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Ret), Russel Honore (U.s. Army
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PREPAREDNESS TIPS
- Store survival kits in a convenient place known to all family
members.
- Keep a smaller version of your supplies kit in the trunk of
your car, at work, and at school.
- Keep them in airtight plastic bags, if possible.
- Change your stored water supply every six months so it stays
fresh.
- Replace your stored food every six months.
- Ask your physician or pharmacist about storing prescription
medications.
- Rethink your kit and family needs at least once a year.
Characterized by some authors as a rehearsal for the First World
War, the Russo- Japanese War was arguably the world's first modern
war. During this war, the lethality of weapons on the 20th Century
battlefield was clearly demonstrated. Recording the events of the
Russo-Japanese War were military and civilian observers from every
major power of the time. These observers wrote voluminous accounts
of the war that clearly illustrated this new battlefield
destructiveness. The research question of this thesis is what
tactical lessons were available to the observer nations of the
Russo-Japanese War that were not used in their preparations for
World War I. This paper will look at both observer accounts of the
war and professional journal articles written soon after the war to
consider this question. To answer this question, the stationary
Siege of Port Arthur and the maneuver Battle of Mukden are used as
representative battles of this war. Reports from these two battles
clearly demonstrate the lethality of modern warfare and foreshadow
the combined effects of hand grenades mortars, machineguns, and
field artillery in World War I.
Shortly after the United States joined the Allied war effort
following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a contingent of US
Army soldiers unexpectedly found themselves being sent not to the
Pacific or to Europe but to the Middle Eastern nation of Iran.
There, amid the broiling heat of the desert sun and the bitter cold
of mile-high mountain ranges, former American longshoremen, truck
drivers, assembly line workers, and others toiled diligently to
complete a critical wartime logistics mission in a strange and
often perplexing land. Instructions for American Servicemen in Iran
During World War II provides a thought-provoking glimpse into the
Army's efforts to prepare its soldiers to deal with the Iranians
and their values and customs. In a new introduction to a facsimile
of the Pocket Guide to Iran prepared by the US Army in 1943, Steven
R. Ward, author of Immortal: A Military History of Iran and Its
Armed Forces, presents a brief overview of US Army operations in
the Persian Gulf region that offers important historical context.
The introduction focuses on the US Army's Persian Gulf Command,
which triumphed over great adversity to complete the critical
missions of supplying the Soviet Union's Red Army against Hitler's
war machine and buying precious time for American forces preparing
to invade Europe. The pocket guide serves as a reminder of US
efforts to prepare and indoctrinate American troops for
confrontation with the Germans, cooperation with the Soviets, and
interaction with the Iranians. It shows how the Greatest Generation
took care to try to understand and avoid alienating the Iranians,
upon whose good will and cooperation mission success ultimately
rested. Ward's new introduction, meanwhile, also applies some of
the pocket guide's cultural advice to contemporary issues
surrounding US-Iranian relations to help readers more easily
understand the complexities that often characterize interactions
between the two countries.
TM 3-34.44 is primarily a training guide and reference text for
engineer personnel using concrete and masonry materials in field
construction. The manual has two parts: Concrete (Part One) and
Masonry (Part Two). Part One covers the physical characteristics,
properties, and ingredients of concrete; mixtures, design and
construction of forms; and with reinforced concrete and field
construction procedures. Part Two addresses the mason's tools and
equipment as well as the physical characteristics and properties of
concrete blocks, bricks, and structural clay tiles. It further
explains construction procedures and methods for these masonry
units. Appendix A contains an English to metric measurement
conversion chart. This publication supersedes FM 5-428, 18 June
1998.
Army Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (ATTP) 3-39.20 is the
manual for police intelligence operations (PIO) doctrine. This
manual aligns with Field Manual (FM) 3-39, the Military Police
Corps Regiment's keystone manual, and other Army and joint
doctrine. Simultaneous operations that combine offensive,
defensive, and stability or civil support operations are
emphasized. PIO is a military police function that supports the
operations process and protection activities by providing
exceptional police information and intelligence to enhance
situational understanding, protection of the force, and homeland
security (HLS). This manual emphasizes that PIO supports, enhances,
and contributes to the commander's protection program and
situational understanding by analyzing, integrating, and portraying
relevant criminal threat and police information and intelligence
that may affect the operational environment (OE). This threat
information is gathered by military police Soldiers as they conduct
military police functions and by other Army Soldiers, Service
policing forces, multinational elements, and security forces.
Designated as a light truck, the Jeep was the primary four-wheel
drive vehicle for the U.S. Army during WWII. The Jeep's design owed
a great deal to Karl Probst, a freelance designer employed by the
American Bantam Car Co. Probst's prototype "Blitz Buggy" was built
in a mere 49 days. It clearly impressed the Army in head-to-head
competition against a design submitted by Willys-Overland. However
the Buggy's engine failed to meet requirements, and the Army
determined that Bantam could not produce the vehicle in quantity.
As a result, the Army bought the Bantam design and asked both
Willys and Ford to improve it. The Willys model MB, equipped with a
L134 straight-4 "Go Devil" engine, was eventually accepted as the
standard. Ford models built to Willys specifications were
designated GPW ("G" for government vehicle, "P" designating the 80"
wheelbase, and "W" indicating the Willys engine design). (Notably,
the "GP" part of the designation is often misinterpreted to mean
"General Purpose," and some have suggested this is the reason the
vehicle was nick-named the "Jeep." In reality it was probably named
after a character in the Popeye cartoons). Roughly 640,000 Jeeps
were built during WWII by Ford and Willys, and used on every front.
Utilitarian, rugged, and easy to maintain, Jeeps saw service as
scout cars, ambulances, firefighting vehicles, as tractors for
artillery, and more. The vehicle so impressed war correspondent
Ernie Pyle that he called it one of the "two most important pieces
of non-combat equipment ever developed" - the other being the
pocket stove. Jeeps remained in service for the U.S. military in
Korea and in the Vietnam War. Created in 1944, this technical
manual reveals a great deal about the Jeep's design and
capabilities. Intended as a manual for those charged with operation
and maintenance, this manual shows many aspects of its engine,
cooling, power, drive train and other systems. Originally labeled
restricted, this manual was declassified long ago and is here
reprinted in book form. Care has been taken to preserve the
integrity of the text.
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