Infantry Magazine articles from September 2005

Infantry Magazine archives from September 2005

The Infantry: training now, winning tomorrow.(Commandant's Note)
September 1, 2005... Returning to Fort Benning is great for all infantrymen, and I am pleased to once again serve at the home of the Infantry. It is here that our weapons, equipment, and concepts are developed and tested; it is both the origin and the repository of...

Improving rifle effectiveness should be priority.(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2005... I am a retired infantryman and have always believed that shooting proficiency should be a priority. I wrote an article for your magazine that you published back in prehistoric times (1978). I am glad to read in the Commandant's Notes and...

USAMU continues SDM classes.(Infantry News)
September 1, 2005... The U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit (USAMU) continues to offer Squad Designated Marksman (SDM) train-the-trainer classes to help Soldiers improve their warfighting marksmanship skills. During the class, Soldiers are instructed in areas of...

OPSEC: enemy can exploit information from open source media.(Infantry News)
September 1, 2005... Operations security (OPSEC) isn't just a Soldier's responsibility anymore. With more Americans using the Internet to communicate, whether by blogging, instant messaging or sending standard e-mails, it's the responsibility of friends and...

ARDEC lists Stryker Firing Tables.
September 1, 2005... ARDEC Lists Stryker Firing Tables Tables--The Stryker Firing Table is now available online. Thanks to the U.S. Army's Armaments, Research, Development, and Engineering Center's (ARDEC) Firing and Tables Ballistics Division (FTaB), FT 120F-1 for...

Center needs soldiers' ideas.
September 1, 2005... Center Needs Soldiers' Ideas--The U.S. Army Soldier Systems Center's Soldier Innovation Initiative equipment ideas from Soldiers who have served in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom. The goal is to discover successful...

Drill sergeants get trophy at next small arms championships.
September 1, 2005... Drill Sergeants Get Trophy at Next Small Arms Championships--The U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit has announced that there will be a new trophy awarded at the 2006 All-Army Small Arms Championships to be conducted in March. The High Drill...

Does your helmet fit?
September 1, 2005... Does Your Helmet Fit?--Surveys from Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom have revealed that a significant number of Soldiers are not properly wearing the Personnel Armor System, Ground Troops (PASGT) Helmet (also known as the "Helmet,...

BOLC II pilot class graduates.(Basic Officer Leadership Course)
September 1, 2005... Designed to reflect the ever-changing guerrilla tactics now being waged on the battlefield and instill a warrior-first mentality into the Army's future leaders, the pilot class of Basic Officer Leadership Course, Phase II, graduated August 25...

U.S. Army family life training graduates seven.(INFANTRY NEWS)
September 1, 2005... We are a nation and an Army at war, and most Americans today find themselves touched in varying degrees by the ongoing operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Balkans, and other hot spots around the world. Army families have long stoically borne...

Army continues new HMMWV upgrades.(High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle )(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... The Army is responding to Soldiers' requests for new equipment to enhance combat operations and increase safety by installing five upgrades to HMMWVs at forward repair sites in Southwest Asia. Pentagon officials quickly approved adding: a...

The Stryker Remote Weapon System.(Stryker M151)
September 1, 2005... The Stryker is filling the Army's need for a rapidly deployable force to improve the deployability and operational effectiveness of rapid response/early entry forces. This calls for organizing and equipping forces to provide high mobility...

Making a case for the military shotgun.(Professional Forum)
September 1, 2005... Our deployed Soldiers have engaged in almost continuous combat operations during their missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. Many of these combat operations have been conducted in urban, "house-to-house" environments. Long gone are the days of...

The integration of combat optics technologies and the designated marksman concept.(Enhancing Lethality Across the Force)(Reprint)
September 1, 2005... This article first appeared in the Fall 2005 issue of the National Infantry Association's Infantry Bugler. Recent after action reviews (AARs) and the results of post-combat surveys conducted by the Directorate of Combat Developments, U.S....

Paragraph V in a network centric environment and its impact on operations.(PROFESSIONAL FORUM)
September 1, 2005... Saber 5: "SSC (Signal Support Cell), are you telling me the commander can't run a VTC (video teleconference) right now with his battalion commanders?" Saber 61: "No sir, I'm telling you that at this point if the commander has a VTC it will...

Manning, equipping, training and deploying the Brigade Aviation Element.(PROFESSIONAL FORUM)
September 1, 2005... "The Brigade Aviation Element--organized, equipped, and manned to meet air ground integration and A2C2 needs of the transformed Brigade Combat Team." The Brigade Aviation Element (BAE) concept evolved as part of Army Transformation and was...

EOD support in OIF 04-06: when GS is more than DS.(Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Operation Iraqi Freedom, general support, direct support)
September 1, 2005... Just south of Baghdad along Main Supply Route (MSR) Tampa: Sergeant Jones, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team member, guides the Talon 4B Man Transportable Robot System (MTRS) back to the EOD incident control point near Checkpoint 13...

Conventional sniper operations in the asymmetric fight.
September 1, 2005... From March 2003 until February 2004, snipers from Task Force Vanguard operated out of Forward Operating Base (FOB) Danger in Tikrit, Iraq. The 11-man Sniper Section conducted more than 1,000 sniper missions from as far south as Samarra to Mosul...

A look at ... the U.S. Army Sniper School.
September 1, 2005... OVERVIEW The U.S. Army Sniper School offers a five-week long resident course at Fort Benning that trains students in basic sniper skills such as range estimation, stalking, target detection and long-range marksmanship techniques. ...

"Keep up the fire" the 9th Infantry in coalition warfare.(War on Terrorism)
September 1, 2005... Editor's Note: As today's Soldiers fight as part of an international force to restore stability in a part of the world beset by fanatical insurgents armed with weapons equal to their own, it is worth remembering that the U.S. Army's 9th...

Battle captains and battle tracking.
September 1, 2005... Battle captains (BCs) and battle tracking play a critical role in the day-to-day operations of deployed maneuver units operating in a combat theater of operations. A lot is riding on how well battle captains perform the job and how well they...

Reorienting training support: GWOT and National Guard Post-mobilization training.(Global War on Terrorism)
September 1, 2005... As a result of the Global War on Terrorism, the Army's Reserve Component (RC) has been tasked in ways unanticipated in the pre-9/11 environment. Prior to September 11, 2001, training support to RC units was determined by a predictable monthly...

Reserve component mobilization: lessons learned at Mobilization Center Shelby.
September 1, 2005... The Wisconsin National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 127th Infantry Regiment trained and validated at Mobilization Center Shelby (Camp Shelby, Mississippi) this past summer for deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, applying creativity and...

Stalking the Vietcong, Inside Operation Phoenix: A Personal Account.(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... Stalking the Vietcong, Inside Operation Phoenix: A Personal Account. By Stuart A. Herrington. Published by Random House Publishing Group, New York, NY., 279 pages, softcover, $6.99. Reviewed by Major Keith Everett. Originally published as...

Russian Sideshow: America's Undeclared War, 1918-1920.
September 1, 2005... Russian Sideshow: America's Undeclared War, 1918-1920. By Robert L. Willett. Brassey's Inc., 2003, 327 pages, $34.95. Reviewed by Randy Talbot, Staff Historian, USATACOM. In the closing days of World War I, President Woodrow Wilson...

My Life is a Weapon: A Modern History of Suicide Bombing.
September 1, 2005... My Life is a Weapon: A Modern History of Suicide Bombing. By Christoph Reuter translated by Helena Ragg-Kirkby. Princeton University Press, New Jersey. 179 pages, 2004. Reviewed by Lieutenant Commander YoussefAboul-Enein, MSC, USN. ...

Around the Infantry.
September 1, 2005... Submit photos of your unit to rowanm@benning.army.mil Private First Class John Anderson from the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, provides security during a civil affairs mission in Reehana, Iraq, September 30. [ILLUSTRATION...