1. Purpose and Scope a. This manual discusses organization for quartermaster supply and service in divisions and explains how organic quartermaster units normally provide supply and service support. It is intended as a guide for the…Historic136 pagesSustainment
FM 10-8 ment is applied to materials, devices, hardware, and other items used to prepare loads for airdrop. f. Airdrop Rigging. Rigging is a general term used to describe the processes and procedures by which a specific item or load of…Historic35 pagesSustainment
FM 100-1, The Army, expresses the Army's fundamental purpose, roles, responsibilities, and functions, as established by the Constitution, Congress, and the Department of De fense. As the Army's cornerstone document, FM 100-1 defines the…Archive57 pagesDoctrine Philosophy
FM 100-10 time, available resources are declining. Such changes in the national environment drive changes in national strategy. In responding to those changes, the Army has become a force projection, rather than a forward deployed, Army.…Archive115 pagesDoctrine Philosophy
SIGNAL COMMUNICATIONS General Theater army signal communications Army group and field army signal communica- tions - - Signal communications for stability operations . _ CIVIL AFFAIRS Introduction - - Command and staff relationships…Historic198 pagesComms Signal
1.1. Purpose and Scope a. Military activity may be divided into two major interdependent fields; combat activities and administrative support activities. Combat activities are covered in Field Service Regula- tions, Operations, FM 100-5.…Historic200 pagesSustainment
Since America's first major deployment of combat forces during the Spanish-American War, United States forces have faced constant and consistent patterns of combat service support challenges. Ports of embarkation and debarkation become…Archive133 pagesSustainment
Today's Army has transitioned from a force that was forward deployed to one that is primarily CONUS-based. This transition, however, has not changed the Army's national defense strategy role of providing land-based forces capable of…Archive122 pagesSustainment
A characteristic of the US Army's warfighting doctrine is its offensive spirit. To conduct successful battles and engagements, US forces must gain the initiative and thus set the terms of battle. This requires an increased emphasis on the…Archive114 pagesAviation
and execution of all air-ground operations. Key to the TAGS is an understanding of the systems and how to maximize each component's capabilities to achieve quick and decisive results in combat. 3. Application The tactics, techniques, and…Archive141 pagesDoctrine Philosophy
1. Scope This multiservice procedures publication acts as a ready reference source for guidance on air traffic control (ATC) respcnsibilities, procedures, and employment in a joint environment. It discusses joint air traffic control (JATC)…Archive146 pagesDoctrine Philosophy
Title 10 (Armed Forces), United States Code, section 3062, requires that the Army be organized, trained, and equipped for prompt and sustained land combat. The doctrine in FM 100-11 supports this statutory requirement. Events of the 1980's…Archive182 pagesDoctrine Philosophy
a headquarters set up for the purpose and respon- sible to the signal officer. c. The commander is also responsible for signal communications within each of his subordinate units. He discharges this responsibility generally through staff…Historic112 pagesComms Signal
Field Manual (FM) 100-12, Army Theater Missile Defense Operations, establishes the Army's comprehensive doctrine to guide actions throughout the range of theater missile defense (TMD) operations. It explains the Army's contribution to…Archive161 pagesDoctrine Philosophy
Efficient planning, coordination, and execution of air support to United States (US) Army forces (ARFOR) ground operations is essential to overall success of the ARFOR mission. This manual describes the role of the battlefield coordination…Archive102 pagesRecon Intel
Tactics, techniques, and procedures for the Battlefield Coordination Detachment, the Army's liaison element at the joint air operations center coordinating Army requirements for air support (1998).Archive137 pagesSmall Unit Tactics
FM 100-14 applies across the wide range of Army operations. It explains the principles, procedures, and responsibilities to successfully apply the risk management process to conserve combat power and resources. The manual applies to both…Archive72 pagesDoctrine Philosophy
This manual is a guide for employing US Army corps in war and operations other than war (OOTW). It addresses corps combat operations and the integration and coordination of combat, combat support (CS), and combat service support (CSS) as…Archive269 pagesDoctrine Philosophy
fires for the purpose of influencing the action at critical times and places. It is difficult for the field army commander to determine which at- tack force will meet with greatest success. The retention of a reserve permits the field army…Historic92 pagesSmall Unit Tactics
FM 100-15 must be able to conduct effective operations, lations are profitable targets for nuclear atacross the entire spectrum of war in any area tack. Concentration of personnel also invites where conflict may occur. chemical or…Historic102 pagesCBRN
The fundamental purpose of the US Army is to support and defend the Constitution of the United States. It does this by deterring war and, if deterrence fails, by providing Army forces capable of achieving victory on and off the…Archive215 pagesDoctrine Philosophy
The transformation from a forward-deployed Army to a power-projection total force presents many challenges and changes to the way we prepare for the battlefield. Operations Just Cause, Desert Shield, and Desert Storm have shown that…Archive131 pagesDoctrine Philosophy
The changing world environment has led to significant changes in how the United States defines its need for a standing military, dictating that the US Army convert primarily to a CONUS-based force with limited forward presence. The 1993…Archive99 pagesDoctrine Philosophy
Get there first, with the most men. Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, CSA (1821-1877) The end of the Cold War caused fundamental changes in the international security situation and US military strategy, resulting in a profound redirection…Current175 pagesDoctrine Philosophy
"Once hostilities are over, Americans are spontaneous and headlong in their eagerness to return to civilian life. No people on earth have been known to disengage so quickly from the ways of war." President Harry Truman This manual…Archive115 pagesDoctrine Philosophy
The Army's land power is hinged in space. General Gordon R. Sullivan Throughout US history, the military services have fought to guard US national interests on land, on sea, and in the air. Historically, whoever held and used the "high…Archive70 pagesDoctrine Philosophy
This manual provides the capstone doctrine for US Army and US Marine Corps domestic support operations. It also provides general information to civilian authorities at federal, state, and local levels involved in planning for and…Archive129 pagesDoctrine Philosophy
This chapter presents a brief historical perspective and concept of Army domestic support operations, the principles of operations other than war that apply to these operations, and a description of the Army's role. The Army consists of…Archive163 pagesDoctrine Philosophy
The cover design is an adaptation of this patch which is worn by Soviet motorized rifle troops, whose organization is representative of the Soviet combined arms theme.Archive203 pagesRecon Intel
The cover design is an adaptation of this patch which is worn by Soviet motorized rifle troops. whose organiza tion is representative of the Soviet combined arms theme.Archive100 pagesRecon Intel
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