Infantry Magazine articles from November 2007

Infantry Magazine archives from November 2007

Military transition teams.(Commandant's Note)
November 1, 2007... For the U.S. Army advising indigenous forces is not new. tom the Military Advisory Group to the Republic of Korea and the Military Advisory and Assistance Group, Vietnam, to the U.S. Military Group in El Salvador, the U.S. Army has trained...

Transition teams and the NCO.(Command Sergeant Major's Corner)
November 1, 2007... We have all seen these Soldiers, in Iraq or Afghanistan, operating alone and unafraid closely with the Iraqi or Afghan security forces. They are on the streets of Baghdad, at remote combat outposts and everywhere in between. The NCOs and...

XM312: the machine gun of the future?(Infantry News)
November 1, 2007... The U.S. Army is considering replacing one of the U.S. Army's oldest weapons, the M2 .50 caliber machine gun, after more than three-quarters of a century of service. One of the potential replacements for the M2 would be the XM312.50 caliber...

New PT jackets make light shine.(INFANTRY NEWS)
November 1, 2007... Often when you hear about Soldiers and visibility, the stories are about trying to camouflage them in the field. However, when it comes to conducting their physical training (PT), our service members need to be seen. Soldiers often perform PT...

Correction.(INFANTRY NEWS)(Correction notice)
November 1, 2007... In the September-October 2007 issue of Infantry, Field Manual 3-24, Counterinsurgency, was mistakenly referred to as FM 3-14 in the headline to Major Jacob M. Kramer's article "The Two Sides of COIN: Applying FM 3-24 to the Brigade and Below...

USAMU duo wins sniper competition.
November 1, 2007... "A wealth of information that isn't shared is worthless," said Sergeant 1st Class Jason St. John, half of the two-man sniper team from the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit. St. John and his partner, Staff Sergeant Robby Johnson, returned from a...

The MiTT and its 'human terrain': transitioning the Iraqi Army into the lead.(Professional Forum)
November 1, 2007... It's your first day with your Iraqi Army (IA) unit as part of a military transition team (MiTT), and you have no idea what to expect. Upon arriving at the combat outpost, the first thing you see is a shell of an unfinished building with a...

The 27 articles of T.E. Lawrence.(PROFESSIONAL FORUM)
November 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The following notes have been expressed in commandment form for greater clarity and to save words. They are, however, only my personal conclusions, arrived at gradually while I worked in the Hejaz and now put on...

Before it breaks: study reviews preventive maintenance for small arms.
November 1, 2007... A Soldier may clean his weapon daily or even more, but he rarely changes out its internal components. That may rapidly change. A recent study funded by Program Executive Office (PEO) Soldier, the proponent for Army small arm weapons, found...

The MRAP vehicle: the new icon of operation Iraqi freedom.(PROFESSIONAL FORUM)(Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle)
November 1, 2007... Why the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This article is dedicated to Sergeant Glen Hicks, Private First Class Jay-D Ornsby-Adkins, and Private Cole Spencer of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry...

Fires, floods, riots and plagues of frogs: a commander's lessons learned from civilian support operations.(PROFESSIONAL FORUM)
November 1, 2007... While the war on terror rages, active component, Reserve and National Guard forces have found that the public is more than ever expecting them to be ready not only to battle enemies abroad but to also respond to disasters at home. From the Los...

Strengthening Iraqi Security Forces: MiTT needed.(military transition team)
November 1, 2007... As a military transition team (MiTT) chief during Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) IV, I was primarily responsible for my 13-man team, my battalion's Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) partnership, and the Iraqi Army (IA) battalion which I was tasked to...

Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV) observations for the MiTT.
November 1, 2007... The 1968 Tet offensive by Vietnamese communist forces began January 30 and 31 in the two northernmost corps tactical zones (CTZ) (Map 1) and quickly spread south, eventually giving rise to combat--much of it in towns and cities--throughout the...

A tactical guide for personality targeting.
November 1, 2007... A Familiar Scenario An improvised explosive device (IED) has just hit a Bradley fighting vehicle on one of the most-traveled routes in your battalion's area of operations. No one has been hurt badly, but the BFV has been damaged beyond...

Retired senior NCOs participate in CTC Mentorship Program.(Training Notes)
November 1, 2007... This article provides an up-close look at the Combat Training Center (CTC) Mentorship Program and reveals significant insights into the extensive contributions senior NCO mentors are bringing to the CTCs. The article includes the history and...

A commander's view: sustaining marksmanship while deployed.(TRAINING NOTES)
November 1, 2007... So now you're deployed from home station and are in the "Sand Box" or the "Rock Pile." The rest-in-place/transfer of authority is complete, and your unit is developing its battle rhythm. You assess your area of operations and key terrain...

Mine detection moves into future.
November 1, 2007... The AN/PSS-14 Mine Detecting Set (NSN:6665-01-504-7769) is more advanced than any metal detector used to ccomplish mine detection. The AN/PSS-14 mine detector is only one part of this remarkable mine detection system. The other and more...

Biggest Brother, The Life of Major Dick Winters, The Man who Led the Band of Brothers.
November 1, 2007... Biggest Brother, The Life of Major Dick Winters, The Man who Led the Band of Brothers. By Larry Alexander. New York: New American Library, a division of Penguin Group, Inc., 2005, 297 pages, $24.95 hardcover. Major Dick Winters' life story...

No Uncle Sam: The Forgotten of Bataan.
November 1, 2007... No Uncle Sam: The Forgotten of Bataan. By Tony Bilek (in collaboration with Gene O'Connell). Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2003, 260 pages, $34. Bataan: A Survivor's Story. By Gene Boyt (with David L. Burch). Norman, OK:...

House to House: Playing the Enemy's Game in Saigon, May 1968.(Book review)
November 1, 2007... House to House: Playing the Enemy's Game in Saigon, May 1968. By Keith Nolan. St. Paul, MN: Zenith Press, 2006, 368 pages, $24.95 (cloth). Perhaps, somewhat ignored in the vast writings of the Vietnam War has been a period of fighting...

Never Quit the Fight.
November 1, 2007... Never Quit the Fight. By Ralph Peters. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2006, 350 pages, $27.95. From 2003 through early 2006, this collection of newspaper and magazine columns by Ralph Peters, a retired U.S. Army intelligence officer,...