This study investigates use of the Fire Support Coordination Line (FSCL) in VII Corps during Operation Desert Storm. The FSCL was considered a restrictive fire control measure by VII Corps due to the requirement to clear surface-to-surface fires...
This study provides a brief overview of the US military's involvement in stability operations and draws out the salient patterns and recurring themes that can be derived from those experiences. It is hoped that a presentation and critical analysis...
This study documents the history of the 9th and 10th Cavalry during the Spanish-American War. This study's focus is on employment and deployment of the 9th and 10th Cavalry during the Battles of Las Gasimas and San Juan Hill (Kettle Hill). The 9th...
This study describes the operations of the French XX Corps, French Tenth Army (American 1st and 2nd Divisions, Moroccan 1st Division), in the Aisne-Marne Offensive, 18-23 July, 1918. Information on ambulance companies, field hospitals, other...
This paper seeks to answer what type of command will best serve the Army's Objective Force in gaining the initiative, building momentum, and exploiting success to achieve land dominance in the future by synchronizing forces and by making better...
Having been in the strategic wilderness for more than a decade, the South Asian region is again becoming an area of geopolitical rivalry among world powers and regional states. The region was also an area of rivalry between Soviet and US forces...
This monograph addresses whether current doctrine adequately prepares armor and mechanized infantry forces to successfully conduct the final assault of a prepared position. Offensive operations culminate with actions on the objective, yet...
This study examines the potential utilization of Special Operations Forces (SOF) in support of a concept called “Counter-Special Purpose Force (SPF)”—defined by the author as the employment of military or paramilitary forces to find, defeat,...
This thesis examines how the Army’s counterintelligence elements currently conduct and could legally increase operations against domestic threats in support of homeland defense. It reviews the joint view of terrorism as the dominant threat to...
This publication is an integral part of all orders or directives issued for movement of AAF replacement combat crews to oversea destination. Contents include: records to accompany personnel; security; pay, per diem, and travel allowance; functions...
On October 31, 1919, there were in the Coast Artillery Corps 1,250 officers holding permanent commissions and 270 officers holding temporary commissions. All temporary officers, in good standing, desiring separation from the service have been...
This manual describes the nature, scope, and form of military intelligence required by the Air Corps for initial and subsequent operations, means of obtaining information and methods of converting this information into military intelligence,...
FM 2-10 addresses individual instruction in motor vehicle operation, drill, ceremonies and inspections, mounted scouting and patrolling, and combat training of small units.
The purpose of this manual is to present the organization, characteristics, and missions of the cavalry reconnaissance troop, mechanized; and to set forth doctrine for its training and tactical employment. The scope of this manual includes...
The purpose of this manual is to provide a text for the tactical training of cavalry reconnaissance squadrons, mechanized, and to present basic doctrine for their employment. This manual covers the organization, training, and employment of the...
FM 9-10, Ordnance Field Manual, Ordnance Field Maintenance, is published for the information and guidance of all concerned. It is based on the fundamentals of ordnance service contained in FM 9-5 and the pertinent Tables of Organization. The...
FM 9-25, Ordnance Field Manual, The Ordnance Company, Depot, is published for the information and guidance of all concerned. It is based on the fundamentals of ordnance service contained in FM 9-5 and Table of Organization 9-18. The purpose of this...
The role of the Armored Force and its components is the conduct of highly mobile ground warfare, primarily offensive in character, by self-sustaining units of great power and mobility, composed of specially equipped troops of the required arms and...
This field manual contains information on the following subjects: the soldier with and without arms; drill for foot troops; drill for units with both animal-drawn carts or pack animals and with motor carriers; drill for motor and wagon units;...