Infantry Magazine articles from September 2007

Infantry Magazine archives from September 2007

Counterinsurgency operations.(Commandant's Note)
September 1, 2007... We are an Army at war on the ever changing and complex battlefield of a counterinsurgency (COIN). today s infantrymen are the cutting edge of a lethal, offensive force, and hence must continually and rapidly execute across the full spectrum of...

UAS video terminal connects boots on ground to eyes in sky.(Infantry News)
September 1, 2007... The Army fielded its 200th One-System Remote Video Terminal (OSRVT) to Iraq and Afghanistan last month. Soldiers using an OSRVT can display the sensor feed from any of the Army's unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and gain an unprecedented,...

Captains now eligible for $25k bonus.(Infantry News)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... A critical skills-retention bonus (CSRB) of $25,000 or more is available to more than 16,000 regular-Army captains who agree to remain on active duty beyond their initial active-duty service obligations. The bonus is part of a "menu of...

Soldier trains for Paralympics.(Infantry News)
September 1, 2007... Staff Sergeant Joshua Olson considers himself "very, very lucky." At 28, he's doing the job he dreamed of doing as a boy, growing up in Spokane, Washington. He's Soldiering--"there's no better job in the world." And if the stars align just...

Managing the brigade fight: asset synchronization.(PROFESSIONAL FORUM)(Table)
September 1, 2007... In Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. Army has an enormous amount of maneuver forces and enablers conducting decentralized operations throughout the operating environment (OE). Whether the OE is large swaths of rural terrain or condensed urban...

Personnel recovery: program can help soldiers prevent, respond to isolating events.(PROFESSIONAL FORUM)
September 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Imagine that you are riding in the trail gun truck along with three other members of your platoon when your vehicle develops engine trouble and coasts to a stop. You try to establish communications with the convoy...

An innovative approach to combat logistics: low cost, low altitude airborne resupply in Afghanistan.(PROFESSIONAL FORUM)
September 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] History has shown that without combat service support and sustainment operations, the warfighting capability of any unit is certainly diminished, and potentially leads to interruption of combat operations. Hence,...

The human component: treating hidden injuries.(PROFESSIONAL FORUM)
September 1, 2007... Editor's Note: As we continue to examine the impact of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as we did in the July-August issue of Infantry, we realize that the consequences of combat and other factors can cause Soldiers and Families to give more than...

Culture: reasons for friendly and enemy analysis.
September 1, 2007... Embroiled in insurgencies in foreign countries, the United States is struggling with adapting to the ever-changing environment as well as adjusting the response of our forces in order to succeed. Although the United States military is adapting...

Assault guns assessed.(PROFESSIONAL FORUM)
September 1, 2007... One of the most powerful, versatile, and effective weapon systems of World War II is also the least known and certainly the least understood by Americans. To the casual observer, the German assault gun looks like just another tank or tank...

Al-Jazeera correspondent reveals details from Bin Laden interviews.(PROFESSIONAL FORUM)
September 1, 2007... Mohammad Muwafiq Zaydan, a journalist with Al-Jazeera and the Arabic daily Al-Hayat. had the rare opportunity of spending hours with Usama Bin Laden in October 2000 and in the early part of 2001. Zaydan has conducted multiple interviews with...

The two sides of COIN: applying FM 3-14 to the brigade and below counterinsurgency fight.(Viewpoint essay)(Table)
September 1, 2007... Units that deploy to Fort Irwin, California, to conduct training expect a world-class experience, and that is exactly what the National Training Center (NTC) offers. At any given time of the year, one look at the terrain provides inspiration,...

Round 2 in Lebanon: how the IDF focused exclusively on COIN and lost the ability to fight manuever war.
September 1, 2007... Israel has defeated larger Arab armies repeatedly since its creation in 1948. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) enjoyed a reputation of invincibility among its Arab neighbors until last year. Israel got bloodied and bogged down in Lebanon by a...

Mekong Delta 1968 counterinsurgency then and now.
September 1, 2007... In June 1968, the month I reported for duty as a district assistant advisor in Vietnam, the Tet offensive by the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam (Viet Cong or VC) and the People's Army of Vietnam (NVA) had been raging since...

Escorting a truck convoy from Kabul to Ghazni.(More Lessons from the Soviet-Afghan War)
September 1, 2007... At the end of 1981, guerrilla forces were very active in the province of Ghazni. Especially bitter combat was fought along the Ghazni-Kabul and Ghazni-Kandahar highways. The enemy paid attention to mining the roads where convoys would pass. ...

A reinforced motorized rifle company conducts an ambush in Kandahar province.(More Lessons from the Soviet-Afghan War)
September 1, 2007... Our separate motorized rifle brigade (the 70th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade) completed its road march to its new base camp in March 1981. Its movement was covered from the air by a squadron of helicopter gunships. At the same time, the...

Real battle-focused PT: Physical Training tailored for the fight.(Training Notes)(Viewpoint essay)(Table)
September 1, 2007... Physical Training (PT) has a been a passion of mine. Many years ago as a young NCO I had a wise commander who told me, "Leslie, sometimes the most important training we do in a day is PT." I have always remembered that quote and often repeated...

LVC training in Korea: the Army's training vision for the future, in execution today.(TRAINING NOTES)
September 1, 2007... The 2nd Infantry Division's experiences using live-virtual-constructive (LVC) training techniques to train Core METL (mission essential task list) contains the seeds for the future of training in Korea, and may portend Core METL training...

SBL ensures soldiers have best gear available.(TRAINING NOTES)
September 1, 2007... Leaders conducting operations hroughout the world have a myriad of issues on their minds at any given moment. The operational tempo of the Army is such that they can not afford to waste energy worrying about issues beyond their control....

Reluctant Lieutenant, From Basic to OCS in the Sixties.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Reluctant Lieutenant, From Basic to OCS in the Sixties. By Jerry Morton. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press, 320 pages, $19.95. Reviewed by Major Keith Everett. In this book, author Jerry Morton reminisces about his time in...

Operation Homecoming--Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Home Front, in the Words of U.S. Troops and Their Families.
September 1, 2007... Operation Homecoming--Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Home Front, in the Words of U.S. Troops and Their Families. Edited by Andrew Carroll. New York: Random House, 416 pages $26.95. Reviewed by Danielle Bostick, Infantry Magazine editorial intern....

The Longest Night--The Bombing of London on May 10, 1941.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... The Longest Night--The Bombing of London on May 10, 1941. By Gavin Mortimer. New York: Berkeley Publishing Group, 384 pages, $16 (paperback). Reviewed by Terrence McElhaney, Infantry Magazine editorial intern. The Longest Night is a...