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Monthly series of articles designed as a course in Tactics, taught by retired US Army Infantry Officers.


Tactics 101 052 – Air Movement Plan

Rick Baillergeon and John Sutherland | Published: August 18, 2010 at 6:29 pm

Tactics 101, the continuing monthly series on ArmchairGeneral, looks at the air movement plan in the latest installment – how to get paratroopers from their departure airfield to their objective.

Tactics 101 051 – The Marshaling Plan

Rick Baillergeon and John Sutherland | Published: July 27, 2010 at 4:11 pm

The monthly series Tactics 101 continues its look at airborne operations with an examination of how to develop a Marshaling Plan for activities from the first warning order until the first aircraft takes off with airborne troops.

Tactics 101 050 – Airborne Fundamentals

Rick Baillergeon and John Sutherland | Published: June 28, 2010 at 12:50 pm

Four fundamentals in airborne operations are explored in the continuing monthly series Tactics 101 on ArmchairGeneral.com.

Tactics 101 048: Encirclement – Part Two

Rick Baillergeon and John Sutherland | Published: April 13, 2010 at 10:06 am

The continuing monthly series Tactics 101 looks at encirclement from the perspective of the encircled: is is better to defend in place or attempt a breakout?

Tactics 101 047: Encirclement – Part One

Rick Baillergeon and John Sutherland | Published: March 15, 2010 at 5:13 pm

This month the continuing series Tactics 101 begins a two-part examination of the art and science of military encirclement.

Tactics 101 046: Relief in Place

Rick Baillergeon and John Sutherland | Published: February 10, 2010 at 9:29 am

The continuing monthly series Tactics 101 explores tactical enabling operations: relief in place tactics.

Tactics 101 045: The Passage of Lines

Rick Baillergeon and John Sutherland | Published: January 15, 2010 at 5:55 pm

This month’s entry in the continuing Tactics 101 series begins a miniseries of articles on tactical enabling operations, actions that set the conditions for conducting a larger mission at a later time.

Tactics 101 044 – The Staging Plan

Rick Baillergeon and John Sutherland | Published: December 10, 2009 at 2:39 pm

Concludes a five-part mini-series on air assault tactics by looking in-depth at the Staging Plan.

Tactics 101 043 – Air Assault: The Loading Plan

Rick Baillergeon and John Sutherland | Published: November 13, 2009 at 1:56 pm

The Loading Plan is critical to the overall success of any Air Assault – packing the bird, packing it safely and packing it in an order that facilitates further operations. Tactics 101 continuing monthly series from Armchair General.

Tactics 101 042 – Air Movement Plan

Rick Baillergeon and John Sutherland | Published: October 20, 2009 at 2:43 pm

Of the five air assault plans, the air movement plan is the one most tied to science, tight timing, and technical precision, designed to bring Soldiers and machines together at exactly the right time and place.

Tactics 101 041 – The Landing Plan

Rick Baillergeon and John Sutherland | Published: September 11, 2009 at 9:46 am

The monthly series Tactics 101 continues its exploration of air assault with a look at the three key elements of The Landing Plan: sequencing, timing, and location.

Tactics 101 040 – The Ground Tactical Plan in Air Assault

Rick Baillergeon and John Sutherland | Published: August 07, 2009 at 1:38 pm

The continuing series Tactics 101 goes into detail on the key components of an air assault operation, beginning with the Ground Tactical Plan, in this month’s installment on ArmchairGeneral.com.

Tactics 101 039 – Air Assault: The Basics

Rick Baillergeon and John Sutherland | Published: June 26, 2009 at 5:01 pm

The continuing series Tactics 101 examines air assault tactics – the helicopters, the terminology, and how an air assault should be executed.

Tactics 101 038 – Air Assault

Rick Baillergeon and John Sutherland | Published: May 15, 2009 at 4:06 pm

Air assault operations! The authors of the continuing monthly series Tactics 100 on the Armchair General Website kick off a string of articles exploring mobile air assault – what it can do, what it can’t, and how to employ it.

Tactics 101 037 – Transitions

Rick Baillergeon and John Sutherland | Published: April 14, 2009 at 6:54 pm

The continuing series Tactics 101, in its April 2009 installment, covers the critical concepts of transitioning between offensive and defensive postures.

Tactics 101 036 – The Delay

Rick Baillergeon and John Sutherland | Published: March 23, 2009 at 12:55 pm

Armchair General’s Tactics 101 column continues this month with a look at The Delay.

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