Infantry Magazine articles from November 2005

Infantry Magazine archives from November 2005

Urban operations: meeting the challenge.(Commandant's Note)
November 1, 2005... The face of war has evolved since man took up arms to defend his home and family, his possessions, and his way of life. Cities have been the battlegrounds as armies have sought to defend on familiar, complex terrain and adversaries have fought...

Communicative skills instructors deserve recognition.(Infantry Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2005... I would like to thank your magazine for the excellent and timely articles from the War on Terror. Deployed Soldiers are learning and developing doctrine on how to fight our enemies, and Infantry Magazine does a superb job of capturing those...

All-Army small arms championships set.(Infantry News)
November 1, 2005... The U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit will host the 2006 Army Rifle and Pistol Championships in conjunction with the U.S. Army Infantry Center from March 3-11. The U.S. Army Long-Range Championships will be held March 12-14. Training and competitions...

On today's battlefield, sniper is hunter and hunted.
November 1, 2005... Call it a snipe hunt. Today's sniper is the hunter and the prey. In Iraq, Afghanistan or anywhere coalition forces are fighting the war on terrorism, the enemy is often hiding in plain sight. He looks just like his neighbors. It takes...

More soldiers now eligible for eArmyU.
November 1, 2005... Changes in reenlistment criteria effective October 1 broaden eligibility for Soldiers to participate in the eArmyU laptop enrollment option, officials said, and extend the program's no-laptop option to all officers. Under the new...

Soldiers can get reimbursed for purchased gear.
November 1, 2005... Some service members who bought their own protective gear will get reimbursed for the purchase under a new policy approved October 4. David S. C. Chu, the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, approved the directive that...

Be aware of ACU knockoffs.
November 1, 2005... Army officials are warning Soldiers against buying imitation Army Combat Uniforms in lieu of waiting for Army-approved ACUs to arrive in stores. AAFES military clothing sales stores are scheduled to get ACUs in April, but a spokesman said...

Soldiers get traumatic injury insurance protection.
November 1, 2005... --The Department of Defense has enacted a traumatic injury protection insurance under the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance, or SGLI program. On December 1, all service members eligible for SGLI became insured for traumatic injury protection...

Improving the Bradley for the urban fight.(TSM Stryker/Bradley Corner)
November 1, 2005... In November 2004, Lieutenant Colonel Gary Linhart, the Assistant TRADOC System Manager for Bradley at the time (TSM Bradley), and Lieutenant Colonel Andres Contreras, Product Manager--Bradley/113 (PM Bradley), conducted a Bradley survivability...

The combat JAG: a commander's guide to dealing with lawyers on the battlefield.(Professional Forum)
November 1, 2005... Despite most infantry leaders' fervent wishes, there is simply, no way of avoiding lawyers on today's battlefield. The nature of today's battle space, where complex questions of American and international law intersect to create traps for the...

Al Huwijah, Iraq--May 19, 2003: scout platoon in a night fight.(PROFESSIONAL FORUM)
November 1, 2005... Background I became the platoon leader for the 1st Battalion, 63rd Armor Task Force's Scout Platoon on January 3, 2002, and on May 19, 2003 I participated in combat actions in and around Al Huwijah, Iraq, during an insurgent ambush. My...

Task Force Panther: 82nd Airborne units deploy to New Orleans.(PROFESSIONAL FORUM)
November 1, 2005... At 1000 hours on September 3, 2005, Task Force Panther was ordered to deploy to New Orleans. The mission was twofold. First, lead, organize, and conduct search and rescue operations (SAR) throughout Orleans Parish. Second, secure key...

Ambassadors to the world: cultural awareness for Americans in uniform.(PROFESSIONAL FORUM)
November 1, 2005... Either directly or indirectly, cultural awareness has long been a part of our military operations. It can include the use of translators to communicate with host nation military and civilians, subject matter experts to advise the commander and...

History of the Syrian Arab Army: prussianization of the Arab Army, the Arab Revolt of 1916-1918, and the cult of nationalization of Arabs in the Levant after World War I.(PROFESSIONAL FORUM)(Critical Essay)
November 1, 2005... At the request of the late President Hafiz Al-Asad in 1986, the first of three volumes on the history of the Syrian Army was published in 2000 titled History of the Syrian Arab Army/Al-Tareekh Al-Jaish Al-Arabi Al-Soori and edited by General...

Urban ops on patrol with the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team in Mosul, Iraq.
November 1, 2005... A Soldier with the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team. scans a balcony during a building sweep in Mosul, Iraq, November 2, 2005. U.S. Army Stryker vehicles assigned to the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat...

Operation tapeworm: task force Battle Force helps take down Uday, Qusay Hussein.
November 1, 2005... The words, "This is a Fox News Alert," broke through the excited voices of the Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) on the night of July 22, 2003. The Soldiers in the crowded tent tell silent as a Fox News reporter broke the...

People: a tool for civil consideration.(ASCOPE, civil affairs doctrinal tool )
November 1, 2005... A Need for a Better Tool Commenting upon guerilla warfare nearly 60 years ago, Mao Tse-Yung declared that "the guerilla swims in the sea of the people." His metaphor has since characterized revolutionary war fought by insurgents who find...

The Battle of As Samawah: fire support in the urban fight.(Training Notes)
November 1, 2005... I served as the 81mm mortar platoon leader for the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment (AIR), during the Battle of As Samawah, Iraq, in March 2003. This position gave me an excellent perspective of the...

US, Romania participate in joint exercise ROMEX 05.(TRAINING NOTES)
November 1, 2005... As the sun rises over the hills of the Babadag Training Area in Romania, the early morning stillness is shattered by the roar of a M2 Bradley fighting vehicle and a Romanian TAB-77 armored personnel carrier. The vehicles were participating in...

Environmental considerations as part of the MDMP.(military decision-making process)
November 1, 2005... It is NOT just about endangered species, cleaning up spills or being in compliance! Current operations and simulations confirm that environmental considerations include many areas that may be low on the commander's (and staff's) priority list,...

Can you ID these rifles?(Weapons Corner)
November 1, 2005... This issue of Infantry introduces a new feature dedicated to friendly and enemy infantry weapons. In this and succeeding issues, readers will find photos and data on small arms, grenades and mines, improvised explosive devices, antiarmor...

Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda.(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Shake Hands With the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda. By Lieutenant General (Retired) Romeo Dallaire. Carroll and Graf Publishers, New York, 2004, 562 pages, $16.95. "Thousands of people of all ages, carrying what they could,...

Boots on the Ground, Stories of American Soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan.
November 1, 2005... Boots on the Ground, Stories of American Soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan. Edited by Clint Willis. Thunder's Mouth Press, New York, 2004, 304 pages, $16.95. Clint Willis, with more than 30 anthologies to his credit, edited this anthology...

MacArthur's Victory, The War in New Guinea, 1943-1944.(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... MacArthur's Victory, The War in New Guinea, 1943-1944. By Harry A. Gailey. Presidio Press, 2004, 281 pages, $14.95. It's hard to beat the official U.S. histories of World War II--the Anny's Green Books by various authors: the AAF Grey Books...

Leave No Man Behind: Liberation and Capture Missions.(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Leave No Man Behind: Liberation and Capture Missions. By David C. Isby. Weidenfield & Nicholson, London, 2004, 416 pages, $32.95. In Leave No Man Behind, David Isby critically dissects more than a dozen U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF)...

The Myth of the Great War: How the Germans Won the Battles and the Americans Saved the Allies.
November 1, 2005... The Myth of the Great War: How the Germans Won the Battles and the Americans Saved the Allies. By John Mosier. Perennial Books, 2002 (HarperCollins 2001), 389 pages, paperback edition, $14.95. In his book What is History? E.H. Carr warns...

Sixty Days in Combat.(Sixty Days in Combat)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Sixty Days in Combat. By Dean P. Joy. Random House Publishing Group, New York, 2004. Dean Joy is not only the author and an ex-infantryman, but he is also a talented illustrator, supplying this World War II account with quality pencil...