Infantry Magazine articles from January 2005

Infantry Magazine archives from January 2005

Urban counterinsurgency: seizing the opportunity.(Commandant's note)
January 1, 2005... The current level of insurgent activity in Iraq has stimulated a great deal of discussion and consideration of how we can best fight and defeat an urban insurgency marked by hit and run ambushes, sniping, the use of improvised explosive devices...

Building better leaders.(INFANTRY LETTERS)(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2005... This letter is in response to Command Sergeant Major (Retired) Hardwick's and Sergeant Major of the Army (Retired) Gates' article titled "A New Look At The Infantry Company" from the November-December 2004 issue. First, I think all of us will...

Recruiter assistance program opens doors to officers.(Special Recruiter Assistance Program)
January 1, 2005... Officers can now share their deployment experiences with their local communities through the Special Recruiter Assistance Program (SRAP). As of January 15, officers who are currently located in CONUS and have served in support of Operation...

Reunions.
January 1, 2005... The 45th Infantry Division Association (Thunderbirds) will hold its annual reunion September 29 to October 5, 2005 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. For more information, contact Raul Trevino at (210) 681-9134 or write to: Raul Trevino 2145 NE Street...

Benning tests M-9, alternatives.
January 1, 2005... The Directorate of Combat Developments (DCD) and Soldier Battle Lab on Fort Benning began analyzing the current-issue M-9 handgun and possible alternative weapons January 24. "I want to make it clear, this is not a selection of a new...

Greetings.(Arabs' behavoral pattern)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... GREETINGS -- An Arab will shake hands gently and may pull those he greets toward him and kiss them on either cheek in greeting. Arabs may also hold hands to walk to other locations. If an Arab does not touch someone he greets, he either does...

Talking distance.(Arabs and American behavoral analysis)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... TALKING DISTANCE -- Americans usually prefer to keep at least an arm's length between them and others. Arabs, however, prefer less space between themselves and others. They will often maintain 12 inches or less during a conversation. An...

29th INF conducts TSIRT.(Infantry Regiment)(Theater Specific Individual Readiness Training)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... During the 1st Quarter of Fiscal Year 05, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 29th Infantry Regiment conducted its first Theater Specific Individual Readiness Training (TSIRT) for Department of Defense civilians, contractors and military...

Lessons learned from Stryker battalion commanders in combat.(TSM Stryker/Bradley Corner)
January 1, 2005... On 18 January 2005, the United States Army Infantry Center (USAIC) led a collection effort consisting of various Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) schools, material developers, and other subject matter experts in an attempt to determine...

Earning the tab.(Rangers' training)
January 1, 2005... Having a Ranger attitude is feeling like you can't do something, but then finding that "can" somewhere. You soon find out you can accomplish far more than what you ever thought possible. When you go two to four months constantly getting knocked...

Practical SOPs developed from current TTPs.(tactics, techniques, and procedures )(standard operating procedures)
January 1, 2005... In this article, I wish to discuss the importance of developing platoon SOPs that are relevant to the enemy and friendly tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) that are currently in use here in the Iraqi theater of operations. This was...

Every soldier is a rifleman.(LESSONS FROM WORLD WAR II)
January 1, 2005... Every Soldier is a rifleman. The Army seems to relearn this lesson in every war. Sadly enough, it is usually as the result of lost lives--lives the Army might have saved it if had not forgotten lessons from its past. Currently, we are engaged...

Boyd's O-O-D-A loop and the infantry company commander.
January 1, 2005... Many company grade infantry officers have probably never heard of Retired Air Force Colonel John Boyd, his way of thinking, or his contribution to the art of warfare. COL Boyd was a fighter pilot who fought in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam...

Egyptian general Saad-Eddine El-Shazly: controversial operational thinker and architect of the 1973 Yom-Kippur War.(PROFESSIONAL FORUM)
January 1, 2005... When studying the October 1973 Arab-Israeli War, it is important to read from various sources to gain a better understanding of the conflict. Since there are western, Israeli, and Arab sources, readers may want to consider the agendas of the...

Stability operations in Northern Iraq: task force Altun Kupri.
January 1, 2005... As a first lieutenant during Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF 1), I served as the Mortar Platoon Leader for 1st Battalion (Airborne), 50gth Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade. My most demanding, rewarding, and memorable experience over 12...

Executing a combined mortar and artillery raid.
January 1, 2005... This article details the execution of a raid against conventional Iraqi forces west of Irbil, Iraq, in April 2003 by the 1st Battalion, 508rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade. The raid officially began when the first of three 120mm...

The case for robots in the SBCTs (NOW).(Stryker brigade combat team)
January 1, 2005... Figure 1 is more in line with the Future Combat System Organizational and Operational (FCS O&O) concepts an current force brigade combat teams (BCTs) or Stryker brigade combat teams (SBCTs). However, it does speak to the potential of unmanned...

Avoiding the worst possible outcome.(improvised explosive device)
January 1, 2005... Having just suffered the loss of a comrade to a violent improvised explosive device (IED), several of your subordinates stand over two detainees who were apprehended for running away after the explosion. The fingers of angry infantrymen rest...

The Expeditionary Training Center in Bulgaria--BULWARK 04.(Training Forward)
January 1, 2005... The uncertain future of American military presence in Western Europe has provided not only challenges, but also opportunities, for the Seventh Army Training Command (ATC) in Germany. During the Cold War, units throughout Europe regularly...

WHINSEC tactical training.(TRAINING NOTES)
January 1, 2005... People ask me what I do, and for a long time I simply stated, "I work t the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC)." However, after receiving consistent blank looks I now reply, "I train men to go into the jungles of...

The Black Devil Brigade, The True Story of the First Special Service Force in World War II, An Oral History.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... The Black Devil Brigade, The True Story of the First Special Service Force in Worm War 11, An Oral History. By Joseph A. Springer. Motorbooks International. 344 pages. $29.95. Reviewed by Harry D. Stumpf. This extraordinary, timeless...

Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East.
January 1, 2005... Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East. By Michael B, Oren. Oxford University Press, 2002. 446 pages. $30 (Hardcover). Reviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Harold E. Raugh, Jr., U.S. Army, Retired. The single most...

Cleanse Their Souls: Peace-keeping in Bosnia's Civil War 1992-1993.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... Cleanse Their Souls: Peace-keeping in Bosnia's Civil War 1992-1993. By Monty Woolley. Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 2004. 232 pages. $28.50 (Hardcover). Reviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Jim Larsen. A most relevant book for the deployed of deploying...

The Battle of Ideas in the War on Terror: Essays on U.S. Public Diplomacy in the Middle East.
January 1, 2005... The Battle of Ideas in the War on Terror: Essays on U.S. Public Diplomacy in the Middle East. By Robert Satloff. The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, 2004. 105 pages. $19.95. Reviewed by Lieutenant Commander Youssef Aboul-Enein, USN....