Infantry Magazine articles from May 2006

Infantry Magazine archives from May 2006

Small arms strategy: training and modernization.(Commandant's Note)
May 1, 2006... In January, the Army's Vice Chief of Staff approved a new small arms strategy which lays out our goals for the near, mid, and far term concerning weapon systems 40mm and below. The strategy emphasizes training, sustainment, and modernization....

Military evals to be prepared online.(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... The U.S. Army Human Resources Command Evaluation Systems Office is about to announce an effective date for a new regulation and pamphlet covering Military Evaluation Systems: Army Regulation 623-3 and Pamphlet 623-3. These references...

Army streamlines service uniforms.(Infantry News)
May 1, 2006... Army service uniforms will be streamlined to one blue Army Service Uniform, the Army announced June 5. "World-class Soldiers deserve a simplified, quality uniform. The blue Army Service Uniform is a traditional uniform that is consistent...

Doctrine corner.(Infantry News)
May 1, 2006... FM 3-21.20 (7-20), The Infantry Battalion, is approved and can now be found on the Army Knowledge Online (AKO) Web site (www.us.army.mil.) Once logged in, go to: AKO Files/ US Army Organizations/TRADOC/ Schools/Infantry/DOT, G-3/Infantry...

2006 Doughboy Award recipients named.(John A. Wickham Jr., Richard A. Kidd)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Retired Gen. John A. Wickham, Jr., and Retired Sgt. Maj. of the Army Richard A. Kidd are the 2006 recipients of the Doughboy Award. The two were chosen in recognition of their many contributions to the Infantry and will receive the award...

FTaB updates firing tables online.(INFANTRY NEWS)
May 1, 2006... The Firing Tables and Ballistics Division (FTaB) has completed populating the artillery and mortar electronic tabular firing table (ETFT) AKO Web sites and has created a site for the small arms ETFTs. The next phase will implement the armor...

2006 Infantry Warfighting Conference.(INFANTRY NEWS)
May 1, 2006... The 2006 Infantry Warfighting Conference will be held Sept. 11-14 at Fort Benning, Ga. The theme for this year's conference is "Infantry in Battle... Soldiers Training and Fighting to Win the Global War on Terrorism." Attendance is open...

Command Sgt. Maj. Gregory Patton and another 101st Airborne Division Soldier walk through a bombed out building.(INFATRY NEWS)
May 1, 2006... Command Sgt. Maj. Gregory Patton and another 101st Airborne Division Soldier walk through a bombed out building after a firefight with insurgents in Salah Ad Din Province, Iraq.

USAMU continues SDM, CQM training.
May 1, 2006... The U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit (USAMU) continues to offer Squad Designated Marksman (SDM) and Close Quarter Marksman (CQM) train-the-trainer classes to help Soldiers improve their warfighting skills. To be eligible for the classes, a...

Benning to host combatives tournament in November.
May 1, 2006... Fort Benning will host an all-Army combatives tournament Nov. 3-6. Modern Combatives is a functional mixed martial art form combining Brazilian jiu-jitsu, boxing, clinch hitting, takedowns and groundfighting techniques. Combatives also...

Some Soldiers eligible for MGIB benefits transfer.
May 1, 2006... The Army announced July 21 the implementation of a pilot program allowing Soldiers in critical skills who reenlist the ability to transfer Montgomery GI Bill benefits to their spouse. Enlisted Soldiers who have completed at least six years...

XML: a vehicle to update Army doctrine.(TSM Stryker/Bradley Corner)
May 1, 2006... How do we ensure Army doctrine remains relevant? The current TRADOC doctrine review and rewrite process is hard pressed to keep pace with operational lessons learned and organizational changes. We need to explore new and innovative ways to...

XM395 120mm PGMM program: the new hip-pocket precision munition.(Product/service evaluation)
May 1, 2006... What is the XM395 PGMM? A precision guided mortar munition (PGMM) is a multipurpose laser-guided 120mm precision mortar round that will defeat personnel under protective cover (earth and timber bunkers, masonry walls, and lightly armored...

Figure it out: an infantry support platoon and an airfield in Afghanistan.
May 1, 2006... The purpose of this article is to describe one infantry support platoon's challenges to operating an efficient landing zone/pick-up zone and flight landing strip (FLS) while deployed as part of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. ...

Civil War sharpshooters.
May 1, 2006... "Why, my man, I am ashamed of you, dodging that way," said Union Major General John Sedgwick, commander of the U.S. Sixth Corps, after seeing one of his men throw himself to the ground to avoid rifle bullets coming in from the enemy position on...

A sharpshooter's weapons.
May 1, 2006... Since a sharpshooter operated as both a light infantryman and a marksman, he needed a weapon that was light, accurate, reliable, and that had a fairly high rate of fire. Although sharpshooters in the Eastern theater used many weapons, the most...

Street literature on Usama Bin Laden: a review of cheaper Arabic biographies found in Arab alleyways.
May 1, 2006... Books in much of the Arab world are considered a luxury. Although accessible to the public, libraries such as the great new library in Alexandria, Egypt, seem to be the purview of scholars. The vast majority of the Arab public is busy eking out...

Time to rename king, queen of battle?(infantry)
May 1, 2006... I must begin by stating that I have had my start in this great Army as an infantryman. My birth took place on the training fields of Fort Benning, Ga. I stood on one of those fields during graduation day in the summer heat, proud of my blue...

Best of the best: Rangers square off for BRC honors.
May 1, 2006... Twenty-six two-man Ranger teams from around the Army converged on Fort Benning April 21-23 to take part in the 23rd annual Lieutenant General David E. Grange Best Ranger Competition. After 60 hours of physically and mentally challenging events,...

Small arms ammunition for the 21st century: high-performance alternatives to the 5.56 NATO round.(Product/service evaluation)
May 1, 2006... It has been four decades since the 7.62mm NATO round was first superseded as the ammunition of choice for U.S. combat rifles when the 5.56x45mm M193 cartridge--and the M16A1 rifle that fired it--proved better suited to the battlefields of...

Pragmatic and skilled leadership: General George H. Thomas at Stones River.
May 1, 2006... Due to requirements of the ongoing Global War on Terrorism, the United States military must continue to learn as much as possible about the nature of combat leadership. The Civil War battle at Stones River was intense and bloody, and the stakes...

The kneeling position.(Training Notes)
May 1, 2006... The infantryman's weapons and the technology and weapons systems that support him have evolved dramatically since the Revolutionary War, but his mission has remained by and large unchanged. It is still the infantryman who must close with the...

Caseless ammunition: the future is now.
May 1, 2006... The subject of ammunition is always good way to get a discussion started, and any technological advance that proposes to radically change the way we do business will attract attention. With that in mind, let's look at the subject of caseless...

ALSA Center meets immediate needs of the warfighter.(TRAINING NOTES)
May 1, 2006... As the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) continues, what is being done to capture the lessons learned and the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) that the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines are paying for in blood? With this question in...

Military bolt-action rifles: they're still out there.(Weapons Corner)
May 1, 2006... Can you identify these rifles? Match the rifles with the descriptions on the following page. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Bolt action rifles have served the world's armies since the mid-19th century, and even today they are to be found in...

Lightning out of Lebanon, Hezbollah Terrorists on American Soil.
May 1, 2006... Lightning out of Lebanon, Hezbollah Terrorists on American Soil. By Tom Diaz and Barbara Newman. New York: Presidio Press/Ballantine Books, 234 pages, $24.95. How to find terrorists on American soil should be this book's title. The primary...

Al-Jazeera: The Inside Story of the Arab News Channel that is Challenging the West.
May 1, 2006... Al-Jazeera: The Inside Story of the Arab News Channel that is Challenging the West. By Hugh Miles. New York: Grove Press, 426 pages, 2005. In discussions with my fellow Middle East foreign area officers, one thing we all seem to agree on...

First In: An Insider's Account of how the CIA Spearheaded the War on Terror in Afghanistan.
May 1, 2006... First In: An Insider's Account of how the CIA Spearheaded the War on Terror in Afghanistan. By Gary C. Schroen. New York: Ballantine Books Inc., 2005, 379 pp. $25.95 (cloth). When the events of September 11th occurred, Gary Schroen was days...

Around the Infantry.
May 1, 2006... At left, Soldiers from the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team participate in Operation Lion Phase III along the Tigris River in Iraq. Below, Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Bridage Combat Team, head out on...