The Nafziger Collection contains a compilation of orders of battle from 1600 to 1945 with over 7000 individual pdf files. It began with the author's interest in Napoleonic Wars, and steadily grew to other areas because of the gaming public's...
Wheeler, Charles Brewster and Tschappat, William H.
While artillery experts are agreed as to the advantages of increased rapidity of fire for field guns, they appear not to have decided upon the most desirable form of field carriage, nor to what limits the increased rapidity of fire should be...
Discusses the Yellow Beach Landing and the Green Beach Landing in December 1943. Contains the 7th Marines operation order, 1st Marines operation order, 2nd Bn., 1st Marines operation order and 5th Marines operation order.
Thesis: The Bronze Star Medal has been awarded more for participating in a deployment than for actual meritorious service or achievement during the deployment. Abstract: Because of the proliferation of Bronze Star Medal awards not only has the...
This paper discusses NCOs in the American Army (1945-present), outlining various distinguished Sergeants Majors of the Army, and the roles of the Recruiter Noncommissioned Officer, DRILL SERGEANT, and the Noncommissioned Officer Education System...
This handbook of artillery materiel is the sixth edition of this work. Topics include general principles of gun construction, breech-loading ordnance, quick-firing guns, machine guns, explosives, projectiles, fuzes/tubes, field and siege carriages,...
The creation of the Office of the Sergeant major of the Army in July 1966 represented a major milestone in the development of the U.S. Army. For the first time in history an enlisted person assumed the role of an advisor to the Chief of Staff on...
According to AR 600-8-22 the goal of the Army awards program is to foster mission accomplishment by recognizing excellence of military members of the force and motivating them to high levels of performance and service. As senior Noncommissioned...