under attack, and the marines...
The flag of a country is more than only an everyday life characteristic. It symbolizes the people and the homeland. The color of Switzerland and the white cross lead to inevitably an unconscious effect with the national self-understanding. In...
In America's "Made for Television" war in Vietnam, the combat support troops were seldom featured on the evening news. Yet, they played a vital role in that conflict. The several thousand men who served their country at the U.S Army's...
SGT Mitchell W. Stout served with C Battery, 1 s t Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery 1st and is the only Air Defense soldier to win the Medal of Honor during combat operation. Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery was the most decorated Army...
The last black Medal of Honor winner was SFC William Maud Bryant, a member of the Army's 5th Special Forces Group. For his actions on March 24, 1969, during an encounter with elements of three enemy regiments -a fight that lasted 34 hours -Bryant...
SGM Christian A. Fleetwood was born during a time when African Americans were only looked at as property not an equal. Because there was a disruption of trade with Liberia SGM Christian A. Fleetwood enlisted in the Union Army. After enlisting, his...
The essential role of any soldier is to learn his skills and to apply those skills to accomplish the missions his leaders and the Army assign him. No greater example is there of a soldier's battle to persist and persevere in this objective than...
The English Militia and British Army laid the foundation for an NCO Corps that contributed greatly to the defeat of the British Empire in the American Colonies. Were it not for the efforts of skilled and motivated NCOs who had the trust and...
Duty, Honor, Country. Three simple words that best describe the character of the soldier I am going to tell you about today. I am going to tell the tale of a Special Forces NCO who epitomizes the American warrior. The soldier I will talk about is,...
A published pamphlet containing regulations for the Command and General Staff School for the information and guidance of all concerned. Each officer was to read these Regulations carefully and inform family members of parts that concern them.
The following special questions are presented for consideration and recommendation by the Educational Advisory Board during its meeting at the General Service Schools, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, beginning October 20, 1924. They include, in addition...