The purpose of this paper is to answer the question: How should U.S. Army doctrine for the “follow and support” mission be clarified? This is done by focusing on the evolution of the “follow and support” concept in the Army's capstone...
The US Global War on Terror is actually a Global Counterinsurgency as defined by FM 3-24 and Al Qaida is the global insurgent currently opposing the US. Al Qaida is held up as the global insurgent through the use of their own declarations in...
In the early stages of the Vietnam conflict, the United States ARMY was losing their Non Commissioned Officers (NCOs) at such an alarming rate, due to combat loses, attrition, and the 25 month stabilization policy.1 At this point they had to...
The defeat of the Axis forces around the world ushered in a new dilemma for the NCO Corps in Post-World War II era. The NCO Corps began a new course. The technical ratings were removed and service-wide standards for NCO selection and training were...
The defeat of the Axis forces around the world ushered in a new dilemma for the NCO Corps in Post-World War II era. The NCO Corps began a new course. The technical ratings were removed and service-wide standards for NCO selection and training were...
My role as the Finance Operations NCO was to perform several functions and provide Military Pay, Travel Pay, Commercial Vendor Pay, Disbursing, and Accounting support to Kuwait, Qatar, and Iraq. I also served as the Senior Enlisted Financial...
At the onset of Operation Enduring Freedom, the 108TH Training Division Reserve Component mobilized my battalion to help support the Active Component at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. I am describing some of my experiences in the role as a Senior...
Since China first opened its economy in 1978, it has slowly begun playing a larger role in international institutions. As a country that participates actively in multilateral organizations, Singapore is keenly affected by developments in such...
Joint Doctrine, explicitly, and Army Doctrine, implicitly, recommend that military commanders and staffs exercise systems thinking in operational planning and execution. However, current Military Doctrine fails to fully explicate and apply a...
Broadly applied strategy-driven initiatives in a local environment may have unintended effects on the targeted nation's local economy. In addition to direct influences, a foreign force's service and resource requirements have the potential to...
In the past two decades, Radical Islam rooted in Europe became an obvious security threat. This monograph argues that Western Europeans are partially responsible for permitting or not preventing the presence of radical Islamists in the Balkans and...
The Imaginary Army Ethic: A Call for Articulating a Real Foundation for our Profession. Lieutenant Colonel Brian Imiola, U.S. Army, Ph.D.; For years the Army has talked about the "Army Ethic," but has never articulated the ethic's principles. A...
These studies of training and leader development, and doctrinal and combat developments subjects provide historical perspective to support the Command’s mission of preparing the Army for war and charting its future. This is a study of the...
In this interview, MAJ Michael Adorjan, US Army, Special Forces; discusses his deployment to Iraq, Africa as the personnel officer (S3) in 2009 through 2010 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Adorjan discusses a typical day in...