Command Study 16, Chapter 4. Other Defense Management Agencies (open access)

Command Study 16, Chapter 4. Other Defense Management Agencies

This booklet is the fourth chapter of a training course developed for Air Reserve personnel about the Department of Defense. This chapter discusses the mission, structure, and operations of the Defense Atomic Support Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and the Defense Contract Audit Agency. It includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: September 1966
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Command Study 14, Chapter 2. The National Preparedness System (open access)

Command Study 14, Chapter 2. The National Preparedness System

This booklet is the second chapter of a training course developed for Air Reserve personnel about nonmilitary defense preparations. This chapter discusses "the nonmilitary defense aspects of national preparedness as complements to national military power and as contributing factors to the total defense posture of the United States" (p. 3). It includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: April 1965
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Course 2, Volume 2. Organization for National Security (open access)

Course 2, Volume 2. Organization for National Security

This booklet is the Course 2, Volume 2 unit of an extension training course developed for Air Force personnel. This book discusses chains of command and military organizations in relation to United States national security.
Date: June 1959
Creator: Air University (U.S.). Extension Course Institute.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Current Study 4. The United States Air Force and the Defense of the Free World (open access)

Current Study 4. The United States Air Force and the Defense of the Free World

This book is the student text for a training course "designed to present a composite picture of the offensive and defensive posture of the Air Force today and the part it plays in the defense of the Nation and Free World" (Preface, p. v). It consists of five chapters: The Air Defense Command: Its Mission and Current Operations; Nuclear Weapons and the Free World; The United States Air Force in the Pacific; The Strategic Air Command: Its Mission and Current Operations; and A Review of Some Developments in the Air Force. Each chapter includes background information, review questions, and a list of suggested readings for further study.
Date: October 1960
Creator: Detachment 1
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Course 2, Volume 1A. American Foreign Policy in Growth and Action (open access)

Course 2, Volume 1A. American Foreign Policy in Growth and Action

This booklet is the first volume of an extension training course developed for Air Force personnel. This book discusses the military history of the United States of America from the country's inception through the post-World War 1950's.
Date: April 1959
Creator: Air University (U.S.). Extension Course Institute.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History