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.

This manual provides guidance and assistance to design engineers in the development of different types of equipment used by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). The manual should be used when preparing electrical designs for civil works facilities built, owned, or operated by the Corps of Engineers.

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.

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.

This publication prescribes guidance for leaders and crewmen of mortar squads. It concerns mortar crew training, and it is used with the applicable technical manuals (TMs) and Army Training and Evaluation Programs (ARTEPs). It presents practical solutions to assist in the timely delivery of accurate mortar fires, but does not discuss all possible situations. Local requirements may dictate minor variations from the methods and techniques described herein. However, principles should not be violated by modification of techniques and methods. The scope of this publication includes mortar crew training at the squad level. The 60-mm mortar, M224; 81-mm mortar, M252; and 120-mm mortars, M120/M121 are discussed, to include nomenclature, sighting, equipment, characteristics, capabilities, and ammunition.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has long been one of the federal government's key agencies in planning the uses of the nation's waterways and water resources. Though responsible for a range of water-related programs, the Corps's two traditional programs have been flood damage reduction and navigation enhancement. The water resource needs of the nation, however, have for decades been shifting away from engineered control of watersheds toward restoration of ecosystem services and natural hydrologic variability. In response to these shifting needs, legislation was enacted in 1990 which initiated the Corps's involvement in ecological restoration, which is now on par with the Corps's traditional flood damage reduction and navigation roles. This book provides an analysis of the Corps's efforts in ecological restoration, and provides broader recommendations on how the corps might streamline their planning process. It also assesses the impacts of federal legislation on the Corps planning and projects, and provides recommendations on how relevant federal policies might be altered in order to improve Corps planning. Another important shift affecting the Corps has been federal cost-sharing arrangements (enacted in 1986), mandating greater financial participation in Corps water projects by local co-sponsors. The book describes how this has affected the Corps-sponsor relationship, and comments upon how each group must adjust to new planning and political realities.

Hurricane- and coastal-storm-related losses have increased substantially during the past century, largely due to increases in population and development in the most susceptible coastal areas. Climate change poses additional threats to coastal communities from sea level rise and possible increases in strength of the largest hurricanes. Several large cities in the United States have extensive assets at risk to coastal storms, along with countless smaller cities and developed areas. The devastation from Superstorm Sandy has heightened the nation's awareness of these vulnerabilities. What can we do to better prepare for and respond to the increasing risks of loss? Reducing Coastal Risk on the East and Gulf Coasts reviews the coastal risk-reduction strategies and levels of protection that have been used along the United States East and Gulf Coasts to reduce the impacts of coastal flooding associated with storm surges. This report evaluates their effectiveness in terms of economic return, protection of life safety, and minimization of environmental effects. According to this report, the vast majority of the funding for coastal risk-related issues is provided only after a disaster occurs. This report calls for the development of a national vision for coastal risk management that includes a long-term view, regional solutions, and recognition of the full array of economic, social, environmental, and life-safety benefits that come from risk reduction efforts. To support this vision, Reducing Coastal Risk states that a national coastal risk assessment is needed to identify those areas with the greatest risks that are high priorities for risk reduction efforts. The report discusses the implications of expanding the extent and levels of coastal storm surge protection in terms of operation and maintenance costs and the availability of resources. Reducing Coastal Risk recommends that benefit-cost analysis, constrained by acceptable risk criteria and other important environmental and social factors, be used as a framework for evaluating national investments in coastal risk reduction. The recommendations of this report will assist engineers, planners and policy makers at national, regional, state, and local levels to move from a nation that is primarily reactive to coastal disasters to one that invests wisely in coastal risk reduction and builds resilience among coastal communities. Table of Contents Front Matter Summary 1 Introduction 2 Institutional Landscape for Coastal Risk Management 3 Performance of Coastal Risk Reduction Strategies 4 Principles for Guiding the Nation's Future Investments in Coastal Risk Reduction 5 A Vision for Coastal Risk Reduction References Appendix A: Major U.S. Coastal Storms Since 1900 Appendix B: USACE Coastal Storm Damage Reduction Projects Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members

At the request of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research and Technology, Powering the U.S. Army of the Future examines the U.S. Army's future power requirements for sustaining a multi-domain operational conflict and considers to what extent emerging power generation and transmission technologies can achieve the Army's operational power requirements in 2035. The study was based on one operational usage case identified by the Army as part of its ongoing efforts in multi-domain operations. The recommendations contained in this report are meant to help inform the Army's investment priorities in technologies to help ensure that the power requirements of the Army's future capability needs are achieved. Table of Contents Front Matter Executive Summary Introduction 1 The Multi-Domain Operations and the 2035 Operational and Technology Environment 2 The Power and Energy Technology Assessment Criteria 3 Energy Sources, Conversion Devices, and Storage 4 System-Wide Communication Issues in Support of Multi-Domain Operations 5 Dismounted Soldier Power and Light Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Unmanned Ground Vehicles 6 Vehicle Power and Large Weapon Systems 7 Forward Operating Base Power 8 Fuel Conversion Efficiency and Other Material Driven Opportunities 9 Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations Appendixes Appendix A: Statement of Task Appendix B: Biographies Appendix C: Call for White Papers Appendix D: List of Data-Gathering Sessions Appendix E: Abstracts of Selected White Papers Appendix F: Data-Gathering Session Agendas Appendix G: Aluminum Fuel Appendix H: 5G Networks Appendix I: Soldier Silent Power Challenges Appendix J: High Performance ICE Engines Roadmap Appendix K: Hybrid Fuel Efficiency Appendix L: Power Electronics Appendix M: Nuclear Power Safety/Regulatory Considerations Appendix N: Acronyms List