"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 examines whether the current U. S. Army Ranger School POI develops the necessary small unit leadership skills required to support the needs of the Light Infantry Divisions. The austere construct of the Light Infantry Division permits...
The diversity of future threats, the distances imposed upon a US based force, and declining fiscal and manpower resources, has forced an emphasis on rapidly deployable contingency forces. The Air Force, in light of this changing economic and...
This study identifies critical sustainment issues for the deployment of contingency forces to an immature theater and analyzes doctrine's adequacy as it provides guidance to an analysis of four contingency operations; the 1964 US/Belgian hostage...
Detailed report of the actions taken by the U.S. Navy and their part in the evacuation of troops and equipment from Iwo Jima beginning in February 1945. Includes preliminary actions, narrative of evacuation, ordnance used, damage to units, lists of...
Ethical problems, once identified, can easily be rectified by using the Army Values as a foundation on which to build your decision making process. The use of the Army Values will ensure that you will be fair a d impartial when called to provide a...
In this article we argue that the interagency integration problem can be rectified by expanding the President's power to delegate a modified "chief of mission" authority similar to that granted ambassadors to oversee and direct the activities of...
This text presents the theories that apply in the use of explosives and in the construction of ordnance material, the methods pursued in the construction of the material, descriptions of the material, and the principles of its use. Technical...
This monograph examines the limited success achieved by the U.S. Army in implementing mission oriented command and control. Evidence from the National Training Center (NTC) suggests that there is a problem with intent communication and effective...
PM 4-175, Coast Artillery Field Manual, Antiaircraft Artillery Operation of Materiel and Employment of Personnel, Searchlight Units, is published for the information and guidance of all concerned.
In these notes, an attempt is made to give you as much condensed information in general on the practical work, which you will be required to know in the field artillery as possible.
15th Field Artillery Brigade Headquarters Corps Artillery
This is a special staff committee report, containing an introduction to Corps artillery and its historical background, the artillery's increasing role in the global war, trained artillery commander's and staffs in the present Corps organization,...
This paper seeks to give a short background of my unit at that time, leading up to
It’s being alerted and moved into isolation in preparation for combat operations. All our training would be called upon for the removal of a violent dictator. The...
Throughout its 234-year history, the United States Army has been unfortunately plagued with certain reoccurring themes related to an inability perform its primary mission at the outbreak of hostilities. Today’s courageous and competent leaders of...
We are the Senior Noncommissioned Officers of today and we must lead by example. As leaders we should always do the right thing. Not just because doing right is good but also because doing the right thing for the right reason and the right...
Thesis: Military professionals are better prepared to face the challenges of the tomorrow by
taking time out of their busy schedule to study Military History. The American military has been
rapidly expanding and becoming more complex with...
The study of military history plays a vital role in the developmental process of the Army, its organizations, and its leadership. Both successes and failures of past operations are extremely valuable teaching tools that leaders at all levels use as...
The most important factors leading to the change of the American noncommissioned officers’ roles in the United States Army were the changes of weapons and tactics on the battlefield, World War II, and the noncommissioned officer education system...