The United States Air Force (USAF) faces a fiscally constrained environment today and will likely become even more constrained in the near future. With a reduced budget and important programs and critical functions that require funding, the USAF...
Will general purpose unmanned aerial vehicles, (UAVs), best meet the requirements of the twenty-first century battlefield? Although much of the information is speculative of future progress in this emerging field, this paper attempts to link...
Volume II of II. This evaluation covers the effectiveness of air operations by examining the employment of aircraft, maintenance, service, supply, engineer, and defense organizations of combat units. Also it includes statistical data of the air...
Statistics on activities of the War Department in the fields of construction and real estate leases, maintenance, and disposal during World War II are presented in this document. Topics discussed include construction, real estate leases, surplus...
Last in a series of three monographs covering Japanese military activates in Manchuria from January 1943 to the end of world War II hostilities. Monograph No. 155.
This Civil Affairs handbook discusses the importance of agriculture and the farmer in the country of Japan. The beginning sections in this document give details on the land and people, salient features of Japanese agriculture, and agricultural...
The Department of Defense is releasing for public use and research this multi-volume study giving the "MAGIC" or communications intelligence background of the 1941 Pearl Harbor disaster. In its review of classified records pursuant to E.O. 11652,...
This pamphlet contains transportation planning factors and reference data applicable in peacetime and emergency planning in the US Army Pacific Command (USARPAC) area of responsibility.
A compilation of selected documents of the records of the American Expeditionary Forces believed to be essential to a critical study of their operations during World War I.
The coincidence trainer is a precision instrument for use with range finders of the coincidence type having self-contained bases. The function of the instrument is to test the acuity and develop the proficiency of range-finder operators in...
This 1955-1956 summary shows statistics and completion rates for various programs throughout Fort Sill. " The purpose of this summary is to compile, consolidate and present useful data to commanders and staff officers in such a manner as to be of...
Seventh Army; Watt, Jewell K.; Gunnell, Rex C.; Hawkins, Hirschle H.
The history of the Seventh Army was written to trace the development from its inception on June 11, 1946 to its inactivation March 15, 1947. An attempt has been made to confine the narrative to key developments as well as major problems and...
Within a couple of weeks after the attacks on Pearl Harbor in 1941, selected over 28 other senior admirals, Admiral Nimitz took command of the Pacific Fleet and held that command until the Allied Forces won the war in the Pacific almost four years...
This monograph examines the utility of long-range surveillance human intelligence as part of a larger intelligence gathering system. The paper proposes that even with the acquisition of high-technology intelligence gathering systems, such as...
The influence effort is one of the key parts of success in the Global War on Terrorism. The US government must do everything possible to be effective in winning the war of ideas. This monograph will explore the efficacy of assigning a US military...
Recent scholarly work on the history and significance of logistics suggests logistics is 90% of the business of war. Logistics enables the deployment of armies to war and their subsequent movement and sustainment during war. As such,...
"This booklet contains information affecting the employment of engineer units and is being issued for the purpose of assisting in overall engineer planning. The information has been gathered from War Department and Southwest Pacific Area...
Analysis of World War II and Korean War information from the Ammunition Log and the 8th Field Artillery Battalion regarding artillery usage. It finds that artillery was used more extensively in Korea than in World War II.