''ARMOR'' is the professional journal of the
U.S. Army
The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution.Article II, section 2, cl ...
’s Armor Branch, published by the Chief of Armor at
Fort Benning
Fort Benning is a United States Army post near Columbus, Georgia, adjacent to the Alabama–Georgia border. Fort Benning supports more than 120,000 active-duty military, family members, reserve component soldiers, retirees and civilian employees ...
, Georgia, training center for the Army's tank and cavalry forces (
United States Army Armor School
The United States Army Armor School (formerly Armored Force School) is a training school located at Fort Benning, Georgia. Its primary focus is the training of United States Army soldiers, non-commissioned officers, warrant officers, and commi ...
). ''ARMOR'' magazine is the U.S. Army's oldest professional journal, founded by U.S. Cavalry officers in 1888, and originally titled as ''The Cavalry Journal.''
History
The ''Cavalry Journal'' was originally created by Cavalry officers on the American frontier as a forum for discussing doctrine, tactics and equipment among soldiers geographically separated by the great distances of the American West. With the creation of the U.S. armored forces in 1940,
[Zaloga] ''The Cavalry Journal'' was renamed to ''Armor, the Magazine of Mobile Warfare.'' Prior to 1974, the Armor Association, a private organization, published the magazine, but the U.S. Army Armor School began publishing ''ARMOR'' as of the March-April 1974 edition. The publication is now a professional bulletin published under the authority of Army Regulation 25–30. Its current name is ''ARMOR,'' subtitled ''Mounted Maneuver Journal''.
See also
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Field Artillery (magazine)
''Field Artillery'' (or FA) is a professionally published magazine on the subject of field artillery, published from 1911 to 2007, and after a brief hiatus the Magazine has returned and is published quarterly. It is published by the US Field Artil ...
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Infantry (magazine)
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References
*Zaloga, Steven J. ''Armored Thunderbolt; The US Army Sherman in World War II.'' Mechanicsville, PA (USA): Stackpole Books. .
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Quarterly magazines published in the United States
Magazines established in 1888
Magazines published in Georgia (U.S. state)
Military magazines published in the United States
1888 establishments in the United States
United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
Tanks of the United States
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