Contains a final report from the Headquarters of XVIII Airborne Corps, which made up part of the fictional 11th Mechanized Army, regarding their participation in the joint U.S. Army/Air Force's Exercise Sage Brush in Louisiana during 1955.

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Final report, Exercise Sage Brush --Tactics -- Employment of atomic weapons -- Air support and air/ground operations -- River crossings -- Communications -- Mobility -- Maintenance -- Command -- The "Aggressor Concept" -- The "AFTA Concept" -- Recommendations -- Mission planning and execution -- Narrative summary -- Conclusions and recommendations regarding future maneuver planning -- Atomics -- Discussion -- Analysis of difficulties encountered, together with solution to same -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Troop carrier/airborne operations -- Discussion -- Analysis of difficulties encountered -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Army aviation -- SKY CAV -- Other Army aviation -- Analysis of difficulties encountered, together with solution to same -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Integrated intelligence system -- Effectiveness of military intelligence battalion organization in conventional U.S. organization -- Reconnaissance operations -- Reproduction and delivery of intelligence data -- Effectiveness and timeliness of intelligence reporting and/or dissemination from Army-Air Force level to all echelons -- Effectiveness of accelerated data processing systems -- Analysis of difficulties encountered, together with solutions to same -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Chemical, biological, and radiological warfare -- Offensive operations -- Defensive operations -- Counter measures -- Status of staff and unit training in employment of CBR weapons -- Analysis of difficulties encountered, together with solutions to same -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Engineer -- Organization and command -- Engineer operations -- Analysis of difficulties -- Conclusions -- Recommendations -- Special forces operation -- Discussion -- Analysis of difficulties -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Psychological warfare -- Discussion -- Effectiveness -- Adequacy of equipment and means -- Analysis of difficulties encountered -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Medical evacuation and/or treatment -- Mass casualties -- Effectiveness of aero-medical evacuation by Air Force from combat zone -- Army evacuation within combat zone to include aero-medical evacuation by Army aircraft -- Adequacy of field equipment to include communications equipment -- Adequacy of command staff and administrative organizations, and functions of the medical service -- Adequacy of medical supply activities -- Analysis of difficulties encountered, together with solutions to same -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Mass processing and evacuation of prisoners of war -- Discussion -- Analysis of difficulties encountered, together with solution of same -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Air Weather Service support -- Discussion -- Analysis of difficulties encountered together with solution to same -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Communications -- Discussion -- Electronic warfare -- Analysis and solutions of difficulties encountered -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Supply -- Adequacy of overall logistical organization -- Adequacy of organic support -- Adequacy of support by Army Maneuver Support Command and Air Force agencies -- Adequacy of guided missile support -- Miscellaneous supply items of interest -- Analysis of difficulties encountered, together with solutions to same -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Maintenance -- Adequacy of support by assigned units -- Adequacy of support by Maneuver Support Command -- Overall effectiveness of maintenance -- Analysis of difficulties encountered together with solution to same -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Real property -- Preparation of maneuver area -- Area property management -- Analysis of difficulties encountered, together with solutions to same -- Recommendations and conclusions -- Civilian/military relationships -- Troop behavior -- Maneuver damage reconciliation -- Military participation in civil events -- Future manuevers attitudes -- Effectiveness of the I & E program -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Administrative moves into and out of the maneuver area -- Discussion -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Distribution.