Infantry Magazine articles from November 2004

Infantry Magazine archives from November 2004

The modular force.(Commandant's Note)
November 1, 2004... The transformation on going in the Army is part of the evolutionary process which all armies must undergo if they--and the nations they serve--are to survive. History is full of examples where the nation that adapted the fastest to change won...

Adaptive leadership: the creative application of battle command.(INFANTRY LETTERS)
November 1, 2004... Adaptability is forged in the crucible of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Mr. Leonard Wong first proposed this notion in a 2004 article on adaptive leadership. Wong suggests that when "confronted with complexity, unpredictability, and ambiguity,...

Air assault: expeditionary force: the future force of the Army.(INFANTRY LETTERS)
November 1, 2004... The Army began its first spiral of live force-on-force experiments in September 2004 to test leading edge technologies for Future Combat Systems. "Future Combat Systems (FCS) will replace the current legacy force, and Fort Benning is the...

The Bradley fighting vehicle: the ultimate urban assault vehicle?(TSM Stryker/Bradley Corner)
November 1, 2004... "There is a current need for a lightly armored vehicle that will provide protected cross-country mobility and a vehicular mounted firepower capability able to support mechanized infantry operations in mounted and dismounted combat." "The...

Redefining Ranger School.(Ranger Notes)(Ranger Training Brigade )
November 1, 2004... Winning, never quitting, never stopping, completing the mission, busting down the walls and kicking in doors, standing and finishing after being knocked down, driving on when most would have long before given up, this defines the spirit and...

The first enemy you meet: acclimatization and the mastery of desert heat.(PROFESSIONAL FORUM)
November 1, 2004... If you deploy to Operation Iraqi Freedom next summer, before your Soldiers cross the border and head north, they will face an enemy that has defeated a significant number of Soldiers moving into theater this year. Between July and August 2004,...

The tactical shotgun in urban operations.(PROFESSIONAL FORUM)
November 1, 2004... My air assault infantry company faced many challenges during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Not the least of which was the fact that we knew we were going to be entering and clearing buildings in urban settings. These buildings varied in size and...

A quick guide to getting your supplies in the Iraqi theater: lessons learned from the theater's only Corps Distribution Center.(PROFESSIONAL FORUM)
November 1, 2004... "Hey I ordered some stuff and I haven't received it yet. Someone told me it's in the Corps Distribution Center." Logistics in an asymmetric environment is different than it was on a linear battlefield. The primary difference in today s...

Joint fires and effects for your infantry and heavy BCTs.(brigade combat teams )
November 1, 2004... Joint fires and effects is what we do--your Field Artillery is the Army's integrators of joint fires and effects. As we transition to the Modular Force on to the Future Force, we have three priorities to best support the Army's ability to...

Force XXI operations implications for junior Army leaders.(Transformation)(Cover story)
November 1, 2004... The United States Army is committed to a comprehensive program of change that it calls Transformation. The challenges associated with force downsizing since the 1991 Gulf War, a new age of joint and combined operations, and multiple ongoing...

The battle of Huwayjah.(Operation Iraqi Freedom)
November 1, 2004... At the time this article was written, CPT Carpenter was serving as the commander of A Company, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division (Light), which is currently deployed to Iraq. Carpenter was the ground commander in Huwayjah 7...

A new look at the infantry company.
November 1, 2004... Old rules no longer apply. It is not business as usual. This State of War requires us to challenge old paradigms, to be flexible and adaptable to face a cunning and devious enemy. --General Peter J. Schoomaker, Chief of Staff of the Army...

The bear facts: Russians appraise the Stryker brigade concept.
November 1, 2004... The Stryker brigade concept is a matter of some interest the Russian Army, which has inherited a long tradition of using wheeled personnel carriers in concert with tracked personnel carriers. In Soviet times, Motorized Rifle Divisions normally...

Soldiering in Sadr City.
November 1, 2004... This is a short story of what the war means to the Soldiers of one mechanized infantry battalion task force serving in Iraq. Task Force Lancer, a combined arms task force built around the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, normally operates from...

Standardized BCT METL: consolidating gains in the overhaul of initial entry training.(TRAINING NOTES)
November 1, 2004... Over the past year, Initial Entry Training (IET), specifically Basic Combat Training (BCT), has undergone the most significant change since World War II focused on producing Soldiers who can immediately contribute to their unit following...

Th warrior challenge: a catalyst for changing the culture of BCT.(Basic Combat Training)
November 1, 2004... Basic Combat Training (BCT) has undergone an entire transformation over the past year to produce Soldiers better prepared for an Army at war. Many initiatives fueled this fire of change, but none bear the significance equal to the Warrior...

Dawn of D-Day: These Men Were There, 6 June 1944.
November 1, 2004... Dawn of D-Day: These Men Were There, 6 June 1944. By David Howarth. Stackpole Books, 1959 (rpt 2004). 255 pages, $19.95. Dawn of D-Day tells the story of the allied invasion of Europe at the Soldier level. This is an easy read that gives...

Storm of Steel: The Development of Armor Doctrine in Germany and the Soviet Union, 1919-1939.(Book review)
November 1, 2004... Storm of Steel: The Development of Armor Doctrine in Germany and the Soviet Union, 1919-1939. By Mary R. Habeck. Cornell University Press, 2003, 309 pages, $35. Every once in a while, a new work comes along that sustains our belief that...

The Battle of Mogadishu: Firsthand Accounts From the Men of Task Force Ranger.
November 1, 2004... The Battle of Mogadishu: Firsthand Accounts From the Men of Task Force Ranger. Edited by Matt Eversmann and Dan Schilling. New York: Ballantine Books, a Presidio Press Book, 2004. 221 pages, $25.95. It has been over a decade since U.S....