Gives a general overview of the climate of the region. Also looks into weather and operations (ground air and water), meteorological facilities and forecast techniques. Also includes a climatic summary featuring information on surface winds, upper...
Changing times have brought with them new definitions of security threats and national interests. Within the military establishment, these changes have especially affected the Army. Thus, the Army is increasingly seeing the need for involvement in...
This monograph analyzes the emphasis of assault helicopter doctrine and training programs on preparing units for conducting peacetime and crisis contingency operations in low intensity conflict. As fast and efficient transportation and logistical...
During home station training operations, United States Air Force bomb wings use a five-year historical loss rate, also known as attrition, to predict future losses in the monthly flying schedules. The purpose of the attrition is to ensure that...
The United States' All-Volunteer Force (AVF) is embroiled in the longest ground combat power intensive conflict in its history. The Army's massive need for Soldiers has placed so much strain on the Army recruiting system that at times recruit...
"The purpose of this 1944 manual is to provide field artillery personnel with basic principles of maintenance and inspection of radio sets and to provide field artillery radio repairmen with fundamental techniques and procedures necessary to...
This monograph considers the suitability of a Special Forces Group (Airborne) headquarters to command and control Army maneuver and support forces across the breadth of operations other than war. The monograph accepts that the light infantry...
Since its establishment as a state Israel's geo-political circumstance demands that the small nation state adapt to an ever changing threat environment. Israeli defense policy traditionally consisted of deterrence through a dominant military...
This study attempts to analyze the causes and results of U.S. involvement in low intensity conflict since World War II in three case studies to determine if there are specific indicators that would suggest the nature of future involvement of the...
The moral domain of war concerns the human dimension of conflict. People compose military forces so all military operations include human considerations. Leaders must use and protect their soldiers who are their most precious resource. Leaders must...
This monograph analyzes the currently envisioned AirLand Battle Future (ALB-F) heavy brigade's organization to determine its ability to conduct contingency operations in low-intensity conflict environments. The research approach includes a...
This monograph discusses the need for the light infantry division to have a divisional cavalry squadron to collect information for operations in a low-intensity conflict. Although the light division is considered to be the best force to employ in a...
Field Manual (FM) 6-20, Fire Support in the AirLand Battle, the Army's capstone manual for fire support, states: "The fire support system must be flexible enough to respond to a number of battlefield situations ranging from the nonlinear...
Since the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, the airfield attack subset of the counter-air role became increasingly hazardous to attacking aircrews due to improvements and proliferation of anti-air weapons. The United States and coalition air forces in...
This monograph discusses an often forgotten aspect of low-intensity conflict (LIC), tactical airpower. LIC is an environment, not a mission, and as such is often misunderstood. The US view of conflict is primarily Eurocentric and the subtleties of...
This study attempts to determine the viability of current United States Marine Corps attack helicopter pilot tactical training. More specifically the researcher addresses only the anti-armor role of the attack helicopter. The investigation analyzes...
This monograph establishes a theoretical foundation for stability operations doctrine. It defines a tactical approach to ‘limited warfare’, applicable across a wide range of stability scenarios, with the hope that the reader will gain a higher...
The nation's security needs have dramatically changed since 1989. While the Army may, and probably will, fight a conventionally armed enemy in the future, it must also prepare itself to operate across a broad range of missions for which it is...
This study compares the capabilities of the enhanced Marine Amphibious Unit (Special Operations Capable), MAU (SOC) with the requirements for conducting operations in Low Intensity Conflict (LIC). The focus of the study is on the improvements and...