Doctrine and procedures for airspace control in the combat zone /

At head of title: Aerospace doctrine.

Shades of CORDS in the Kush : the false hope of "unity of effort" in American counterinsurgency /

"Counterinsurgency (COIN) requires an integrated military, political, and economic program best developed by teams that field both civilians and soldiers. These units should operate with some independence but under a coherent command. In Vietnam, after several false starts, the United States developed an effective unified organization, Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support (CORDS), to guide the counterinsurgency. CORDS had three components absent from our efforts in Afghanistan today: sufficient personnel (particularly civilian), numerous teams, and a single chain of command that united the separate COIN programs of the disparate American departments at the district, provincial, regional, and national levels. This paper focuses on the third issue and describes the benefits that unity of command at every level would bring to the American war in Afghanistan. The work begins with a brief introduction to counterinsurgency theory, using a population-centric model, and examines how this warfare challenges the United States. It traces the evolution of the Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) and the country team, describing problems at both levels. Similar efforts in Vietnam are compared, where persistent executive attention finally integrated the government's counterinsurgency campaign under the unified command of the CORDS program. The next section attributes the American tendency towards a segregated response to cultural differences between the primary departments, executive neglect, and societal concepts of war. The paper argues that, in its approach to COIN, the United States has forsaken the military concept of unity of command in favor of 'unity of effort' expressed in multiagency literature. The final sections describe how unified authority would improve our efforts in Afghanistan and propose a model for the future."--P. iii.

Joint doctrine for amphibious embarkation.

Includes index.

The organization and training of joint task forces /

"April 1996."

Millimeter-Wave Soldier-to-Soldier Communications for Covert Battlefield Operations

Mobile ad hoc networking of dismounted combat personnel is expected to play an important role in the future of network-centric operations. High-speed, short-range, soldier-to-soldier wireless communications will be required to relay information on situational awareness, tactical instructions, and covert surveillance related data during special operations reconnaissance and other missions. This article presents some of the work commissioned by the U. K. Ministry of Defence to assess the feasibility of using 60 GHz millimeter-wave smart antenna technology to provide covert communications capable of meeting these stringent networking needs. Recent advances in RF front-end technology, alongside physical layer transmission schemes that could be employed in millimeter-wave soldier-mounted radio, are discussed. The introduction of covert communications between soldiers will require the development of a bespoke directive medium access layer. A number of adjustments to the IEEE 802.11 distribution coordination function that will enable directional communications are suggested. The successful implementation of future smart antenna technologies and direction of arrival-based protocols will be highly dependent on thorough knowledge of transmission channel characteristics prior to deployment. A novel approach to simulating dynamic soldier-to-soldier signal propagation using state-of-the-art animation-based technology developed for computer game design is described, and important channel metrics such as root mean square angle and delay spread for a team of four networked infantry soldiers over a range of indoor and outdoor environments is reported.

MI(R,)G(R) and British Covert Operations, 1939-42

The Military Intelligence (Research) Department of the British War Office was tasked in 1940 with encouraging and supporting armed resistance in occupied Europe and the Axis-controlled Middle East. The major contention of this paper is that, in doing so, MI(R) performed a key role in British strategy in 1940-42 and in the development of what are now known as covert operations. MI(R) developed an organic, but coherent doctrine for such activity which was influential upon the Special Operations Executive (SOE) and its own sub-branch, G(R), which applied this doctrine in practice in East Africa and the Middle East in 1940-41. It was also here that a number of key figures in the development of covert operations and special forces first cut their teeth, the most notable being Major Generals Colin Gubbins and Orde Wingate.

An Introduction to the art of fortification, containing draughts of all the common works used in military architecture, and of the machines and utensils necessary either in attacks or defences : also a military dictionary, wherein the said works and machines are not only more fully described, but all other technical terms and phrases made use of in the science of war are distictly [sic] explained.

A separate issue of the title appended to The theatre of the present war in the Netherlands and upon the Rhine (London : J. Brindley, 1745).

Direct support, general support, and depot maintenance repair parts and special tools lists for turret : tank, combat, full tracked 105-mm gun, M60AI W/E, (NSN 2350-00-756-8497) ,... tank, combat, full tracked, 90-mm gun, M48A3, W/E, (NSN 2350-00-895-9154).

"February 1970."

Direct support, general support, and depot maintenance repair parts and special tool lists for hull, tank, combat, full-tracked : 152-mm gun-launcher, M60A1E2 W/E (2350-930-3590), tank combat, full-tracked ... vehicle, combat engineer, full-tracked ....

"February 1970."

Organizational maintenance repair parts and special tool lists for turret, tank, combat, full-tracked, 105-mm gun, M60A1 W/E (2350-756-8497) ... vehicle, combat engineer, full tracked ....

"20 February 1970"--[Vol. 2].

Direct support and general support maintenance repair parts and special tools lists, roller, motorized, gasoline engine driven, 3 wheel, 10 ton, w/sprinkler NSN 3895-00-997-6099 Huber model E1012MR.

"December 1983."

Direct support and general support maintenance repair parts and special tools lists : roller, motorized, gasoline engine driven, 2 wheel, 5 to 8 ton, w/sprinkler, NSN 3895-00-842-5326, Huber model T-58-M.

Includes indexes.

Organizational, direct support, and general support maintenance repair parts and special tools lists (including depot maintenance allowances) for hull, suspension, and miscellaneous components of hull for armored reconnaissance/airborne assault vehicle, full tracked, 152 mm, M551 (2350-00-873-5408) and M551A1 (2350-00-140-5151).

"September 1975."

Organizational maintenance repair parts and special tools list : tank, combat, full tracked: 105-mm gun, M60A1 rise (passive) (2350-01-059-1503) hull; 105-mm gun, M60A1 rise (2350-00-116-9765) hull.

Includes index.