From its beginnings in 1942 as the 215th Signal Depot Company, the 3191st Signal Service Company (Radio Intelligence), and the 82nd Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment, the 313th Military Intelligence Battalion and/or its units fought in every armed conflict from World War II to the global war on terror. This book tells the story of the 313th Communications Reconnaissance Battalion, the 313th Army Security Agency Battalion, the 317th US Army Security Agency Battalion, the 313th Combat Electronic Warfare & Intelligence Battalion, and the 313th Military Intelligence Battalion (Airborne), exploring the integration, consolidation, refinement, and deployment of split-based multi-disciplined intelligence, reconnaissance, battlefield surveillance, and force protection operations. In addition, the book contains lists of the battalion's heraldic items, lineages and honors, Commanders, and Command Sergeants Majors and features firsthand accounts and photographs of battalion troopers.

They are America's front lines--serving proudly in forward areas around the world. Representing the very best from the Army and Air Force, the Airborne Task Force is an unstoppable combination of manpower and firepower. Now, Tom Clancy examines this elite branch of our nation's armed forces. With pinpoint accuracy and a style more compelling than any fiction, the acclaimed author of Executive Orders delivers an fascinating account of the Airborne juggernaut--the people, the technology, and Airborne's mission in an ever-changing world...*Two Tom Clancy "mini-novels"--real world scenarios involving the airborne task force*Airborne's weapons of the 21st century, including the Javelin anti-tank missile, the fiber-optically guided N-LOS fire support system, and the Joint Strike Fighter*18 weeks: Life in an Airborne Alert Brigade*Exclusive photographs, illustrations, and diagramsPLUS: An in-depth interview with the incoming commander of the 18th Airborne Corps, General John Keen

This work provides an organizational history of the maneuver brigade and case studies of its employment throughout the various wars. Apart from the text, the appendices at the end of the work provide a ready reference to all brigade organizations used in the Army since 1917 and the history of the brigade colors.

Den amerikanske hærs første officielle historiske beretning om operationerne i den anden Irakiske Krig, "Operation Iraqi Freedom", (OIF). Fra forberedelserne, mobiliseringen, forlægningen af enhederne til indsættelsen af disse i kampene ved Talil og As Samawah, An Najaf og de afsluttende kampe ved Bagdad. Foruden en detaljeret gennemgang af de enkelte kampenheder(Order of Battle), beskrives og analyseres udviklingen i anvendte våben og doktriner fra den første til den anden Golf Krig.