Field Manual (FM) 3-09 is the Army's keystone doctrine for fire support. This manual is a guide to action for the employment of fire support in decisive action as a part of unified land operations. The foundation of unified land operations is built on initiative, decisive action, and mission command-linked and nested through purposeful and simultaneous execution of both combined arms maneuver and wide area security-to achieve the commander's intent and desired end state (Army Doctrine Publication (ADP) 3-0). The challenges of future armed conflict make it imperative for the Army to produce...

Field Manual (FM) 3-34.480 supports engineer, Army, and joint missions throughout full spectrum operations. This FM provides a doctrinal basis for planning and employing engineer prime power assets in the operational environment. It describes the responsibilities, relationships, capabilities, constraints, planning considerations, and logistical requirements associated with engineer prime power operations. The fundamental purpose of this FM is to integrate engineer prime power operations into the Army strategic and operational missions and support to joint operations. The primary audiences for...

This FM provides the doctrinal basis and the responsibilities, relationships, procedures, capabilities, constraints, and planning considerations for the conduct of engineer underwater operations throughout an area of operations (AO). Its primary purpose is to integrate engineer underwater operations into the overall sustainment and mobility engineering structure. The doctrine presented is applicable for joint interagency and multinational environments in the full spectrum of operations. Army Regulation (AR) 25-30 mandates that all Army programs and functions will use the metric system. To...

Army Doctrine Publication (ADP) 6-0 presents the Army's guidance on command, control, and the mission command warfighting function. This publication concisely describes how commanders, supported by their staffs, combine the art of command and the science of control to understand situations, make decisions, direct action, and accomplish missions. The principal audience for ADP 6-0 is all professionals within the Army. Commanders and staffs of Army headquarters serving as joint task force or multinational headquarters should also refer to applicable joint or multinational doctrine on command...

This regulation covers policy and procedures for assigning, attaching, removing, and transferring U.S. Army Reserve soldiers. It defines Ready Reserve Control Groups and the Selected Reserve. Detailed procedures are given for removing soldiers from an active status. It also gives procedures for interservice transfer and selective retention of unit soldiers.

This regulation established policy and procedure for the life cycle management of US Army Reserve facilities. It includes provisions for major and minor construction, management of real estate, space guidelines, project documentation, real property maintenance activities, automation, licensing the use of Army Reserve facilities, restoration of damaged facilities, environmental compliance, and historical preservation.

The purpose of this handbook is to assist Army inventors in protecting their inventions. It is intended to answer simply and briefly the questions which Army inventors normally have concerning their inventions. The Intellectual Property Division is the office for the control, coordination, and liaison of all patent and related activities of the Department of the Army under the direction of The Judge Advocate General. Forms of intellectual property handled by this division include patents, trademarks, copyrights, and rights in technical data. The activities performed with respect to...

This regulation establishes responsibility and provides procedures for the appointment of commissioned and warrant officers in the Reserve Components of the Army. This regulation does not govern appointments of Reserve general officer grades (AR 135-156), Army Medical Department commissioned officers (AR 135-101), graduates of senior Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) units (AR 145-1), graduates of officer candidate schools (AR 351-5 and AR 140-50), or warrant officer reappointment courses (AR 56-9).

This regulation prescribes policies and procedures for identifying full-time support (FTS) requirements. It assigned responsibility for identifying planning, programming, and budgeting for positions, and it establishes priorities for allocating FTS authorizations. This regulation a. Prescribes policies and procedures for identifying full-time support (FTS) requirements for the Army National Guard (ARNG) and U.S. Army Reserve (USAR). b. Assigns responsibility for identifying, planning, programming, and budgeting for resourcing FTS requirements. c. Establishes policy for documenting and...

This manual, "Airdrop of Supplies and Equipment: Rigging 130G Motor Grader," tells and shows how to rig the type I and II, 130G motor graders for LAPE airdrop from C-130 aircraft and LV airdrop from C-130 or C-141 aircraft. This manual is designed for use by all parachute riggers. The Type I, 130G motor grader with the fuel tank 3/4 full weighs 31,395 pounds. This weight can be reduced to 29,940 pounds by removing the components described in paragraph 1-5a. The grader is 300 inches long. Its width is 144 inches (reducible to 95 1/2 inches). Its height is 125 inches (reducible to 91 inches)....