Field manual 31-71 provides doctrinal guidance to commanders and staffs for operation and administration of combat, combat support, and combat service support units in the northern regions of the world. The material contained in this manual is directed primarily toward operations below division level.

History

• 2011-01-28: Superseded by ATTP 3-97.11.
• 1971-06-21: [pdf]
• 1965-08: Change NO. 1
• 1963-01-10: [HathiTrust]
• 1959-01-06: Northern Operations
• 1953-01-07: Change No. 1
• 1951-10-26: This manual, Operations in the Arctic, together with FM 31-70, Basic Arctic Manual, 26 October 1951, and FM 31-72, Administration in the Arctic, 26 October 1951, supersedes FM 70-15, 4 November 1944.