When the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) arrived in France in 1917, AEF authorities decided to reorganize the Army's division and higher level staffs to be more in line with their French and British counterparts. The reorganization required an...
This handbook on Germany addresses the technical and economic troops of the German Armed Forces. The document also covers the organization Todt in occupied Europe, the Reich labor service, the Technische Nothilfe (TN), the National Socialist Motor...
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...
The United States entered "the war to end all wars" seventy years ago, but much may still be learned from a study of that vast military and diplomatic experience. Accordingly, the Center of Military History is now bringing back into print a series...
This document describes the I SS Panzer Corps in the West during World War Two. It details missions from February to October 1944, counterattacks and defense in the Caen-Bayeux area, defensive combat between Caen and Falaise, withdrawing actions...
The Nafziger Collection contains a compilation of orders of battle from 1600 to 1945 with over 7000 individual pdf files. It began with the author's interest in Napoleonic Wars, and steadily grew to other areas because of the gaming public's...
The War Department had directed that the history of the military occupation of Germany and Austria in World War II be recorded and interpreted as events transpired. Table of contents include: planning for redeployment in the European Theater of...
From December 2005 through December 2006, Major Tony Nichols served as the military transition team (MiTT) leader assigned to coach, teach and mentor two different Iraqi Army units: initially the 1st Iraqi Division Motor Transport Regiment and...
Major Thong Nguyen deployed to Iraq in 2003, 2004 and 2005 doing counterintelligence (CI) and some human intelligence (HUMINT) work. On the various deployments, he worked from the tactical level up through the strategic level. He always deployed as...
Today's battlefield, much expanded and highly lethal, requires better staffs at lower levels than ever before. The ability of battalion commanders and staffs to combine arms effectively in order to gain an edge over the enemy in future engagements...
The objectives of Engineer are to inform, motivate, increase knowledge, improve performance, and provide a forum for the exchange of ideas. Views ex-pressed are those of the authors and not those of the Department of Defense or its elements. The...
During his September 2003 to September 2004 deployment in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Major Thomas Neemeyer served as the intelligence officer (S2) for the 1st Infantry Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, based in the Iraqi city of Ar...
AirLand Battle is the U.S. Army's doctrine for fighting the next mid to high intensity conflict. To be successful the doctrine requires a homogenous combined arms force specifically organized, equipped, and trained to execute its maneuver style of...