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Blockbuster: basic rules of play revised, '84.
No full textBlockbuster is a three-dimensional, manual, battle simulation system designed for the purpose of conducting leader training in Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain (MOUT). Players employ miniature vehicles and dismounted units on a scaled terrain board according to the Rules of Play. The Rules of Play are designed to accurately simulate the capabilities of vehicles, weapons systems, and personnel. A 6-8 hour Blockbuster exercise can represent approximately 15-30 minutes of battle. Blockbuster trains company-level leaders from the squad leader and tank commander up to the company team commander
Occupational monograph of the Eighth United States Army in Japan, volume III, September 1946 - December 1947.
No full textEighth Army's place in the occupation of Japan, and its operations during the first year, have been described in volumes I and II. Volume III of this series reviews the history of the Army's operations during the second year of the occupation, up to the end of 1947. The material to be included in volume III was organized into three broad categories: activities of headquarters staff sections and other agencies which reflect no major changes in the stress or pattern of affairs as previously reported; programs which have acquired new significance or increased importance in the period of the report, and which merit more detailed coverage; and activities or programs which have developed in importance at any time since the beginning of the occupation but which, because of time or personal limitations, have not been adequately covered in past reviews, are presented in full in this volume
Autobahn landing strips for Army aircraft (wartime only).
No full textThis study was prepared by the Engineer 7th Army from data obtained through field reconnaissance by 7th Army engineer units- January 1960. Contains an official road map for Allied Forces, Europe
Infantry division in defense on a wide front.
No full textProblem: to determine the maximum frontage that an interior infantry division with normal support can successfully defend. Annex 1- Russian offensive tactics. Annex 2- engineer support. Annex 3- artillery support. Annex 4- types of defense and effect on front-line divisions. Annex 5- defensive formations
Maneuver leader's guide to Stinger.
No full textThe Chief of Staff of the Army directed the Army to execute a plan to increase short-range air defense (SHORAD) capability. The immediate solution is to train and arm teams of soldiers organic to select brigade combat teams with Stinger missiles. This directive is one line of effort as the force structure for a dedicated maneuver SHORAD capability increases. This handbook is meant to serve as a guide for the maneuver leader to help train and employ their Stinger teams.
TOC: Introduction; air defense planning principles and guidelines; air and missile defense intelligence preparation of the battlefield; airspace management; Stinger plan development; Stinger characteristics and capabilities; Stinger team certification and training; manual short-range air defense control system; airspace control and coordinating measures; topics for fires and combined arms rehearsals; sample air and missile defense appendix to annex D (fires); references
Filling operational capability gaps in theater : planning considerations for leveraging Over the Horizon units.
No full textThis News from the Front (NFTF) describes how the Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) worked toward implementing the Over the Horizon (OtH) concept. In a changing operational environment (OE) with limited resources and the need to seize opportunities, CJTF-OIR utilized available theater forces as an expeditious means to surge capacity where and when needed
News from the CTC: The sustainment brigade staff's critical path.
No full textThis article is primarily intended for Army sustainment officers and NCOs who are newly assigned to a sustainment brigade staff. Such individuals, having spent the majority of their careers (so far) down in companies or battalions, are often unaware of the processes and procedures they must undertake to successfully accomplish their mission. This article is the result of the author’s own observations, both as a former member of a sustainment brigade staff, and as a sustainment observer, coach/trainer in the Mission Command Training Program (MCTP) stationed at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Since joining MCTP, he has observed expeditionary sustainment commands and sustainment brigades at seven Army War Fighters (WFXs) and conducted sustainment training at 12 mission command training (MCT) weeklong seminars
News from the CTC: Questions of MGS platoon relationships within the SBCT.
No full textThe purpose of this article is to discuss the command and control relationship and employment of the mobile gun system (MGS) platoon within the Stryker Brigade. The observations have been collected by the JMRC Observer Controllers during the unit’s rotational exercise
Photographs: history of Northern Combat Area Command, volume I.
No full textSignal Corps photographs from the Burma-India Theater
Engineer operations, Okinawa Shima.
No full textA pictorial review of engineer work performed by engineer troops of XXIV Corps during the Okinawan Campaign. Front cover features oil painting "Engineer Operations" by Cpl. D. J. Mele