Sharpening the combat edge pdf

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The author team brings their extensive experience in emergency services, military application, and leadership research to this text. All of the authors are involved in higher education levels and serve in leadership capacities in various arenas. With a focus on decision-making processes, this monograph provides a significant interdisciplinary analysis of how soldiers decide to follow the commands of their superior officers, even if that means acting illegally.

Making the key distinction between normal civilian society and the shocking realities of war, the author facilitates the reader with a comprehensive understanding of what a front-line soldier faces in contemporary combat situations. Army and Navy. Some of the major intelligence activities developed in support of the mission of the U. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, with lessons learned.

The systematic blending of military judgment, data collection, and problem-solving techniques as used in the 9th Infantry Division and II Field Force, Vietnam, Some of the more important tactical and materiel innovations in Vietnam from the viewpoint of the infantry division commander. Special Forces troops. Army units. This volume outlines, from a South Vietnamese perspective, the events of the period and the circumstances leading to the conquest of South Vietnam.

An account of Army helicopter ambulances in Vietnam that evaluates leadership, procedures, and logistical support. An examination of significant military developments and social and economic conditions during the last three years of the war.

Mossman, M. Warner Stark Accounts of funerals conducted for civil and military officials, active and retired, and for the unknown servicemen of three wars. Moore, Jeff M. Tuten Complementing the Benning Experiment volume, this study describes the work of the Fort Ord Training Center in developing and promoting the concept of a modern volunteer Army through the practical application of policies developed in Washington.

Airmobility, Lieutenant General John J. Tolson Air assault operations in Southeast Asia would not have been possible without certain key decisions a decade earlier. Dunn The tasks, accomplishments, and problems of Army engineers in the construction of ports, airfields, storage areas, ammunition dumps, housing, bridges, roads, and other conventional facilities in Vietnam from to Rogers An analysis of two operations conducted in early that marked a turning point in both the tide of the battle and the evolution of tactical doctrine.

Eckhardt A study of the development of the U. Rienzi Some of the most important experiences, problems, and achievements in the field of communications-electronics in Vietnam during the years to Myer U.

Field Artillery, Major General David Ewing Ott An account of the more important activities-with attendant problems, shortcomings, and achievements-of field artillery in Vietnam. Taylor An account of budgeting for the war in Vietnam. Prugh Covers legal activities of the U. Heiser, Jr. Medical Support of the U. Army in Vietnam, Major General Spurgeon Neel An overview of major medical problems encountered, of decisions made, and the lessons learned in Vietnam. Starry Operations of the U.

Fulton Riverine planning and operations with particular attention to significant trends or changes in this cooperative effort of the U. McChristian Some of the major intelligence activities developed in support of the mission of the U. Ewell, Major General Ira A. Hunt, Jr. Hay, Jr Some of the more important tactical and materiel innovations in Vietnam from the viewpoint of the infantry division commander. Ploger A broad summary of engineer activities and contributions during the Vietnam War.

Reorganizing for Pacification Support Thomas W. Nanney An account of Army helicopter ambulances in Vietnam that evaluates leadership, procedures, and logistical support.