FM 54-6 ·Army ·1969 The Area Support Command
1-1. Purpose This manual provides guidance on the organi- zation and operation of an area support com- mand (ASCOM) for personnel who need infor- mation relative to the combat service support provided to military forces in the communica-…
FM 54-6-1 ·Army ·1967 The Area Support Command (TEST)
This manual provides interim guidance to commanders, staff officers and other personnel concerned with the support mission of the Area Support Command under The Administration Support, Theater Army, TASTA-70 concept of organization and…
FM 54-7 ·Army ·1972 The Theater Army Support Command
CHAPTER 2 THEATER ARMY COMMAND AND TERRITORIAL STRUCTURE Section I. THEATER ARMY COMMAND STRUCTURE 2—1. Theater of Operations Within a theater of operations, US Army forces are employed under a unified command. The the- ater commander…
FM 54-8 ·Army ·1967 The Administrative Support Theater Army TASTA-70 (TEST)
This manual is published to provide interim guidance to commanders, staff officers, and other personnel concerned with Combat Service Support under the TASTA-70 concept of organization and operation. Additional, more detailed guidance is…
FM 55-1 ·Army ·1971 Army Transportation Services in a Theater of Operations
This manual provides guidance for of an assistant chief of staff (ACS), movements, staff section or a staff transportation section in various headquarters units. It promulgates transportation doctrine and organizational structure developed…
FM 55-10 ·Army ·1969 Army Transportation Movements Management
The time frames for programing cycles arate corps commanders are assisted by their re- (para 5-6). spective support command commanders. These (2) The degree of coordination required in commanders provide integrated logistic support,…
FM 55-105 ·Army ·1944 Water Transportation Oceangoing Vessels
CHAPTER I GENERAL Section 1. PURPOSE AND SCOPE I. SCOPE. This manual deals with oceangoing vessels operated or utilized by the Transportation Corps and with the general organization and procedures applying to those ships. No attempt is…
FM 55-11 ·Army ·1973 Army Movement Control Units
This is a new manual, published as a training, planning, and operational guide for personnel concerned with managing and controlling the movement of Department of Defense sponsored shipments in the Army transportation system of a theater…
FM 55-12 ·Army ·1978 Movement of Units ind Air Force Aircraft
Chapter 1 RESPONSIBILITIES The policies outlined in this manual pertain primarily to airlanded opera- tions; however, since preparations for airborne operations are basically similar, all marshaling and outloading procedures will be…
FM 55-13 ·Army ·1974 Air Transport of Supplies and Equipment Standard Loads
Section I. GENERAL 1-1. Purpose The purpose of this manual is to provide Army and Air Force units with the information necessary for air movement of Army aircraft and vehicles in Air Force C-5 aircraft. 1-2. Scope The material presented in…
FM 55-130 ·Army ·1944 Small Boats and Harbor Craft
Riding at anchor a half mile offshore at the debarkation port of Pogo Pogo is an' Army freighter, newly arrived from Brisbane. In its hold and on its decks is a miscellaneous cargo of ro5-mm. howitzers, caliber .30 ammunition, caterpillar…
FM 55-14 ·Army ·1974 Air Transport of Supplies and Equipment UH1 Helicopter in Air Force Aircraft
Air transport procedures for movement of the UH-1 helicopter as cargo aboard Air Force aircraft: preparation, loading, and tiedown (1974).
FM 55-15 ·Army ·1968 Transportation Reference Data
CHAPTER 2 AIR 2.1 Organization Unit Headquarters and headquarters detachment, transportation transport aircraft battalion. Transportation light helicopter company. Transportation medium heli- copter company. Transportation medium air-…
FM 55-16 ·Army ·1973 Cargo Checking Handbook
FM 55—16 CHAPTER 2 GENERAL 2—1. Background a. Throughout the history of transportation, shippers have required some method of account- ing for and controlling the movement of goods from origin to destination. As the transportation industry…
FM 55-17 ·Army ·1979 Terminal Operations Specialists Handbook
This manual sets forth the principles, doctrinal guidance, and important job duties of a terminal operations coordinator. It presents such duties in light of three types of ter- minal operation missions as follows: COMPANY MISSION Terminal…
FM 55-19 ·Army ·1976 Support of Contingency Forces by Air Lines of Communication (TEST)
This publication contains general reference guidance for further research by commanders, planners, and staff officers involved with the deployment, support, and recovery of contingency forces by airlift. The references serve as the current…
FM 55-20 ·Army ·1974 Army Rail Transport Operations and Units
a. The transportation railway service (TRS) of the theater army support command (TASCOM) consists of units required to supervise, operate, and maintain the existing railway net. Railway units are no longer organic battalions but are…
FM 55-200 ·Army ·1975 Air Transport Procedures Transport of Honest Hohn Warhead Section
areas to the maximum extent possible. When transporting the warhead section in the univer- sal military pod by CH-54 helicopter, the pod must be secured to the helicopter to preclude jettisoning the pod deliberately or inadver- tently.…
FM 55-204 ·Army ·1976 Air Transport Procedures Transport of M454 Atomic Projectile in M467 Container
FM ii-2©4 chapter 4, AR 50-5 and chapter 1, AR 55-203, for transport with the projectile, ordnance support chan- nels must be consulted. Information on compatibility is contained in TM 39-45-51C and TM 38-250, which are distributed to…
FM 55-21 ·Army ·1955 Rail Transportation Higher Units
CHAPTER 1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE 1. Purpose The purpose of this manual is to guide commanders and staffs of transportation military railway service higher units. It is also designed to proviee asi c mifooraomon commanders and staffs of m…
FM 55-21-1 ·Army ·1967 Transportation Railway Units and Operations (TEST)
This manual provides interim guidance to commanders, staff officers, and other personnel concerned with transportation railway support under the TASTA-70 concept of organization and operation. This information can be utilized to facilitate…
FM 55-218 ·Army ·1979 Air Transport Procedures Transport of 8-inch Atomic Projectiles, M422
Nuclear weapons transported as internal loads by helicopters (chapters 4 and 6) will not be jettisoned under any circumstances. During emergency movements (external transport by helicopter, chapters 5 and 6), the inflight emergency…
FM 55-22 ·Army ·1962 Transportation Railway Battalion
CHAPTER 1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE 1. Purpose This manual assists transportation railway op- erating and transportation railway shop battalion officers in the employment of rail units and to provide the basis for the organization, training, and…
FM 55-23 ·Army ·1944 Transportation Railway Shop Battalion
1. Purpose The purpose of this manual is to guide the transportation railway shop battalion commander, his staff, and his subordinate leaders. It also serves as a guide for command and staff officers charged with the employment of railway…
FM 55-25 ·Army ·1945 Ports (Oversea) Headquarters and Headquarters Companies
CHAPTER 1 SCOPE AND MISSION Section I. GENERAL 1. DEFINITION. a. The term "oversea port" as used in this manual refers to those ports which are located in an oversea base or defense command, oversea department or theater of operations and…
FM 55-250 ·Army ·1978 Air Transport Procedures Transport of Nike-Hercules Warhead Section in Shipping and Storage Container, M409
FM 55-250 CHAPTER 2 GENERAL SAFETY AND SECURITY MATTERS WARNING ‘The Nike-Hercules warhead section is not to be jottisoned under any circumstances. 2-1. Warnings ‘The following warnings will be observed by personnel performing operations,…
FM 55-26 ·Army ·1953 Transportation INland Waterways Service
Section I. GENERAL 1. Purpose The purpose of this manual is to provide military personnel with basic doctrine relative to the tech- niques of operating an inland waterways service and to set forth the capabilities of inland waterway trans-…
FM 55-30 ·Army ·1969 Army Motor Transportation Operations
Motor movements may be further classified by the degree of control exercised over them as follows: (1) Casual military movements consist of in- dividual elements proceeding more or less at will in performing routine unit functions. (2)…
FM 55-31 ·Army ·1972 Army Motor Transport Unit
This manual contains both doctrinal and procedural guidance for the administration and operation of motor transport units to provide the man-on-the-ground with the know-how to perform his military duties. Although the material contained…
FM 55-35 ·Army ·1965