Lieberman, Joseph I.; Collins, Susan M.; U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
On November 5, 2009, a lone attacker strode into the deployment center at Fort Hood, Texas. Moments later, 13 Department of Defense (DoD) employees were dead and another 32 were wounded in the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil since September 11,...
In this interview, MAJ Charles Bovey, US Army, Air Defense Artillery; discusses his deployment to Afghanistan as the joint operations center (JOC) shift director in 2009 through 2010 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). MAJ Bovey talks...
Combat practice firing is that form of training wherein tactical units solve a problem involving a tactical situation or a series of tactical situations in which service ammunition is fired at targets representing an enemy. This field manuals...
Looks at issues such as government and administration; maintenance of law and order; courts and law; civilian defense; civilian supply; public health and sanitation; censorship and transportation. Digitized by the Military History Institute.
The purpose of drill is to teach control, discipline, and teamwork. Drill may take the form of dismounted movements on a parade ground, or it may consist of combat exercises and crew drills in the field. This field manual provides information on...
The role of the Armored Force and its components is the conduct of highly mobile ground warfare, primarily offensive in character, by self-sustaining units of great power and mobility, composed of specially equipped troops of the required arms and...
This manual provides the unit commander and the gunnery officer with a step-by-step outline of tank gunnery training and the necessary explanation and references. The discussion of training methods is limited to tank guns. Necessary information...
The primary purpose of drill is to perfect means and methods for maneuvering and fighting troops on the battlefield. This must be continually kept in mind. The drill prescribed herein may be adapted to any type of tank destroyer unit. Explanations...
The purpose of this manual is to outline a general guide for combat practice firing problems for armored units. The typical problems in this manual progress logically from basic ones, involving small units such as tank crews, rifle squads, and gun...
This manual covers the tactical employment of the armored reconnaissance platoon and company of the armored reconnaissance battalion and the armored regiment. Many of the fundamentals set forth are applicable to the reconnaissance and liaison...
The purpose of this manual is to outline general methods of training and employing the reconnaissance battalion of the armored division. Tactical employment of the reconnaissance company is covered in FM 17-20, and that of the tank company in FM...
This manual is a guide to the employment of the assault gun platoon of the tank battalion, armored infantry battalion, the platoon of the assault gun troop of the mechanized cavalry reconnaissance troop, and the assault gun section of the medium...
This manual covers the tactical employment of the mortar platoon and squad in support of tank and infantry units. It is a guide only and describes training, control, orders, liaison, maintenance, security, marches, reconnaissance, positions,...
This manual is written as a guide for the tactical training and combat procedure for the individual tank, the tank section, and the tank platoon, both light and medium. The tactical procedures and methods set forth herein are not to be followed as...
This manual covers the tactics and technique of the light and the medium tank company, and is applicable to the tank companies of both armored regiments and separate tank battalions. It supplements pertinent matter contained in FM 17-10. It covers...
This manual covers the tactical employment of the light and medium tank battalions both as part of a larger force and when acting independently. It is designed as a guide only and does not lay down a set of inflexible rules. Each tactical situation...
Published for the information and guidance of all concerned. It sets out the procedures which should be followed by Civil Affairs Officers discharging public safety responsibilities in all territories in North West Europe liberated by the Allied...
This manual covers the tactics and technique of the armored engineer battalion. It supplements Basic and Engineer Field Manuals and Engineer Technical Manuals, and will be used in conjunction with them in training the armored engineer battalion and...
This manual is a guide to the tactical employment of tank destroyer units both self-propelled and towed. The methods of employment described herein do not comprise a set of inflexible rules. Commanders must adapt the principles of employment...
This document is published as a guide for the tactical training and operation of the Armored Division. The field manual contains information on assembly areas, reconnaissance and security, marches, offensive and defensive combat, support areas,...