This textbook used by the Army School of the Line and the Army Staff School in the year 1919-1920, discusses the organization, deployment and equipment of machine gun units.
The U.S. intervention in Cuba in 1906, commonly referred to as the Second Intervention, began on September 28, 1906 with the resignation of the Cuban president and his cabinet and ended on January 28, 1909 when the U.S. relinquished control of the...
These military notes were compiled in the Military Information Division, Army of Cuban Pacification, during the occupation of Cuba in 1906, 1907, and 1908. The plan was formulated in said division and carried to completion under the supervision of...
Steel knife bayonet with 16 inch blade and walnut hand grips. Fastens to the rifle by a single steel screw. The guard has a hole bored through one end with slots adjacent to blade to accept scabbard hooks. Just below guard is spring loaded locking...
Dr. Millett offers a survey of U.S. military involvement in the training of indigenous security forces in the Philippines and the Caribbean Basin in the 20th century. Given the dramatic increase of these types of efforts in Iraq, Afghanistan, and...
Counterinsurgency is the most common conflict that America engages in. From the Mexican-American War to the Philippine Insurrection and small wars of the early 1900s, the U.S. Army Medical Department (AMEDD) focused on sanitation, hygiene programs...
This study attempts to answer the following questions on the role of the Iranian armed forces in the fall of the Shah in 1979: (a) Did the armed forces do something that contributed to the causes which led the people of Iran to rise against the...
U.S. Army commanders seek to balance the requirements to conduct offensive, defensive and stability operations simultaneously. Within this framework, commanders have also had to balance the conduct of traditional military actions and non-military...
This monograph investigates the hypothesis that increases in U.S. military responsibilities in geographic regions (with limited resources)--or geo-environmental changes--lead to an increase in operational risk. It does so by analyzing two...
The Battle of Taji and Battle Command on the Move. Lieutenant Colonel Edward J. Erickson, U.S. Army, Retired with Major General Raymond T. Odierno, U.S. Army; During the Battle of Taji on 16 April 2003, battle command in the 4th Infantry Division...
Ribbons are sewn around a flat silver bar with a simple hook fastener. On left is the Philippine Congressional ribbon: Dark blue center flanked by white stripes, a red stripe, a white stripe and edged with a thin blue stripe. On the right is the...
Bolt action, five round staggered box magazine in receiver. 24" barrel front sight is fixed blade, rear sight is adjustable leaf. Smooth metal butt plate with storage slot.
In this interview, MAJ Eric Halstrom, US Army, Aviation, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a Company Commander in 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Halstrom describes a typical day, his experience with flying in country and...
The study asks whether or not General Zasulich chose the best time to break off the fight in the Battle of the Yalu and retreat on Feng-huang-chen. The paper reveals when he gave his orders and instructions, describes the retreat, the locations of...
This study evaluates the Japanese and Russian Army during the operations regarding the use of reconnaissance, concluding that the Japanese were more aggressive and therefore attacked successfully while the Russians were ineffective.
The paper reveals the composition, strength, and disposition of the Russian group of Colonel Gromov’s, Major General Inouye’s 12th Japanese Division, the relative strength of the opposing forces, and the events of May 1st, 1904 and how they...
This paper discusses the operations of the Japanese Second Army, 1 July – 5 September, 1904. The document reveals the organization of this force and the situation on July 1st (and operations to July 24th, 1904). For the Battle of Liao-yang,...