Infantry Magazine articles from May 2004

Infantry Magazine archives from May 2004

The Experimental Force (EXFOR): linking doctrine, training, and technology.(Commandant's Note)
May 1, 2004... President Franklin Delano Roosevelt first spoke of the "great arsenal of democracy" in his Fireside Chat of 29 December 1940, and that enormous industrial and technological base is even more vital today than it was when he described it. In 1940...

Putting snipers to better use.(Infantry Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
May 1, 2004... Before the war in Iraq began, a lot of attention was given to tanks, Bradley fighting vehicles, Stealth bombers--all the high-speed 21st century weapons. But somehow, either ignored or forgotten, the highly effective sniper team was often left...

'On Point' shares OIF lessons learned.(Infantry News)(Operation Iraqi Freedom)(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... A little more than a year after the end of major hostilities, the Army released May 25 its first major study on operations that liberated the Iraqi people. Hard copies of On Point: The United States Army in Iraqi Freedom are available through...

The Infantryman comes home.(Infantry News; statue)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Visitors to the Home of the Infantry this summer will once again be able to gaze with pride at the statue that has become a symbol of all those infantrymen who have committed themselves to creating and preserving this great nation. The...

Master Gunner page.(29th Infantry Regiment)
May 1, 2004... The Bradley Master Gunner School is responsible for three courses. The first course is the Bradley Fighting Vehicle (BFV) Master Gunner Course, a 13-week course which teaches a master gunner candidate common corps critical master gunner tasks...

Teams compete for best ranger title.(Ranger Training Brigade Notes)
May 1, 2004... The 21st annual David E. Grange, Jr. Best Ranger Competition was held April 23-26 at Fort Benning, Georgia. This year, two teams from the 75th Ranger Regiment took the top two spots of the 60-hour nonstop competition. Staff Sergeants Colin...

Counter-mortar operations in the Sunni Triangle.(Professional Forum)
May 1, 2004... "And as water has' no constant form there are in war no constant conditions." --Sun Tzu, The Art of War The "Fighting Eagles" of the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Mechanized) implemented an effective tactic, technique, and procedure...

Words matter: terms used incorrectly can cause confusion.(Professional Forum)
May 1, 2004... It's 0300. You, the platoon leader, are conducting a patrol when "BOOM!" An improvised explosive device (IED) has just exploded, followed by a direct fire contact from the building in front of you. The lead squad lays down a base of fire while...

Why organic fires?(Professional Forum)
May 1, 2004... The Army's purpose is to fight and win the nation's wars, according to the Army Strategic Planning Guidance 2006-2023." As the source of trained and ready land forces of decisive action across the spectrum of conflict, the Army provides the...

TF 3-15 INF defends the crossroads.(Task Force China in Baghdad)(Task Forces)(Infantry)
May 1, 2004... I developed the following article from notes taken during a series of personal interviews conducted in Baghdad. I have done my best to make this account as historically accurate as possible, but there may be minor discrepancies. Such is the...

Media on the battlefield: "a nonlethal fire".
May 1, 2004... Former Chief of Staff of the Army, General Eric Shinseki, once said, "If we do not speak for the Army, others will." This is a very true statement. The media should be considered as a component of nonlethal fires/non-kinetic targeting, another...

A quick reaction platoon engages Iraqi insurgents.
May 1, 2004... "Wolf Pack 1, this" is Wolf Pack 2, identified one RPG." "Wolf Pack 2, this is Wolf Pack 1, roger, engage. " While serving as platoon leader of my battalion's Quick Reaction Platoon, I was tasked with conducting a security patrol in...

TTPs for the 60mm mortar section.(Training Notes)(Tactical Targeting Program )
May 1, 2004... In the first week of April 2003, Task Force Red Devil, comprised of the 1st Battalion, 508th Infantry (Airborne) and Delta Battery, 3rd Battalion, 319th Field Artillery, conducted two artillery/mortar raids outside of the northern Iraqi city of...

Managing the range environment for infantry training.(Training Notes)
May 1, 2004... Soldiers training on Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, may not realize it, but over the past two years, installation land managers have been capitalizing on its resident Integrated Training Area Management (ITAM) program to maintain sustainable range...

Ambush at Qafus Tangay.(Tactical Vignette)
May 1, 2004... VIGNETTE On August 13, 1985, my 40-man Mujahideen force moved from its base at Sewak (20 kilometers southeast of Kabul) to establish an ambush at the Qafus Tangay (some 25 kilometers east of Kabul). The area was protected by a Sarandoy...

Boyd: the Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War.(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War. By Robert Coram. Little, Brown and Company, New York, 2002. 485 pages. $27.95. Reviewed by Major Dennis P. Chapman. Robert Coram has brought us a vivid description of a remarkable man...

All the Way to Berlin. A Paratrooper at War in Europe.(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... All the Way to Berlin. A Paratrooper at War in Europe. By James Magellas. Ballentine Books, New York, 2003. 309 pages. $24.95. Reviewed by Christopher Timmers. When offered the opportunity to review this book, I simply could not refuse. As...

Operatives, Spies, and Saboteurs: the Unknown History of the Men and Women of World War II's OSS.(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... Operatives, Spies, and Saboteurs: The Unknown History of the Men and Women of World War II's OSS. By Patrick K. O'Donnell. Free Press, 2004. 336 Pages. Price unavailable. Reviewed by Second Lieutenant James A. Capobianco. Claiming to be...

Recent and recommended.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Accidental Warrior: the Forging o fan American Soldier. By Andy O'Meara, Jr. Elderberry Press, 2002. 294 pages. $29.95. Battling for Saipan: The True Story of an American Hero--Lt. Col. William J. O'Brien. By Fraucis A. O'Brien. Presidio...