World War I, also known as the First World War, the Great War, the War of the Nations and the War to End All Wars, was a world conflict occurring from 1914 to 1919. The Allies on one side and the Central Powers on the other fought the war. No...
Who is the Sergeant Major of the Army? The position is the most senior NCO in the Army, established in 1966, by the Chief of Staff. The position designed to serve as the eyes and ears of the enlisted soldier. SMA is the advisor to the Chief of...
Wheeler, Charles Brewster and Tschappat, William H.
While artillery experts are agreed as to the advantages of increased rapidity of fire for field guns, they appear not to have decided upon the most desirable form of field carriage, nor to what limits the increased rapidity of fire should be...
War Department, Washington, October 3, 1891. A board of officers consisting of Lieut. Col. John C. Bates, Twentieth Infantry; Lieut. Col. George B. Sanford, Ninth Cavalry; Maj. Henry C. Hasbrouck, Fourth Artillery; Maj. John C. Gilmore, Assistant...
War Department document no. 816, A.E.F. document no. 805. Includes description of gun and mount, gun crew duties, gun drills, battery commander station and duties, equipment, execution of fire, and tables of elevation, range and altitude.
War Department document No. 621. Contains instructions on the use of cavalry in battle. Translated from the French. The employment of French cavalry during the retreat of the German forces, March, 1917. Notes on British cavalry.
Usually in history it seems that the technologically advanced society has a greater advantage in warfare than more primitive societies. For most battles this seems to hold true; however, there are exceptions to this rule. This document examines...
United States military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan demonstrate that adversaries are likely to persist in seeking advantage through asymmetric warfare. Within this context, emerging doctrine on Network Centric Warfare (NCW) and Effects Based...
Translated from the Revue Militaire des Armees Etrangers, France, 1033-1036, December, 1913 & Jan. Feb. & March, 1914. Explains the military situation and capabilities of Japan.
Translated from a French official document of December 1916, information is separated into four parts. Part one concerns selection and concealment of battery emplacements, part two the construction of the different elements of battery emplacements,...
Translated by R. C. Long, and with a conversation with the author by W. T. Stead, and an introduction by Edwin D. Mead. Subjects covered are military and naval developments in Russia, Britain, Germany, and France.
Training circular no. 8. This manual is used for the training of infantry. Includes instruction in physical training, morale, use of rifles, marching, trench digging and other areas relating to the infantry.
Topic: Is the role of the NCO important today vs. their role in the pre-Civil War era. Without their presence, the American military is crippled both in management of the organization and in its front lines. Thesis Statement: The role of the NCO...
To meet the demands of the tactical commander to rapidly increase the flow of information on the battlefield, automated command and control systems are being developed; thereby creating the possibility of catastrophic software failures which can...
To encourage further research in the history of World War I and to fill a gap in the Army's historical documentation of that conflict, the Center of Military History has created a World War I series of publications consisting of new monographs and...
This Worldwide Equipment Guide (WEG) describes the spectrum of worldwide systems and system trends in the Contemporary Operational Environment (COE). The updated and approved definition for COE is as follows: The contemporary operational...
This work is an edited translation of a German manual and is based on the experiences of the German forces on the Eastern Front and on lessons learned from the Finnish Army.