This book is a partial reprint of U.S. Army manual FM 3-90, July 2001.

Tactics is the art and science of employing all available means to win battles and engagements. Specifically, it comprises the actions taken by a commander to a

This paper focuses on the formulation of doctrine since World War II. In no comparable period in history have the dimensions of the battlefield been so altered

Doctrine provides a military organization with a common philosophy, a language, a purpose, and unity of effort. Tactics is the art and science of employing all

ADP 3-0, Operations, constitutes the Army's view of how to conduct prompt and sustained operations across multiple domains, and it sets the foundation for devel