FM 7-85 ·Army ·1987 Ranger Unit Operations
This publication contains doctrinal guidelines for the employment and training of ranger units. The intended audience is intermediate and higher level commanders, staffs of those headquarters, and newly assigned officers and NCOs of the…
FM 7-90 ·Army ·1992 Tactical Employment of Mortars
All maneuver units require indirect fire to win. Mortar sections and platoons provide unique indirect fires that are organizationally responsive to the ground maneuver commander. Military history has repeatedly demonstrated the…
FM 7-92 ·Army ·2001 The Infantry Recconaissance Platoon and Squad-Airborne, Air Assault, Light Infantry
The infantry reconnaissance platoon is a specialty platoon comprised of infantry soldiers. Unlike traditional infantry platoons whose primary mission is to kill the enemy, the reconnaissance platoon's primary mission is to provide the…
FM 7-93 ·Army ·1995 Long-Range Surveillance Unit Operations
Combat forces need accurate and timely intelligence about enemy forces, terrain, and weather. Commanders must make fast and accurate decisions to have the right combat force at the right place and time. Their decisions are partly based on…
FM 7-93-3 ·Army ·1995 Long-Range Surveillance Unit Operations
Combat forces need accurate and timely intelligence about enemy forces, terrain, and weather. Commanders must make fast and accurate decisions to have the right combat force at the right place and time. Their decisions are partly based on…
FM 7-93-J ·Army ·Undated LSRU Night Movements
APPENDIX J MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES AND BATTLE DRILLS LRS units use movement techniques and battle drills the same as any other unit in the Army. These techniques vary due to the specific needs of an LRS unit. LRS units rehearse movement…
FM 7-98 ·Army ·1992 Operations in a Low Intensity Conflict
"For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill." Sun Tzu The possibility of US troops becoming involved in a low-intensity conflict (LIC) is ever…
FM 71-1 ·Army ·1998 Tank and Mechanized Infantry Combat Tem
Tank and mechanized infantry companies and company teams can fight and win engagements on any part of the battlefield in a conventional, nuclear, or chemical environment. The company team is normally task organized by the battalion task…
FM 71-100 ·Army ·1996 Division Operations
The division is a large Army organization that trains and fights as a tactical team. Largely selfsustaining, it is capable of independent operations. The division is a unit of maneuver, organized with varying numbers and types of combat,…
FM 71-100-2 ·Army ·1993 Infantry Division Operations
Since the publication of the 1986 version of FM 100-5, the world and our Army have undergone significant changes. Our country has been involved in three key victories— Panama, the Gulf War, and the Cold War. Concurrently, the Army has…
FM 71-100-3 ·Army ·1996 Air Assault Division Operations: Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures
The air assault (AASLT) division is unique. It provides the warfighting commanders-in-chiefs (CINCs) an operational ground force capable of attacking directly into the enemy's vulnerable rear areas. It fights according to the proven tenets…
FM 71-101 ·Army ·1980 Infantry, Armored Mechanized and Air Assault Divisions Operations
The division is the largest U.S. Army organization that trains and fights as a team. A division is organized with varying numberk and types of combat, combat support, and combat service support units. Five types of divisions exist in the…
FM 71-123 ·Army ·1992 Tactics, Techniques for Combined Arms Heavy Forces
Users of this field manual must first read and understand the doctrinal field manuals: FM 71-3 (brigade), FM 71-2 (battalion), and FM 71-1 (company). This manual DOES NOT replace the doctrinal manuals; rather, it supplements them with…
FM 71-2 ·Army ·1988 The Tank and Mechanized Infantry Battalion Task Force
Tank and mechanized infantry battalion task forces are organized to fight and win engagements on any part of the battlefield in conventional, nuclear, or chemical environments. They combine the efforts of their company teams and combat…
FM 71-3 ·Army ·1996 The Armored and Mechanized Infantry Brigade
Armored and mechanized brigades are organized to fight successful engagements in conventional and various operations other than war (OOTW) activities. They are subordinate commands of a division and corps and perform major tactical…
FM 711002 ·Army ·Undated Fm 711002
The mission of light, air assault, and airborne infantry divisions is to close with and destroy the enemy as well as to control land areas, including population and resources. These divisions make optimum use of offensive, decentralized,…
FM 711003 ·Army ·1996 Air Assault Division Operations: Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures
The Evolution of the Air Assault Division Air assault operations arose from the "airborne idea," one of several solutions suggested to break the brutal trench deadlock of World War I's (WWI) Western Front. In simplest terms, the airborne…
FM 90-10 ·Army ·1979 Military Operation on Urban Terrain
Tactical doctrine stresses that urban combat operations are conducted only when required and that built-up areas are isolated and bypassed rather than risking a costly, time-consuming operation in this difficult environment. Adherence to…
FM 90-10-1 ·Army ·1995 Infantry Guide to Combat in Built-Up Areas
The urban growth in all areas of the world has changed the face of the battlefield. Military operations on urbanized terrain (MOUT) constitute the battlefield in the Eurasian continent. It includes all man-made features (cities, towns,…
FM 90-12 ·Army ·1989 Base Defense
Army, Marine Corps, Tactical Air Forces FM 90-12/FMFRP 2-73/TACP 50-50/PACAFP 50-50/USAFEP 50-50/AACP 50-50 B a s e D e f e n s e Multi-Service Procedures for Defense of a Joint Base EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This publication provides doctrinal…
FM 90-13 ·Army ·1998 River Crossing Operations
Field Manual (FM) 90-13 describes how divisions and brigades conduct river crossings. It shows the relationship to corps operations, where appropriate, and includes details for lower echelons to support the brigades. It provides doctrine,…
FM 90-13-1 ·Army ·1991 Combined Arms Breaching Operations
This manual outlines the Department of the Army (DA) doctrine for combined arms breaching operations. Fighting as a combined arms team is imperative to breaching success and is the centerpiece of the manual. The manual begins with a…
FM 90-13-RIVER ·Army ·1998 Crossing Operations
Field Manual (FM) 90-13 describes how divisions and brigades conduct river crossings. It shows the relationship to corps operations, where appropriate, and includes details for lower echelons to support the brigades. It provides doctrine,…
FM 90-2 ·Army ·1978 Tactical Deception
This manual provides guidance for using tactical deception in modem warfare. It is n»r commanders and their staffs who direct troops on the battlefield.VThe decision to use deception, the funda- mentals for planning, deception, and means…
FM 90-26 ·Army ·1990 Airborne Operations
irborne forces of the US Army have often demonstrated their ability to conduct decisive, short notice, forced entry operations deep into enemy territory. They seize and maintain the initiative until follow-on forces are committed to the…
FM 90-29 ·Army ·1994 Noncombatant Evacuation Operations
Field Manual (FM) 90-29 establishes Army guidance for planning, coordinating, and executing noncombatant evacuation operations (NEOs) under nonemeigency conditions. Nonemergency conditions are those in which full mobilization has not been…
FM 90-31 ·Army ·1996 AMCI Army and Marine Corps Integration in Joint Operations
of other forces. 8. MEF (FWD) Given its inherent flexibility, the MEF (FWD) will likely be the force of choice as the initial element to deploy from a MEF. The standing elements of a MEF staff normally form the basis for the CE of a MEF…
FM 90-38 ·Army ·1997 Multiservice Air-Air, Air-Surface, Surface-Air Brevity Codes
1 Chapter I Multiservice Brevity Codes ABORT(ING)(ED) Directive/informative to cease action/attack/event/mission. ACTION Directive to initiate a briefed attack sequence or maneuver. ACTIVE An emitter is radiating. ADD( ) Directive call to…
FM 90-41 ·Army ·1998 JTF Liaison Handbook. Multiservice Tactics, Techniques and Procedures for Joint Task Force Liaison Operations
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY JTF LIAISON HANDBOOK Multiservice Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Joint Task Force (JTF) Liaison Operations Liaison Officers (LNOs) LNOs facilitate the communication maintained between elements of a JTF to ensure…
FM 90-43 ·Army ·1999