At the core of U.S. counterinsurgency doctrine is the concept of “hearts and minds.” Although the concept has significantly deviated from its historical grounding and has become a nebulous concept that is frequently maligned, misunderstood, and...
Committee submission which studies and analyses systems of temporary promotion in foreign countries and in the armed forces of the United States. Seeks to recommend a more equitable system of temporary promotion to meet expansion of the army in...
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...
Seeks to improve the present form and method use for rendering, analyzing, and utilizing officer efficiency reports. Produced by the 2d Command Class of the Command and General Staff School. Annex III contains the Officer Efficiency Report (67-1)...
Throughout my entire military career, I have heard the saying “what happens in the field stays in the field”, a saying that is direct contradiction with our Army Values. Many variations of this saying exist, “what happens TDY stays TDY”, or...
Changing doctrine to keep pace with the evolving world situation is imperative. The U.S. Army is updating its operational doctrine by rewriting FM 100-5 Operations. The authors of the new doctrine have attempted to balance necessary change and...
This monograph explores the US Army's recently announced goal of quick decisive victory. This concept has emerged in the wake of US victories in Operations JUST CAUSE and DESERT STORM and reflects one of the National Military Strategy's principles...
"The efficient employment of Field Artillery is predicated upon three equally important factors: Mobility, the ability to deliver timely and effective fires, and signal communication. This memorandum, which deals with the later, discusses in...
"Procedure words, commonly referred to as prowordsl, are the simplest elements of a radio operator's language. They consist of a word or a combination of words, each with a definite menaing, intended to expedite the operaiton and control of a...
"Wire is one of the principal means of communication for all field artillery except mechanized and antitank artillery. It consists of telephone or telegraph communication. All other means augment and supplement wire."
This is one of a series of instructional and reference pamphlets published by the BOOK SERVICE of the Adjutant General's School as an aid in better administration in the field. This pamphlet is composed of two principal parts: the first, a brief...
This monograph examines the state of the Army's operational terms as seen through its written doctrine. Operational terms play an important role in the command process and a common vocabulary is one of the defining features of a profession. The...
This paper proposes a working theory of operational art as practiced in counterinsurgency war (i.e., modern war). The underlying hypothesis of the paper is that operational art in modern war uses different logic than that used in conventional war....
On March 20, 2003, a United States led coalition invaded Iraq. The character of this conflict can be defined by the West’s ability to conduct precision strikes, to manoeuvre and to overwhelm the enemy’s command system. Emerging U.K. and U.S....
"Wire is one of the principal means of communication for all field artillery except mechanized and antitank artillery. It consists of telephone or telegraph communication. All other means augment and supplement wire."
Within a couple of weeks after the attacks on Pearl Harbor in 1941, selected over 28 other senior admirals, Admiral Nimitz took command of the Pacific Fleet and held that command until the Allied Forces won the war in the Pacific almost four years...
An unstable global environment where the threat is ambiguous requires warfighters to recognize the difference and interrelationship between seeing and understanding the enemy. This monograph provides an alternative definition which emphasizes the...
The Department of Defense is releasing for public use and research this multi-volume study giving the "MAGIC" or communications intelligence background of the 1941 Pearl Harbor disaster. In its review of classified records pursuant to E.O. 11652,...
Air apportionment is the joint force commander’s tool for weighting his main and supporting efforts within the air operations supporting his campaign. It complements the targeting process by specifying how much effort is to be expended within...