FM 3-90.12 ·Army ·2008 Combined Arms Gap-Crossing Operations
Some common abbreviations and acronyms—for example, the abbreviations for military ranks—are not spelled out; refer to the glossary. As a dual service manual, references made to the U.S. Army, Soldiers, division, and BCT are…
FM 3-92 ·Army ·2010 Corps Operations
This manual provides direction for the corps headquarters: what it looks like, how it is organized, how its staff operates, how it is commanded and controlled, and how it operates in full spectrum operations. This publication replaces the…
FM 3-99 C1 ·Army ·2015 Airborne and Air Assault Operations
Assured access is the desired conditions that the United States seeks to maintain in potential areas of strategic importance throughout the world. Assured access is the result of a combination of geopolitical factors that affect the United…
FM 31-1 ·Army ·1971 Employment of Unattended ground Sensors (TEST)
FM 31-1 (TEST) CHAPTER 1 GENERAL 1 -1. (U) Purpose The purpose of this manual is to provide employment techniques, command and control concepts, and a ready equipment reference for elements directly responsible for the emplacement and…
FM 31-1-1-PSYCHOLOGICAL ·Army ·1994 Operations (PSYOPS) Techniques and Procedures
This field manual (FM) sets forth techniques and procedures for implementing United States (U.S.) Army psychological operations (PSYOP) doctrine contained in FM 33-1. It provides general guidance for commanders and planners who must…
FM 31-10 ·Army ·1968 Denial Operations and Barriers
FM 31-10 tial stages of development, a barrier is not an impenetrable line of great depth and continu- ous strength. As a minimum, one major obstacle should be presented to an enemy at- tempting to pass through the barrier system at any…
FM 31-11 ·Army ·1962 Doctrine for Amphibious Operations
The purpose of this publication is to set forth the basic doctrine governing the planning for and con- duct of all amphibious operations. 002 BASIS This publication has been developed by the Navy and the Marine Corps in accordance with the…
FM 31-12 ·Army ·1961 Army Forces in Amphibious Oprations
(2) Amphibious raid. Landings from the * * tional warfare activities (ch. 9). A special type of am phibious raid is the amphibious reconnaissance which is a landing conducted by small elements, involving stealth rather than force of arms…
FM 31-15 ·Army ·1961 Operations Against Irregular Forces
Section I.GENERAL 1. Purpose and Scope a. This manual provides guidance to the commanders and staffs of combined arms forces which have a primary mission of eliminating irregular forces. b. The text discusses the nature of irregular forces…
FM 31-16 ·Army ·1970 Counterguerilla Operations
C 2, FM 31-16 Page 9, paragraph 13b. In lines 2 and 3 "internal defense operations" is changed to read "insurgency situations." Page 9, paragraph 13c. In line 3, "internal defense" is changed to read "stability." Page 9, paragraph 13e. In…
FM 31-19 ·Army ·1993 Military Free-Fall Parachuting Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures
This field manual (FM) presents a series of concise, proven techniques and guidelines that are essential to safe, successful military free-fall (MFF) operations. The techniques and guidelines prescribed herein are generic in nature, and…
FM 31-2 ·Army ·1970 Surveillace, Target Aquisition and Night Observation Stano Doctrine (TEST)
2-1. The STANO System The STANO system is comprised of those means and materiel organic to or in support of the Army in the field (to include other Services) associated with information gathering and pre- sentation capabilities utilized to…
FM 31-20 ·Army ·1990 Doctrine for Special Forces Operations
Field Manual (FM) 31-20 is the Special Forces (SF) principles manual. It is directly linked to and must be used in conjunction with the doctrinal principles found in FMs 100-5 and 100-20 and the projected FM 100-25. It describes SF roles,…
FM 31-21 ·Army ·1969 Special Forces Operations
Forces group is â multipurpose force which, by organization, flexible command arrangements, tailored logistical and fiscal procedures, and highly trained personnel, can address a variety of mis- sions. As the repository of expertise within…
FM 31-21-GUERRILLA ·Army ·1961 Warfare & Special Forces S
Guerrilla warfare and Special Forces operations: fundamentals of resistance and guerrilla warfare, the airborne Special Forces group, theater support, infiltration, and combat employment (1961).
FM 31-22 ·Army ·1981 Command, Control, and Support of Special Forces Operations
Thisfield manual provides doctrinal guid¬ ance to Special Forces (SF) command¬ ers and their staffs for command, con¬ trol, and support of SF operations. It deals with the organization, missions, and operations in support of unconventional…
FM 31-23 ·Army ·1998 Special Forces Mounted Operations, Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures
Until the mid 1980's, the United States (U.S.) Army did not have a dedicated mounted special operations 2 (SO) capability. Major General Guest (then Colonel), 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne ) (SFG[A]), 3 realized this shortcoming. He…
FM 31-27 ·Army ·1998 Pack Animals in Support of Special Operations (Draft)
Draft field manual on pack animals in support of special operations: care, loading, and employment of pack animals in austere environments (1998). The archived scan is largely illegible.
FM 31-3 ·Army ·1969 Wether Support for Field Army Tactical Operations
1-1. Purpose and Scope o. This manual provides doctrinal guidance to U.S. Air Force, Air Weather Service (AWS) and field personnel, including commanders and staff officers, who are concerned with the weather sup- port required for army…
FM 31-5 ·Army ·1941 Landing Operations on Hostile Shores
FM 31-5 BASIC FIELD MANUAL LANDING OPERATIONS ON HOSTILE SHORES CHAPTER 1 GENERAL Paragraphs Section I. General 1-8 II. Advance forces 9-12 III. Main and secondary landings 13-16 IV. Selection of landing areas 17-26 V. Time of landing .-…
FM 31-55 ·Army ·1972 Border Security and Anti-Infiltration Operations
Section I. GENERAL 1-1. Purpose This manual provides doctrinal guidance for com- manders and staffs at all levels, to carry out bor- der security operations involving combat, combat support, and combat service support units. Throughout…
FM 31-60 ·Army ·1972 River Crosing Operations
provides a summation on river-crossing opera- tions for quick reference purposes. b. Full page printing has replaced the two columns per page that was used in the old manual. This is intended for ease of reading. c. A recapitulation of…
FM 31-73 ·Army ·1965 Advisory Handbook for Counterinsurgency
CHAPTER 1 GENERAL 1. Purpose This manual provides the U.S. Army advisor to host country forces a ready reference document on doctrine and techniques which are most frequently employed in countering latent, incipient, and active insurgency.…
FM 31-75 ·Army ·1971 Riverine Warfare
This manual sets forth basic guidance for commanders and staff officers for planning and executing riverine warfare. While this manual reflects riverine warfare as conducted in the Repub- lic of Vietnam where it was field evaluated, the…
FM 31-81 ·Army ·1970 Base Defense (TEST)
This manual sets forth basic guidance for commanders and staff officers of nontactical organiza- tions and installations for planning and conducting base defense. While the manual emphasize base de- fense in stability operations, the…
FM 31-82 ·Army ·1971 Base Development
This manual prescribes Army doctrine to assist commanders and staff officers in developing a base or bases in a theater of operations. It covers base development (BD) from early concept planning to program execution. The manual defines the…
FM 31-85 ·Army ·1970 Rear Area Protection Operations
This manual provides doctrine and guidance to commanders and staffs for the organization, administration, and employment of resources in the conduct of rear area protection (RAP) operations and updates interim guidance provided in FM…
FM 4-29 ·Army ·1945 War Department Field Manual. Service of Seacoast Searchlight
This manual is a guide for the battery commanders, platoon commanders, section leaders, and light commanders of seacoast artillery searchlight units in harbor defenses or in the field in training searchlight squads in the orderly,…
FM 4-5 ·Army ·1944 Coast Artillery Tactics (C1)
Yous. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1947—751601 = RESTRICTED FM 4-5 cl FIELD MANUAL COAST ARTILLERY TACTICS CHANGES WAR DEPARTMENT NO. 1 Washington 25, D. C., 8 Aug., 1947 FM 4-5, 20 June 1944, is changed as follows: 2. COASTAK FRONTIER…
FM 57-1 ·Army ·1967