Casebook serves as background information for training in the field of psychological operations and as an introduction to the more important elements and principles of PSYOP.
"This 1941 manual sets forth the nature, types, and purposes of aerial photography with its application to military requirements. The Air Corps functions with respect to aerial photography and the factors affecting the execution of these function...
"This 1945 manual furnishes a guide for the training and employment of field artillery observation battalions. . . The methods set forth herein are flexible and the principles embodied are basic; the various methods presented may be employed under...
"This manual furnishes a guide for the training and employment of the personnel and for the use of the equipment pertaining to observation battalions."
Because of the dangers of combat that Army officers potentially face, it was hypothesized that they should become sensitized to risk taking, and that this could be observed by their being less risk averse than civilians. This study sampled two...
From January to June 2006 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan, Major Teresa Schlosser, US Army Corps of Engineers, served as the resident engineer in charge of the Bagram runway. At the time, USACE's Bagram resident office was...
Gulf War images of oil soaked birds and burning oil wells continue to generate academic research on the environment as both a victim and a weapon of war. The resulting literature has sensitized policy makers and military leaders to the...
In April 2003, the 3rd Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team (BCT) reached the approaches of Baghdad, Iraq, after a record-breaking march from the Kuwaiti border. To test the strength of Iraqi defenses in the capital, 2nd BCT conducted on...
In April 2003, the 3rd Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team (BCT) reached the approaches of Baghdad, Iraq, after a record-breaking march from the Kuwaiti border. To test the strength of Iraqi defenses in the capital, 2nd BCT conducted on...
In Iraq from January 2005 to January 2006, Colonel Joseph DiSalvo commanded the 3rd Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team. Responsible principally for the Rasafah district of Baghdad - located on the east side of the Tigris River - in an area...
In this second of two interviews regarding his Global War on Terrorism experiences, Major Scott Pierce, US Marine Corps, discusses his continuing role as executive officer of 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, this time during and immediately following...
MAJ Joey Bedoya served as a transportation officer, assistant operations officer (S3), and company commander with the 172nd Stryker Brigade in Mosul and Baghdad, Iraq during 2005 and 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this May...
Tactical level nuances between COIN by an external and an internal actor are barely distinguishable. The successful COIN practices for an external actor listed in FM 3-24 COIN manual of US Army include maintaining a constant, forward presence with...