Professional military Instruction is crucial in developing effective strategies and executing our sensitive missions in today's Army. It fosters individuality in thought and encourages a wide range of perspectives essential to the continued success...
This report presents armed helicopter tactics and survivability data that were documented and collected during counterinsurgency operations in Vietnam. Most of the data presented concern missions in which armed helicopters escorted transport...
This study hypothesizes that armed escort is required to protect special operations lift helicopters inserting, extracting, or resupplying SOF ground teams deep in the enemy rear. It compares the escort doctrine and tactics utilized by conventional...
General Staff, Military Intelligence Section, Southwest Pacific Area
This document contains subjects which include a daily summary of enemy intelligence, the G-2 estimate of the enemy situation, and additional miscellaneous information. Ground, air, navy activities and operations are described by date.
Contains an analysis of submarine warfare and anti-submarine warfare. Discusses the balance of U-boat destruction versus construction, anti-aircraft fire from U-boats, enemy U-boat equipment, bombs for anti-submarine warfare, interesting aircraft...
The code word 'ECLIPSE' is defined as "plans and preparations for operations in Europe in the event of German surrender". The objects of Operation Eclipse are to carry out the sphere of responsibility of the Supreme Commander in Europe. The...
The minutes of the Combined Chiefs' meeting at the major conferences touch on virtually every policy and strategy issue of World War II, from initial troop deployments to counter Axis aggression, through the debates about the location and timing of...
This thesis examines the Iowa class battleships and whether they hold utility for the future. There is a myriad of writings concerning the history of the battleships and the arguments both for and against. The author uses this history to determine...
This book on frontier warfare was written for the assistance of commanders when operating in broken and mountainous ground and is based on the experience gained in late frontier campaigns. Contents include: squad drill-skirmishing; scouting-...
This monograph discusses the importance of understanding the impact that a failure to provide for security of the Ground Lines of Communication (GLOC) can have on the successful execution of tactical operations. The problem facing military planners...
As a force projection power, it is critical for the United States to retain the capability to introduce rapidly, credible and sustainable forces into theaters around the world. Maritime pre-positioned forces (MPF) are a key component supporting...
Although historians have written a great deal on "Bleeding Kansas" and on the frontier army's constabulary role in the trans-Missouri west, little scholarship exists regarding how the army performed its peacekeeping and peace enforcement missions...
Major John Bretthorst served as the petroleum officer and the supply and services officer in charge with the Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the 593rd Corps Support Group in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from January until December...
The Battle for Leyte Gulf in October 1944 was the largest naval battle of World War II both in terms of the number of ships involved, and the expanse of area the battle covered. The battle was a decisive victory for the Allied Forces, who...
The Geneva Conventions, along with its Additional Protocols, represent the fundamental documents on which the Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC) is established. Originally established under the premise of conventional warfare, these documents have also...
This study explores a comparison of World War II submarine wolf packs and modern attack helicopter battalions. Descriptions of submarines using continuous employment, an attack helicopter technique, against mercantile convoys in the Pacific in...
This monograph seeks to develop a model for the employment of a civil military operations center based on available doctrine and the experience of the military in recent operations. The frequency of the U.S. military being employed in military...