At 31 pages, this is a relatively brief overview of what the Light Infantry concept means. The demi-manual is relatively through, covering history, equipment, training, tactics, logistics and some comments on the current state of Light Infantry in the US. The problem is that there is almost no discussion of the underlying reasons why the Light Infantry concept works well. For those people who already know why Light Infantry works well, they won’t need such an overview. For those people who are (rightly) skeptical at being so introduced, the Suggested Reading section in the rear of the paper is a gold mine, certainly worth the time to download the work.
Light Infantry[pdf]
Organic Design for Command and Control
A short piece by Boyd on command and control. References quite a few famous generals and military thinkers and comes to the conclusion that command must be strong and in evidence, but control must be invisible and diffuse to be effective.
Shared Situational Understanding[pdf]
A short article at criticizes the current military’s manufacturing emphasis instead of human emphasis, where people are treated as equivalent and process is the highest good. This is really just preaching to the choir, though, because anyone who should learn these concepts would need more background info than this article provides. Those who understand generally already believe.
FMFM 1A, Fourth Generation Warfare[pdf]
A quick primer on fourth generation warfare by the Defense and National Interest website, as well as other types of warfare and how they differ from eachother. If you’ve heard of fourth generation warfare, but don’t really understand what it means and how it differs from the others, this is a nice intro text.
