The terminology section of this manual is a compilation of doctrinally-accepted definitions that have been taken from approved manuals. One Army field manual is cited as the proponent or reference for each definition. (NOTE: As the US Army…Archive212 pagesDoctrine Philosophy
30 May 2026 FM 1-02.1 v This third edition of FM 1-02.1 compiles all Army terms and definitions approved for use in Army doctrinal publications, including ADPs, FMs, and ATPs. It also includes joint and North Atlantic Treaty Organization…Current150 pagesDoctrine Philosophy
This publication compiles Department of Defense Military Standard (MIL-STD) 2525E approved military symbols applicable to land operations for use in U.S. Army doctrinal publications, situation maps, overlays, and annotated aerial…Current296 pagesDoctrine Philosophy
Field Manual (FM) 1–20, Military History Operations, is applicable to all Army military history offices, military history units, and military history operations of major tactical and support commands generally at corps level and below. FM…ArchiveDoctrine Philosophy
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
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
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
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
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
CHAPTER 1 SOT! I Purpose and Scope Terminology Other Operations Evacuation of US Nationals PURPOSE AND SCOPE This manual provides - - ■ Concepts and doctrine concerning the conduct of INTERNAL DEFENSE AND DEVELOPMENT (IDAD) assistance…Archive312 pagesDoctrine Philosophy
The National Military Strategy, embracing principles of-Deterrence, Forward Presence, Crisis Response, and Reconstitution, requires a revisioning for Army installations, Central to this new installation role is the capacity to respond…Archive148 pagesDoctrine Philosophy
FM 100-23 the 1960s. Since 1988, the number of peace operations has more than doubled, with each succeeding one being more complex than the last. The UN's peacekeeping operation in Cambodia in 1993, for example, included 22,000 military,…Archive138 pagesDoctrine Philosophy
This publication provides military forces, civilians, and volunteer organizations with information pertaining to humanitarian assistance (HA) operations where the size or extent of the assistance requires the formulation of a US military…Archive127 pagesDoctrine Philosophy
1-1. Purpose. The purpose of this publication is to prescribe doctrine and procedures gov erning the activities of the Armed Forces of the United States engaged in planning for and conducting airspace control in the com bat zone. 1-2.…Historic12 pagesDoctrine Philosophy
Excerpts from FM 100-5, Operations, covering the foundations of Army operations: the principles of war, tenets of Army operations, dynamics of combat power, and combat functions (web archive capture).ArchiveDoctrine Philosophy
Chapter 1 operation's purpose, the desired end state, the degree of acceptable risk, and the method of unifying focus for all subordinate elements. The operational-level commander's intent contains the intent statement of the next senior…Archive248 pagesDoctrine Philosophy
This manual is a guide for Army commanders and staffs operating in a multinational environment across the full range of military operations. This doctrine for multinational operations takes into account each type of operation and varying…ArchiveDoctrine Philosophy
This manual provides guidance on reconstitution. It defines reconstitution; describes the planning, training, decision making, and execution processes; and establishes responsibilities. The intent is to provide commanders facing…Archive63 pagesDoctrine Philosophy
This manual sets forth procedures for the United States Army and the United States Marine Corps in the use of land-based warfighting symbology. An extensive set of symbols for the Air Force and Navy is found in Military Standard 2525A. The…Archive337 pagesDoctrine Philosophy
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