This text is designed as a review in mathematics for all personnel planning to attend one of the general or specialist courses offered by the Field Artillery School.
This Field Artillery Guide has been designed primarily for field use and reference. The staff of the Field Artillery Journal intends it to give each Field Artilleryman all necessary working data, when supplemented only by the manuals and range...
The extensive use of topography in connection with artillery firing is a development of the late European War. Batteries frequently remained for long periods of time in fixed positions, making it possible to study the terrain thoroughly and to...
U.S. Army units have been conducting peace operations in Bosnia since December 1995. There, the environment evolved from being one characterized by peace enforcement operations to one characterized by peacekeeping operations. As part of...
Colonel (retired) Oliver G. Haywood suggested in his brilliant 1954 article, "Military Decisions and Game Theory" that game theory techniques were relevant to preparing the military commander's estimate of the situation. He based his article on...
This study investigates senior leadership in the eras of warfare over time and those senior leader traits, skills, and characteristics, that have endured, changed, or will no longer apply in the ultra-modern era of warfare. The study predicts the...
Historically, the U.S. Army faces numerous challenges planning for counterinsurgency (COIN) operations. Insurgencies by their very nature occur within the context of a complex operating environment that typically last years if not decades. The...
"The objects of this instruction are (1) to train the personnel in the mechanism of the methods of fire so that, at the word of command, fire of the desired nature may be delivered with certainty and celerity, and (2) to train officers in the...
In December 2011, the United States removed all combat troops from Iraq, leaving only a handful of military personnel within the U.S. Embassy. This military presence--in the form of the Office of Security Cooperation–Iraq (OSC-I)--seeks to assist...
Successful leadership requires clear communication between team members, yet globalization of our society has introduced the reality of directing teams who are often not co-located. In the military environment, distributed teams are increasingly...
Time fire using shell fuzed with fuze M54 or M55 -- Survey plans and procedure -- Fire direction -- Hints for safety officers -- Notes on the firing battery recorder -- Determination and correction of basic data -- Conduct of observed fires --...
This text is the translation of the greater part of a German handbook designed to aid in squad training. The material illustrates the basic tactics of the German rifle squad. Topics include the organization and formations of the squad, combat...
Research Question: how will U.S. national security policy be affected by terrorist exploitation of the Internet and related information technologies? Information operations are nothing new; they have been used in military operations throughout the...
Thirteen individuals were killed and thirty-two individuals were injured in the Fort Hood shooting. The U.S. Army bearing the wound left a nation questioning how one of their own military members could be accused of such catastrophic events. In the...
The U.S. Army, after years of false starts and unfilled promises, is about to make good on its commitment to field an unmanned aerial vehicle system at the maneuver brigade level. Called the Shadow 200 tactical UAV (TUAV), it promises to...