The following contains revisions to several artillery related documents of 1960. It includes the distribution list to whom will receive this document and its revisions.
Part on covers August-December, 1942 and discusses the North African Invasion. Topics include: the Allied Command and headquarters, the Administrative sections and offices, general and special staff sections, the move of AFHQ to North Africa and...
Part two is titled "Period of the Tunisian, Sicilian, and South Italian campaigns" (December 1942 to December 1943). Topics include information about supply staff organizations, transportation staff organizations, finance staff organizations, and...
This student research was to develop the most efficient assignment of responsibility for activation training and assignment of technical service units during World War Two.
This document covers the period of the Tunisian, Sicilian, and South Italian campaigns. There are descriptions on technical, medical, and morale staff organization, as well as staff organizations concerned with law, military police, and...
The Department of Defense has a mission to fight and win two major theaters of war in "close succession." Mobility is the critical link, providing the capability to deploy forces and meet mission requirements. One aspect of mobility critical to...
After setting on the shelf for 39 years, the first activation of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) program was a tremendous success. However, CRAF participants raised some significant issues such as lost revenue and government support during...
The purpose of this paper was to develop the most efficient assignment of responsibility for activation, training, and assignment of technical service units during World War II.
Department of the Army, Office of the Chief of Military History
In wars involving vast land masses in which the available manpower of a nation is severely taxed it may be expedient and necessary to use "volunteer" forces. It is gathered from this treatise that the basic mistake of the planners was that no...
During Hurricane Katrina, the levees in New Orleans failed turning a potential crisis into a catastrophic incident. The public began to question the responsibility and requirements of the United States (US) government in responding to the total...
This private war journal comprises seven volumes covering the dates 14 August 1939 to 24 September 1942, the date of Halder's dismissal by Hitler. The journal was kept by Halder personally in his own shorthand and contains notes on conferences,...
Transformation affected many units and personnel in the Maryland Army National Guard (MDARNG). Army Aviation has created multifunctional Combat Aviation Brigades (CAB) with reconnaissance, attack, and heavy lift capabilities. The aviation logistics...
This publication provides a comprehensive overview of several key areas of sealift that are considered essential for the successful employment of sealift in support of national military strategy. These areas are the contribution of sealift to the...
In 1939, the U.S. Army had no formal combat formation capable of reaching the battlefield by air. In response to the success of German airborne operations, the U.S. Army formed a small unit of volunteers which was to experiment with airborne...
The United States has entered a new security environment, causing its military to conduct operations in remote areas of the world with limited resources to support its troops. The Fleet Hospital Program is responsible for providing health service...
During Operation DESERT STORM, Third U.S. Army was tasked to perform the roles of Army component command for U. S. Central Command (CENTCOM), theater army for all U. S. Army forces in the Persian Gulf theater, and field army headquarters for...
Seventh Army; Watt, Jewell K.; Gunnell, Rex C.; Hawkins, Hirschle H.
The history of the Seventh Army was written to trace the development from its inception on June 11, 1946 to its inactivation March 15, 1947. An attempt has been made to confine the narrative to key developments as well as major problems and...