History of the 628th Tank Destroyer Battalion in training and combat, prepared by and for the men who saw action with the battalion in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Holland and Germany.
In October 1999, General Eric K. Shinseki, Chief of Staff of the Army (CSA), announced the establishment of an interim force, known as the Interim Brigade Combat Team (IBCT), to fill a perceived void in force capability and strategic...
The history of the 628th Tank Destroyer Bn. in training and combat, prepared by and for the men who saw action with the battalion in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Holland and Germany.
This monograph addresses doctrinal considerations for power projection in a predominately CONUS based military. It will examine the concept of deployment from the perspective of the operational level of war. There appears to be a void in deployment...
The Interim Brigade Combat Team was designed to allow the Army to rapidly deploy a lethal and survivable force into contingency areas across the entire spectrum of conflict. With the IBCT, the Army plans to fill the gap between capability and...
The United States has now invaded Iraq on two separate occasions. These invasions offer some interesting similarities such as occurring on nearly the same terrain with similar equipment and against Iraqi forces under the leadership of Saddam...
Hunter, Kenneth E., comp.; Tackley, Margaret E., comp.; Bacon, Mary Ann, ed.
The book deals with the Pacific Theater of Operations and is divided into six sections: (1) The Allied Defensive; (2) The Strategic Defensive and Tactical Offensive; (3) The Offensive—1944; (4) The Final Phase; (5) The China–Burma–India...
The transformational imperatives of the interim and objective forces challenge the relevancy of the RSOI model. If RSOI is to continue as a valid construct for the projection of future forces, it must be recast so that it, like the interim and...
Beginning in 1989, the world saw the fall of the Berlin Wall, the end of the Cold War, and the signing of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. All of these events changed the military strategy from containment of a single threat to a...
Headings include: Organization of the 2nd Division; Toulon--Rupt--Troyon Sector, March 15 – May 12, 1918; and Second Division northwest of Chateau Thierry- 1 June – 10 July, 1918, etc.
This study assesses the role of operational logistics in a war environment and in an operations other than war (OOTW) environment by way of conducting a historical analysis of Desert Storm and humanitarian assistance operations in Somalia. A...
Deployment is one of the hardest and most critical logistical tasks. Since WWII, the development of distribution methods to overcome logistics issues has continued with mixed success. This monograph explores these issues and the methods used to...