This monograph examines the difficulty and importance of attaining unity of effort in humanitarian operations. Many post-Cold War humanitarian efforts have required the military to serve as an enabling force for the conduct of relief operations....
The Army's Operational Concept emphasizes that Army forces must be prepared to conduct a combination of offensive, defensive, and stability or civil support operations to create opportunities and achieve desired results. The 2010 Quadrennial...
This paper addresses the current misunderstanding surrounding the term known as strategic maneuver. Strategic maneuver is considered many different things to include: preclusion operations, moving units from theater to theater, and the use of...
This monograph analyzed whether or not the current joint command and control system in place is sufficient for the rapidly changing contemporary operating environment. The end of the Cold War has not brought the worldwide stability that many...
This study determines whether or not unconditional surrender leads to a more lasting peace. The answer is paradoxical-yes, unconditional surrender can achieve the desired effects; however, it is no longer a suitable policy in the twenty-first...
Department of Tactics-U.S. Army Field Artillery School
Artillery tactics is defined as the art of disposing artillery troops, guns, ammunition and communications in the presence of the enemy so as to apply its maximum fire power in such a manner as will assist the infantry in accomplishing its mission.
1889 volume. Pt. 1. Explosives, metallurgy and projectiles.--Pt. 2. Cannon, carriages, small arms, ammunition and accuracy.--[Pt. 3] Atlas with 39 plates.
1889 volume. Pt. 1. Explosives, metallurgy and projectiles.--Pt. 2. Cannon, carriages, small arms, ammunition and accuracy.--[Pt. 3] Atlas with 39 plates.
This treatise deals primarily with American artillery and includes such data, description, etc., as can be given in one volume of reasonable size and still cover the history of development, the design and manufacture of a modern great seacoast gun...
Containing instructions on the methods of laying out, constructing, defending, and attacking intrenchments, with the general outlines also of the arrangement, the attack and defence of permanent fortifications.
Looking back over my 22 years of military experience never would I think a Field Artillery, Multiple Launch Rocket System Battery would be converted to a Transportation Unit. Who would be able to conceive the concept that the “King of Battle”...
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur eloquently put the American Soldier’s mantra to words in an address to the United States Military Academy (West Point) graduates in the spring of 1962. “[Y]our mission…is to win our wars…[Y]ou are the...
The Army Values permeate everything the Army does. You find them in Army publications, speeches, and training (from NCOES to NCODP). We even rate Soldiers on values on their NCOER. Yet, with all this focus on values, the Department of Defense's...
Over the course of the past 234 years the Non Commissioned Officer has evolved from a mere follower within the ranks of the military to a leader and an integral part of today’s operations. The NCO of today has many different responsibilities than...
In the Dutch army, values and standards have been incorporated in all training programs. Personnel in basic training and advanced training learn lessons that deal with military ethics. The training involves all Soldiers from the most senior to the...
U.S. military intervention in other countries became a fact of life, indeed an expectation, during the twentieth century. Since World War II, in fact, our country has had troops stationed in one country or another. This is true despite the fact...