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A military staff or general staff (also referred to as army staff, navy staff, or air staff within the individual services) is a group of officers, enlisted, and civilian staff who serve the commander of a division or other large military unit in their command and control role through planning, analysis, and information gathering, as well as by relaying, coordinating, and supervising the ...
The book has also been on the Army Chief of Staff's, Air Force Chief of Staff's, and the Marine Corps Commandant's recommended reading list for professional development, and is currently on the U.S. Military Academy at West Point recommended reading as well.
The British Army publishes many booklets and manuals to assist soldiers in remembering the lessons of training. These have included: Staff Duties in the Field - provides a guide for officers and soldiers in operational "staff work" for staff and regimental officers. A concise pocket version is also supplied for use in the field. Bayonet Battle ...
Guadalcanal - The Definitive Account of the Landmark battle by Richard B. Frank; Guidebook for Marines, by the staff of the Marine Corps Association; HOGs in the Shadows - Combat Stories from Marine Snipers in Iraq by Milo S. Afong; History of Marine Corps Aviation in World War II by Robert Sherrod; Hill 488 by Ray Hildreth/Charles W. Sassar
Each of the five Infantry "Battle Groups" on the left contain five infantry companies. The five groups of five define the Pentomic structure. In July 1955, General Maxwell D. Taylor became the Chief of Staff of the United States Army and selected General William Westmoreland as his Secretary to the General Staff.
The book examines McNamara and Johnson's staff alongside the Joint Chiefs of Staff and other high-ranking military officers, and their failure to provide a successful plan of action either to pacify a Viet Cong insurgency or to decisively defeat the North Vietnamese Army. McMaster also details why military actions intended to indicate "resolve ...
It focuses on the role of the First and Second Battalions of the 7th Cavalry Regiment in the Battle of the Ia Drang Valley, the United States's first large-unit battle of the Vietnam War; previous engagements involved small units and patrols (squad, platoon, and company sized units). It was adapted into the 2002 film We Were Soldiers.
Marshall, S.L.A. (1982), The River and the Gauntlet: Defeat of the Eighth Army by the Chinese Communist forces, November, 1950, in the Battle of the Chongchon River, Korea, Des Moines, IA: Time-Life Books, ISBN 0-8094-3845-3