This is an historical study of mechanized infantry doctrine. It focuses on issues encountered in the U.S. Army with the introduction in 1982 of an Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV). Professional reaction to IFV fielding was mixed among both military...
Focus is placed on the importance of morale, that it is a function of command (even a weapon of war), and that every officer who commands men must be responsible for the well-being (mental, spiritual, and physical) of his men. Music, soldier shows,...
This paper covers the mutiny of Company I and is a micro-history of events which took place during the Russian intervention. The mutiny is a little known event in the history of a relatively little unknown expedition launched in the closing months...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Essayons, originally published as the Fort Leonard Wood Guidon in 1966 then as the Guidon from 1966 to 1987. Became Essayons in 1988 and remained that way until 1999 when it reverted back to Guidon. It has been and continues to be a record of...
Major Lu Wilson commanded Outlaw Troop, 4th Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment in Kuwait and up through Iraq to Baghdad from March 2003 through April 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, she talks about how her troop...
The United States Air Force (USAF) faces a fiscally constrained environment today and will likely become even more constrained in the near future. With a reduced budget and important programs and critical functions that require funding, the USAF...
The historiography of doctrinal change in the US Army that began with the publication of the 1976 version of FM 100-5, Operations, and ended with its replacement in 1982, settles on a general claim of controversy and rejection as the source of...
This document describes the military affairs of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and exhibits the organization of these national forces as it was immediately before the beginning of World War I.
Audie Murphy's parents were poor Texas sharecroppers, Emmett and Josie Bell Murphy. He was born near Kingston, Texas and grew up nearby Celeste, Texas. He dropped out of school in 8th grade in Celeste to help support his family. Murphy was the 6th...
Audie Murphy was born June 20 1924 near Kingston, which is North East of Dallas in Hunt County. Audie was the third son and the seventh child from his parents Emmett and Josie Bell Murphy. The family had total 12 children but only nine of whom...
Sergeant Audie Murphy's heroic actions during World War II and contributions after the war make him immortal. It is difficult to imagine how an individual can accomplish so much in his life, without picturing him as a myth, rather than a real life...
On 29 April 1975, Operation Frequent Wind was executed, and 1373 American citizens, 5595 Vietnamese and Third Country Nationals were successfully evacuated by helicopter from the American Embassy Saigon and the DAO compound. Status of events,...
Operations and Readiness Directorate Office; Anderson, Gerald O.; Silano, Robert A.
This Department of the Army after action report deals with the U.S. Army involvement in and support of the Indochinese refugee program. Covering the period from 1 April 1975 to 1 June 1976, it focuses on the role of the Army Staff in crisis...
This operation plan includes: directions for the movement of forces, approach to objectives and assault phases for the landing on Saipan and the subsequent attack, capture and defense of Guam.
The purpose of this manual is the instruction of Army and Navy personnel in military government and civil affairs field operations. The manual contains first hand reports of numerous, typical military government and civil affairs situations and...
The Way Ahead. Chief of Staff of the Army General Peter J. Schoomaker and Major Anthony W. Vassalo, U.S. Army; Our Army is serving a Nation at war, so the way we approach our duties must reflect the seriousness of an Army at war. American soldiers...
The following representatives of the industry and the army to review the subject of sound ranging for artillery and to consider possible ways and means of improving methods and equipment.