"The present text-book has been compiled with the object of presenting as clearly as possible the elementary principles of the course in Ordnance and Gunnery as taught at the Military Academy, and of so arranging it that it can be readily used for...
The two examples given in this document regarding artillery in tactics training include the employment of artillery in breaking through Leningrad defense line, and the employment of artillery in repelling a large-scale Russian attack south of Lake...
United States. Marine Corps. 4th Division, 4th Engineer Battalion
This is the report of the 4th Engineer Battalion, 4th Marine Division, including planning and preparation, movement to objective, landing, narrative of operations, mine removal, road construction, water supply, administration, intelligence, and...
The problem undertaken in this thesis is to determine the Republic of Korea's (R.O.K.) most viable national defense strategy in the forthcoming decade in the absence or reduction of the American forces stationed in the R.O.K. Three international...
Volumes I and II are both contained in this document (German and Japanese). There is a practical reading and translation of Japanese characters, tables of basic key characters for Japanese ordnance, instructions for translating Japanese markings,...
This document contains a G-2 special study of Iwo Jima. There is an index to standard map symbols, starboard center and profiles of beaches, a vertical photograph of the southern half of the island with beaches superimposed, situation maps, and...
On March 20, 2003, a United States led coalition invaded Iraq. The character of this conflict can be defined by the West’s ability to conduct precision strikes, to manoeuvre and to overwhelm the enemy’s command system. Emerging U.K. and U.S....
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Guidon came into being as a weekly publication in 1966 under the title Fort Leonard Wood Guidon. Between 1966 and 1987 the title was simplified to Guidon before becoming Essayons in 1988. The name reverted back to Guidon in 1999. It has been...
This document contains codes for various types of communications used by the 84th ID, including frequencies, call signs, names and numbers for each individual unit.
Commander Task Force 52, Commander Amphibious Group One
This is the report of the operations of Task Force 52 in the Iwo Jima campaign during February 1945; including chronology of operations, intelligence, fire support, air support, underwater demolition, minesweeping, battle damage, medical reports,...
On August 7, 1942 the 1st Division reinforced by the 2d Regiment of the 2d Marine Division stormed and took Tulagi, Cavutu, and the area of Henderson Field on the Guadalcanal.
United States. Navy. Pacific Fleet. Task Force 77.1
Provides operational orders for Task Group 77.1 to provide air cover as required for the attack force. Provide anti-submarine patrols, close support of the landings on D-day on Morotai Island, and close air support in the landing area until...
This study attempts to appraise the strategic effects at regional and global levels in the event of Islamization of the Arab-Israeli conflict. The analysis addresses the weight of religion in Middle-Eastern politics, the forms of expression of...
This paper determined the public image of the U.S. military as reflected in leading magazines and compared the results with the public image of the military determined in a 1971 study. The 1982 and 1983 issues of twenty-one leading magazines were...
This study examines whether light infantry is envisioned for employment in an optimal way, specifically in an offensive role in Central Europe. The report reviews current doctrine and determines that a disconnect exists. Lower level manuals argue...