Infantry Magazine articles from May 2000

Infantry Magazine archives from May 2000

Commandant's Note.(infantry consolidation)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
May 1, 2000... CLOSING RANKS FOR A STRONGER INFANTRY The spearhead for the Army's transformation to the Objective Force will be the two Infantry brigades at Fort Lewis. The great soldiers in these brigades, and in the brigades to follow, will blaze a...

LETTERS.
May 1, 2000... NEW LEADER MEETS THE MEN: SERGEANT HOUSTON WILSON, PLATOON MEDIC--KOREA 1952 Sergeant Volkmar met me just outside the entrance to the command bunker of the first platoon, B Company, 14th Infantry Regiment, when I arrived to replace First...

Lethality and Flexibility: Fighting the 4+3x9 Bradley Platoon.
May 1, 2000... The Army Transformation and its attendant force restructuring will have a significant effect on the way today's mechanized forces train for and tight in combat. The changes forced by the inactivation of one company in each mechanized infantry...

Light Infantry Weapons Squads.
May 1, 2000... A light infantry company's medium machineguns, 60mm mortars, and antiarmor weapons are key to its ability to succeed in combat. The machineguns and mortars allow it to achieve fire superiority and provide a base of suppressive fire for maneuver...

Marshal Petain Understood It All: Firepower Kills.(French military officer Philippe Petain)
May 1, 2000... In 1870 the French Army was decisively defeated by the Prussian Army. The reasons for the defeat were many--technology, in that the Prussians had better rifles than the French; staff work, in that Helmuth Karl von Moltke's development of a new...

Battlefield Bumble: Lessons from Korean War Battlefields.
May 1, 2000... During World War II, General George Patton's troops often saw him jeeping to the fighting front, but they never saw him speeding to the rear. He had a light plane pick him up at the front for return trips. Doubtless, Patton remembered a...

The BTR-T: New Use for Old Tank Hulls.(Russia designs new tank)
May 1, 2000... Russia's recent combat experience, particularly in local conflicts such as Chechnya, has dramatically revealed the need for increased protection of mechanized infantry from modem weapon systems. Federal units suffered horrendous armored...

The Army's Nonlethal Weapons: An Overview.
May 1, 2000... Over the past ten years, nontraditional military operations (such as peacekeeping, humanitarian, and stability and support missions) have placed demanding requirements on our soldiers and leaders. The presence of noncombatants and civilians in...

"We Took a Hell of a Beating": General "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell in Burma.
May 1, 2000... In the early days of World War II, the United States government was faced with the difficult problem of finding someone to send into the China-Burma theater, someone who could deal with the complex social and political aspects of that area and...

Observations On the IBCT/and the FBCB2.(Interim Brigade Combat Team, Force XXI Battle Command, Brigade and Below information system)
May 1, 2000... This article is based upon a study I conducted at Fort Lewis concerning the Interim Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) and the Force XXI Battle Command, Brigade and Below (FBCB2) information system. My principal duties as a data collector included...

MOUT Training and the IPB.(military operations on urban terrain; intelligence preparation of the battlefield)
May 1, 2000... In years past, the United States' Armed Forces have tried to follow a doctrine that would encourage isolating or bypassing urban terrain. As history has shown, however, we have not always been allowed to embrace this doctrinal objective. In...

Joint Security Operations: Success Begins With the Basics.
May 1, 2000... In 1996, a task force of 533 soldiers from the 3d Battalion, 126th Infantry, and the 146th Forward Support Battalion, Michigan Army National Guard, deployed on a two-week tour in support of the Summer Olympics. The battalion's mission was to...

Support by Fire: Live Fire Exercise.
May 1, 2000... One of the most ignored collective tasks at platoon and company level is the execution of the overwatch/support by fire (SBF). With the most significant and powerful weapon systems organic or attached to a platoon or company, the SBF can...

Company-Level Search and Attack: Sharpening Warfighting Skills at the JRTC.(personal account: Infantry training exercise)
May 1, 2000... To succeed during low-intensity conflict, a company must have an established, but flexible, plan for conducting the search and attack. Because of the fluid environment, it is difficult to establish a single method of conducting a company-level...

Effective EIB Training.(Expert Infantryman's Badge for infantrymen)
May 1, 2000... The intent of the Expert Infantryman's Badge (EIB) is to enhance the morale and prestige of infantrymen who perform a tough and thankless job daily, gaining and maintaining the skills they will need on the battlefield. The badge is not meant to...

Own the Night? Or Shoot, Move, and Communicate Effectively in It?(training and equipment help use the night for military purposes)
May 1, 2000... Darkness is a friend to the skilled infantryman, according to Captain Sir Basil Liddell Hart (Thoughts on War, 1944). This statement is as true today as it was in 1944, if not more so, but I would have to edit it to read: Darkness is a friend...

Battle-ax Division: From Africa to Italy with the 78th Division, 1942-45.(Review)
May 1, 2000... Battle-ax Division: From Africa to Italy with the 78th Division, 1942-45. By Ken Ford. Sutton Publishing, United Kingdom, 1999. 218 Pages, photographs, maps. $34.95, hardcover. Reviewed by Major Dominic J. Caraccilo. In 1942, Britain's...

Slim the Standard-bearer: A Biography of Field-Marshal The Viscount Slim, KG, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GRE, DSO, MC.(Review)
May 1, 2000... Slim the Standard-bearer: A Biography of Field-Marshal The Viscount Slim, KG, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GRE, DSO, MC. By Ronald Lewin. 1976; reprint, Wordsmith Editions, 1999. 350 Pages. Reviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Harold E. Raugh, Jr., U.S. Army,...

First Infantry Division, World War II: The Big Red One. Second Volume.(Review)
May 1, 2000... First Infantry Division, World War II: The Big Red One. Second Volume. By Major General (Retired) Albert H. Smith, Jr., Senior Editor. Turner Publishing Company (P.O. Box 3101, Paducah, KY 42002-3101), 2000. Limited Edition. 139 Pages. Reviewed...

Sword of the Border: Major General Jacob Jennings Brown, 1775-1828.(Review)
May 1, 2000... Sword of the Border: Major General Jacob Jennings Brown, 1775-1828. By John D. Morris. Kent State University Press, 2000. 348 Pages. $35.00. Reviewed by Colonel Cole C. Kingseed, U.S. Army. Perhaps the least known, yet most successful,...

The Soldier's Story: Vietnam in Their Own Words.(Review)
May 1, 2000... The Soldier's Story: Vietnam in Their Own Words. By Ron Steinman (TV Books, 1999. 367 Pages. $27.95. Reviewed by Dr. Joe P. Dunn, Converse College. Several dozen collective Vietnam memoirs now exist. Because each individual's story adds to...

Dear Harry: The Truman Administration Through Correspondence with Everyday Americans.(Review)
May 1, 2000... Dear Harry: The Truman Administration Through Correspondence with Everyday Americans. By D.M. Giangreco and Kathryn Moore. Stackpole Books, 1999. 512 Pages. $34.95. Reviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Albert N. Garland, U.S. Army, Retired. On...

In the Combat Zone--Special Forces Since 1945.(Review)
May 1, 2000... In the Combat Zone--Special Forces Since 1945. By Robin Neillands. New York University Press, 1998. 350 Pages. 350 Pages, photos. $25.95. Reviewed by Michael F. Dilley. Robin Neillands is a former Royal Marine Commando and the author of...

The All-Americans at War. The 82nd Division in the Great War, 1917-1918.(Review)
May 1, 2000... The All-Americans at War. The 82nd Division in the Great War, 1917-1918. By James J. Cooke. Praeger, 1999. 168 Pages, photos, maps. $55.00. Reviewed by Colonel Christopher B. Timmers, U.S. Army. I remember with fondness my first unit...

From the Editor.(the need to plan for close range combat)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... IT'S GOING TO BE A CLOSE ONE Wherever we fight the next war, chances are it will be a close-range proposition. We consider the infantry fight as starting somewhere around 300 yards out and continuing on all the way to--and beyond--the...