Infantry Magazine articles from March 2008

Infantry Magazine archives from March 2008

Urban operations--meeting the challenges.(Commandant's Note)
March 1, 2008... Combat has always presented complex and varied conditions to the warfighter. Of all the types of combat faced by today's infantry, few are as challenging as the urban fight. The last half of the 20th century has seen increased urbanization...

Urban combat--where adaptability makes the difference.(Command Sergeant Major's Corner)
March 1, 2008... Infantrymen expect to be given the toughest, most demanding missions and there are few that compare to the demands and challenges of urban combat. The sheer complexity and potential uncertainty of operating in an urban environment combine with...

Chief of Staff reflects on updated FM 3-0.(Infantry News)
March 1, 2008... Crafted from the hard lessons in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army released an updated version of FM 3-0, Operations, February 28. Army Chief of Staff GEN George Casey, Jr., said the manual is a blueprint for how the Army will conduct missions...

USAIS Writing Contest open to all.(Infantry News)
March 1, 2008... The USAIS Professional Writing Contest is open to anyone, civilian or of any military rank, including Maneuver Captains' Career Course (MCCC) and Maneuver Advanced NCO Course (MANCOC) and other commissioned and noncommissioned USAIS students...

Suggestions for creating a company-level intel cell.(Professional Forum)(intelligence gathering)
March 1, 2008... You're a company commander, deployed in Iraq. You have plenty to do already, and now the boss is pushing you to start a company intel cell, a "fusion cell," because his boss is pushing him to do so. And though you'd like to "organize for...

Peer counseling: another dimension of warrior recovery.
March 1, 2008... February 12-15 marked the beginning of a pilot program for peer counseling at Fort Irwin, California. Dr. Richard Long, a professor in the Department of Counseling, Educational Leadership, and Professional Studies at Columbus State University,...

The Arab perspective of the 2006 Israeli war with Hezbollah: the Egyptian Strategic Research Center al-Ahram Annual Strategic Report.
March 1, 2008... The United States has been involved in the global war on terrorism for more than six years, yet the importance of reading what Arab intellectuals, analysts and security officials are saying about regional conflicts remains elusive for many...

Urban operations: learning from past battles.
March 1, 2008... The need to train Soldiers on urban combat, something the U.S. Army has found increasingly necessary since the early years of World War II, has received even closer attention over the past three decades. It is a fact that many of the conflicts...

Lessons from Iraq: an infantry platoon leader's thoughts on OIF operations.(Company overview)
March 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Listed below are a number of observations based upon my 15 months service as an airborne infantry platoon leader in and around Samarra, Iraq. I have tried to organize my thoughts into specific areas which include...

Operation river gate: paratroopers battle insurgents in Haqlaniyah.
March 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As the executive officer for Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), I participated in the battle of Haqlaniyah which was pan of Operation River Gale on October 4, 2005. In 2005,...

The Rheostat Adjustment Model: a commander's tool for combating soldier complacency.
March 1, 2008... The 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division developed a model to help the commanders in the Sledgehammer Brigade make adjustments within their units to prevent complacency during a 14-month deployment to Mada'in Qada, Iraq, and...

SRTA allows 360-degree training capability.(Training Notes)(short range training ammunition)
March 1, 2008... Its 0830 on Range 10 at Fort Riley, Kansas, when the second transition earn lines up on the firing line under the command of MAJ McGlaughlin. The seasoned team leader is no stranger to the range: he was stationed here as a young second...

Fort Stewart supports HBCT maneuver.(TRAINING NOTES)(heavy brigade combat team)
March 1, 2008... The massive land area of Fort Stewart is a defense asset that has supported many varied missions over the past 66 years. The installation was initially built to support anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) training during World War II. Since that time...

America's Deadliest Battle: Meuse-Argonne, 1918.
March 1, 2008... America's Deadliest Battle: Meuse-Argonne, 1918. By Robert H. Ferrell. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2007, 195 pages, $29.95 (cloth). Reviewed by LTC (Retired) Rick Baillergeon. The numbers are staggering: 26,277 U.S Soldiers...

Red Storm Over the Balkans: The Failed Soviet Invasion of Romania, Spring 1944.(Book review)
March 1, 2008... Red Storm Over the Balkans: The Failed Soviet Invasion of Romania, Spring 1944. By David M. Glantz. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2007, 448 pages. Reviewed by LTC Michael A. Boden, David Glantz, one of the leading scholars on...

Charge! Great Cavalry Charges of the Napoleonic Wars.(Book review)
March 1, 2008... CHARGE! Great Cavalry Charges of the Napoleonic Wars. By Digby Smith. Greenhill Books, 2007, 304 pages, $24.95. Reviewed by Chris Timmers. Cavalry, the old cavalry (the one with horses) always fascinated me as a boy. Seeing Errol Flynn or...

U.S. Army Counterinsurgency and Contingency Operations Doctrine, 1942-1976.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2008... U.S. Army Counterinsurgency and Contingency Operations Doctrine, 1942-1976. By Andrew J. Birtle. Washington, D.C: Center of Military History, 2006. Reviewed by LTC (Retired) Albert N. Garland. This is an outstanding U.S. Army official...