Civil Affairs (CA) units support commanders by working with civil and military authorities in the commander's area of operations during peace and operations of war. CA units support the Afghan and Iraqi people in rehabilitating their societies...
In 1939, the U.S. Army had no formal combat formation capable of reaching the battlefield by air. In response to the success of German airborne operations, the U.S. Army formed a small unit of volunteers which was to experiment with airborne...
In this second of three interviews, Major Patrick Pascall discusses his deployment as an operations officer and team leader for the 49th Civil Affairs Battalion in Baghdad, Iraq, from January through November 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi...
The following has been written to record the operations that constitute the Communist "general offensive" of 1968. They are recounted and collected into book from the lessons of history that are of concern to the members of the Vietnamese Armed...
In this first of three interviews, Major Patrick Pascall, a reservist, talks about his experiences as a civil affairs team leader in the 401st Civil Affairs Battalion in Kunduz Province, Afghanistan, from May 2002 through March 2003 in support of...
The purpose of the entire self-study process is improvement through a structural evaluation. Writing a self-study in glowing terms while glossing over weak areas fools no one, most of all a skilled team of accrediting experts.
This paper discusses a role for the light infantry division in Central Europe during a mid- to high-intensity conflict, namely as a stay-behind force in a corps covering force area. The purpose of such a mission would be to disrupt the enemy's rear...
This volume resumes the narrative of the Fifth Armies history during the Italian offensive on December 16, 1944 and details the utilization of time during the cessation of offensive operations during the winter of 1944/1945.
The purposes of US Army Order of Battle 1919-1941 are threefold. The first is to fill a void in the published record of US Army units documented by Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War published by the Center of...
Major Dewey Haines was an instructor at the Military Police School at Fort Leonard Wood when he was selected to deploy in support of the Global War on Terrorism as the provost marshal at Camp As Sayliyah in Qatar. Haines completed predeployment...
This volume continues the history of the Fifth Army beginning November 16, 1943 through their assault on the German Winter Line ending January 15, 1944.
On April 1, 1944 the Fifth Army had essentially completed the shifts ordered the previous month, this history follows their drive toward Rome, culminating in victory on June 4, 1944.
Attempts to outline the major functions and activities of the G-4 of a field army during activation, movement within the zone of interior, movement to overseas areas and during various tactical and administrative operations in which an army might...
Before the landings on MINDANAO were wade, aerial
photographs and guerrilla intelligence wore the chief sources of available information concerning the island.