The Official U S Army Tactics Field Manual

Tactics is the art and science of employing all available means to win battles and engagements. Specifically, it comprises the actions taken by a commander to arrange units and activities in relation to each other and the enemy. Filled with diagrams of attack plans, defensive strategies, and troop movements, U.S. Army Tactics Field Manual is the playbook the U.S. Army uses to employ available means to win in combat. This book provides combat-tested concepts and ideas modified to exploit emerging Army and joint capabilities. This book focuses on the organization of forces, minimum essential control measures, and general planning, preparation, and execution considerations for each type and form of combat operation. It is the common reference for all students of the tactical art, both in the field and the Army school system. The Art of Tactics * Common Tactical Concepts and Graphic Control Measures * The Basics of Offense * Movement to Contact * Attack * Exploitation * Pursuit * Basics of Defensive Operations * The Area of Defense * The Mobile Defense * The Retrograde * Security Operations * Reconnaissance Operations * Troop Movement * Relief in Place * Passage of Lines.

This book is a partial reprint of U.S. Army manual FM 3-90, July 2001.

Field Manual FM 3-90-1 Offense and Defense Volume 1 Change 2 April 2015 contributes to the Army and joint community by providing guidance on the conduct of the offense and defense. It describes both combat-tested tactics and procedures that have been modified to exploit emerging Army and joint offensive and defensive capabilities. FM 3-90-1 expounds on the doctrinal fundamentals established in Army Doctrine Reference Publication (ADRP) 3-90. ADRP 3-90 must be read before reading FM 3-90-1, since that is where doctrine for the conduct of offensive and defensive tasks and the art and science of tactics is found. FM 3-90-1 addresses the basic tactics associated with the conduct of offensive and defensive tasks. The principal audience for FM 3-90-1 is all members of the profession of arms. Commanders and staffs of Army headquarters serving as a joint task force or multinational headquarters should also refer to applicable joint or multinational doctrine concerning the range of military operations and joint or multinational forces. Trainers and educators throughout the Army will also use this publication. FM 3-90-1 focuses on the organization of forces, minimum essential control measures, and general planning, preparation, and execution considerations for each primary offensive and defensive task. It is the common reference for all students of the art and science of tactics, both in the field and the Army school system. The offensive and defensive considerations in this publication apply to small tactical units, such as companies and battalions, even though most of the figures in this publication use the division and the brigade combat team (BCT) echelons to illustrate points in the text. Echelon-specific field manuals and Army techniques publications address the specifics of how each tactical echelon employs these tactical concepts.

FASTER - STRONGER - SMARTER: HOW TO WIN ANY BATTLE The #1 battlefield playbook for winners everywhere. Created & trusted by US military forces, honed over decades of fighting and overcoming the most deadly ruthless enemies in the world. FULL-SIZE FORMAT - biggest edition available anywhere: giant 8.5" x 11" size means large, clear print. Complete, current edition - 420+ pages: contains ADP 3-90, FM 3-90.1, FM 3-90.2. "Batteries last hours, books last decades. Get the print edition!" IMPORTANT: unlike other versions available, this is NOT the old, outdated FM 3-90; this edition contains the Army's current tactical documentation: ADP 3-90, FM 3-90-1, and FM 3-90-2 - all in one volume. Thinking tactically is the key to gaining a fully four-dimensional understanding of the challenges facing you, and overcoming them - whatever they may be. The tactical level is where the rubber meets the road and elaborate plans are often necessarily discarded in favor of brutal realism, cunning, ruthless leverage of any and all assets on the battlefield, and a visceral grasp of the realities of victory - or defeat. Tactics is an art and a science, and none can teach it better than the United States Army, whose personnel daily experience the knife-edge possibilities of tremendous success or terrible failure and who must therefore train to be the fittest, best-equipped tacticians in the fight. Whatever your role, whatever your organization - using this fascinating and revealing book to train yourself to think tactically will pay dividends when you next find yourself in a conflict, whether it is a battle of wills, words, or weapons. ADP 3-90: TACTICS COMMON TACTICAL CONCEPTS & ECHELONS THE OFFENSE THE DEFENSE TACTICAL ENABLING TASKS FM 3-90.1: BASICS OF THE OFFENSE MOVEMENT TO CONTACT ATTACK EXPLOITATION PURSUIT BASICS OF THE DEFENSE THE AREA DEFENSE MOBILE DEFENSE THE RETROGRADE BASIC TACTICAL CONTROL MEASURES TACTICAL MISSION TASKS FM 3-90.2: RECONNAISSANCE SECURITY OPERATIONS TROOP MOVEMENT RELIEF IN PLACE PASSAGE OF LINES ENCIRCLEMENT OPERATIONS Search for 'CARLILE MILITARY LIBRARY' to find more TOP-FLIGHT, SQUARED-AWAY publications for your professional bookshelf! Information purposes only. Proudly published in the U.S.A. by CARLILE MEDIA.

This field manual provides a doctrinal framework on how Infantry companies fight. It also addresses rifle platoon and squad non­combat operations across the spectrum of conflict. Content discussions include principles, tactics, techniques, procedures, terms, and symbols that apply to operations in the current operational environment (COE). Reprinted by St. Michael Publishing House from the Public Domain text.

Field manual 3-90.6 provides the commander and staff of the Brigade Combat Team (BCT) and subordinate units with doctrine relevant to Army and joint operations. It applies to the Heavy Brigade Combat Team (HBCT), the Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT), and the Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT). The doctrine described in this manual applies across the full spectrum of military operations - offense, defense, stability or civil support. This publication: Provides BCTs with a framework in which they can operate as part of a division or independently as part of a joint task force; Provides doctrine for BCT commanders, staffs, and their subordinate commanders and leaders responsible for conducting major activities performed during operations; Serves as an authoritative reference for personnel who: Develop doctrine (fundamental principles and tactics, techniques, and procedures), materiel, and force structure; Develop institution and unit training; Develop unit tactical standard operating procedures for BCT operations.

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