Controlling the Beast Within: The Key to Success on 21st-Century Battlefields. Major Douglas A. Pryer, U.S. Army, Ethical behavior contributes more to mission success than battlefield technology, armored vehicles, gunnery, or weapons ranges....
COL Brian Copes discusses his experiences as the commander of the 1-19th Agribusiness Development Team (ADT) mobilized in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. COL Copes' team was selected to deploy into Khowst Province in Afghanistan to start a...
Contents in this final report on the Japanese Army include: orders and instructions; condensed itinerary; Japanese transport and supply system; system of communication between units of field army; machine guns; Japanese infantry; Japanese cavalry;...
Contains extracts from the Army Regulations of 1881, extracts from the Articles of War, extracts form Laidley's Rifle Firing, signals from the General Service Code in addition to information regarding detachment from service and care of individual...
Discusses open and trench warfare, scouting, the company, machine gun use, the one-pounder gun, light mortars, recapitulation, artillery, infantry batteries, division trench mortars and accompanying guns. Digitized by the Military History Institute.
Covers changes in policy governing procurement of men for the armed forces and the assignment of enlisted men from reception centers. Discusses general reception center processing, provides procedure charts, gives information on reception center...
This manual deals primarily with the tactical employment of the infantry rifle regiment. The instructions are also applicable in many respects to other types of infantry regiments. The procedures indicated in this manual should be considered as...
Discusses serious health hazards associated with traveling to Northern and Eastern Africa and Western Asiatic countries which are not commonly encountered in the United States. Covers general concerns, issues with water, and water economy in desert...
This field manual from 1942 details the medical service of the division, in camp and bivouac, on marches, in the attack, in defense, retrograde movements, special operations, characteristics common to corps and army, and medical service of the...
The purpose of this manual is to describe methods and means by which patients may be transported in the field. This manual includes a brief description of all common methods of transporting patients by land, sea, and air; means of transport,...
This manual is a guide to the medical officer and noncommissioned officer concerned with instructing medical department enlisted personnel. Its arrangement will help the instructor organize his own presentation of subject matter. The illustrations...
The purpose of this manual is to furnish to medical officers a compact source of information bearing upon the military aspects of their profession. This manual includes the logistical data required for the movement of medical units and for the...
The mission of the Ordnance Department in the field is to store and issue ordnance general supplies and ammunition; to inspect, repair, alter, and maintain ordnance materiel in the hands of troops and in storage; to administer the field...
This field manual develops basic principles applicable to the supply of ammunition. For discussion of ordnance service in the field, see FM 9-5. This manual deals with the ammunition administrative and operational functions of the commanders and...
FM 9-10, Ordnance Field Manual, Ordnance Field Maintenance, is published for the information and guidance of all concerned. It is based on the fundamentals of ordnance service contained in FM 9-5 and the pertinent Tables of Organization. The...
FM 9-25, Ordnance Field Manual, The Ordnance Company, Depot, is published for the information and guidance of all concerned. It is based on the fundamentals of ordnance service contained in FM 9-5 and Table of Organization 9-18. The purpose of this...
The mission of the Quartermaster Corps is to assure the successful operation of the Army of the United States by accomplishing efficiently and economically the general function of providing food, clothing, equipment, housing, transportation, and...
Part one of this field manual details the communications zone. This includes the organization and functions of the theater of operations, the organization and operation of quartermaster service in the communications zone, supply installations, and...
The purpose of this manual is to provide basic information necessary for the efficient functioning of the quartermaster truck company. The mission, organization, duties of personnel, and the operation of the company are carefully described. The...