This publication is an integral part of all orders or directives issued for movement of AAF replacement combat crews to oversea destination. Contents include: records to accompany personnel; security; pay, per diem, and travel allowance; functions...
General Winfield Scott, although others had preceded him as United States Military Governors of conquered territory, was the first to leave a completely documented record of a comprehensive military and military government operation. He combined...
This study consists of comprehensive records of the 1st and 2nd Divisions of the American Expeditionary Forces, as well as letters received by officers who had combat experience in 1918. The paper discusses fragmentary orders in stabilized...
This monograph examines how the U.S. Army can restructure the decision making process to release initiative on the battlefield. Army tactical units execute missions on a chaotic, uncertain, and disorderly battlefield. Leaders' actions are guided by...
This document contains information on troop leading (situations, solutions, and discussions) for the Command and General Staff School, 1926-1927 (infantry division / artillery regiment in the attack, infantry division in the pursuit, in defense and...
This document lists the field orders issued by the 1st Division from 1 October to 6 November, 1918. Field orders No. 47 from October 2, 1918, and No. 61 from November 5, 1918, were selected for comparison with the school doctrine. They are both...
In our service we have come to use the term "estimate of the situation" to express that logical process of thought which, applied to a concrete tactical problem, enables one to arrive at a definite tactical decision.
Consists of organization, orders, service of information, service of security, marches, combat, ammunition supply, subsistence, transportation, shelter, medical and sanitary service, and the instruction for government of armies of the United States...
Thesis Statement: The US Army is facing an ever increasing ethical dilemma of enforcing standards and military discipline when dealing with Soldiers disobeying orders. Soldiers are given more leeway to choose which orders they will obey based on...
Discusses a variety of topics including the general situation, organization, division headquarters, the G-1 section of the Division of General Staff, the services and their functions, supply, introduction, concentration of a division in a training...
This field service document is broken down into three categories: organization, operations (information, security, orders, marches and convoys, combat, shelter), and administration (service of the interior, service of the theater of operations,...
This field service document is broken down into three categories: organization, operations (information, security, orders, marches and convoys, combat, shelter), and administration (service of the interior, service of the theater of operations,...
When the United States declared war on Kaiser Wilhelm's government on April 6, 1917, the U.S. Army underwent a profound growth and transformation to conduct combat operations against the German Imperial Army. Since the U.S. Army grew from 125,000...