The performance of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) at the Battle of Ap Bac, January 2, 1963, established a narrative that the South Vietnamese were unwilling to fight or lacked aggressiveness. At the time of the Battle of Ap Bac, the...
The US Air Force, and the U.S. armed forces separate service air arms, have historically wrestled with how to apply air and space power to non-traditional forms of warfare, such as insurgency and counterinsurgency. While the airplane was used as...
Office of the Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Intelligence
From the introduction: "Spain and Portugal are strategically important because of the geographical relation of the Iberian peninsula to Gibraltar, North Africa, and the western Mediterranean. Of primary significance are transportation facilities....
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...
Senior NCOs must assess and describe situations in brief, clear terms. They must also seek decisions and inform commanders of present situations. The most appropriate method employed within the Army to accomplish these tasks is the military...
This monograph seeks to determine if the moral domain of battle for guerrilla soldiers is different from that of conventional soldiers. The works of classical and contemporary military theorists address various factors that impact on the moral...
Since its inception in 2001, the International Security and Assistance Force (ISAF) has been a geographically limited force addressing a problem that is not geographically constrained. ISAF operations were limited to Kabul initially. In 2003, the...
Is United States cybersecurity strategy, policy, and organization postured to cope with the post-9/11 security environment? Through an exhaustive review of recurring and stand-alone strategic cybersecurity strategy and policy documents and a...
Chaos theory is a poorly understood concept in social science and in military analytical decision making systems. Military decision makers require a multidisciplinary approach of mathematical analysis, modeling and simulation, topology, and...
In December 1994 Russian armored forces assaulted Grozny, Chechnya in an attempt to subdue armed opposition groups seeking independence. Within twenty-four hours of urban combat the Chechens destroyed two brigade-sized units while suffering minimal...
Issued as No. 1962. The artillery repair truck body, model 1918, is mounted on the 3-ton F. W. D. or the 2-ton Nash chassis, and is intended for the purpose of effecting repairs in the field. The nature of its equipment is such that repairs of a...
This manual is a guide for the commander the field and personnel of artillery searchlight battery. It will assist the commander in developing the battery into an efficient, smooth working unit capable of operating effectively in combat.
"This 1948 manual prescribes the duties to be performed in the service of the piece by the personnel normally assigned to one howitzer section of the firing battery."
Containing instructions on the methods of laying out, constructing, defending, and attacking intrenchments, with the general outlines also of the arrangement, the attack and defence of permanent fortifications.