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    Night Jungle Operations
    Night Jungle Operations
    Night Jungle Operations
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    Night Jungle Operations

    By Major Thomas B. Atkins

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    This monograph examines the adequacy of current jungle and infantry doctrine in addressing the conduct of night operations in jungle environment. Daytime jungle operations already have much in common with night operations in general due to the limited visibility afforded by the dense vegetation. The degree of difficulty increases dramatically when operating during darkness. Such operations require a thorough understanding of why, when, and how to conduct them. This monograph first examines the night jungle operations conducted during WWII and the Vietnam Conflict to gain a historical perspective of the types of operations conducted in the past as well as their success. It then reviews and analyzes current doctrine for night fighting to determine its applicability to a jungle environment. Next, the monograph contrasts past night jungle operations with current doctrine and concludes that current doctrine does not sufficiently address the conduct of night jungle warfare. Lastly, the monograph offers some recommendations for inclusion to doctrine to address the shortcomings identified.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTannenberg Publishing
    Release dateAug 15, 2014
    ISBN9781782893837
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      Night Jungle Operations - Major Thomas B. Atkins

       This edition is published by PICKLE PARTNERS PUBLISHING—www.picklepartnerspublishing.com

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      Text originally published in 1993 under the same title.

      © Pickle Partners Publishing 2013, all rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted by any means, electrical, mechanical or otherwise without the written permission of the copyright holder.

      Publisher’s Note

      Although in most cases we have retained the Author’s original spelling and grammar to authentically reproduce the work of the Author and the original intent of such material, some additional notes and clarifications have been added for the modern reader’s benefit.

      We have also made every effort to include all maps and illustrations of the original edition the limitations of formatting do not allow of including larger maps, we will upload as many of these maps as possible.

      Night Jungle Operations

      A Monograph

      by

      Major Thomas B. Bennett Special Forces

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Contents

      TABLE OF CONTENTS 2

      ABSTRACT 3

      SECTION I: Introduction 4

      SECTION II: World War II Study 6

      The Japanese 6

      The Americans 9

      WWII Analysis 12

      SECTION III: VIETNAM CONFLICT 15

      The Vietcong/North Vietnamese Army (VC/NVA) 15

      The Americans 18

      Vietnam Analysis 20

      SECTION IV: Doctrine Review/Analysis 22

      SECTION V: Conclusions 24

      SECTION VI: Recommendations 26

      BIBLIOGRAPHY 30

      Books 30

      U.S. Government Documents 30

      ABSTRACT

      NIGHT JUNGLE OPERATIONS by Thomas B. Bennett, USA, 55 pages.

      This monograph examines the adequacy of current jungle and infantry doctrine in addressing the conduct of night operations in a jungle environment. Daytime jungle operations already have much in common with night operations in general due to the limited visibility afforded by the dense vegetation. The degree of difficulty increases dramatically when operating during darkness. Such operations require a thorough understanding of why, when, and how to conduct them.

      This monograph first examines the night jungle operations conducted during WWII and the Vietnam Conflict to gain a historical perspective of the types of operations conducted in the past as well as their success. It then reviews and analyzes current doctrine for night fighting to determine its applicability to a jungle environment.

      Next, the monograph contrasts past night jungle operations with current doctrine and concludes that current doctrine does not sufficiently address the conduct of night jungle warfare. Lastly, the monograph offers some recommendations for inclusion to doctrine to address the shortcomings identified.

      SECTION I: Introduction

      The predominate thinking among historians is that the enemy ruled the night in Vietnam. The United States Army has heard the accusations that one of its failures during the conflict was its inability to operate effectively at night, or more accurately, to prevent the enemy from doing so. This has led to the prevalent attitude that the U.S. Army, when operating in a jungle environment, must conduct extensive night operations in order to ensure no repetition of this phrase in the future. Unfortunately, some of the most fervent advocates of night jungle operations lack jungle warfare experience and possess no conception of the complexities involved.

      Conditions of jungle terrain vary greatly from forested mountains to swamp areas. Tropical areas are categorized as primary jungle, secondary jungle, or deciduous forests. They may contain single, double, or triple canopy overgrowth and usually contain dense undergrowth. It can

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