This manual prescribes the duties to be performed in the service of the 105mm Howitzer Motor Carriage, M37, by the personnel normally assigned to a howitzer section of an armored Field Artillery firing battery.
My first assignment to Vicenza, Italy was one that I will never forget. Because of a year long deployment, I only spent 10 of the 22 months actually on ground there. The notification of my deployment to Afghanistan was quite unique. Several minutes...
This study discusses the 1st Division encounter with gas warfare in Cantigny and covers equipment used, types of gases, instruction in warfare, the German version and analyzes the actual attack.
This study discusses the 26th Division encounter with gas warfare in the Second Battle of the Marne and covers types of gases, instruction in warfare, the German version and analyzes the actual attack.
This study investigates unit cohesion as it relates to neuropsychiatric casualties in the 43rd Infantry Division in World War II. The 43rd was a National Guard Division federalized in 1941 and sent to the South Pacific, where it sustained over 15...
"This 1954 manual is a guide to assist commanders in developing the sections of 8 inch gun M1 and 240-mm howitzer M1 firing batteries into efficient, smooth-working teams that have a sense of discipline that will impel them to operate effectively...
This monograph develops an alternative approach to counterinsurgency, and explains how the current narratives in the field of counterinsurgency are not completely accurate. Counterinsurgents only need to properly understand the environment and then...
This monograph examines General J. Lawton Collins' career and argues that his command style was characterized by technical and tactical competence, the practical ability to lead from the front and sound judgment. This monograph examines these key...
Rules and methods of military construction and fortification; includes observations on the Duke of Richmond's extensive plans of fortification and the new works he has been carrying on since these were set aside by the house of commons in 1786.
Eight years of persistent conflict and increasing engagement requirements across the globe have followed the end of the Cold War. Appropriately, leaders and theorists recognize the professional military obligation and importance of adapting...
The United States Army faced an officer shortage while mobilizing before World War II. General George C. Marshall, pushed for the creation of Officer Candidate Schools as a method to bridge the officer personnel gap. OCS generated the largest...
This monograph shows how understanding three conceptual tradeoffs of complex versus complicated, complexity at large-scale versus fine-scale, and exploration of potential problems versus exploitation of known solutions can help the military...
In a surprise move during the summer of 1955 the Secretary of the Navy selected Rear Admiral Arleigh Burke over 92 more senior admirals to become the Navy’s next Chief of Naval Operations. The junior admiral went on to serve an unprecedented...
Iran in the 1950s was in the cross hairs of the Cold War power struggle between the US and USSR. Strategically located, Iran became critical in the foreign policy endeavors of the Eisenhower Administration in the Middle East. After the decision to...
Directorate of Historical Services, Office of the Air Adjutant General Headquarters, Air Defense Command
The present volume is a history of the evolution of an air defense system in the United States from approximately the end of World War II through June 1951. The decision to include in the present work an account of the pioneer air defense efforts...
Explores strategic air operations conducted against Germany and recommends criteria for determining target systems whose destruction by strategic air operations will lead to the defeat of a nation.
The purpose of this monograph is to present the military lessons during defense of Bataan where United States Armed Forces were involved in actual battle immediately after Pearl Harbor. Although the operations are not comparable in magnitude to...
The United States must revise and fully implement its homeland defense strategy, in particular, at the Southwest border. The nation's security strategy and defense doctrine now recognize a broader range of threats not only to the national security...
This monograph investigates the history of the brief, bloody, confusing, and tragically influential First Balkan War of 1912-1913. It examines the military topography of the Balkan Peninsula and the tactical operations of the belligerent nations,...