Army Techniques Publication ATP 3-20.97 Cavalry Troop September 2016

by U.S. Department of the Army

Army Techniques Publication ATP 3-20.97 Cavalry Troop September 2016Army techniques and procedures (ATP) 3-20.97 provides framework and tactical employment principles for Cavalry troops of the Cavalry squadrons in the Armored brigade combat team (ABCT); the Infantry brigade combat team (IBCT), mounted and dismounted; the Stryker brigade combat team (SBCT); and the battlefield surveillance brigade (BFSB).The principal audience for ATP 3-20.97 is all members of the military. Army headquarters commanders and staffs serving in joint task force or multinational headquarter positions should refer to this ATP for military and joint or multinational force operations. Trainers and educators throughout the Army should use this manual, also.This publication supersedes ATTP 3-20.97, 16 November 2010 and FM 3-20.971, 4 August 2009

230 pages, Paperback

Published December 23, 2016

About the author

The Department of the Army (DA) is one of the three military departments within the Department of Defense of the United States of America. The Department of the Army is the Federal Government agency within which the United States Army is organized, and it is led by the Secretary of the Army who has statutory authority 10 U.S.C. § 3013 to conduct its affairs and to prescribe regulations for its government, subject to the limits of the law, and the directions of the Secretary of Defense and the President.

The Secretary of the Army is a civilian official appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The highest-ranking military officer in the department is the Chief of Staff of the Army, who is also a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Other senior officials of the Department are the Under Secretary of the Army (principal deputy to the Secretary) and the Vice Chief of Staff of the Army (principal deputy to the Chief of Staff.)

The Department of War was originally formed in 1789 as an Executive Department of the United States, and was renamed by the National Security Act of 1947 to the Department of the Army on September 18, 1947. By amendments to the National Security Act of 1947 in 1949, the Department of the Army was transformed to its present-day status.