Download or read book X Platoon written by Steve Heaney, MC and published by Orion. This book was released on 2015-09-24 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For three decades one of the most secretive units in the British military has been a mystery force known as X Platoon. Officially there was no X Platoon. The forty men in its elite number were specially selected from across the Armed Forces, at which point they simply ceased to exist. X Platoon had no budget, no weaponry, no vehicles and no kit - apart from what its men could beg, borrow or steal from other military units. For the first time a highly decorated veteran of this specialised force - otherwise known as the Pathfinders - reveals its unique story. Steve Heaney became one of the youngest ever to pass Selection, the gruelling trial of elite forces, and was at the cutting edge of X Platoon operations - serving on anti-narcotics operations in the Central American jungles, on missions hunting war criminals in the Balkans, and being sent to spy on and wage war against the Russians. The first non-officer in the unit's history to be award the Military Cross, Steve Heaney reveals the extraordinary work undertaken by this secret band of brothers.
Download or read book First Platoon written by Annie Jacobsen and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful story of war in our time, of love of country, the experience of tragedy, and a platoon at the center of it all. This is a story that starts off close and goes very big. The initial part of the story might sound familiar at first: it is about a platoon of mostly nineteen-year-old boys sent to Afghanistan, and an experience that ends abruptly in catastrophe. Their part of the story folds into the next: inexorably linked to those soldiers and never comprehensively reported before is the U.S. Department of Defense’s quest to build the world’s most powerful biometrics database, with the ability to identify, monitor, catalog, and police people all over the world. First Platoon is an American saga that illuminates a transformation of society made possible by this new technology. Part war story, part legal drama, it is about identity in the age of identification. About humanity—physical bravery, trauma, PTSD, a yearning to do right and good—in the age of biometrics, which reduce people to iris scans, fingerprint scans, voice patterning, detection by odor, gait, and more. And about the power of point of view in a burgeoning surveillance state. Based on hundreds of formerly classified documents, FOIA requests, and exclusive interviews, First Platoon is an investigative exposé by a master chronicler of government secrets. First Platoon reveals a post–9/11 Pentagon whose identification machines have grown more capable than the humans who must make sense of them. A Pentagon so powerful it can cover up its own internal mistakes in pursuit of endless wars. And a people at its mercy, in its last moments before a fundamental change so complete it might be impossible to take back.
Download or read book Enduring Freedom written by Ambush Alley Games and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-07-20 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This latest expansion for Force on Force provides players with everything they need to recreate battles in the deserts of modern Afghanistan. Beginning with a detailed background section, the book presents extensive orders of battle for all of the combatants, including the Coalition, Northern Alliance, Taliban and Al-Qaeda. It also presents numerous new scenarios, new mission objectives and guidelines for constructing your own scenarios. This book is an indispensable guide for depicting the complex and intense pressures of combat in Afghanistan on the tabletop.
Download or read book With a Black Platoon in Combat written by Lyle Rishell and published by Williams-Ford Texas A&M Univer. This book was released on 1993 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Men. The 24th Infantry Regiment has received bad press from many historians of the Korean conflict, who claim that the black soldiers and noncommissioned officers were undisciplined and even cowardly in battle. Rishell's moving account, based on his own experiences, describes his men as no better or worse than any other infantrymen in the first year in Korea. His troops fought well from July, 1950, to May, 1951, in nearly constant front-line action against the North.
Download or read book Journal of Transportation and Statistics written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Scouting Patroling and Musketry written by Paul Stanley Bond and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The X Mas War written by Scott Malensek and published by Virtualbookworm Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The undeniable history of mankind clearly shows us that human conflict has far from passed. In places like Kuwait, Rwanda, Bosnia and Kosovo, the 20th Century ended brutally. Given the trends of modern conflict, the economic separation of peoples, the rise in religious affiliated terrorism, and the social hatreds that remain between races, tomorrow's wars can only be more violent than those of the past. The X-MAS War is really an anthology of four books: Black Rain For Christmas, The Secret War In South Asia, Sixth Fleet Under, and The Sugar-Sweet Smell of Fear. All four have overlapping storylines. They're tales are all told through the use of news reports, traditional narratives, diary entries, and letters home. Each book is a complete story by itself, but together they give a brand new perspective to the unique aspects of 21st Century warfare!
Download or read book Tactics written by Paul Stanley Bond and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Manual of Military Training written by James Alfred Moss and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 1082 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Soviet Field Fortifications 1941 45 written by Gordon L. Rottman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-12-20 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From June 1941, the Soviets were forced to undertake large-scale defensive operations in the face of the overwhelming German blitzkrieg assault, operations which ran counter to their preference for highly mobile, offensive warfare. Lessons were quickly learned across a wide variety of terrain and climates, including the open steppes, dense forests, wooded swamps, cities, and in snow and ice, where the availability of construction materials differed greatly. The first to cover this topic in the English language and containing detailed information about the trenches, bunkers, observation posts and weapon positions, this book examines field fortifications built from local materials by infantrymen, as well as their use of mines, field camouflage techniques, and construction tools. It provides a first fascinating insight into Russian defensive attempts against the overwhelming might of the German Army.
Download or read book Armor written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Platoon Leader written by James R. McDonough and published by Presidio Press. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A remarkable memoir of small-unit leadership and the coming of age of a young soldier in combat in Vietnam.' "Using a lean style and a sense of pacing drawn from the tautest of novels, McDonough has produced a gripping account of his first command, a U.S. platoon taking part in the 'strategic hamlet' program. . . . Rather than present a potpourri of combat yarns. . . McDonough has focused a seasoned storyteller’s eye on the details, people, and incidents that best communicate a visceral feel of command under fire. . . . For the author’s honesty and literary craftsmanship, Platoon Leader seems destined to be read for a long time by second lieutenants trying to prepare for the future, veterans trying to remember the past, and civilians trying to understand what the profession of arms is all about.”–Army Times
Download or read book US Infantryman in World War II 2 written by Robert S Rush and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-07-20 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between November 1942 and May 1945, US Army infantry units fought in eight named campaigns in the Mediterranean Theater. This title follows one soldier from enlistment in 1942, through training in a Replacement Training Center, assignment to the 1st Battalion 133d Regiment, 34th Infantry Division (Red Bull), and into combat. Among the battles covered are Fondouk Pass, Hill 609, Salerno, Monte Cassino, Anzio and the fighting in the Po Valley. A key focus is on the Heavy Weapons Company, which consisted of two machine gun platoons and one mortar platoon. The training and combat roles of the machine gunner's Military Occupational Specialty are discussed in detail.
Download or read book The Boardgamer Volume 7 written by Bruce A. Monnin and published by Past Into Print Publishing. This book was released on with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Boardgamer magazine was a quarterly magazine devoted primarily, but not exclusively, to the coverage of Avalon Hill / Victory Games titles and to other aspects of the boardgaming hobby. Initially, The Boardgamer’s publication ran concurrently with Avalon Hill’s house magazine, The General, but instead of focusing on new releases, it devoted coverage to those classic, Avalon Hill games which no longer graced the pages of The General. Following the cessation of The General in June 1998, The Boardgamer was the primary periodical dedicated to the titles from AH/VG, until its final issue in 2004. The contents of this volume consists of: Color War In Gangsters - Strategies of Tournament Champions New Optional Rules For Gangsters - Bombs, Shootouts & Cops BOARDGAMER’s Special Panzerblitz Issue - Errata Blackbeard PBeM Series Replay - High Adventure on the Cyber Seas Sailing The Cyber-Seas - Blackbeard PBeM Dreams Of Empire - Freedom In The Galaxy Revisited Poland On A Budget - An Alternate Opening In 4th Edition Third Reich Saratoga Campaign - A Revised 1776 Scenario A New “Young Kid” Is On The Horizon - Conquest 2001 Victory In The Pacific Report War And Peace - Question Box Yom Kipper - A Scenario For Flashpoint: Golan Solving The Polish Problem - Alternative Opening Attacks For Third Reich 4th Ed Common Errors In The Play Of Gunslinger - A Schizophrenic Look The Showdowns Of Gunslinger - Analysis Of Showdown #5: The Ambush What Are Those Indians Doing In My Backyard? - An Analysis Of Gunslinger Showdown #6: The Raid The Australian Strategy - Another Path To IJN Dominance In Victory In The Pacific Atlantic Fleet - Variant For Victory In The Pacific Great Thoroughbreds Of The Past - More Races For Win Place & Show Rules Clarifications For Dune Tokyo Express Clarifications - Question Box A Gunnery Facing Device - For Jutland Insert: Countersheet for Flashpoint: Golan Variant Scenario New Scenarios For Israeli Defense Force - Also Errata For IDF Italy On A Budget - Early Italian Play In 4th Edition Third Reich Third Reich Workshop - A Little Quiz I Joins dah Mob. Whattah I Do Now? - Strategies For Gangsters In The King's Service - An Addition To Down With The King Handicapping The 2002-2003 Caesar Awards - Who Will Wear The Laurels? 2002 Masters - Augusta Course Updated Inserts: Pro Golf Course Booklets for Arrowhead Park, Augusta National, Blackhawk, Eagle Sticks, Jamaica Run, and Muirfield Village Panzerblitz and Panzer Leader - Random Design Your Own Scenario Methodology A Bomber's Moon - And Other Sundry Items, A B-17 Variant 2002 March Madness Sweet Sixteen - Men's and Women's Teams The Quick And The Dead - Six-Player Replay of Gunslinger New Optional Rules - For Fortress Europa Winter War 29 - A Weekend At The Races The Last Campaign - Yorktown - 1781 (An Updated 1776 Scenario) Midwest Open 2002 - Victory In The Pacific Tournament
Download or read book Proceedings of the IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
