FM 5-164 ·Army ·1974 Tactical Land Clearing
1-1. Purpose The purpose of this manual is to provide commanders and their staffs with information and data which can guide them in their conduct of tactical clearing operations. It provides a consolidation of the latest information and…
FM 20-60 ·Army ·1970 Battlefield Illumination
FM 20-60 CHAPTER 2 PURPOSES AND PRINCIPLES OF BATTLEFIELD ILLUMINATION 2-1. Purpose of Battlefield Illumination The general purpose of battlefield illumination is to provide additional light for friendly forces to conduct operations during…
FM 18-5 ·Army ·1944 Tank Destroyer Field Manual, Tactical Employment Tank Destroyer Units
This manual is a guide to the tactical employment of tank destroyer units both self-propelled and towed. The methods of employment described herein do not comprise a set of inflexible rules. Commanders must adapt the principles of…
FM 55-70 ·Army ·1977 Army Transportation Container Operations
This manual provides commanders, staff officers, and others concerned with general guidance pertaining to transportation container operations in the Army. The manual is intended as interim guidance to serve until operational experience…
FM 4-106 ·Army ·1943 Antiaircraft Artillery Field Manual. Employment of Antiaircraft Searchlights and the AAAIS
4-8 ANTIAIRCRAFT ARTILLERY FIELD MANUAL are provided to show when the searchlight beam is directed _at the azimuth and elevation indicated by the detector unit (or sound locator). The binoculars, especially designed for night use, are so…
FM 34-7 ·Army ·1993 Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Support to Low-Intensity Conflict Operations
This manual is about IEW support to LIC operations. The purpose of this chapter is to provide framework for the subsequent discussion of how IEW supports LIC in each of the four operational categories: support for insurgency and…
FM 4-02-12 ·Army ·2010 Army Health System Command and Control Organizations
This field manual (FM) establishes command and control (C2) doctrine for the provision of Army Health System (AHS) support in echelons above brigade (EAB). It discusses all roles of care within the theater. The AHS is the overarching…
FM 701-58 ·Army ·1987 Planning Logistics Support for Military Operations
FM 701-58 B-7. Supply. b. Class I. a. General. Is supply system and procedural guidance provided? Is the flow of requisitions described? Do automated systems of supported units and task organized CSS units have interface? Is the flow of…
FM 41-5 ·Army ·1990 Joint Manual of Civil Affairs
FM 41-5/OPNAV 09B2P1/AFM 110-7/NAVMC 2500 (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) ing, customs payments, postal services, and similar regulatory matters. Policies and procedures with respect to claims involving both public and private…
FM 41_5 ·Army ·1990 Joint Manual for Civil Affairs
FM 41-5/OPNAV 09B2P1/AFM 110-7/NAVMC 2500 (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) ing, customs payments, postal services, and similar regulatory matters. Policies and procedures with respect to claims involving both public and private…
FM 100-10 ·Army ·1968 Combat Service Support
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…
FM 54-23 ·Army ·1984 Materiel Management Center Corps Support Command
Li XXt 0 o 0 0 I EGEND O Two to five. O Numbers and types of units will vary with requirements. The size of the command and control headquarters will depend on the scope and magnitude of the mission, to include the number of subordinate…
FM 5-415 ·Army ·1999 Fire-Fighting Operations
The purpose of this field manual (FM) is to give a commander and members of fire-fighting teams direction on deploying and using engineer fire-fighting teams. Engineer fire-fighting teams will provide fire-prevention/-protection,…
FM 5-101 ·Army ·1985 Mobility
Mobility on the Battlefield THE AIRLAND BATTLE CHALLENGE AIRLAND BATTLE DOCTRINE AirLand battle doctrine, described in FM 1005, is the Army's "how to fight" doctrine. It applies to deployment and operation of US forces at and between two…
FM 6-20-1 ·Army ·1979 Field Artillery Cannon Battalion
v4 vr TO 7" j' ••-ift/íy Á.3. In the battles of the next war, effective use of firepower will be more critical than in any land battle the US Army has ever fought. Changes in battle tempo, mobility, and firepower will challenge field…
FM 100-10 ·Army ·1963 Field Service Regulations Administration
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.…
FM 5-15 ·Army ·1941 Engineer Field Manual, Field Fortifications
CHAPTER 2 TERRAIN E VAL UA TION SECTION I GENERAL 3. PURPOSE. The purpose of this chapter is to describe the means of evaluating terrain. For a detailed discussion of the effect of terrain on tactical dispositions and for information on…
FM 21-77 ·Army ·1958 Evasion and Escape
1. Purpose and Scope a. Purpose. (1) This manual is a guide to commanders in the training and indoctrination of personnel in the principles and techniques of evasion and escape. It is the basis for all evasion and escape training conducted…
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 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 57-21 ·Army ·1959 Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Airborne Division Battle Group 7-23
1. Purpose and Scope a. This text is a guide to the tactical employment of the headquarters and headquarters company of the airborne battle group. It covers the organization of the company and the organization and functioning of its…
FM 11-55 ·Army ·1999 Mobile Subscriber Equipment (MSE) Operations
This manual provides doctrine for planning the employment, deployment, and management of Mobile Subscriber Equipment (MSE) networks. It builds on the knowledge the reader has acquired on MSE from attending the Signal Officer Basic Course…
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 41-10 ·Army ·1962 Civil Affairs Operations
required of treaties, a rule of law established by custom, or a provision of the law of a foreign state made relevant by a provision of United States law, the terms of an international agreement, or rule of international law. The scope of…
FM 3-84 ·Army ·2023 Legal Support to Operations
This manual establishes a foundation for the Judge Advocate General's (JAG's) Corps and judge advocate legal services (JALS) personnel to provide principled counsel and mission-focused legal support to the operational Army. It establishes…
FM 100-23-1 ·Army ·1994 Multiservice Procedures for Humanitarian Assistance Operations
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…
FM 43-12 ·Army ·1989 Division Maintenance Operations
The Army must be prepared to deploy, fight, and win in different locations and under a variety of conditions. We must be prepared to fight a modern, highly lethal mechanized force typical of the Warsaw Pact, and must also be capable of…
FM 4-02-1 ·Army ·2001 Combat Health Logistics
Combat health logistics (CHL), to include blood management, is one of the major Army Medical Department (AMEDD) functional areas. Under the Medical Force 2000 (MF2K) concept, CHL in a theater of operations (TO) is provided by the medical…
FM 4-02.1 ·Army ·2001 Combat Health Logistics
Combat health logistics (CHL), to include blood management, is one of the major Army Medical Department (AMEDD) functional areas. Under the Medical Force 2000 (MF2K) concept, CHL in a theater of operations (TO) is provided by the medical…
FM 3-05 ·Army ·2025