ARMOR is a professional-development magazine published by the U.S. Army Armor School. The Chief of Armor provides the magazine as a forum for the Soldiers and leaders under his proponency to explain, digest or debate Army and Armor Branch doctrine, policy or other career-related issues or information. ARMOR focuses on Armor and Cavalry Soldiers up to the battalion and brigade level as well as on Army-wide concerns and issues that affect Armor and Cavalry formations. The Chief of Armor's proponency includes:
- armored, direct-fire ground combat systems not serving primarily as infantry carriers;
- weapons used exclusively in these systems or by career management field (CMF)19-series enlisted Soldiers;
- miscellaneous items of equipment armored and armored cavalry organizations use exclusively;
- training for all 19-series officers and CMF 19-series enlisted Soldiers;
- and information concerning the training, logistics, history and leadership of armor and armored cavalry units at a brigade/regiment level and below, including threat units at those levels.
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ARMOR, October-December 2014
Theme: Armored Warfare
Features:
• Integrating Armored Warfare and What That Could Mean for the Infantry Brigade... read more
ARMOR, October-December 2014
Theme: Armored Warfare
Features:
• Integrating Armored Warfare and What That Could Mean for the Infantry Brigade Combat Team
by MAJ Joshua A. Taylor
• Lessons from Exportable Combat Training Center Rotation 14-02
by LTC Sean Hunt Kuester and MAJ Nathan Guthrie
• Doing More with Less
by LTC Franz Krasznitzer
• 1st Armored Division Leads Army in Re-examining Mission Command 'Initiatives'
by BG Joseph P. Harrington and Dr. William M. Rierson
• Transforming Tanks to Boots
by CPT Nicholas Rinaldi, 1LT Chad Strickland and 1SG David Winczewski
• Cluster Munitions No More: What This Means for the U.S. Military
by LTC Mike Jacobson
• Lost Sabers: Why We Need Operational Cavalry and How to Get It Back
by MAJ William S. Nance
• Measures of Effectiveness in Army Doctrine
by CPT Tom Westphal and CPT Jason Guffey
• 'Driver, How Much Fuel Do We Have?' – An Update
by LTC William Kepley
• Tactics, Techniques and Procedures for Employment of Brigade and Task Force Engineers
by COL Jason L. Smallfield
• Sustainment Portal Provides Relevant Tool to Improve Readiness
by Dr. Reginald L. Snell
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ARMOR, July-September 2014
• Theme: Cavalry Update (6X36)
• Features:
• How Garryowen and the Standard Scout Platoon Equal Effective Recon
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ARMOR, July-September 2014
• Theme: Cavalry Update (6X36)
• Features:
• How Garryowen and the Standard Scout Platoon Equal Effective Recon
by LTC Jason Miseli, MAJ Gregory McLean and CPT Dirk Van Ingen
• The All-Bradley Scout Platoon at National Training Center Rotation 14-04
by CPT Robert Bove, CPT Michael Kaness and CPT Jonathan Page
• Sustaining the Standard Scout Platoon
by MAJ Bob Underwood and CPT William Turner
• Intelligence Support to a Cavalry Squadron
by LTC Jason A. Miseli, MAJ Gregory W. McLean and CPT Jeremy Bovan
• Too Light to Fight: the IBCT Cavalry Troop in Combined-Arms Maneuver
by MAJ Charles G. Bies
• What Our Army Needs is a True Aero Scout
by COL William T. Nuckols Jr. and Peter W. Rose II
• Platform Immaterial: Reconnaissance Challenges in a Decisive-Action Training Environment
by CPT Jaison D. Desai
• Observations from the Opposing Force Part II: Movement-to-Contact Lessons-Learned from National Training Center Rotation 12-05
by CPT Amos C. Fox
• Not Just Infantry with Tanks: Who We Should Be and Why the Army Needs Us to Be It
by CPT Thomas Spolizino
• The Next Combat Vehicle – New Horizons
by retired USMC LTC Robert Lamont
• The Bastogne Fusion Process: a Commander-Centric Approach to Planning and Decision-Making
by LTC Scott Sentell and LTC Phil Kiniery
• The Stability Corps: Organizational Change for Full-Spectrum Capability
by CPT Eli Feret
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ARMOR, March-June 2014
• Theme: Transitioning to an Army of Preparation
• Features:
• Developing Mission Focus to Ensure Military Expertise and... read more
ARMOR, March-June 2014
• Theme: Transitioning to an Army of Preparation
• Features:
• Developing Mission Focus to Ensure Military Expertise and Esprit de Corps in Army of 2020
by CPT Gary M. Klein and 1LT Christopher P. Harrell
• Ask the Right Questions, and You’ll Get a Better Answer: How Training in the Philosophy of Mission Command Will Enable Our Commanders to Get Staffs to Get It Right the First Time
by CPT Anthony M. Formica
• Fostering a Culture of Mission Command
by CPT David E. Blanton
• Elite Mechanized Formations in an Age of Expeditionary Operations
by 1LT Kier Elmonairy
• Cavalry: the Mounted Arm of Maneuver
by MAJ Thomas A. Rebuck
• Sustaining the Squadron: Sustainment Lessons-Learned at National Training Center
by CPT Matthew M. Randi II
• Strike Now: Why the Armored Gun System Must Be Purchased in This Fiscal Climate
by CPT Josh T. Suthoff
• Planning Assumptions: Are They Really Necessary and Valid?
by retired LTC George Hodge
• Partnership at Troop Level is Essential Element in Joint Distributed Operations During Drawdown Transition from Counterinsurgency to Foreign International Defense
by MAJ Michael J. Kelly
• Tagging, Tracking and Locating: Intelligence Gathering in Support of Army 2020
by LTC Eric Lowry
• Global Positioning System and the Maneuver Soldier
by CPT Jerry V. Drew II
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ARMOR, October-December 2013
• Theme: Increasing the Maneuver Force through Mission Command and Sustainment
• Features:
• Capstone: Strategic... read more
ARMOR, October-December 2013
• Theme: Increasing the Maneuver Force through Mission Command and Sustainment
• Features:
• Capstone: Strategic Landpower for the Company Commander
by GEN Robert W. Cone and CPT Jon D. Mohundro
• Armored Reconnaissance Squadron in Decisive Action: Forging Cavalry for the Armored Brigade Combat Team
by LTC Geoffrey A. Norman
• Maneuver-Owned Logistics: Re-emergence of the Support-Platoon Concept in Stryker Maneuver Battalions
by CPT Andrew N. Gregory
• The Role and Responsibility of the Command Sergeant Major within the Armor Brigade Combat Team in the Sustainment Warfighting Function
by CSM Jason A. Runnels
• Checks Unbalanced: A Doctrinal and Practical Solution to the Army’s Pre-Combat Checks and Pre-Combat Inspections Problem
by CPT Bobbie L. Ragsdale III, CPT Eric J. Dixon and SFC Jason B. Miera
• Command-Post Layout and Service-Design Thinking
by MAJ Richard Z. Groen
• A Tool for Achieving Regional Understanding at the Company/Platoon Level
by MAJ Adam R. Brady, MAJ Dustin A. Menhart and MAJ Russell B. Thomas
• Strategic Stones and the Path Ahead
by retired U.S. Marine Corps LTC Robert W. Lamont
• Partnership at Platoon Level: Experiences from Afghanistan
by 1LT Raphael Moyer
• Ideas on Cavalry
by CPT Joshua T. Suthoff and CPT Michael J. Culler
• People Will Be What They Can See: a Case Study in Leadership
by LTC Joseph Kopser and CPT Allen M. Trujillo
• Reconnaissance Training: a Time for Innovation
by CPT Amos C. Fox
• Sustaining the Warrior Spirit in a Post-Conflict Army
by MAJ Russell Nowels
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ARMOR, January-February 2014
• Theme: Develop, Evaluate, Integrate
• Features:
• The Armored Brigade Combat Team 2014-2024: Improving Abrams... read more
ARMOR, January-February 2014
• Theme: Develop, Evaluate, Integrate
• Features:
• The Armored Brigade Combat Team 2014-2024: Improving Abrams Lethality
by MAJ Robert Brown
• Integrating Live, Virtual, Constructive Enablers: U.S. Army in Europe’s Ability to Create a Blended Training Environment
by Bradley Joy, Edward Rykard and LTC Andrew L. Green
• Cavalry Branch: a Redesignation for the 21st Century
by CPT Nathan A. Jennings
• Reconnaissance and Surveillance Leader’s Course
by Nicole Randall
• ‘Confessions of Mediocrity’
by 1LT Paul A. Brannan
• Knowledge Management at the Brigade
by MAJ Thomas E. Laybourn
• Observations from the Opposing Force
by CPT Andrew J. Rossow and CPT Amos C. Fox
• How We Got Here and Where We Are Going: a Doctrinal Approach to the Health of the Force
by CPT Keith Eisenberger, CPT J.P. Steadman and CPT Nick Knapp
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