Simple ways to defend yourself - An Iranian-American police officer has put this document together. He is the member of the SWAT team and he's an expert on anti riot tactics. he has been watching and studying the videos and the tactics that basij has been using and he put the document together. It would be great to spread this document and pass it on to the kids in Iran. It might save their lives.
Mass Protest Methods - This year's web wunderkind, Twitter, has been credited as a force in organizing protesters in Thailand, Moldova and, now, Iran. But in Iran, the government has clamped down on the mobile network and put up Internet firewalls, leaving us to wonder how opposition leaders are getting the word out — which they seem to be doing, as reports trickle out in spite of government restrictions on the media that demonstrations continue unabated. So we talked to past protest leaders to find out how they toppled governments and grabbed the world's attention before there were mobile phones or an Internet.
Staff Officers’ Manual - (PDF) Excerpts from Staff Officers' Manuel dealing with supply planning, transportation, and movement, as well as information relating to personnel losses and replacement.
Staff Organization, and Operations - (PDF) This publication is the Army's capstone manual for staff organization and operations of major tactical and major tactical support commands at corps level and below. It is intended for use by staff officers in carrying out their duties and responsibilities as they assist the commander in accomplishing the mission. A commander may establish procedures and may organize the staff as necessary to conform with the mission, resources available, and level of command. However, the staff should continue to function along the direction described to maintain a common understanding among units.
Training the force - Closing the gap between training, leader development, and battlefield performance has always been the critical challenge for any army. Overcoming this challenge requires achieving the correct balance between training management and training execution. Training management focuses leaders on the science of training in terms of resource efficiencies (such as people, time, and ammunition) measured against tasks and standards. Training execution focuses leaders on the art of leadership to develop trust, will, and teamwork under varying conditions—intangibles that must be developed to win decisively in combat. Leaders integrate this science and art to identify the right tasks, conditions, and standards in training, foster unit will and spirit, and then adapt to the battlefield to win decisively.
Battle Focused Training - (PDF) This is the Army’s doctrinal foundation for how to train, and it is applicable to all units and organizations of the Army. It explains how the Army assesses, plans, prepares, and executes training and leader development; it is critical to all the Army does. The goal of this manual is to create leaders who know how to think and apply enduring training principles to their units and organizations.
Civil Disturbances - The purpose of this field manual is to provide guidance for the commander and his staff in preparing for and providing assistance to civil authorities in civil disturbance control operations. It discusses the principles, policies, and legal considerations that govern the commitment of federal forces to civil disturbance control operations, the principles of civil disturbance control operations, planning and training for such operations, and the operational tasks and techniques employed to control civil disturbances and neutralize special threats.
Combat Skills of the Soldier - This is the soldiers' field manual. It tells the soldier how to perform the combat skills needed to survive on the battlefield. These are basic skills that must be learned by every soldier in all Military Operational Specialties.
Movement Control - (PDF) This manual describes the organizations, processes, procedures, and systems involved in the control of movements across the military spectrum. The focus of this manual is for the reader to gain an understanding of the movement control system and how it functions from the strategic to the tactical level. It focuses on the planning, controlling, and managing of the use of available modes of transport to move units, equipment, and materiel. It also describes transportation request procedures, container operations, and how transportation resources are controlled and managed.
Unit Movement Operations - This manual is about the movement of units. Movement responsibilities, movement planning and coordination, movement preparation, and movement execution. Unit movement occurs in a variety of situations. Unit moves can be routine, as part of an exercise, reaction to a crisis or incident to the projection of force.
Urban Operations Manual - This manual provides the analytical tools for evaluating an urban operation to determine if the operation is necessary for overall mission success. It also provides the means to understanding and determining the impacts of the urban environment on military operations and provides information on managing, taking advantage of, and mitigating the effects of those impacts as appropriate.
Command and Control of Army Forces - Doctrine provides military organizations with a common philosophy and language. It enhances unity of effort. This publication establishes and explains the Army’s command and control (C2) doctrine principles. This is the Army’s key integrating manual for C2. It provides the basis for C2 doctrine, tactics, techniques, and procedures in all Army publications. It promotes common understanding of the fundamentals and concepts of C2 in Army operations, and supports joint and Army doctrine.
Miltary Police Leaders’ Handbook - This field manual (FM) addresses military police (MP) maneuver and mobility support (MMS), area security (AS), internment and resettlement (I/R), law and order (L&O), and police intelligence operations (PIO) across the full spectrum of Army operations. Although this manual includes a discussion of corps and division MP elements, it primarily focuses on the principles of platoon operations and the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) the platoon uses to accomplish its mission.
Tactical Empoyment of Non-Lethal Weapons - (PDF) This publication describes multi-Service tactics, techniques, and procedures (MTTP) for consideration and use during the tactical employment of nonlethal weapons (NLW) in support of warfighting personnel conducting training and tactical operations.
Public Affairs Tactics, Techniques & Procedures - This field manual sets forth tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) for conducting PA operations in accordance with the doctrinal principles contained in FM 3-0 (100-5), Operations and FM 3-61 (46-1), Public Affairs Operations. Although this manual is primarily designed to be used by public affairs officers, noncommissioned officers and civilians, it presents TTPs that all leaders conducting operations in the information age should be familiar with.
Tear gas guide for protestors - The information provided here is intended to help you prepare in advance for the action and is not a substitute for the trainings, which are quite thorough. We strongly advise that at least one person from each affinity group takes both the first aid training and the protection against chemical weapons training.
Anonymous Forum - Iran - This forum has been created to serve as an avenue of communication between Iranians, their families abroad and other interested parties from across the internet. We hope that the collaboration made possible here will further the spread of information regarding Iran's internal affairs. It is also our hope that this board will provide for practical communication needs while helping Iranians to share the personal stories that their nation's state of affairs is woven from. More immediately, we seek a fair, legal and just resolution to the electoral problems facing Iran at the time of this writing. Come on in, and enjoy your stay!