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Report of Army Advisory Panel on Joint Amphibious Operations, 15 January 1949.
No full textThe problem: to define the position of the Department of the Army on basic doctrine, policies, and procedures on joint matters pertaining to joint amphibious operations
Abstracts of committee research reports: Armor Officer Advanced Class, 1952-1953.
No full textThis document contains research reports written by student committees of the 1952-1953 Armor Officer Advanced Class, The Armored School. The book of abstracts presents in brief the scope, conclusions, and recommendations of each of the 36 research studies completed by members of the advanced class
Historical study 1-68: "History of Provisional Corps Vietnam", organization and activation.
No full textThis document details the history of the Provisional Corps Vietnam, Operation Hue City, Vinh Loc, and Operation Pegasus
Forward air controller/fire support team (FAC/FIST) operations. TACP 50-22/TRADOC TT 6-20-7, 29 June 1979.
No full textThis booklet describes how Army fire support teams (FIST) work with tactical air control parties (TACP) to control close air support (CAS) missions. It describes the procedures that permit the forward air controller (FAC) and FIST to function as a team
Analysis of the leadership of Nathan Bedford Forrest.
No full textThis man while never commanding large forces during the Civil War, did operate on many occasions as an independent commander and showed such a marked degree of understanding of tactics and as so successful during his career, that an analysis of him is interesting. In this analysis it will be shown that he possessed all the essential traits that go toward making a military leader. It is said, and truthfully, that he lacked education, both military and otherwise, but it will also be shown that in the case of the successful leader, that finished education is not always essential where the dominant traits are present. Sections include: Forrest the commander, as measured by the principles of war; Forrest as an organizer; Forrest as a direct tactical leader; the strategist; the man; and conclusions
What the American military must understand about the western idea.
No full textFirst place winner of the MacArthur Military Writing Competition for the 1991 CGSC Class. This essay is concerned with three things which at first glance might seem unrelated: the war-fighting attitudes in the American armed forces, the End of History, and the moral responsibilities of American military leaders. I am going to argue that the continued success of the United States, and the continued global progress of the libertarian democratic way of life, require that American military officers understand and strengthen the relationship between the three things just mentioned
The first 100 days of platoon leadership.
No full textThis volume for new platoon leaders and platoon sergeants contains insights on leadership, training management, Army systems, and more. Vignettes and lessons from current and former platoon-level leaders allow newly assigned leaders to learn from those who have gone before.
TOC: Introduction; leadership; platoon training; knowledge; execution; vignettes; platoon smartbook; platoon resource library
United States Army Ordnance Crucible combat repair team observations.
No full textThis bulletin provides the Army’s operating force with recommendations based on a deliberate collection of tactical and technical observations gained during the 2017 Combat Repair Team of the Year Competition as part of the U.S. Army Ordnance Crucible. The 2017 U.S. Army Ordnance Crucible consisted of three major competitions: Ammunition Transfer and Holding Point, Combat Repair Team, and Explosive Ordnance Disposal. The competitions were designed to test Soldiers’ teamwork and critical thinking skills as they applied technical solutions to real-world problems. The U.S. Army Ordnance Crucible allowed divisions to validate institutional training and their respective units’ skills.
TOC: Introduction and event description; recovery operations; repair team site; defend a repair team site; ordnance knowledge exam; summary; changes in the institutional domain that supports the operating force
Security cooperation and the State Partnership Program.
No full textThe State Partnership Program (SPP) is a Department of Defense (DOD) security cooperation program, managed and administered by the National Guard Bureau (NGB), executed and coordinated by the geographic combatant commands (GCCs), with personnel sourced by the National Guard. It is an innovative, small-footprint tool supporting the security cooperation goals of the GCCs and the U.S. Chief of Mission (CoM) for the partner nation (PN). This publication provides an overview of program highlights and activities.
TOC: Security cooperation; Army security cooperation strategy; State Partnership Program history; National Guard role in State Partnership; new partnership process; State Partnership mission and goals; State Partnership Program engagements; statutory authorities and funding mechanisms; references; State Partnerships and Title 22 authorities; Title 10 and National Defense Authorization Act authorities that may be used by the State Partnership Program
Class VIII blood supply support to current operations for medical planners.
No full textThis news from the front (NFTF) discusses the challenges of providing class VIII blood and blood products to austere theaters of operation. In many of the austere locations the Army operates in, Eastern Europe, throughout the Pacific, Middle East, and Africa, countries do not meet the medical standard that the U.S. requires. Therefore, such perishable CL VIII items as in blood must be supplied and sustained in theater from the U.S. or U.S. approved stores such as the Armed Services Blood Bank Center - Europe (ASBBC-E)