An overview of Noncombatant Evacuation Operations, or NEO, is covered in this installment of Tactics 101, a continuing monthly series on Armchair General.

Retired US Army Major General David Zabecki, Ph.D., senior historian of the Weider History Group, named to the Leo A. Shifrin Chair in Naval and Military History at the Naval Academy History Department.

Armchair General’s continuing monthly series Tactics 101 examines task organization, one of the most important actions during the planning process.

Timely decisions are critical on the battlefield. This month’s installment of Tactics 101 explains how the Decision Support Template can help commanders make timely and anticipated decisions.

This installment of Armchair General’s monthly series Tactics 101 focuses on the matrix form–style for writing an operations order.

Tactics 101, the continuing monthly series, looks at part two of rehearsals for military actions.

Rehearsals for combat missions can be a tremendous asset or a colossal waste of time and can cause more harm than good; Tactics 101, the continuing monthly series from Armchair General, examines the good, the bad and the ugly in rehearsals.

Military History Weekend will be held October 15 – 16, 2011, in Williamsburg, Virginia, featuring seminars. games, and interactive historical experiences including an authentic World War II boot camp.

Tactics 101, the continuing monthly series, looks at The Concept of Operation – how to write clear, concise orders that provide a snapshot of how a mission is to be executed.

Animated map of US expansion 1790 – 1861 courtesy of The Map as History. Click on map to start animation.

Armchair General has partnered with The Map as History, a company that produces outstanding animated maps with accompanying narration. Each …

Animated map of Ancient Greece, courtesy of The Map as History. Click on map to start animation.

Armchair General has partnered with The Map as History, a company that produces outstanding animated maps with accompanying narration. Each month, a link …

The second part of Tactics 101′s articles on ‘The Anatomy of the Operations Order’ focuses on Execution, Sustainment, and Command and Signal.

The anatomy of an Operations Order are dissected in Tactics 101, the continuing monthly series on ArmchairGeneral.com.

The 60th entry in the monthly Tactics 101 series begins a new mini-series on the Operations Order (OPORD), starting with an overview on the Combat Orders and the OPORD.

Noted historian and author Professor Richard Holmes passed away at the age of 65.

Painstaking archaeological work determined the actual location of Bosworth Field, the penultimate battle of the War of the Roses, where King Richard III was killed.