The Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein sent seven divisions of the Iraqi army into Kuwait in the early morning hours on 2 August 1990. The Iraqi soldiers quickly overwhelmed the Kuwaities, allowing Hussein to declare, in less than a week, that Kuwait was...
The U.S. Army Special Forces has used firebases to project a forward presence since the beginning of the Vietnam War. It has proven one of the best ways to get a small element of Special Forces into an area and begin to establish an American...
G-2 summary of the enemy situation on the Western Front, enemy operations, dispositions, transportation, supply, visual reconnaissance, and defense trends.
Office of Strategic Services, Research and Analysis Branch
Some 25,000 Assyrians who had come to Iraq as refugees at the end of the First World War, have attempted ever since to emigrate, but have been unable to find a country of reception. They hope for resettlement by the Allies at the end of World War...
Contains information on the historical development, function, and organization of the Counter Intelligence Corps and its missions in various theaters of operations. Including Zone of the Interior, North Africa, Europe, North Atlantic, Caribbean,...
Office of the Surgeon, Headquarters, Americal Division
Document is a report of personal investigation on October 13 and 14 by medical officers on sanitary conditions, changes necessary in military medicine under combat conditions on Guadalcanal, special medical problems, and other miscellaneous...
Analysis of 150 cases of espionage against the United States by American citizens between 1947 and 2001 provide detailed data on the demographic and employment characteristics of American spies, on the means and methods they used to commit...
This survey of American field advisors in Korea, Vietnam, and El Salvador is a study on how the United States military had built foreign armies in Korea and Vietnam. The goal of this survey was to understand American field advisors—to determine...
Lieutenant Colonel Cory Mendenhall served as the chief of operations for the Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division during combat operations from the Kuwait border to Baghdad through 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this...
In this second of two interviews with Lieutenant Colonel Cory Mendenhall, he discusses his service as the operations officer for 1st Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment and as executive officer of the Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division...
Office of Chief Quartermaster, H.Q., E.T.O., U.S.A.
This report describes the US Army's experience of planning and providing military rations and the functions involved in planning, preparations, nutritional content, use of menus, transportation of supplies from the US and procurement in Europe,...
This manual supersedes FM 100-5, 1944.It contains the doctrines of leading troops in combat and the tactics of the combined arms. It constitutes the basis of instruction of all arms and services for field service. Appendix includes index, a...
Information on the United States small wars military operations, including topics covering organization, logistics, training, initial operations, infantry patrols, mounted detachments, convoys, aviation, river operations, disarming populations,...
This manual provides the framework for understanding low-intensity conflict (LIC) at the battalion and brigade levels to include the definition and nature of LIC, the military's role, imperatives, and operational categories. It also provides...
This manual furnishes the basic principles of operation of the Counter Intelligence Corps and it will govern the organization, administration, operation and employment of Counter Intelligence Corps personnel. Where applicable its provisions apply...
Includes information on subjects and procedures specific to armored medical units specially equipped and trained for armored operations. Covers organization, staff and responsibilities, combat employment, casualty evacuation, lines of...
Explanation of the internal counter espionage organization of a military unit. Covers function, organization, personnel, selection, training, collecting information, reports, using codes, covers, and liasons with civilians.