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ARMOR Maneuver Journal, Fall 2020 Theme: Leadership in Large-Scale Combat Operations Features: • Page 11 – Maintenance: People Readiness, by GEN... read more

ARMOR Maneuver Journal, Fall 2020 Theme: Leadership in Large-Scale Combat Operations Features: • Page 11 – Maintenance: People Readiness, by GEN Paul E. Funk II; • Page 14 – Bringing Great-Power Competition to the Tactical Level: European Rotational Deployment Considerations for Company-Grade Armor Leaders, by MAJ Brigid Calhoun and CPT Alexander Boroff; • Page 20 – A Picture is Worth 1,000 Words (or 3,110 Words), by LTC Jim Armstrong; • Page 26 – The ETHICAL Warrior, by Chaplain (MAJ) Jared Vineyard; • Page 32 – Reconnaissance and Security Operations are Essential to Thwarting Russian Interests in the Western Hemisphere, by 1LT Anthony M. Analla; • Page 37 – At the Forward Edge and Beyond: Lethality and the Armored Brigade Combat Team, by MAJ(P) James Burnett and MAJ Jeff Feser; • Page 41 – Armored Brigade Combat Team Cavalry Squadron’s Combat Trains during Large-Scale Combat Operations: Balancing Maintenance, Recovery, Freedom of Maneuver, by MAJ Gary M. Klein and CPT Ragan T. Rutherford; • Page 50 – Zone Reconnaissance – Why Don’t We Do It?, by MAJ Jeffrey W. Jennings; • Page 54 – Reforge the Broken Saber: Evolving the Infantry Brigade Combat Team’s Cavalry Squadron to Win the Recon Fight Part II, by SGT Christopher Broman; • Page 64 – Recon and Security in the Urban Fight, by CPT Kyle D. Woods; • Page 71 – The Growing Vacuum of Today’s Live-Fire Ranges and their Future Requirements, by 1SG(R) Frank Belonus; • Page 77 – The BMPT-72 and the Problem of Direct-Fire Support in Armored Formations, by 2LT E.R. Chesley; • Page 84 – Volcano Minefield Planning at the Brigade Combat Team and Below, by CPT Gregory Shepard and CPT Doni Wong; • Page 88 – Armored Warfare During the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939): The Experience Reconsidered, by COL(R) Anthony J. Candil; • Page 102 – Mobility, Shock and Firepower for Light Armor-Infantry Operations: Past, Present and Future, by CPT S. Scott Diddams; • Page 108 – Section Gunnery and Armored Brigade Combat Team Lethality, by CPT Zachary J. Matson; • Page 116 – COVID-19 and Virtual Wargaming in ROTC: A Deadly Virus Resurrects Aged Tactical Training Method, by LTC Andrew P. Betson, 2LT Adam Messer, 2LT Tristan Boomer, 2LT Justin DiCarlo, 2LT Marshall Green; • Page 122 – A Case for Covered Motorpool Parking, by CPT(P) David Blanton Departments: • Page 1 – Contacts; • Page 2 – Chief of Armor’s Hatch; • Page 5 – Gunner’s Seat; • Page 6 – Letters to the Editor; • Page 9 – In Memoriam; • Page 110 – Book Reviews; • Page 111 – Battle Analysis; • Page 124 – From the Boresight Line; • Page 129 – Armor Branch Update; • Page 132 – Featured Unit: 91st Cavalry Regiment.   less

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ARMOR Maneuver Journal, Summer 2020 Edition Theme: Shifting to Large-Scale Combat Operations Features: • Page 5 – Combined-Arms Teams in the... read more

ARMOR Maneuver Journal, Summer 2020 Edition Theme: Shifting to Large-Scale Combat Operations Features: • Page 5 – Combined-Arms Teams in the Offense: Maximizing Lethality by Mixing Formations, by CPT Sean T. Martin and CPT Robert A. Francis; • Page 14 – A New Combined-Arms Approach for the Armored Brigade Combat Team, by Steven A. Yeadon; • Page 22 – Integrated Squads in the 6x36 Reconnaissance Formation, by CPT J.D. Moore • Page 26 – The All-Weather Reconnaissance and Security Asset: The Cavalry Scout, by CPT Nathan Sitterley; • Page 30 – Reforge the Broken Saber: Evolving the Infantry Brigade Combat Team’s Cavalry Squadron to Win the Recon Fight Part I, by SGT Christopher Broman; • Page 37 – 10 to 80: A Refocused Approach to Mobile Gun System Maintenance for Stryker Brigade Combat Teams, by LTC Rafael J. Morrison, MAJ Nicholas G. Barry and 1LT John D. Formica; • Page 42 – Why Cavalry Officers Should Have Their Own Branch, by CPT Nicholas M. Charnley; • Page 48 – A Way of Improving Training and Readiness Oversight, by CPT Timothy Sweeney and LTC Brennan Speakes; • Page 51 – Royal Flush: Commanders and Fire-Support officers Use Echelonment of Fires to Dominate Fight, by MAJ David A. Saxton; • Page 56 – Mission Command (Building Responsive, Flexible Teams), by MAJ Jim Plutt Jr. Departments: • Page 1 – Contacts; • Page 2 – Chief of Armor’s Hatch; • Page 4 – Gunner’s Seat; • Page 59 – Book Reviews; • Page 61 – Featured Unit: 75th Cavalry Regiment.   less

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ARMOR Spring 2020 edition Theme: "Maneuvering in the Future" Features: • Back to the Future: Unit Training Management by GEN Paul E. Funk II;... read more

ARMOR Spring 2020 edition Theme: "Maneuvering in the Future" Features: • Back to the Future: Unit Training Management by GEN Paul E. Funk II; • Army Modernization in Next-Generation Vehicles Will Change the Battlefield by MAJ Cory W. Wallace, MAJ George M. Morris, MAJ Scott Stephens and MAJ Shawn D. Pardee; • Robots and Reconnaissance: We May Never Be Stealthy and Deliberate Again by COL J. Frederick Dente and CPT Timothy Lee; • Fire and Maneuver in the Cyberspace Domain by COL Michael D. Schoenfeldt, CPT Matthew L. Tyree and CPT William "Bill" Malcolm; • Reconnaissance in the Multi-National Environment: Successful Integration of Allies and Partners into the Reconnaissance Fight by CPT Jordan L. Woodburn and CPT Scott A. Drake; • Defense of Harmony Church: 1-81 Armor Training in Coronavirus-19 Conditions by LTC Bradley Nelson and CSM Brandon Petersen; • Enablers at Echelon: Scouts and Mortars Task-Organized to a Maneuver Company by CPT Stephen J. Cumby; • On the Headquarters by MAJ Amos C. Fox • Security-Force Assistance Brigades Looking for a Few Good Soldiers by MAJ Karl M. Harness; • Gas! Gas! Gas! I've Buttoned Up; Now What? by COL Esli Pitts and CPT Meaghan Kelly; • Vital Brigade Combat Team Logistics Readiness Link: Improving Supply-Support-Activity Operations by LTC Charles L. Montgomery; Departments: • Chief of Armor's Hatch: Ongoing Modernization by BG Admiral; • Gunner's Seat: Training the Armor Force in the COVID World by CSM Kevin Muhlenbeck; • Battle Analysis: Operation Crusader: Auchinleck’s and Rommel’s Great Gamble (Part 2) by retired LTC Robert W. Lamont; • From the Boresight Line: Onward to Company Command by SFC Gary W. McKenzie Jr.; Book reviews: • Panzerfaust Vs. Sherman: European Theater 1944-45, reviewed by retired COL D.J. Judge; • American Armor in the Pacific, reviewed by retired LTC Lee F. Kichen; • Selous Scouts: Rhodesian Counter-Insurgency Specialists, reviewed by LTC Chris Heatherly; • Blood, Guts and Grease: George S. Patton in World War I, reviewed by retired LTC Lee F. Kichen; • How Armies Grow reviewed by retired COL D.J. Judge; • The Soul of an American President reviewed by Gary Jones. Featured unit: • 73rd Cavalry Regiment Armor and Cavalry Medal of Honor Heroes: • Collins through Henry Crocker; • Ulric Crocker through Cunningham; Tanks of the World: • BTR-82A Legends of Armor: • Patton   less

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ARMOR Winter 2020 edition Features: • Regionally Aligned Forces Europe Produce Long-Term Readiness by LTC Dan Hodermarsky, MAJ Brennan Speakes and... read more

ARMOR Winter 2020 edition Features: • Regionally Aligned Forces Europe Produce Long-Term Readiness by LTC Dan Hodermarsky, MAJ Brennan Speakes and MAJ Oliver Davis; • Achieving Platform Proficiency within a Heavy Cavalry Squadron by SFC Larry D. Finefield Jr.; • Cavalry Operations in the Republic of Korea: Phase 0 Reconnaissance by CPT Colton C. Parr and CPT Andrew Robichaud; • The Combined-Arms Breach in the Korean Theater of Operations: A Summary of Lessons-Learned by LTC Mark R. McClellan, CPT Christopher D. Mathews, CPT Sean T. Rabbitt, 1LT Lynn M. McCrum and 1LT Roman L. Burke; • Sustaining the Counterfire Task Force-Korea by CPT Patrick O'Brien; • Dakota First Responder by CPT Raymond Oberle; • Generating Incentive and Motivation in the Cavalry and Armor Community by CPT Kyle D. Woods and CPT William C. Forrest; • On the Employment of Cavalry by MAJ Amos C. Fox; • Work the Problems: Tanker Thought by CPT Adriano Santiago Garcia; • When Cavalry Attacks: The Battle of Palmetto Ranch, 1865 by MAJ Nathan Jennings; • It Is, So What, Therefore and Who Else Needs to Know! A Paradigm for Operations Centers by COL Harry "Zan" Hornbuckle; • Improper CAS Integration During Planning at Battalion Level: A Threat to Future Operations? by SFC Morgan S. Wallace; Departments: • Chief of Armor's Hatch: Train to Maintain, Train to Sustain by BG Admiral; • Gunner's Seat: No 'Easy' Button by CSM Kevin Muhlenbeck; • From the Screen: Why Does Cavalry Still Matter? by CPT Tim Lee; • Battle Analysis: Operation Crusader: Auchinleck's and Rommel's Great Gamble (Part 1) by retired U.S. Marine Corps LTC Robert W. Lamont; Book reviews: • Time in the Barrel: A Marine's Account for the Battle of Con Thien by James P. Coan; • The Falaise Pocket: Normandy, August 1944 by Yves Buffetaut; • Through the Valley; My Captivity in Vietnam by William Reeder Jr.; • Countdown to D-Day by Peter Margaritis; • Index of 2019 articles; • Armor and Cavalry Medal of Honor Heroes: Carey through Carr, Chandler through Clancy, Clapp through Cole • Tanks of the World: Chinese Type 99 • Legends of Armor: Rockenbach, Abrams, Connelly • Featured unit: 71st Cavalry Regiment  less