United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Essayons, originally published as the Fort Leonard Wood Guidon in 1966 then as the Guidon from 1966 to 1987. Became Essayons in 1988 and remained that way until 1999 when it reverted back to Guidon. It has been and continues to be a record of...
This book is the personal narrative and experiences and recollections of Henry Clay McArthur, on the capture and destruction of Columbia, South Carolina, February 17, 1865 as a member of the Fifteenth Iowa Infantry Volunteers, A.D.C. to General...
SOG was organized and established to take over a CIA mission. The unit was created to conduct missions that were vital in diverting enemy manpower, disrupt their safe haven to plan, rest, re-supply and to threat wounded. The SOG members all...
Formally organized and activated on 24 Jan 1964. This organization known as SOG was formed to take over an in place CIA operation. This CIA operation was conducted under the Saigon Station Chief, Willam Colbey, since as early as 1959. President...
This is a transcript of an oral history interview with Mr. John G. Oechsner. It is dated: January 19, 1982. The audio version of this interview is also available through this archive. The interview was conducted by Sergeant Major Erwin H. Koehler,...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Guidon came into being as a weekly publication in 1966 under 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 and...
United States Army A.E.F. (1917-1920) Artillery School (Saumur)
In order to see, think and act, an army needs a nervous system of lines of information running from the seat of government ot the listening posts extending even into the enemy territory. Wherever this system breaks down, the army will be...
"Wire is one of the principal means of communication for all field artillery except mechanized and antitank artillery. It consists of telephone or telegraph communication. All other means augment and supplement wire."
"Ask a doughboy or an officer about 'over there' these days, and nine times out of ten his answer will be, 'Oh, what's the use of talking about it? Folks are tired of hearing about the war."
This paper addressed my experience as a First Sergeant of the Retraining and Holding Company (RHC), Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. My tenure as the First Sergeant lasted from July 2002 through May 2004. The Retraining and Holding Company possessed a...
The Civil War affected this nation as no other war in our history. It is estimated that over three million men served in the Union and Confederate armies; over one million of those men became casualties. In some battles, literally thousands of men...
The Norwegian Army is partly a conscript army and partly a volunteer force. The Army has one year to conduct basic training and combat preparations of the conscript force, which forms the basis for international operations and recruitment to the...
The purpose of this monograph is to determine the conditions necessary for a successful counteroffensive. The study seeks to identify these conditions through historical analyses of four of the greatest counteroffensives of modern military history:...
Improvements in technology worldwide have amplified the impact strategic lieutenants and strategic corporals have on strategic matters. These Strategic Soldiers and their respective leaders must not only be aware of their potential influence in a...