The Non Commissioned Officers carry out the most challenging tasks in the army and, therefore, can rightfully be described as the backbone of the army. This paper will show that through ever evolving duties, training, weapons, and heroes that...
Combat readiness is the level of preparedness of the United States. With the United
States fighting the war on terrorism on two fronts, with this election year, our military
forces are stretched too thin and our preparedness to defend our country...
With the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989, the grip of
superpower strictures loosened resulting in an increase in complexity and dynamism that marks today's security environment. The rapidly changing and uncertain...
Many authors in recent years have written about the Army's reaction to change. They have explored the topic from various perspectives; some look at bureaucracy, others at culture, and still others look at the increasing speed with which the Army's...
The history of the Chechnya and that of the Sultanate of Patani, comprised by the southern Thai provinces of Narathiwat, Yala, and Pattani, share a religion, Islam, and a long history of insurgency against an ethnically and religiously dissimilar...
Army commanders on the battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan lead their forces using a computer-enhanced communications network allowing them to stay connected with dispersed elements and maintain a high level of situation awareness (SA) of their...
This is monthly intelligence report no. 6 from June 1943, Antisubmarine Command. It is a summary of activities, gives an analysis of submarine warfare and anti-submarine operations, a review of the first six months of 1943, as well as enemy...
This document is divided into three parts detailing German military symbols for the German Army, Air Force, and Navy. Sections include the following topics: basic symbols for headquarters, branches of service (arms and services), weapons and...
65th Fighter Wing, 8th U.S. Air Force, Headquarters
This document was written to make and show why certain recommendations may help future air force commanders conserve fighters; this is not a training manual, however. It details the fact that flak was by far the most dangerous weapon the strategic...
Jacobsen, Charles W.; Willett, James F.; Anderson, Delmer P.; Sachs, Edward I.; Smith, Hiram C.; Walsh, James E.; Forwood, William G.; Purcell, William W. R.
The purpose of this report is to secure specific and detailed conclusions from which definite recommendations can be made, wherever necessary, to effect revision of or additions to, existing doctrine and technique in the attack of a fortified...
This Civil Affairs handbook on Belgium details the country's social and geographical backgrounds. Part II highlights the land- both boundaries and frontier districts as well as territorial divisions. Part III discusses the people of Belgium...
This handbook on Belgium from Civil Affairs details the following subjects regarding labor and economic background: employment conditions, employment agencies, wages/hours/working conditions, labor legislation and labor policies, labor...
This Civil Affairs handbook documents the census of industry and commerce in Belgium with subjects on metallurgy, textiles, chemicals, diamond cutting industry, machinery/vehicles/mechanical products, foodstuffs, quarries and the cement industry,...
This Civil Affairs document gives information regarding categories of monuments, Belgian authorities, art history of Belgium, arrangement and classification of lists, provinces, and important dates in Belgium's history.
This Civil Affairs handbook on Belgium details political and legal controls (government structure, military/legal administration), social controls (youth organizations, racial problems, propaganda, education, public health and social welfare),...
The following report is divided into three principal chapters dealing with background information (a short review of the development of currency and banking institutions), the money and credit system in 1937-38 (the pre-Nazi system), and the period...
This document describes Hungary's general characteristics including topography/climate/soil, land utilization, land ownership, farm productivity, general productivity, general economic condition of farmers, self-sufficiency, farm organizations, and...
This Civil Affairs Handbook on Manchuria describes the general description of the country- the people, North/South Manchuria, topographical regions, climate and soil. Parts two and three detail pre-war agriculture and food (importance of...
This Civil Affairs handbook on France details the country's social and geographical backgrounds. Part I highlights the land- both geographical and demographic divisions. Part II discusses the people of France including population statistics and...
This study of German military government over Europe deals with the controls which the Nazis have established for the subjugation and exploitation of conquered countries. It emphasizes the agencies and institutions which the Nazis have been using....