"All wars illustrate the importance of the means of speedy communication." The author in a work of two volumes focuses on the importance and role of the telegraph in the course of the Civil War. A historical recounting of events is organized by...
Detailed recounting of civil war military operations involving New Jersey military units. Organized and written as unit histories, affording a chapter to each brigade, regiment, and artillery battery. Also includes chapters covering the general...
A book on the subject of the conduct of small wars where the campaigns do not consist of regular troops. It contains strategy, tactics, and information on all of the minor expeditions in which the British Army was frequently engaged.
This book provides information relative to firearms most frequently sought by sportsmen. It includes a short history of guns, ammunition, gun-making, proofing, testing, calibrating, shooting techniques, riles, and rifle characteristics.
This volume is a series of pen-pictures of the every-day life of the soldier during the Georgia campaigns beginning with the movement against Atlanta, how he lived, how he marched, and how he fought on the skirmish line and the line-of-battle.
This biography is written through personal acqaintance of the author and covers Lincoln's life before and during politics, as it examines Abraham Lincoln's views on slavery in the United States during the 19th century.
This document contains an outline used to establish a civil relations program in Laos by operational detachments. Discusses political relations, cultural awareness, gathering information, recommended activities, and appropriate conduct of the...
"A faithful record of the life, service, and suffering, of the rank and file of the regiment, on the march, in camp, in battle, and in prison. Especially devoted to giving the reader a definite knowledge of the service of the common soldier. With...
The object of this book has been to collect all the different details relating to the acquisition and transmission of information in the field in one book. Includes use of the cavalry in reconnaissance, importance of information, intelligence staff...
Major Eric Lanham deployed to Afghanistan in July 2005 as a civil affairs team leader as part of the joint special operations task force. He was sent out to Chamkani Firebase in Regional Command-East along the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan....
Major Mike Stephens served as a company commander and S3 with the 701st MSB in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from late 2004 until February 2006. They applied the lessons learned from their deployment to Turkey to their predeployment training...
Major Michael Berdy commanded a company in the 25th Infantry Division in Kandahar, Afghanistan, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. In this interview, he talks about accountability issues with ammunition arising from their handoff, the size...
In this interview, MAJ Barry Kimmons, US Army, Civil Affairs, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a Headquarters Company Commander in 2009 in support of Operation Iraq Freedom (OIF). MAJ Kimmons describes a typical day, his mission and his role as...
In this interview, Maj Sarah Emory, US Air Force, Aircraft Maintenance; discusses her four deployments in support of Global War on Terror (GWOT) from 2003 through 2009. Maj Emory discusses her missions on her deployments and shares a specific...
In Mosul, Iraq, from January 2004 to January 2005, Captain Angela Bowman was the executive/operations officer for the 139th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, a 20-soldier split-state Illinois and Wisconsin National Guard unit headquartered in...
This paper briefly discusses the salient features of the available documents and sources with a view to establishing the present technical practice in ferrying operations. The discussion illustrates the present tendencies in pontoon design of the 7...
In this paper, the author examines certain events in military history noting the effect of the observance or lack of observance of proper supply considerations on the strategy and success of an operation. Examples were drawn from various struggles...
This study investigates the role of the Unified Command Plan in Subsaharan Africa. The United States' intervention in Somalia increased public awareness of Subsaharan Africa's problems and that region's potential for future deployments of military...