Field Manual 100-5
{{Short description|US Army field manual}}
{{see also|United States Army Field Manuals}}
Field Manual 100-5 (FM100-5) is a serial publication of the US Army. In 1997, the 1986 edition was termed "the primary tool for the self-education and professional development required to achieve tactical competence."{{cite journal |url=https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Portals/7/military-review/Archives/English/75th-Anniversary/75th-PDF/75th-Richardson2.pdf|title=FM 100-5: The AirLand Battle in 1986
|author=General William R. Richardson, US Army |page=174 |date=January–February 1997 |journal=Military Review}} In 1939 it was said to contain the principles of troop leading and combat of the combined arms in maneuver warfare and constitutes the basis of instruction of all arms and services for field service.
History
FM100-5 was published on 1 October 1939 by newly-hired Chief of Staff General George C. Marshall.{{cite web |url=https://cdm16040.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p4013coll9/id/975/rec/7 |title=FM 100-5: Tentative field service regulations operations, 1939|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129061320/https://cdm16040.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p4013coll9/id/975/rec/7|archive-date=January 29, 2023}}
It was updated again in 1941 after the Blitzkrieg of General Guderian had been digested.{{cite web |url=https://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p4013coll9/id/978/ |title=FM 100-5: field service regulations - operations, 1941|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128202944/https://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p4013coll9/id/978/|archive-date= January 28, 2023}}
It was republished by Marshall on 15 June 1944,{{cite news |url=https://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p4013coll9/id/973/rec/2 |title=FM 100-5: field service regulations - operations, 1944.|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402182522/https://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p4013coll9/id/973/rec/2|archive-date= April 2, 2023}} and then again in 1949.
William DePuy signed off on the 1976 edition.{{cite news |last1=Herbert |first1=Major Paul Hardy |url=https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Portals/7/combat-studies-institute/csi-books/herbert.pdf |title=Deciding what has to be done |agency=Leavenworth Papers |date=July 1988|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128202932/https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Portals/7/combat-studies-institute/csi-books/herbert.pdf|archive-date=January 28, 2023}} DePuy supervised the Army's effort to learn lessons from the Yom Kippur War. He promoted an attrition-based doctrine called "Active Defense".{{cite web |last1=Long |first1=Major Jeffrey W. |title=The Evolution of U.S. Army Doctrine: From Active Defense to AirLand Battle and Beyond |url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA241774.pdf |date=7 June 1991|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128202932/https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA241774.pdf|archive-date= January 28, 2023}}. Master's thesis. The 1976 edition of FM100-5 was the inaugural publication of the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command.{{cite news |last1=Romjue |first1=John L. |title=From Active Defense to AirLand Battle: The Development of Army Doctrine, 1973-1982 |url=https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/From-Active-Defense-to-AirLand-Battle.pdf |work=Fort Monroe, Virginia |publisher=United States Army Training and Doctrine Command |date=June 1984|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128203656/https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/From-Active-Defense-to-AirLand-Battle.pdf|archive-date=January 28, 2023}}
AirLand Battle was first promulgated in the 1982 version of FM 100-5,[https://web.archive.org/web/20221205004228/https://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p4013coll9/id/976/ FM 100-5: Operations, 1982] and revised the FM 100-5 version of 1986.{{cite web |url=http://www.bits.de/NRANEU/others/amd-us-archive/FM100-5%2886%29.pdf |title=FM 100-5: Operations |date=5 May 1986|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130040614/http://www.bits.de/NRANEU/others/amd-us-archive/FM100-5(86).pdf|archive-date= January 30, 2023}}{{sfn|Blythe|2010|p=1}} By 1993 the Army had seen off the Soviet threat and moved on.{{cite web |url=https://www.bits.de/NRANEU/others/amd-us-archive/fm100-5%2893%29.pdf |date=June 1993 |title=FM 100-5: Operations|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110204143/https://www.bits.de/NRANEU/others/amd-us-archive/fm100-5%2893%29.pdf|archive-date= January 10, 2023}}{{sfn|Blythe|2010|p=2}}
After the 1986 update, 1993 and 1998 saw a different focus.{{cite news |last1=McCormick |first1=Major Michael |title=The New FM 100-5: A Return to Operational Art |url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA331274.pdf |publisher=United States Army Command and General Staff College |date=22 May 1997|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128202932/https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA331274.pdf|archive-date=January 28, 2023}}
See also
References
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