The Platoon Commander

Author : John O’Halloran,Ric Teague
Publisher : Hachette Australia
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780733647505

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The Platoon Commander by John O’Halloran,Ric Teague Pdf

John O'Halloran was a country boy from Tamworth, NSW, who was called up for national service not long after the start of the Vietnam War. As a tough and determined 21-year-old, he guided 6 RAR's B Company 5 Platoon through some of the biggest conflicts of the war, including Operation Hobart and the Battle of Long Tan. But he faced his hardest military challenge at Operation Bribie, leading a fixed bayonet charge against a deadly Viet Cong jungle stronghold. The Platoon Commander is an unmissable and devastating first-hand account of the realities and brutalities of war, and especially this war fought in jungles, not trenches, which would go on to bitterly divide Australians. O'Halloran's sense of duty and strong character carried him and his men through fierce battles and uncertainty. His sense of humour kept him going through the years afterwards. His indomitable spirit inspired the men of 5 Platoon to fight against the odds to achieve the mission - no matter how treacherous - and even away from the action and in the many years since O'Halloran kept the respect of his men. Now regarded by many of his peers as a national treasure, John Patrick Joseph O'Halloran has been quoted in almost every important book written about Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War, yet has never told his own remarkable story. Until now.

Author : James R. McDonough
Publisher : Presidio Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307416384

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Platoon Leader by James R. McDonough Pdf

A remarkable memoir of small-unit leadership and the coming of age of a young soldier in combat in Vietnam.' "Using a lean style and a sense of pacing drawn from the tautest of novels, McDonough has produced a gripping account of his first command, a U.S. platoon taking part in the 'strategic hamlet' program. . . . Rather than present a potpourri of combat yarns. . . McDonough has focused a seasoned storyteller’s eye on the details, people, and incidents that best communicate a visceral feel of command under fire. . . . For the author’s honesty and literary craftsmanship, Platoon Leader seems destined to be read for a long time by second lieutenants trying to prepare for the future, veterans trying to remember the past, and civilians trying to understand what the profession of arms is all about.”–Army Times

Author : Norman Craig
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105040081361

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The Broken Plume by Norman Craig Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1915
Category : Command of troops
ISBN : BML:37001104449157

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Out There ! Or the Platoon Commander in Warfare by Anonim Pdf

Author : Frank Hill
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781481757157

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Being Frank about Vietnam by Frank Hill Pdf

The memoir of Frank Hill, a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corp who became an infantry platoon commander in Vietnam in 1968-1969.

Author : U. S. Army
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1678184233

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The First 100 Days of Platoon Leadership - Handbook (Lessons and Best Practices) by U. S. Army Pdf

The platoon leader and platoon sergeant are two of the most important leaders in the U.S. Army. The way platoon leaders and sergeants work together as a team can cause the success or failure of companies, battalions, brigades, and divisions. They represent the leading edge of leadership on and off the battlefield. On the battlefield, platoon leaders and sergeants build their platoons, empower squad leaders, integrate outside elements, and use troop-leading procedures to plan and lead. Off the battlefield, platoon leaders and sergeants prepare their platoon for combat through tough training. The platoon leader and platoon sergeant's ability to coach, teach, and mentor their Soldiers leads directly to the readiness of our formations. World-wide, platoon leaders and sergeants are personally leading the U.S. Army at the lowest level. This handbook is a guide for new leaders to help prepare them for a critical crucible of leadership that will determine the U.S. Army's ability to fight and win our country's wars.

Author : United States. War Plans Division. War Department
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 10 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1918
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105122873271

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Questions for a Platoon Commander, Reprint of a Document Prepared by the American Expeditionary Forces, France, April 1918 by United States. War Plans Division. War Department Pdf

Author : Sydney Jary
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 0951207849

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18 Platoon by Sydney Jary Pdf

Author : Russell Lewis
Publisher : Random House
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781448131693

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Company Commander by Russell Lewis Pdf

In 2008 Major Russell Lewis commanded a company of two hundred soldiers from the British Army's legendary Parachute Regiment on a six-month tour in the most dangerous part of Afghanistan. Company Commander is his story, a riveting first-person account of incredible bravery, telling what it is like to have 200 Paras depending on you constantly, to make decisions which can and do cost lives, to see men under your command killed and injured and being under the most intense pressure imaginable every minute of every day for six long months. Company Commander is a true leader's story – a unique and vivid mix of front-line battles and strategic decision making and an intensely personal and inspiring account of a tour in the most perilous theatre of war on the planet.

Author : Philip Brutton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2007-10-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1904027644

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Ensign in Italy by Philip Brutton Pdf

Author : United States. Marine Corps
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Infantry drill and tactics
ISBN : MINN:31951P00493324S

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Marine Rifle Company/platoon by United States. Marine Corps Pdf

Author : Joseph W. Callaway, Jr.
Publisher : Presidio Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307416032

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Mekong First Light by Joseph W. Callaway, Jr. Pdf

“Before we got to Vietnam, the troops all thought you would be the first lieutenant killed, and in the end, you were the only one left. We were all wrong. You were the best.” —Sgt. Lonnie “Tallman” Caldwell December, 1966: Platoon leader Lt. Joseph Callaway had just turned twenty-three when he arrived in Vietnam to lead forty-two untested men into battle against some of the toughest, most experienced, and best-trained guerrilla soldiers in the world. Callaway soon learned that most events in this savage jungle war were beyond his control. But there was one thing he could do well: take the best damn care of his troops he knew how. In the Viet Cong–infested provinces around the Mekong Delta where the platoon was assigned, the enemy was always ready to attack at the first sign of weakness. And when the jungle suddenly erupted in the chaos of battle, the platoon leader was the Cong’s first target. Mekong First Light is at times horrific, heartrending, and heroic, but is always brutally honest. Callaway’s account chronicles a soldier’s painful realization of the true nature of America’s war in Vietnam: It was a war that could not be won.

Author : Jim Frederick
Publisher : Crown
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2010-02-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307450982

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Black Hearts by Jim Frederick Pdf

“Riveting. . . a testament to a misconceived war, and to the ease with which ordinary men, under certain conditions, can transform into monsters.”—New York Times Book Review This is the story of a small group of soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division’s fabled 502nd Infantry Regiment—a unit known as “the Black Heart Brigade.” Deployed in late 2005 to Iraq’s so-called Triangle of Death, a veritable meat grinder just south of Baghdad, the Black Hearts found themselves in arguably the country’s most dangerous location at its most dangerous time. Hit by near-daily mortars, gunfire, and roadside bomb attacks, suffering from a particularly heavy death toll, and enduring a chronic breakdown in leadership, members of one Black Heart platoon—1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion—descended, over their year-long tour of duty, into a tailspin of poor discipline, substance abuse, and brutality. Four 1st Platoon soldiers would perpetrate one of the most heinous war crimes U.S. forces have committed during the Iraq War—the rape of a fourteen-year-old Iraqi girl and the cold-blooded execution of her and her family. Three other 1st Platoon soldiers would be overrun at a remote outpost—one killed immediately and two taken from the scene, their mutilated corpses found days later booby-trapped with explosives. Black Hearts is an unflinching account of the epic, tragic deployment of 1st Platoon. Drawing on hundreds of hours of in-depth interviews with Black Heart soldiers and first-hand reporting from the Triangle of Death, Black Hearts is a timeless story about men in combat and the fragility of character in the savage crucible of warfare. But it is also a timely warning of new dangers emerging in the way American soldiers are led on the battlefields of the twenty-first century.

Author : Donald Vandergriff
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781682471043

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Adopting Mission Command by Donald Vandergriff Pdf

In September 2010, James G. Pierce, a retired U.S. Army colonel with the Strategic Studies Institute at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, published a study on Army organizational culture. Pierce postulated that "the ability of a professional organization to develop future leaders in a manner that perpetuates readiness to cope with future environmental and internal uncertainty depends on organizational culture." He found that today's U.S. Army leadership "may be inadequately prepared to lead the profession toward future success." The need to prepare for future success dovetails with the use of the concepts of mission command. This book offers up a set of recommendations, based on those mission command concepts, for adopting a superior command culture through education and training. Donald E. Vandergriff believes by implementing these recommendations across the Army, that other necessary and long-awaited reforms will take place.

Author : United States American Expeditionary Forces
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1917
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111215716

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Questions a Platoon Commander Should Ask Himself on Taking Over a Trench, and at Frequent Intervals Afterwards by United States American Expeditionary Forces Pdf