FM 6-21 ·Army ·1960 Division Artillery
1. Purpose This manual is a guide for artillery officers and commanders and staffs of all combat arms. It is concerned with the employment of divisional artillery units in the combat zone. It covers organization, command, and tactical…
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 44-48 ·Army ·1993 Tactics, Techniques and Procedures for the Sensor Platoon
This field manual (FM) describes the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) for the air defense artillery (ADA) sensor platoon and sections. The purpose of this manual is to describe the organization and employment of the ADA sensor…
FM 3-05 ·Army ·2025 Army Special Operations
As one of the Army's five core competencies, special operations are activities or actions requiring distinct modes of employment, tactical techniques, equipment, and training, often conducted in hostile, denied, or politically or…
FM 30-40 ·Army ·1975 Handbook on Soviet Ground Forces
1-1. General. a. The Soviet Union maintains a very large "army" or Ground Forces in active service. Numbering some two million officers and enlisted personnel, the Soviet Ground Forces are about twice the size of the US Army and Marine…
FM 100-8 ·Army ·1997 The Army in Multinational Operations
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…
FM 7-7J ·Army ·Undated The Mechanized Infantry Platoon and Squad (Bradley)
to the Bradley Fighting Vehicle The Bradley fighting vehicle (BF'V) represents the most dramatic improvement in infantry combat capability since the introduction of the machine gun. The infantry now has unprecedented firepower, armor…
FM 31-20-5 ·Army ·1988 Special Reconnaissance Tactics, Techniques, & Procedures for Special Forces
Special reconnaissance (SR) is defined as reconnaissance and surveillance actions conducted by Special Forces (SF) to obtain or verify, by visual observation or other collection methods, information concerning the capabilities, intentions,…
FM 4-02-4-C1 ·Army ·2001 Medical Platoon Leaders' Handbook: Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures
This field manual (FM) provides information on the structure and operation of all medical platoons and medical sections that are organic to combat and combat support (CS) battalions and squadrons. It is directed toward the medical platoon…
FM 4-02.4 ·Army ·2001 Medical Platoon Leaders' Handbook
This field manual (FM) provides information on the structure and operation of all medical platoons and medical sections that are organic to combat and combat support (CS) battalions and squadrons. It is directed toward the medical platoon…
FM 4-90.7 ·Army ·2007 Stryker Brigade Combat Team Logistics
Fundamentals of SBCT Logistics 10 September 2007 FM 4-90.7 1-1 Chapter 1 Fundamentals of SBCT Logistics 1-1. Incorporating logistics functions into the SBCT presents some unique challenges. It is an early entry force, designed for…
FM 3-34-22 ·Army ·2009 Engineer Operations—Brigade Combat Team and Below
The engineer support doctrine for the brigade combat team (BCT) is focused on tactical-level maneuvers. The engineer organizations organic to the BCT are optimized to perform combat engineering (primarily mobility with limited capabilities…
FM 3-4-1 ·Army ·2003 Multiservice Procedures for NBC Defense of Fixed Sites, Ports, and Airfields (Coorinating Draft)
This publication provides a multiservice doctrinal reference for planning, resourcing, and executing the nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) defense of fixed sites, ports, and airfields. Specific tactics, techniques, and procedures are…
FM 100-7 ·Army ·1995 Decisive Force
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…
FM 100-1 ·Army ·1994 The Army
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…
FM 11-11 ·Army ·1958 The Signal Battalion Armored Division
CHAPTER 1 GENERAL 1. Purpose and Scope d. To provide photographic services (except air a. This manual is prepared for use in training photography) for the division, including ground a signal battalion, armored division, and air still…
FM 3-24 C2 ·Army ·2014 Insurgencies and Countering Insurgencies {mcwp 3-33.5}
The 2006 version of FM 3-24/ MCWP 3-33.5, Counterinsurgency, filled an important doctrinal gap at a time when U.S. forces were engaged in counterinsurgency operations. This version of FM 3-24/MCWP 3-33.5 builds on that important manual.…
FM 3-21.31 ·Army ·2003 The Stryker Brigade Combat Team
The Stryker brigade combat team (SBCT) is designed to be a full spectrum, early entry combat force. It has utility in all operational environments against all projected future threats. It possesses significant utility for divisions and…
FM 3-13 ·Army ·2003 Information Operations Doctrine, Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures
Information is an element of combat power. Commanders conduct information operations (IO) to apply it. Focused IO—synchronized with effective information management and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance— enable commanders to…
FM 44-1-2 ·Army ·Undated Air Defense Artillery Reference Handbook
will @ The tracking signal processor provides Wing span (24.8 in) 63 cm change the engagement sequence, giving the master synchronization for the FLIR subsys- Guidance Passive infrared gunner the authority to make identification tem and…
FM 61-24 ·Army ·1968 Division Communications
FM 61-24 Paragraph Page II. Division artillery radio nets and wire system 10-3, 10-1— 10-4 10-3 III. Radio nets and wire system, field artillery battalions (DS), 105mm or 155mm 10-5,10—6 10-6 IV. Radio nets and wire system, field artillery…
FM 1-113 ·Army ·1997 Utility and Cargo Helicopter Operations
Utility and cargo helicopters operate throughout the battlefield. As a fully integrated member of the combined arms team, utility and cargo helicopter units conduct combat, combat support and combat service support operations in support of…
FM 22-9 ·Army ·1991 Soldier Performance in Continuous Operations
CONOPS (continuous operations) is combat continuing at the same-high intensity level for extended periods. Soldiers may have opportunities for sleep, but this sleep may be brief or fragmented. CONOPS is distinguished from SUSOPS (sustained…
FM 3-90-31 ·Army ·2009 Maneuver Enhancement Brigade Operations
Doctrine provides a military organization with unity of effort and a common philosophy, language, and purpose. This field manual (FM) provides doctrine for the tactical employment and operations of the maneuver enhancement brigade (MEB).…
FM 1-2 ·Army ·1978 Aircraft Countermeasures and Battlefield Survivability
The primary purpose of this manual is to present and discuss battlefield countermeasures, techniques, procedures, and concepts that enhance the survivability of Army aviation units in a high threat environment. This publication should be…
FM 1 ·Army ·2001 The Army
In the decade since the end of the Cold War, the strategic environment has become less stable, more uncertain, and more dangerous. The international order is again in transition. While our traditional adversaries seem less menacing, others…
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 6-102 ·Army ·1970 Field Artillery Battalion Aerial Field Artillery
FM 6-102 1—6. Operational Concepts a. Aerial field artillery units deliver fires from the aircraft in flight, employing speed, agility, and responsiveness to achieve surprise and destroy targets. Aerial field artillery provides a means of…
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 31-22 ·Army ·1963