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The article links to Army Doctrine. I am surprised to find it open to people outside of army. Does anyone perhaps know if there is resource like this for Army
by qnsi 5y ago
The article links to Army Doctrine. I am surprised to find it open to people outside of army.
Does anyone perhaps know if there is resource like this for Army communication? I would be most interested in not combat communication where they have to give orders, but maybe where they have more time to share opinions down and up the hierarchy, maybe garher intel.
I think it could be useful to management science, but havent found anyone trying to icorpate defense learnings into management
- germinalphrase 5y agoI would likewise be interested in communication systems that are social systems rather than tech systems (I.e. what do you do when phone/internet systems collapse?) Though I suppose that is probably only appropriate for an insurgency as you would have/use radio tech…
- littlestymaar 5y ago> I.e. what do you do when phone/internet systems collapse? I suspect the wired network in a city to be quite strong actually, since most of it is buried. For sure, you'd have lost connectivity to the rest of the world and internet, but setting-up a local telephone network using the copper wire network still standing doesn't sound that hard actually!
- germinalphrase 5y agoWith the discontinuation of POTS, is the copper being used for some other purpose?
- littlestymaar 5y agoI don't know about Ukraine specifically, but DSL is still really important in Europe.
- mcguire 5y agoYou might poke around https://armypubs.army.mil/ https://armypubs.army.mil/ This kind of thing is scattered all over the place, but it's generally publicly available. How about https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/ARN18314-ADP_6-0-000-WEB-3.pdf https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/ARN18314-ADP_6-... There are also https://www.marines.mil/News/Publications/ https://www.marines.mil/News/Publications/
- master_crab 5y agoThe the majority of the US Army’s (and most other DoD branches and agencies) regulations and doctrine are unclassified and available to the public. You can probably search most of the relevant publications you want at armypubs.army.mil. I don’t believe it is behind an authentication wall.
- Rebelgecko 5y agoMy personal favorite (which IIRC I first saw posted here on HN) is ATP 3-18.13: SPECIAL FORCES USE OF PACK ANIMALS On top of useful information about a llama's ideal body temperature and the amount of water that a camel needs every day, it contains gems like this: Elephants are not the easygoing, kind, loving creatures that people believe them to be. They are, of course, not evil either. They simply follow their biological pattern, shaped by evolution.
- jessaustin 5y agoI've ridden elephants before, and I would be very hesitant to even approach them, let alone load them down with cargo, without an experienced handler supervising everything.
- einarfd 5y agoIn addition there is being around an elephant under fire. That sounds a lot like making a horrible situation way worse.
- technothrasher 5y ago> Elephants are not the easygoing, kind, loving creatures that people believe them to be. Do people actually think that? My experience with wild African elephants is that your best course of action is to walk softly, keep your distance, and don't piss them off. They're scary, and smart. When they look you in the eye, they very clearly are saying, "I can crush you like a bug, little one". Our Land Cruiser got charged by a pissed off cow one afternoon. Her tusk went through the rear sheet metal of the car, and lifted the rear wheels off the ground.