Hoplite warriorsTerracotta amphora depicting combat between two Hoplite warriors, c. 530 BCE; in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.(more) The influence of technology can be either positive or negative. The experience of the ancient Greek hoplite infantrymen is one example of positive influ...
Women as Members of Combat Army Infantry Teams: A Proposed Methodology to Measure and Test the Feasibility of Integration through a Structural Equation ModelTeam TheoryPath AnalysisWomenMeasurementThe opinion or assertions contained herein are the private view of the authors and are not to be ...
Philip John Schuyler was an American soldier, political leader, and member of the Continental Congress. Born into a prominent New York family, Schuyler served in the provincial army during the last French and Indian War (1755–60), rising to the rank of
“The BMP-3 infantry combat vehicle entered production in the late 1980s.” Changes in construction allow movement afloat in sea state three and firing with necessary accuracy in sea state two. The BMP-3F can endure continuous amphibious operation for seven hours. A reconnaissance version, the B...
Currently 55% of the Army's combat units are in the National Guard. The Army National Guard has 88 of the 159 infantry battalions in the Army's force structure. Yet as of this paper only two infantry companies are actively serving in Operation Iraq Freedom. From the terrorist attack on Se...
There also will be about 10,000 posts cut from cavalry squadrons, Stryker brigade combat teams, infantry brigade combat teams and security force assistance brigades, which are used to train foreign forces. The changes represent a significant shift for the Army to prepar...
“The Abrams Tank can no longer grow its capabilities without adding weight, and we need to reduce its logistical footprint,” explained Major General Glenn Dean, program executive officer for ground combat systems. In this way, the Army will substanitally reduce the tank’s weight ...
This is the motto of the 1st Battalion of the 4th Marines stationed at Camp Pendleton in California. The first combat operation of this battalion took place in 1916 in the Dominican Republic. Around a quarter of the infantry battalion has been engaged in active combat ever since, and unity ...
The service began revising ReARMM for armor units around a year ago, Army officials said. One lesson that likely informed Army leaders: the 3rd Infantry Division’s 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team took roughly 18 months (10 longer than the previous modernization phase’s length)...
militia regiments. The total Continental infantry contingent, including Morgan’s riflemen and Dearborn’s light infantry, comprised 52 field, 457 company, and 72 staff officers; 526 sergeants; 262 drummers and fifers; and 7,644 rank and file. Only 5,000 rank and file were combat effectives...