Download or read book Men Against Fire written by S.L.A. "Slam" Marshall and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2019-12-06 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Men Against Fire, first published in 1947 (and updated in 1961), is an in-depth analysis of military leadership and infantry tactics, with numerous recommendations to improve the effectiveness of ground troops in combat situations. The psychology of combat (e.g., chapters “Why Men Fight” and “Men Under Fire”) is also examined by Marshall, himself a veteran of World War I and a combat historian during World War II. S.L.A. "Slam" Marshall was a veteran of World War I and a combat historian during World War II. He startled the military and civilian world in 1947 by announcing that, in an average infantry company, no more than one in four soldiers actually fired their weapons while in contact with the enemy. His contention was based on interviews he conducted immediately after combat in both the European and Pacific theaters of World War II.
Download or read book 66 Stories of Battle Command written by Adela Frame and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Studies in Battle Command written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1995 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study consists of a series of essays analyzing various combat engagements and military leaders throughout history. The unifying theme of these essays was provided by the direct or indirect application to each case of the five Battle Command "competencies:". The battles, operations, and leaders discussed in the chapters that follow range over the historical landscape from Gustavus Adolphus in the seventeenth century to Hamburger Hill in Vietnam. They include examples of brilliant success and dismal failure. Most of all, they offer today's military professional perspective and insight into the essence of their calling: command and leadership.
Download or read book Weapon Systems written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 66 Stories of Battle Command written by Adela Frame and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-04-17 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experienced commanders discuss anecdotes and case studies from their past operations.
Download or read book The Eye of Command written by Kimberly Kagan and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An important new work that will change the way we think about and understand battles
Download or read book Battle Command In The Storm Lieutenant General Franks And VII Corps written by Major John T. Ryan and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines the concept of battle command from a modem historical perspective. It analyzes the decision making and leadership displayed by Lieutenant General Franks during the planning, preparation and execution of Operation Desert Storm to determine if General Franks exhibited the principles of battle command. Decision making and leadership are the two major components of battle command, a concept championed by Franks following Desert Storm, and, as such serve to frame the discussion. As the commander of the U.S. VII Corps during Operation Desert Storm, General Franks made decisions that had tactical, operational, and strategic implications. These decisions directly affected the lives and actions of the over 142,000 U.S. and British service-members assigned to his command. The results were overwhelmingly successful but many criticized him for being too cautious and conservative. This study investigates if the criticism founded in fact or whether General Franks was merely striking the best balance possible between decision making and leadership on the battlefield.
Download or read book Armor written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 66 Stories of Battle Command written by School for Preparation and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Army Research Institute (ARI) Research Unit at Fort Leavenworth and the School for Command Preparation (SCP) of the Command and General Staff College have a long history of mutual support which dates back to the inception of the Tactical Commanders Development Course (TCDC) in 1988. Since then, ARI has periodically conducted interviews and surveys of numerous SCP graduates in a continuing effort to maintain the high quality of TCDC and more recently to support the development of the Battle Commanders Development Course (BCDC). One finding that has consistently emerged from these studies is the unsolicited praise for the exchange of stories and personal maxims that occurs during TCDC and BCDC. As we have found in our studies of other aspects of tacit knowledge, the military tradition of instruction through experience and historical example has a sound foundation in psychological theory. SCP seminars and exercises regularly prompt battle commanders to relate personal accounts that illustrate battlefield concepts. These practical anecdotes have a clear motivational value and also provide a lasting source of easily recalled tactical knowledge. The current project was initiated to collect stories from experienced commanders. These stories will supplement the BCDC curriculum by providing a common pool of anecdotes to successive classes. They will also provide a basis for a broader discussion of requirements for future battle command. The candor and commitment of the experienced commanders who shared their stories is greatly appreciated; they have made a significant contribution to the next generation. This book contains stories from field and general officers commanding in training exercises, most from rotations at the National Training Center. In their stories, they describe their thoughts, their actions, their successes and especially their mistakes. In each story the commander tells how he learned an important lesson in battle command - and he identifies the lesson. And every story succeeds; there is not one without a valuable lesson. The willingness to share is striking from every contributor. Each has shown no reticence in honestly describing his errors, the mark of a confident, experienced, and learning student of the military art. As you read the stories, note well. Few are about tactical maneuvers and doctrinal principles. Instead, they are stories of friction and confusion - friction generated in the challenging task of orchestrating the actions of a large complex force. This, under the pressure of a hostile environment and a wily, punishing OPFOR, who know the habits of BLUFOR commanders as well as they know the terrain. And they are stories of growth, as the commanders strengthen their intuitive feel for battlefield dynamics, a process achieved only through experience and practice. I commend the creative, forthright, hardworking, reflective, and insightful commanders presented in these stories. They are serious students of the art of battle command.
Download or read book General George S Patton Jr written by United States Army Command and General S and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-12-08 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses General George S. Patton, Jr. and Operational Battle Command. Six primary elements --- Leadership, Decision Making, Information Assimilation, Visualization, Conceptualization, and Communication make up the dynamics of Battle Command. General Patton mastered the application of these dynamics. This book defines and provides examples of the dynamics of Battle Command as used by General Patton while he commanded the Third Army. The book first discusses Command and Control of Third Army, as well as General Patton's relationship with his primary staff. The book then defines and provides examples of each of the dynamics of Battle Command using General Patton and his staff as the example. In conclusion the book provides three relevant lessons for future operational commanders concerning operational Battle Command based upon historical study of General Patton. The lessons learned from the study include the training and retention of a competent staff, the commander personally focusing the intelligence effort, and the commander issuing clear intent and guidance especially regarding endstates.
Download or read book The Engineer written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents professional information designed to keep Army engineers informed of current and emerging developments within their areas of expertise for the purpose of enhancing their professional development. Articles cover engineer training, doctrine, operations, strategy, equipment, history, and other areas of interest to the engineering community.
Download or read book To Command the Sky written by Stephen L. McFarland and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2006-03-06 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This widely praised study draws from both American and German sources to show how the U.S. Army Air Forces cleared the way for the successful Allied invasion of France. In 1944 a revitalized American leadership abandoned the unsuccessful approach of strategic bombing and instead focused on air superiority, practically chasing the enemy out of the sky and eliminating Germany's supply of trained pilots. Examining the people, technologies, command decisions, and key events of the war over Germany, the authors prove conclusively that the winning of air superiority -- not the success of strategic bombing -- played a more essential part in the Allied victory in Europe
Download or read book Battle Command Knowledge System written by Gerard Blokdyk and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-05-20 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is there any existing Battle command knowledge system governance structure? Who are the people involved in developing and implementing Battle command knowledge system? What are all of our Battle command knowledge system domains and what do they do? Where do ideas that reach policy makers and planners as proposals for Battle command knowledge system strengthening and reform actually originate? How do mission and objectives affect the Battle command knowledge system processes of our organization? Defining, designing, creating, and implementing a process to solve a challenge or meet an objective is the most valuable role... In EVERY group, company, organization and department. Unless you are talking a one-time, single-use project, there should be a process. Whether that process is managed and implemented by humans, AI, or a combination of the two, it needs to be designed by someone with a complex enough perspective to ask the right questions. Someone capable of asking the right questions and step back and say, 'What are we really trying to accomplish here? And is there a different way to look at it?' This Self-Assessment empowers people to do just that - whether their title is entrepreneur, manager, consultant, (Vice-)President, CxO etc... - they are the people who rule the future. They are the person who asks the right questions to make Battle command knowledge system investments work better. This Battle command knowledge system All-Inclusive Self-Assessment enables You to be that person. All the tools you need to an in-depth Battle command knowledge system Self-Assessment. Featuring new and updated case-based questions, organized into seven core areas of process design, this Self-Assessment will help you identify areas in which Battle command knowledge system improvements can be made. In using the questions you will be better able to: - diagnose Battle command knowledge system projects, initiatives, organizations, businesses and processes using accepted diagnostic standards and practices - implement evidence-based best practice strategies aligned with overall goals - integrate recent advances in Battle command knowledge system and process design strategies into practice according to best practice guidelines Using a Self-Assessment tool known as the Battle command knowledge system Scorecard, you will develop a clear picture of which Battle command knowledge system areas need attention. Your purchase includes access details to the Battle command knowledge system self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows your organization exactly what to do next. Your exclusive instant access details can be found in your book.
Download or read book Studies in Battle Command written by Faculty Staff and published by www.Militarybookshop.CompanyUK. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of 1995 study. Contains a series of essays a series of essays analyzing various combat engagement and military leaders throughout history. They include examples of brilliant success and dismal failure. Most of all, they offer today's military professional perspective insight into the essence of their calling: command and leadership. Topics in this issue include: Gustavus Adolphus & the Crossing of the Lech, Frederick the Great and the Battle of Leuthen, Old Fritz Stumbles: Frederick the Great at Kunersdorf, 1759, Andrew Jackson's Iron Will in the Creek War, 1813-1814, Jacob Brown & Winfield Scott in the Niagara Campaign of 1814, Menshikov at Inkerman: A Failure to Command, Battle Command Incompetencies: John C. Pemberton in the Vicksburg Campaign, William S. Rosecrans & Battle Command Competencies, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger at Chickamauga, 20 Sept 1863, Senior-Level Leadership at the Battle of the Crater, intuitive Vision Versus Practical Realities: Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, William M. Campsey; Custer's Vision, Leadership at Plevna, 11-12 September 1877, The Rock of Gallipoli, Originality & Success: Lieut. Gen. Monash & the Battle of Hamel, Jul 1918, Seeing the Battlefield: Brigadier Gen. Norman D. Cota's Bastard Brigade at Omaha Beach, Harmon and Collins at the Bulge: Committing the 2d Armored Div., 22-28 Dec 1944, Eichelberger at Buna: A Study in Battle Command, Chen Yi and Deng Ziaoping Question a Mission, Douglas MacArthur & the Advance to the Yalu, Nov 1950, Invoking Force of Will to Move the Force, Capt. William E. Barber, Commander, Fox Company, 7th Marine Regt, Toktong Pass, North Korea, 27 Nov-2 Dec 1950, Military Operations Other Than War: Dominican Intervention of 1965-66.
Download or read book Urban Battle Command in the 21st Century written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leaders of America's ground forces recognize the importance of put- ting themselves at the most critical point on a battlefield, for it is there that their experience, judgment, and demonstration of physical courage can best influence the outcome of deadly combat. Yet being forward has its costs. The tactical command posts (TOCs) that a commander establishes are hubs of information, intelligence, specialized insight, and communications. Leaving a TOC involves a level of trust: trust that subordinates and staff will inform the commander of important events by exception, that is, the commander is not informed of all events, but will be informed when something of sufficient importance takes place to warrant doing so. If the commander has left the TOC, it means that his ability to receive those messages is less consistent. A leader on the road or in the air has fewer means to send or receive information, and those messages have more chances to fall prey to the vagaries of geography or the myriad other demons that plague military communications. Even reaching the forward position does not resolve the dilemma. The commander is in one sense as well informed as is possible. The situation at his location is described by those most familiar with it. He sees the faces and senses the attitudes of his soldiers or marines. He surveys the ground with his own practiced eye. But the leader knows that he sees and understands but one part of his command. The cost of intimacy at one point is lesser understanding of all others.
Download or read book Army RD A written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professional publication of the RD & A community.
