To relate how Joint Task Force Seven assembled, organized, and dircted the components of this effort--in short, how Operation Redwing became a reality, is the purpose of this account.
The purpose of this book is to report additional data which have been accumulated on terminal ballistics and should be of assistance in the selection and use of weapons and ammunition against specific targets. Topics in this volume include bomb...
From April through November 2002 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan, Major Thomas Gravlee commanded the 763rd Ordnance Company (EOD). In this interview, he discusses the diverse range of explosive ordnance disposal missions his...
This paper describes some of the key events and lessons learned during my deployment to Bagram, Afghanistan, during Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) III. When possible, I listed major operations in chronological order. I give significant discussion...
This pamphlet was prepared for the Historical Division, European Command, by a group of former German generals and general staff officers. The names of the contributors are not announced at this time. The principal author, who by the end of the war...
The Improvised Explosive Device (IED) is a high casualty producing weapon. During 2004 through 2005 the IED really came into existent and it was determined by the US Armed Forces, to be the Insurgents most lethal weapon on the battlefield. After...
Operation Iraqi Freedom has been a serious challenge for the United States military and the citizens that we protect. The military has seen many changes that affect our Soldiers during day to day operations. One of these changes has been a simply...
This study discusses two possible alternatives for the national dilemma with regard to energy fuel. The methods that will be addressed are: the recovery of natural gas by nuclear stimulation and retorting of oil shale to obtain crude oil. The...
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) threat to the US Army and various methods used to counter this threat. The Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle (MRAP) is the current method. This paper will address...
This monograph investigates Pentomic doctrine of the 1950's. The political and military factors that drove the Army to adopt a new vision of war, restructure and reorganize its major combat formations and to eventually abandon that change are very...
After ten years of global conflict with al Qaeda, the time has come to reassess the threat and determine the parameters within which it operates. Questions regarding its continued validity as a threat, its capability to employ synchronized tactical...
The potential for urban combat grows more plausible and probable as the world’s population migrates toward cities and adversaries attempt to minimize the technological advantage of the U.S. military. Both emerging doctrine and the development of...
This manuscript, which deals primarily with artillery flash and sound ranging, was prepared in 1949 by German authorities in this field. There are discussions on the mission of reconnaissance artillery, surveying, organization, the observation...
Beginning in 2009, the United States and many of its NATO-ISAF partners dramatically raised their levels of effort in Afghanistan. The "Afghan Surge," as it came to be known, was most evident in the number of additional US and allied troops that...
This research examines the communications system of a mechanized infantry brigade. At brigade, the primary means of communications is the tactical FM radio. However, on a modern battlefield there is a clear and present threat to the use of FM...
This study examines military operations in overlapping fallout fields. The purpose is to delineate problems likely to face commanders operating in overlapping contamination patterns, to outline solutions, and to indicate problem areas that might...