This notebook seeks to afford the student officer a condensed outline of essential information and procedure as developed by instructors on the platform and in the field.
The role of the Armored Force and its components is the conduct of highly mobile ground warfare, primarily offensive in character, by self-sustaining units of great power and mobility, composed of specially equipped troops of the required arms and...
This manual covers the tactical employment of the armored reconnaissance platoon and company of the armored reconnaissance battalion and the armored regiment. Many of the fundamentals set forth are applicable to the reconnaissance and liaison...
This manual contains doctrines for the training and combat employment of tank destroyer battalions and groups. It is prepared for the guidance of units that will be equipped with materiel now being developed; units equipped with substitute materiel...
FM 2-10 addresses individual instruction in motor vehicle operation, drill, ceremonies and inspections, mounted scouting and patrolling, and combat training of small units.
The purpose of this manual is to teach the soldier what he can do for himself or a fellow soldier if injury or sickness occurs when no medical officer or Medical Department soldier is nearby. Information is also given concerning the use of certain...
This manual contains the basic instructions for the training of the Army of the United States. Detailed instructions for military training are contained in Field Manuals and Technical Manuals, in Mobilization Regulations, in training circulars, and...
The military police consists of personnel authorized to a commander to assist him in the enforcement of laws, regulations, and orders, and for other purposes as outlined in this manual. Subjects included in this field manual are organization,...
Parts of this FM include helmet camouflage, skin tonedown, canvas equipment, blending with one's background, shadows, movement, foxholes, machine guns, mortars, antitank guns, etc.
This infantry field manual gives information on the headquarters company (organization, company headquarters, intelligence and reconnaissance platoon, communication platoon), combat intelligence (technique, duties of intelligence personnel,...
History of Military Training, WAAC / WAC Training, Army Service Forces includes a study of training accomplished in Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and Women's Army Corps Training Centers, Schools, Units, and Detachments assigned within the Army...
Sergeant Major (SGM) retired William O. Wooldridge was born on August 12, 1922 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. He enlisted in the U.S. Army on November 11, 1940 at Fort Worth, Texas shortly before the outbreak of World War II.
He became the first Sergeant...
lack of listening, planning, vision, effectiveness, and efficiency. Senior leaders are managers; management, according to FM 21-100, is the effective use of Manpower, Materials (facilities and equipment), and Time. This is sometimes best...
Annual reports by the secretary of the war seldom mentioned noncommissioned officers. While most officers considered NCOs combat trained, wise, had common sense, dedicated and dependable, the report showed no distinction between enlisted and NCOs....
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...
This 1942 plan organizes the information contained in numerous texts as well as that gained from experience, into a usable form, so that it may be utilized as a practical guide by Battery Commanders in preparing for and conducting the tactical...
The purpose of the Unit Training Program tor Armored Field Artillery, is to assist the commanders and their staffs of newly-formed armored field artillery units in planning the balanced training of their units and in preparing the detailed...