136 page book describing the military's role in domestic operations. Interesing book for anyone curious how the military... More > responds to problems within the United States. Topics include but are not limited to concepts and principles, roles and responsibilities, legal considerations and constraints, logistics and support operations, disasters and domestic emergencies, environmental missions, missions in support of law enforcement, community assistance, education and training. < Less

FM 7-0 provides the training and leader development methodology that forms the foundation for developing competent and... More > confident soldiers and units that will win decisively in any environment. Chapters include: 1) How the Army Trains, 2) Battle Focused Training, 3) Mission Essential Task List Development, 4) Planning, 5) Execution, and 6) Assessment. < Less

Concerned about biological warfare, plague, or terrorism You need this book. Covered topics include (but are not limited... More > to): the threat, detection, bacterial agents, Anthrax, Brucellosis, Melioidosis, Glanders, Plague, Q Fever, Tularemia, Small Pox, Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis, Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers, Toxins, Ricin, Saxitoxin, Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B, Trichothecene Myocotoxins, diagnosis, treatment, etc. < Less

Information operations (IO) encompass attacking adversary command and control (C2) systems (offensive IO) while protecting... More > friendly C2 systems from adversary disruption (defensive IO). Effective IO combines the effects of offensive and defensive IO to produce information superiority at decisive points. Topics include design of army information operations, operations security, military deception, planning information operations, preparing operations, and executing operations. < Less

328 page book that's divided into four parts. Part One (Chapters 1-3) discusses the Army's role in peace, conflict, and war.... More > Part Two (Chapter 4-6) discusses the fundamentals of full spectrum operations, battle command, and the operations process. Part Three (Chapters 7-10) discusses the four types of Army operations: offensive, defensive, stability, and support. Part Four (Chapters 11 and 12) discusses information superiority and combat service support as enabling operations. There are also many interesting historical vignettes well worth reading. < Less

This reference manual guides a soldier through conducting military training operations for urban environments. The manual is... More > rich with diagrams. Topics discussed include clearing a building, defending a building, urban assault course, the shoot house, strategies, targetry, and more. < Less

This thick and thorough US Army Field Manual on the M-16 / AR-15 (and all of their variations) covers every aspect of the... More > rifle(s) you can think of with many photos. You won't find a more complete book on the M-16/AR-15 than this one - straight from the US Army. Just look at SOME of the subjects covered: training; characteristics; ammunition; accessories (rails, sights, optics, lights, nightvision); troubleshooting; basic rifle introduction; marksmanship; modes of fire; firing positions; training devices and exercises; zeroing; effects of wind and gravity; ballistics; range determination; locating targets; urban operations; combat fire; suppressive fire; nuclear, biological, and chemical firing; night fire; moving targets; short-range marksmanship; advanced optics, lasers, and iron sights; and an extensive appendix. There's much detail on all of this - and more. < Less

This Army manual examines combat in an urban environment. It looks at the threats, the environment, offensive planning and... More > tactics, defensive planning and tactics, stability and support, and much more. In the future, urban environments may be the predominant operational environment. Each urban operation will be distinct from any other-any other urban operation as well as similar types of operations in other environments. Each operation will differ because of the multitude of combinations presented by the threat, the urban area itself, the major operation of which it may be part (or the focus), and the fluidity of societal and geo-political considerations. < Less

Field Manual 3-07, Stability Operations, represents a milestone in Army doctrine. It is a roadmap from conflict to peace, a... More > practical guidebook for adaptive, creative leadership at a critical time in our history. It institutionalizes the hard-won lessons of the past while charting a path for tomorrow. This manual postures our military forces for the challenges of an uncertain future, an era of persistent conflict where the unflagging bravery of our Soldiers will continue to carry the banner of freedom, hope, and opportunity to the people of the world. < Less

This publication provides a multiservice doctrinal reference for planning and executing nuclear, biological, and chemical... More > (NBC)defense operations. It provides tactics, techniques, and procedures for planning NBC defense; describes NBC defense capabilities from the services that could be integrated into an area of operations (AO). Guidelines provided in this manual assist commanders and staffs in integrating NBC defense operations into the context of all other AOs. The defensive measures described herein are useful in nuclear environments to the degree that they provide protection against inhalation or ingestion of and skin contact with radioactive debris. This publication does not comprehensively address defense against other nuclear effects—including heat, blast, and direct irradiation. < Less