This Annual Command History captures the major events at Fort Sill during 1997. We are confident that our many important initiatives will have an impact on the Field Artillery and Total Army for years.
This study investigates the effect of cold weather upon the mechanized forces of the German Army and the Soviet Red Army during the first winter campaign on the eastern front of World War II, October 1941 through March 1942. This thesis is...
Responding to comments made by the Secretary of Defense in April 2008, the United States Air Force began procuring thirty-seven C-12 class aircraft to augment existing intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems already operating in the...
Employment of Airborne Field Artillery, prepared by the Field Artillery School in consultation with Headquarters, Airborne Command, represents the current thought of the Airborne Command on the subject. The use of this document is authorized as a...
"In making the following study of certain attacks upon fortified harbors it was my object to make an analysis of each campaign, and of them all collectively, in order to attempt to derive well grounded conclusions as to future wars."
"Preparedness for war is the goal to be kept constantly in view in all peace training. No refinements of drill-ground instruction or other minor details must be allowed to obscure this definite goal or impede progress toward its attainment."
I will focus on Soldiers in military schooling. I will begin with the dilemma senior leaders have with sending Soldiers to military schools, and then I will focus on the time senior leaders are out of the fight themselves for military schooling. I...
This is a transcript of an oral history interview with SGM Ada L. Mercado-Morales. It is dated: February 27, 1989. The audio version of this interview is also available through this archive.
SGM Mercado talks about joining the service, her time in...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Guidon came into being as a weekly publication in 1966 under the title Fort Leonard Wood Guidon. Between 1966 and 1987 the title was simplified to Guidon before becoming Essayons in 1988. The name reverted back to Guidon in 1999. It has been...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Guidon came into being as a weekly publication in 1966 under the title Fort Leonard Wood Guidon. Between 1966 and 1987 the title was simplified to Guidon before becoming Essayons in 1988. The name reverted back to Guidon in 1999. It has been...
The Singapore Army is transforming towards a Third Generation fighting force to meet the challenges of the contemporary security environment. As part of this transformation, the Singapore Army needs to review the training and education roadmap of...
This study is a historical analysis of battlefield air interdiction during the 1973 Middle East War. Its purpose is to draw conclusions, based on the historical -findings, about the best way to employ BAI in the airland battle. Although the...
Much has changed in the U.S. Army over the last decade. Transforming to a modular, brigade-centric force included a transition of operating concepts as well. Just as ground maneuver brigades transformed to be more versatile, adaptable, agile,...
Historically, the United States Army has had difficulty articulating and justifying force requirements to civilian decision makers. Most recently, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq reinvigorated the debate over estimated force requirements. Because...
This Civil Affairs handbook on Belgium details political and legal controls (government structure, military/legal administration), social controls (youth organizations, racial problems, propaganda, education, public health and social welfare),...
December operations of the Third U.S. Army divided themselves into two phases: the pursuit of the enemy in his continued retreat into Germany, and the enemy's Ardennes offensive which by the end of the month Third U.S. Army's slashing flank attack...
Each staff section submitted a report of activities covering the period from activation as Headquarters First US Army Group on 19 October 1943 through 14 July 1944, when this headquarters became Headquarters 12th Army Group, to date of disbandment,...