Desert Operations

A unit’s tactical effectiveness in the desert depends to a large degree on the combat service support available

FM 90-3 Appendix E Desert Operations
» Operations in Mountains
FM 90-3 Appendix F Desert Operations

» Techniques for Operating Equipment In the Desert
The effects of the desert environment on equipment is described in chapter 1 of FM 90-3. This information below describes techniques which, if used while operating equipment in the desert, can save both equipment and lives.

Well-trained troops and leaders can adapt quickly to the peculiar conditions of the new environment. If their individual and collective skills have been neglected, no amount of desert lore will remedy the situation

FM 90-3 Appendix G Desert Operations