Military Science category: 4493 books

Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) have experienced explosive demand in Iraq and Afghanistan in the past few years due to their ability to provide intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) over vast theaters of operations. This paper examines the differences between the Air Force's and Army's...

When we think of jungles, we often think of a densely forested area with thick foliage; this is what is known as a primary jungle. But jungles can also include swamps, grasslands, and cultivated areas. Primary jungles can fall into the category of either a tropical rain forest or a deciduous forest,...

This 2011 Navy Program Guide is an overview of the key systems, programs and initiatives of the U.S. Navy, with detailed information on the status of hundreds of programs for systems ranging from aircraft and ships to weapons and information dominance. Contents include: NAVAL AVIATION * CVN...

In addition, it covers cutting-edge tech that will soon be employed by our soldiers: missiles, small arms, biological detection systems, rockets, reconnaissance systems, radios, planes, bows and arrows (believe it or not)...you name it, this book has it. Also included is a thorough discussion of Future...

Army Regulation AR 600-8-10 covers leave and pass programs.  It prescribes the policies, operating tasks, and steps governing military personnel absences.

Field Manual (FM) 3-22 Army Support to Security Cooperation with change 1 provides doctrine for Army support to Department of Defense security cooperation. It explains how Army forces conduct security cooperation, from theater army through brigade level, including support from Headquarters, Department...

Army Techniques Publication (ATP) 4-12 augments the sustainment doctrine established in Army Doctrine Publication (ADP) 4-0, Sustainment. It constitutes the Army’s view of how the Army manages containers on land and sets the foundation for developing additional tactics, techniques, and procedures....

From the mid-1960s until the end of the Cold War, the United States Air Force acquired and flew Russian-made MiG jets, eventually creating a secret squadron dedicated to exposing American fighter pilots to enemy MiGs. In this program, MiGs were secretly acquired and made air-worthy, before selected...

In today’s volatile and complex environment, the military arm of national power has been called upon to fight campaigns in both Iraq and Afghanistan. For over eight years the USAF has been continuously deployed to both theaters, flying tens of thousands of sorties each year—mostly manned missions,...

Counter Sniper aims to reduce the damage caused by a sniper, which can often be very harmful. The individual who shoots at police, firemen, soldiers or citizens is certainly dangerous. In order to counteract, it is necessary to train individuals whose knowledge and skills fall within the description...

ATTP 3-21.50 provides perspective on Infantry company missions in an operational environment characterized by high-altitudes, rapidly changing climatic conditions, and rugged terrain. It also provides the small-unit leader with guidance on how company-sized units and below can conduct these operations....

“An important, disturbing, and gripping history” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), the never-before-told story of the computer scientists and the NSA, Pentagon, and White House policymakers who invent and employ cyber wars—where every country can be a major power player and every hacker a mass...

This technical manual, TM 4-42.21 (FM 10-16) General Fabric Repair, is a guide for fabric repair specialists, personnel qualified in MOS 92S, grades E1 through E7. It can be used by personnel in both mobile and fixed repair units. This manual consists of general instructions for the inspection and...

After their defeat in southern Kentucky the barbarians have simply disappeared only, after fifty years, the war drums are beating loudly within the Caliphate. But life within the Association goes on. New settlements are created, trade is flourishing, roads are being built and the railroads are quickly...