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ATP 3-20.15/MCRP 3-10B.1 encompasses techniques for tank platoons of armored brigade combat teams (ABCTs). It provides doctrinal guidance; describes relationships in the platoon; defines organizational roles and functions, capabilities, limitations; and lays out the responsibilities for platoons during unified land operations. The tank platoon is a unified team; all tanks crews work together to achieve mission success. A single tank can be vulnerable in the face of diverse battlefield hazards, such as enemy forces or unfavorable terrain and situations. These vulnerabilities are significantly ...

ATP 3-50.21 sets forth the doctrine pertaining to survival in an isolated situation. The ATP discusses the tenets of survival and the methods Soldiers, Department of the Army civilians, and contractors can use when surviving individually or in a group. Survival is the state of or fact of continuing to live or exist in spite of an isolating event. The end goal is to return to friendly forces with honor. This chapter discusses survival skills and situational understanding needed. This is an audio file of the manual. This title does not have a commercial sponsor. If you would like to sponsor this...

THE U.S. ARMY IN THE ARCTIC 9 Jan 2021 Chief of Staff Paper Number 3 Our Army exists to protect our nation and to preserve the peace. To meet that core requirement, the Army must man, train, equip, and organize to win in the Arctic. The Arctic is simultaneously an arena of competition, a line of attack in conflict, a vital area holding many of our nation’s natural resources, and a platform for global power projection. Regaining dominance in the Arctic provides new opportunities to engage and train with the many allies and partners around the world who also operate in extreme cold weather, ...

The medical platoon, also referred to as battalion aid station (BAS), coordinates the Army Health System (AHS) support operations for the battalion commander. The battalion aid station is a forward-most medically staffed treatment location organic to a maneuver battalion. It is uniquely organized, trained, and equipped to conduct medical treatment and evacuation tasks. This is an audio file of the manual. This title does not have a commercial sponsor. If you would like to sponsor this podcast, let us know at https://usgovpub.com. If you would like us to upload additional chapters, please let ...

TC 3-22.69 outlines techniques and requirements for advanced situational awareness (known as ASA) training. Included in the intended audience are Soldiers, particularly those tasked with integrating ASA concepts into training. Uniforms depicted in this publication were drawn without camouflage for clarity of the illustration. This is an audio file of the book. This title does not have a commercial sponsor. If you would like to sponsor this podcast, let us know at https://usgovpub.com.

This article discusses the weaknesses that allowed Ukrainian Army units to defeat Russian battalion tactical groups (BTG) and describes tactics that an American brigade combat team (BCT) can employ to create similar opportunities to tactically defeat a BTG if required in a future conflict.

ATP 3-21.8 provides the doctrinal framework for all Infantry platoons and squads. It provides techniques for employment of Infantry platoons and squads in conducting decisive actions. This is an audio file of the manual. This title does not have a commercial sponsor. If you would like to sponsor this podcast, let us know at https://usgovpub.com. If you would like us to upload additional chapters, please let us know the title name and consider becoming a patron at Patreon.com/usgovpub

This field manual fully revises the previous Army’s physical readiness training (P R T) doctrine. The Holistic Health and Fitness (H2F) System directed by this doctrine is designed to address the readiness of every Soldier. Performance readiness experts of the H2F System will assess each Soldier’s physical and mental status and design programs to sustain or improve that Soldier’s ability to meet the demands of their military occupational specialties (M O S), duty assignments, and combat-specific tasks. This individualized approach is sustained across the Soldier’s Army career. It ...

2019 Ensuring Regime Survival and Securing Regional Dominance Chapter 1 Introduction/Historical Overview This is a report prepared by the Defense Inteligence Agency and made public in 2019. Persia, as Iran was known before 1935, was one of the great empires of the ancient world. Its military history dates back more than 2,500 years. The country in its present form—the Islamic Republic of Iran—was established in 1979 after the Islamic Revolution. Iran is a theocratic republic with a supreme leader appointed for life as head of state and the highest-ranking political, military, and religious...

NOW available as an Audio book on Amazon.com and Audible.com. Russia’s 2014 annexation of the Crimean Peninsula, activity in Eastern Ukraine, saber rattling regarding the Baltics, deployment to Syria, and more assertive behavior along its borders have peeked interest in the Russian Armed Forces. This increased interest has caused much speculation about their structure, capabilities, and future development. Interestingly, this speculation has created many different, and often contradictory narratives about these issues. At any given time, assessments of the Russian Armed Forces vary between ...

The Defense Intelligence Agency—indeed the broader U.S. Intelligence Community—is continually asked, "What do we need to know about China?" What is China’s vision of the world and its role in it? What are Beijing’s strategic intentions and what are the implications for Washington? How are the PLA’s roles and missions changing as it becomes a more capable military force? This DIA Report tackles those questions.

Fire support is fires that directly support land, maritime, amphibious, and special operations forces to engage enemy forces, combat formations, and facilities in pursuit of tactical and operational objectives. It requires close coordination and integration with maneuver forces. Effective fire support requires an observer that understands the tasks to accomplish and how these tasks support the overall operation. The observer must be able to accurately locate targets, understand which targets to attack, and effectively communicate what is seen to the rest of the fire support community.

The United States Army has been involved in a mountain war for a decade. After all this time, mountain combat remains a stubbornly difficult mission and technology can offer only modest support to the infantry’s mission of closing with the enemy or the logistician’s mission of getting support forward. Training, equipment, weapons, tactics, and logistics all require significant adjustment for mountain combat. This book covers operations and tactics, artillery, and aviation support, reconnaissance, communications, training, and logistics. It demonstrates that the key to enhancing ...

PART 1 - Preamble This is an audio file of the manual. The Manual for Courts-Martial (MCM) is the official guide to the conduct of courts-martial in the United States military. An Executive Order of the President of the United States, the MCM details and expands on the military law established in the statute Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). The MCM contains five parts plus 22 appendices: Part I is the Preamble, which gives background and jurisdictional information Part II explains the Rules for Courts-martial (Rules 101 through 1307) Part III lays out the Military Rules of Evidence (...

For centuries, line-of-sight fire was the basis for destruction in combat, and the foundations of tactics were built around ensuring the effectiveness of such fire. Now there is no need to see the enemy (target) directly in front of you, it can be seen theoretically from any distance and destroyed with the same high accuracy. The survivability of remote dispersed platforms for destruction from closed positions and their crews is much higher than any weapon for conducting line-of-sight fire. This revolutionizes the entire system of fire and fire destruction of troops, and in the combat ...

In the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence (AI), we have witnessed some truly remarkable advancements. From mastering complex games like Diplomacy, StarCraft II, and poker, to negotiating economic transactions, AI systems have demonstrated an uncanny ability to outperform their human counterparts. However, as these AI models become more sophisticated, a concerning trend has emerged - their propensity for deception.