This paper examines the potential for military working dogs to support Special Operations Forces (SOF). Modern technology has not eliminated the operational prospective for the military employment of dogs. Canine olfactory superiority, advanced...
My first assignment to Vicenza, Italy was one that I will never forget. Because of a year long deployment, I only spent 10 of the 22 months actually on ground there. The notification of my deployment to Afghanistan was quite unique. Several minutes...
15th Field Artillery Brigade Headquarters Corps Artillery
This is a special staff committee report, containing an introduction to Corps artillery and its historical background, the artillery's increasing role in the global war, trained artillery commander's and staffs in the present Corps organization,...
This publication brings up to date the original history published by Colonel Elvid Hunt in 1927 and revised by Captain Walter E. Lorence in 1937. It contains a chronology of events from 1937 - 1951.
This study discusses the 32nd Division encounter with gas warfare in the advance to Fismes and covers types of gases, military operations, German Army movement, and analyzes the actual attack.
"This is the story of an infantry division. The tale is worth telling because it relates how a group of Americans was formed into a fighting team and how the team remains even though some of the men who compose it pass on. This is the record of the...
While stationed onboard the USS O’KANE (DDG-77), the Commanding Officer tasked me with fixing the utterly broke 3M program, in which I had no formal schooling. The 3M stands for Maintenance and Material Management. In this paper, I will explain...
Regardless of the fact that the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion saw no real combat action, they proved themselves great American paratroopers. A popular term in those days was "Black Pride"; this small group of black American soldiers gave life...
Cochrane, Rexmond C.; U.S. Army Chemical Corps Historical Office.
This is a tentative study of the gas experience of the 5th Division during World War I. The study begins with an account of a gas projector attack against elements of the division before the gas attack of the Frapelle operation; both enemy attacks...
While serving as Chief of the 484th Terminal Control Pre-Mobilization Soldier Readiness Processing Team, established soon after 9/11, I spearheaded a team effort which identified shortfalls in combat readiness, troops deployment and mobilization...
The following after action report covers the operations of the 6th Infantry Division in the Cagayan Valley of Luzon from 1 July to 21 August 1945. This document contains information on the capture of Kiangan, operations along Highway 5 in the...
This study discusses the 89th Division encounter with gas warfare in the Bois de Bantheville near Flirey and covers types of gases, military operations, lack of training, and analyzes the actual attack with the 353rd and 354th Infantry.
Committee 13, Officers Advanced Course, Armored School; Osborne, Robert J. C.; Throckmorton, John W.; Killian, John J.; Carpenter, Robert W.; Reynolds, Walter E., Jr.; Williams, Frank A.; Young, Sidney H., Jr.; Cobb, John H., Jr.
This report describes the 9th Armored Division in the exploitation, from the breakout of the Remagen bridgehead to the encirclement of Leipsig. Table of contents: the enemy, logistics and statistics, expanding the bridgehead, reduction of Limburg,...
This document contains leaflets from the Psychological Warfare Section, Far East Command, Headquarters EUSAK, Military Intelligence Section, etc. After each of the illustrations is a page that describes the leaflet, the language, designation,...
Why has an S2 never won a wargame when playing predicted enemy courses of action against a friendly course of action during the Military Decision Making Process (MDMP)? Why did the V Corps commander during Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) respond to...