cape of good hope

Chapter III III-4 JP 3-14 (5) Using force or physical violence, brandishing a weapon, discharging or using a weapon, or threatening to discharge or use a weapon except in self-defense; in defense of…

Chapter 7 The Urban Environment and Restrictions to Operations “The responsibility of officers . . . and the training necessary are of a very different order from their responsibilities and training in ordinary military duties. Instead of striving to…

seized part of the walled city (Citadel) of Hue. The NVA/VC held this part of the walled city for about three weeks against determined U.S. and South Vietnamese forces before finally succumbing. The battle…

Glossary 31 July 2019 ADP 3-90 Glossary-7 forward line of own troops A line that indicates the most forward positions of friendly forces in any kind of military operation at a specific time. (JP…

Glossary Glossary-6 ADP 3-90 31 July 2019 economy of force The judicious employment and distribution of forces so as to expend the minimum essential combat power on secondary efforts to allocate the maximum possible…

Chapter II II-18 JP 3-28 For additional information, see JP 1, Doctrine for the Armed Forces of the United States; JP 3-0, Joint Operations; JP 5-0, Joint Planning; JP 3-13.2…

…However, certain tenets of urban combat remain constant. The battles for the city of Grozny during the Russian intervention in the Republic of Chechnya represent a recent and critically important example of large scale operations in…

…For further information, see JP 3-50, Personnel Recovery; DODI 3025.21, Defense Support of Civilian Law Enforcement Agencies; Deputy Secretary of Defense Policy Memorandum 15-002, Guidance for the Domestic Use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems…

…Distribution of Building Types. Certain types of buildings dominate certain parts of a city; this establishes patterns within a city. Analysis of the distribution and nature of these patterns has a direct bearing on military planning…

…They accomplish this by increasing the depth of their unit security areas; the size, number, capabilities of their security elements; and the size of their reserve. A security area is that area occupied by a unit…

…Number and type of available units Task organization for urban combat (See Appendix A.) Availability of critical weapons systems State of training and discipline (training for urban warfare is imperative) Strength in terms of Marines and…

31 July 2019 ADP 3-90 3-1 Chapter 3 The Offense This chapter discusses the basics of the offense. These basics include the purposes of the offense, characteristics of the offense, types of offensive operations…

…US Transportation Command and interagency partners executed strategic and ground movements of Department of Defense (DOD) assets and thousands of short tons of equipment, to include private/commercial power utility company trucks and personnel. The DSCs…

high in the majority of urban battles. A high cost does not necessarily imply that the results were not worth the price. The attacker and defender must thoroughly evaluate the overall cost prior to committing to…

Aviation plays an important role in interdicting movement of the defender’s supplies and reinforcement into the built-up area. The Marine air-ground task force is employed as a combined arms team. As such, the…

…Piecemeal commitment is the immediate employment of units in combat as they become available instead of waiting for larger aggregations of units to ensure mass, or the unsynchronized employment of available forces so that their combat…

…All Hazards Scope of Defense Support of Civil Authorities The homeland is confronted by a full spectrum of threats and hazards. Some can be difficult to categorize as either a traditional military threat requiring only a…

…A commander uses it instead of a time of attack because of the different distances that different elements of the force must traverse, known obstacles, and differences in unit tactical mobility. ATTACK BY FIRE POSITION 3…

…DODI 3025.20, Defense Support of Special Events. w. DODI 3025.21, Defense Support of Civilian Law Enforcement Agencies. x. DODI 3025.22, The Use of the National Guard for Defense Support of Civil Authorities. y…

…TIME OF ATTACK 3-38. The time of attack is the moment the leading elements of the main body cross the line of departure, or in a limited-visibility attack, the point of departure. A commander…