Contents of this after action report for the 716th Tank Battalion include operation maps, a narrative history, lessons learned, and an appendix with information on field orders, battalion journal/operation reports, officers' roster, casualty...
93rd Armored Field Artillery Battalion; Reinertsen, Leif C., ed.
This document brings to a close the history of the 93rd Armored Field Artillery Battalion. This history is intended to preserve a memory of their days in combat.
This monograph discusses the importance and growing role of air defense in the "lower" end of the conflict spectrum. There is root a broad understanding in our current doctrinal literature of the increasing air threat in “low-intensity...
The United States (US) military is undergoing a tremendous transformation. Much of the change uses technology to improve command and control (C2) of military forces. The end state gives the commander the ability to command a more flexible and...
This monograph examines a concept considered an abomination to some airmen - operational air reserves. The study is exploratory in nature: searching applicable theory, historical examples, and contemporary developments for insights on air reserves....
Recent scholarly work has devoted much attention to analyzing the French counterinsurgency war in Algeria from 1954 to 1962. The United States military has taken many of the lessons and principles offered by authors such as David Galula and Roger...
The study asks what the essential qualities or characteristics are which must be possessed by great commanders or leaders. The second question is in what respects did General Allenby give evidence of the possession of such qualities by his...
American military failures during the first battles of World War II led to the need for rapid transformation of how the U.S. would fight for the remainder of the war. Significant deficiencies in strategy, leadership, training, and equipment were...
This study investigates the use of the Marine Corps Physical Fitness Test (PFT) in relation to the Corps' primary mission of amphibious operations. The idea discussed is that while the PFT is assumed to be an adequate measure of general fitness, it...
This monograph examines the utility of amphibious operations as a form of maneuver at the operational level. With the U.S. Army restructuring from a forward deployed force to a combat ready contingency force, forced entry operations become...
On 7 December 1941, the US Navy had 343 warships in commission; however, a “second” fleet, consisting of 344 warships, was in various stages of construction in shipyards across the country. Given that building a warship could take anywhere from...
This study investigates the use of technology by the Confederate States of America to develop naval strategy and ultimately the Navy during the American Civil War. The study concentrates on the building and use of: ironclads to break the blockade...
On 16 May 1862, 904 soldiers formed ranks for the first time and unfurled the virgin colors of the 42nd Alabama Infantry Regiment. These 904 soldiers were a mixture of veterans, volunteers, conscripts, and substitutes. The regiment participated in...
Includes a listing of the school staff members, instructors, list of graduates, class questionnaire, study of academic performance and grading for the school year 1938-39.