FM 3-39 ·Army ·2025 Military Police Operations
This version of FM 3-39 aligns with FM 3-0 and describes how military police units are manned, equipped, and trained to enable the Army's ability to conduct prompt and sustained land combat to defeat enemy ground forces and seize, occupy,…
FM 3-19 ·Army ·2001 Physical Security
This field manual (FM) sets forth guidance for all personnel responsible for physical security. It is the basic reference for training security personnel. It is intended to be a "one-stop" physicalsecurity source for the Department of…
FM 3-19.30 ·Army ·2001 Physical Security - 2001 - Manual Safety Help Field Military Defense Guid
This field manual (FM) sets forth guidance for all personnel responsible for physical security. It is the basic reference for training security personnel. It is intended to be a "one-stop" physicalsecurity source for the Department of…
FM 19-45-1 ·Army ·1967 Rear Area Protection
This manual provides interim guidance to commanders, staff officers, and other personnel concerned with rear area protection under the TASTA-70 concept of organization and operation. This information can be utilized to facilitate…
FM 31-22 ·Army ·1963 U. S. Army Counterinsurgency Forces
10. Military Civic Action a. Purpose. The purpose of the military civic action program is to use indigenous military resources for the benefit of civilian communities, such as assisting in health, welfare, and public works projects,…
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 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 1-100 ·Army ·1959 Army Aviation
CHAPTER 1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE 1. Purpose This manual is a guide for commanders, staff officers, Army aviators, and other Army personnel concerned with the employment of Army aircraft, the organization and planning of Army Aviation units, and…
FM 7-21 ·Army ·1957 Headquarters and Headquarters Company Infantry 8-8
PART ONE OPERATIONS CHAPTER 1 GENERAL Section I. MISSION AND ORGANIZATION 1. Purpose and Scope a. This manual is a guide to the training and tactical employment of the headquarters and headquarters company of the battle group. It covers…
FM 100-5 ·Army ·1939 Tentative Field Service Regulations Operations
WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, October 1, 1939. FM 100-5, Tentative Field Service Regulations, Operations, is published for the information and guidance of all concerned. It contains the principles of troop leading and combat of the combined…
FM 31-23 ·Army ·1967 Stability Operations
of a subversive element intent on destroying the government can greatly mul- tiply the seriousness of these conditions. Secu- rity and stability in the urban areas must re- ceive priority in both planning and resources available for IDAD.…
FM 70-10 ·Army ·1944 War Department Field Manual, Mountain Operations
Terrain and weather are important factors in the conduct of mountain operations. b. Mountainous terrain is usually characterized by one or more of the following: exaggerated terrain features, heavy woods or jungle, rocky crags and…
FM 3-21.11 ·Army ·2003 The SBCT Infantry Rifle Company
This manual is based on the premise that although the unit organization, weapons systems, and conditions have changed, platoon maneuver, fire, and movement have not changed.
FM 19-90 ·Army ·1953 The Provost Marshal
1. Purpose This manual is designed to serve as a guide for all provost marshals. It is also intended as a source of information for commanders in their use of provost marshals and military police in the fulfillment of command…
FM 90-10-1 ·Army ·1995 Infantry Guide to Combat in Built-Up Areas
The urban growth in all areas of the world has changed the face of the battlefield. Military operations on urbanized terrain (MOUT) constitute the battlefield in the Eurasian continent. It includes all man-made features (cities, towns,…
FM 21-60 ·Army ·1987 Visual Signals
1-1. General Visual signals are any means of communication that require sight and can be used to transmit prearranged messages rapidly over short distances. This includes the devices and means used for the recognition and identification of…
FM 55-31 ·Army ·1961 Motor Transport Services in Theaters of Opterations
Transportation truck units habitually engaged in the intersectional movement of petroleum products will normally be assigned to the petro- leum intersectional service (POLIS) to permit their complete integra- tion into the mission of…
FM 71-2 ·Army ·1977 The Tank and Mechanized Infantry Battalion Task Force
In order to see the enemy, it will be necessary to MOVE. The task force MOVES to SEE and MOVES to fight. For when fighting outnumbered, which the task force must expect to do most of the time, it will be necessary to MOVE to mass…
FM 19-3 ·Army ·1964 Military Police Support in the Communications Zone
CHAPTER 2 TERRITORIAL ORGANIZATION 4. General Most of the military police support in the COMMZ is accomplished on an area basis, and is closely associated with territorial responsibilities and movements. This requires that each provost…
FM 5-34 ·Army ·2021 Engineer Field Data
Engineer field data handbook: pocket reference of formulas, tables, and planning factors for combat engineers covering obstacles, demolitions, bridging, and construction.
FM 34-7-1 ·Army ·2002 Tactical Human Intelligence and Counterintelligence Operations
ST 2-22.7 (FM 34-7-1) APRIL 2002 Chapter 1 Tactical Human Intelligence Collection Assets Timely and accurate intelligence derived from human intelligence (HUMINT) and counterintelligence (CI) assets is critical to the military…
FM 3-19-1 ·Army ·2001 Military Police Operations
The MP Corps has a strong history evolving over the past five decades. We, as a corps, continue to transform our organizations and doctrine as we have in the past to support the Army in the active defense of the 1970s, the AirLand battle…
FM 90-2 ·Army ·1978 Tactical Deception
This manual provides guidance for using tactical deception in modem warfare. It is n»r commanders and their staffs who direct troops on the battlefield.VThe decision to use deception, the funda- mentals for planning, deception, and means…
FM 31-20 ·Army ·1965 Special Forces Operational Techniques
CHAPTER 2 INTELLIGENCE Section 1. GENERAL 3. Purpose This chapter provides information and guid- ance to Special Forces detachments in the intelligence aspects of operational planning for unconventional warfare and counterinsurgency…
FM 57-35 ·Army ·1958 Army Transport Aviation Combat Operations
1. Purpose and Scope a. Army transport aircraft (fixed and rotary-wing) are authorized aviation units in the type field army to provide mobility for tactical units, and to expedite tactical movement of supplies and personnel in the forward…
FM 7-17 ·Army ·1951 The Armored Infantry and Battalion
FM 7-17 C1 FIELD MANUAL THE ARMORED INFANTRY COMPANY AND BATTALION CIIANGES DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY No. 1 f WASHINmGTON 25, D. C., 12 September1952 FM 7-17, 23 March 1951, is changed as follows: 285.1 FORWARD AIR CONTROLLER (Added) a. A…
FM 17-42 ·Army ·1944 Armored Infantry Battalion
This manual covers the tactical employment of the armored infantry battalion, both as part of a larger force, and when acting independently. It is designed as a guide and does not prescribe a set of inflexible rules. Each tactical…
FM 31-72 ·Army ·1964 Mountain Operations
The focal points of mountain combat are the heights. Gun emplacements and observation posts on commanding heights can dominate the foreground. Advances where possible are made along ridges. Both friendly and enemy forces can be expected to…
FM 3-19.15 ·Army ·2005 Civil Disturbance Operations
Field Manual (FM) 3-19.15 addresses continental United States (CONUS) and outside continental United States (OCONUS) civil disturbance operations. Today, United States (US) forces are deployed on peacekeeping, peace enforcement, and…
FM 4-02.18 ·Army ·2004