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Self-propelled artillery for infantry division ~ AFF BD no. 1.
No full textSince World War II a requirement for self-propelled artillery has been stated by many individuals and has appeared in reports of various conferences. AFF Board no. 1 endeavored by a questionnaire to determine the views of 21 service schools, AFF boards, and organizational units on the necessity for light, unarmored self-propelled artillery for the infantry division. The answers revealed conflicting and contradictory views. The document details the advantages and disadvantages of division artillery carriage types, most suitable types of carriage, and investigates the feasibility and practicability for infantry division artillery of a 105-mm howitzer mounted on an unarmored wheeled motor carriage
Leader's guide to the digital liaison detachment.
No full textThis handbook provides leaders and supporting staff in the operational Army with an overview of how to plan, train, and leverage the capabilities of digital liaison detachments (DLDs) that render a critical capability for mission command liaison and interoperability. Also included are operational insights from Center for Army Lessons Learned (CALL) assessment teams during exercises Anakonda 16 and Saber Guardian 17. DLDs are assigned or attached to selected theater armies and Army service component commands. They are employed at theater armies or in support of corps and division echelons. These teams provide an Army forces (ARFOR) commander with the capability to conduct liaison with subordinate or parallel joint and multinational headquarters within the operational area.
TOC: Introduction to digital liaison detachments; planning considerations for digital liaison detachments; training digital liaison detachments; digital liaison detachment key leader perspectives; digital liaison detachment insights; recommendations; digital liaison detachment functions, locations, and organizational structure; the 144th Digital Liaison Detachment battle book; acronyms; terms and definitions
Operating in the interorganizational environment : insights from U.S. Army Africa.
No full textU.S. military leaders and planners must understand the purpose and mission of the many governmental, nongovernmental (NGO) and international organizations in the area of operations to facilitate collective cooperation. This paper highlights some challenges the U.S. Army faces when operating in the interorganizational environment and provides insights to enhance collaboration to achieve mutual objectives. These insights were collected during the civilian-led Interorganizational Tabletop Exercise (ITX) conducted in Washington D.C., hosted by the U.S. Institute for Peace (USIP) in conjunction with the Department of Defense (DOD), and the Joint Staff J-7 Exercise Directorate from 17 - 20 July 2017
Religious affairs in the Horn of Africa.
No full textThis news from the front (NFTF) article discusses a program known as Voices of Religious Tolerance (VORT) which was employed in Afghanistan, Jordan, and Somalia, and provides a way to involve religious affairs to support countering extremist ideas. This NFTF should be useful to religious affairs teams attempting to use this program or build a similar one
CALL Insider, Mar-Apr 2017.
No full textWe are nearing the end of a busy spring with the release of several great publications that I hope you will take time to read and share. The Reconnaissance and Security Commander’s Handbook and the Brigade Engineer Battalion and BCT Integration Handbook are both excellent resources that were developed using lessons and best practices from combat training center (CTC), home station, and operational experiences. We are also in the process of updating several highly relevant, yet somewhat dated, CALL products. This includes an update to Rehearsals (98-05) and the addition of a volume 4 to the Fighting with Fires series of publications
Operation Memorandum Number 54
No full textThe object of this memorandum is to summarise the experiences of combined air and land operations in Italy during the last six months, and to set out certain principles which are to be accepted as the basis for planning and execution of such operations in the Mediterranean Theater
Report on operations conducted by the 95th Infantry Division in the vicinity of Metz, France and Saarlautern, Germany during the period 8 November-3 December 1944.
No full textThis document contain the following topics: the situation; the plan; the operation (the preliminaries, attack on Metz, from the Moselle to the Saar, and the bridgehead); recapitulation; and appendices regarding a troop list, battle ground of Metz, the Metz forts, and the Siegfried Line
Participation in the final phase of the Pacific War, 21 June – 2 September 1945.
No full textThe subject of this report is the participation by United States Army Forces in the Middle Pacific (USAFMIDPAC) in the final phase of the war against Japan. The period covered is from 21 June 1945, when organized resistance on Okinawa ceased, to 2 September 1945, the date of the formal surrender of Japan. This report is the final in a series of participation reports which were rendered by this headquarters to give a comprehensive account of the administrative and logistical effort required to support offensive operations in this theater. The information gathered and recorded in these reports may well prove of substantial value in giving a better perspective and a more complete picture of operations in the Pacific. Sections include: Headquarters Army Forces Middle Pacific; Central Pacific Base Command; Western Pacific Base Command; Southern Pacific Base Command; Air Forces Middle Pacific; Replacement Training Command; VI Air Service Area Command; annex 1- participating army units; annex 2- disposition of troops; annex 3- map of islands in Middle Pacific; and annex 4- map of islands in Western and Central Pacific
The Leavenworth Course.
No full textThis article is a collection of informal observations on the Command and General Staff School, from the standpoint of a student. Its purpose is to place before prospective students a reasonable accurate conception of the place, in order that a complete mental readjustment will not be necessary after reporting at that station.
This article is widely believed to have been authored by D.D. Eisenhower even though he never claimed authorship
U.S. Army Europe reception, staging, onward movement, and integration.
No full textThis bulletin provides lessons and best practices for units deploying to the U.S. Army Europe (USAREUR) area of responsibility (AOR) as well as units supporting (theater and strategic enablers) these deployments. Specifically, it chronicles the deployment of 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT)/4th Infantry Division (ID), located at Fort Carson, CO, to Poland in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve (OAR). The bulletin addresses questions within Army Warfighting Challenge Learning Demand No. 20, Develop Capable Formations.
TOC: Introduction; deploying units; 21st Theater Sustainment Command and 16th Sustainment Brigade; surface deployment and distribution command; acronyms and abbreviations