ARMOR is a professional-development magazine published by the U.S. Army Armor School. The Chief of Armor provides the magazine as a forum for the Soldiers and leaders under his proponency to explain, digest or debate Army and Armor Branch doctrine, policy or other career-related issues or information. ARMOR focuses on Armor and Cavalry Soldiers up to the battalion and brigade level as well as on Army-wide concerns and issues that affect Armor and Cavalry formations. The Chief of Armor's proponency includes:
- armored, direct-fire ground combat systems not serving primarily as infantry carriers;
- weapons used exclusively in these systems or by career management field (CMF)19-series enlisted Soldiers;
- miscellaneous items of equipment armored and armored cavalry organizations use exclusively;
- training for all 19-series officers and CMF 19-series enlisted Soldiers;
- and information concerning the training, logistics, history and leadership of armor and armored cavalry units at a brigade/regiment level and below, including threat units at those levels.
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ARMOR Fall 2024 edition
Theme: TREAT ‘EM ROUGH
Features
6 Combat Vehicle Service Optimization: Efforts to Streamline
Services for Abrams and Bradley... read more
ARMOR Fall 2024 edition
Theme: TREAT ‘EM ROUGH
Features
6 Combat Vehicle Service Optimization: Efforts to Streamline
Services for Abrams and Bradley Family of Vehicles
LTG Heidi J. Hoyle, BG Michael J. Simmering and MAJ Dirk K. van Ingen;
10 The Trouble with LOGSTATs
MAJ Sarah A. Barron;
16 U.S Tank Gunnery: Historical Ebb, Flow of Proficiency
Robert S. Cameron, Ph.D.;
27 Organizing Light Cavalry in the Army of 2030
CPT Charles Clouse;
32 Applying Patrolling Principles to Large-Scale Combat
Operations at National Training Center
CPT Trent Frum and SFC Jared Stallone;
36 BCT Armor Reserve: An Approach to Large-Scale
Combat Operations
CPT Leo E. Li;
43 Strike Swiftly: Developing Sustainable Maintenance Strategy
in Combined Arms Battalion
LTC Mike Kim, MAJ Nate Bennett, CW3 Jason Amsdell and
1LT Collette Benavidez;
51 The Defensive Lynchpin: Unveiling Vital Role of Class IV Combat
Configured Loads in Large-Scale Combat Operations
MAJ William Longwell and CPT Olivia Schretzman;
56 Leader Conduct in Training: Rebooting retired LTG Hal Moore’s
‘Four Principles of Conduct in Battle’ for Armored Leaders
COL Esli Pitts;
65 Future of Cavalry: Multi-Domain Effects Battalions as
New Theater Reconnaissance
LTC Aaron Ritzema and LTC Thomas Burns;
70 Putting the ‘C’ Back in BCT: Creating Change Agents
Through Initiative Ownership
COL Scott C. White and CSM Jonathan M. Duncan;
Departments
1 Contacts;
2 Chief of Armor’s Hatch: Ready for Next Fight: Armor Force
Training Standards
by BG Chad C. Chalfont;
4 Gunner’s Seat: Develop Future Master Gunners
by CSM Waylon D. Petty;
78 Book Reviews;
81 Featured Unit: 67th Armored Regiment;
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ARMOR Winter-Spring 2024 issue
Theme: Remembering the Late Retired GEN Gordon R. Sullivan
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ARMOR Winter-Spring 2024 issue
Theme: Remembering the Late Retired GEN Gordon R. Sullivan
Features
• Establishing the Foundation of Success – The Gunnery Training Program
LTC Chuck Bies and CSM Gary John Kurtzhals
• The Integration of Commercial SUAS Quadcopters in MOS 19D OSUT Training
CPT Nathan Kraemer and 1LT Gregory Brookover
• Premortem Gets Desired Wargame Outputs with Economy of Effort
MAJ Scott Dawe and MAJ Anthony Molica
• ASC Support for CTC Rotations
COL Larry R. Dean and MAJ Jerad N. Hoffmann
• Notes from the Field: Practices for Enhancing Your Rotational Deployment
LTC Timothy W. Decker and MAJ Alexander Boroff
• What’s Missing in Your Leader or Self-Development Program? The Answer is Probably Military History!
MAJ Shameek De Lancey
• Minimizing Blast Overpressure Exposure: Enabling Lethality by Reinforcing Safety and Recommitting to Standards
CPT Leah Foodman
• Crossing Rivers and Bridging Gaps in Doctrine: Experiences from Remagen Ready 24-01
MAJ Korey Gaines and MAJ John Kearby
• The Dilemma of “Tactical” Surrender
COL David Krynicki, MAJ Christopher Gamble, MAJ Joseph Lambert and MAJ Matthew J. Smith
• Analysis of Armored Cavalry Troop Performance During Combined Resolve XVIII
COL Christopher “CJ” Kirkpatrick and CPT Rodric “Cam” Waugh
• Thinking Outside the Airbox: Creative Ways to Integrate SUAS into Small Unit Training
COL Gregory W. McLean and LTC Mitchell Payne
• Bullets or Weapons: Rethinking Army’s Approach to SUAS Integration
LTC Mitchell Payne
• Commander’s Primer to Combat-Trains Command Post
CPT Evan Ringel
Departments
• Chief of Armor’s Hatch: Continuous Transformation of Armor and Cavalry
• Gunner’s Seat: Focused and Lethal Post Army Structure 25-29
• Remembering the Late Retired GEN Gordon R. Sullivan
• Index of articles for 2023
• Featured Unit: 124th Cavalry Regiment
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