U.S. Navy Enlisted Rank & Rates of WW2
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U.S. Airborne Rifle Squad of the Late-1990s: M4 Carbines, Optics & Lasers
The late 1990s was a key step in the evolution of U.S. Army infantry equipment, as depicted in this graphic of the Airborne (and Air Assault) Infantry Rifle Squad from that period. The current 9-man squad had replaced the 11-man squad as a means of reducing manpower requirements a decade prior under the Army of Excellence (AOE) ( Sayen, page 287 ), so nothing new there. However, what was new was the M4 Carbine. For the most part the M16A2 was still the standard TO&E in infan
114th Artillery Brigade of 1960: California's Nike-Ajax Missiles
During a brief period from mid-1959 to April 1962, all of the California Army National Guard's air defense artillery units were under the administrative control of the 114th Artillery Brigade (Air Defense) (1). Concurrent to the CARS reorganizations/redesignations, the 114th came to encompass all Nike-Ajax Missile Battalions and 90mm Gun Battalions in the state which had previously been split between the 114th AAA Brigade in SoCal and the 112th AAA Brigade in NorCal. This wa
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NEW Experimental Armored Brigades in the U.S. Army
The U.S. 3rd Infantry Division is experimenting with reorganizing the Armored Brigade Combat Team for Transformation in Contact and this video covers the current state of their task org. Major elements of their redesign include the integration of loitering munitions, FPV one-way attack drones, and UAS and in one of their brigades the reorganization of one of their CABs into a second Cavalry Squadron, tentatively called Recon-Strike Squadrons. These will be tested at two diffe
USMC Rifle Squads: The Last 10 Years & Future
The last 10+ years of developments in the realm of U.S. Marine Rifle Squads.
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Cold War Japanese Military Manuals
A collection of Cold War Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) Manuals, including on the Rifle Squad and Company.
21st Century US Marine Unit Organization & Manuals
Archive > Post Cold-War > Post-Cold War U.S. Sources > 21st Century U.S. Marine Unit Organization & Manuals Miscellaneous Documents • Tables of Organization Miscellaneous Documents with Organizational Info Title Date Remarks II MEFO 3100.3E, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for Marine Expeditionary Units (MEUs), Commanding General II MEF 11 May 2018 Includes detailed troop lists for reinforcing or augmenting units on a MEU, but not the T/O of units kept complete (MEU C
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