Military Tactics, FM 3-90, MIlitary Manual

Military Tactics, FM 3-90, MIlitary Manual

Doctrine provides a military organization with a common philosophy, a language, a purpose, and unity of effort. 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.

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FM 3-90 introduces the basic concepts and control measures associated with the art of tactics. It cannot be read in isolation. To understand FM 3-90, the reader must understand the operational art, principles of war, and links between the operational and tactical levels of war.

FM 3-90 focuses on the tactics used to employ available means to win in combat.Those tactics require judgment in application. The ability to seize and secure terrain, with its populations and productive capacity, distinguishes land forces conducting decisive offensive and defensive operations. FM 3-90 provides a common discussion of how commanders from the battalion task force level through the corps echelon conduct tactical offensive and defensive operations and their supporting tactical enabling operations. It is not prescriptive, but authoritative.

Tactical fundamentals do not change with the fielding of each new piece of equipment. However, the integration of new equipment and organizations usually requires changes in related tec hniques and procedures. FM 3-90 provides guidance in the form of combat-tested concepts and ideas modified to exploit emerging Army and joint capabilities.

FM 3-90 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. A family of subordinate manuals address the techniques and procedures used by tactical combat forces at each echelon.

Country	USA
Binding	Kindle Edition
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	US Army and www.survivalebooks.com
Manufacturer	US Army and www.survivalebooks.com
NumberOfPages	900
PublicationDate	2001-10-09
Publisher	US Army and www.survivalebooks.com
ReleaseDate	2001-10-09
Studio	US Army and www.survivalebooks.com

Military Tactics, FM 3-90, MIlitary Manual

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