Alfred V. Rascon, born in Mexico, came to the United States with his parents. At age 17, he enlisted in the Army and became a medic in the 173rd Airborne Brigade. In a firefight in South Vietnam on March 16, 1966, he ignored orders to stay behind...
The United States requires a logical and practical space power theory that relates to national interests. This monograph explains how activities in the space domain influence US national interests. The relationship between space power and national...
The end of the Cold War has removed the challenge to the United States Navy's preeminence in maritime affairs. In wake of this development, how can the Navy best participate in coordinated joint and combined warfare against a land power? The...
The 1986 Joint Staff Officer's Guide, AFCS Pub 1, identifies seven military mission options available to national leaders as possible solutions to deal with international problems. Of these seven options, two specifically involve the use of a naval...
A comprehensive understanding of the treatment accorded prisoners of war, including capture, transportation, prisons, police and discipline, work, relief societies, and liberation.
Between April and August 1943, the U.S. Army’s II Corps saw two of its division commanders relieved of their commands. Each relief appeared tied to battlefield setbacks. MG Orlando Ward of the 1st Armored Division was relieved after his division...
The history of Fort Sill, Oklahoma has been truly the story of the men who commanded the post. From its foudning in 1869 through the year 1940, 83 men held of the position of Post Commander. Most of these names were names which played an...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Essayons, originally published as the Fort Leonard Wood Guidon in 1966 then as the Guidon from 1966 to 1987. Became Essayons in 1988 and remained that way until 1999 when it reverted back to Guidon. It has been and continues to be a record of...
During the early years of the Cold War, the United States Army developed the new doctrine of Unconventional Warfare. This doctrine focused on U.S. soldiers working through and with indigenous guerrilla units to achieve tactical successes in support...
The driving concept behind this monograph is the thesis that not only does the military conduct diplomacy, but military diplomacy, at the combatant command level, provides a theater strategic capability essential to the effective implementation of...
Special operations have not always been viewed so positively. Prior to the early 1960's- when President John F. Kennedy expanded U.S. Special Forces and made counterinsurgency the cornerstone of his Flexible Response doctrine- the lot of special...
This monograph examines the role of convoys to protect merchant shipping. Convoys have been a major ingredient to success in two world wars. They have also been successful in protecting shipping in modern contingency operations. Future force...
China and the United States have been competitors on a global scale since Deng Xiaoping changed China's trading policies in 1976. The policies resulted in increased tensions between the two nations over time. This monograph uses Commercial...
The Global War on Terror brought about several military assistance efforts that include the training and development of foreign security forces. The United States has been providing advisors to foreign security forces around the world for over 120...
The United States is a founding member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and has considered the Alliance an integral component of U.S. defense strategy for over sixty years. At the height of the Cold War, a third of the entire U.S....
When the 811th Tank Destroyer Battalion was activated on 10, April, 1942, our country had been at war four months. Consequently, our country and our army were new to the ways of war - the country's industries were being geared to the war effort,...
This study examines the application of operational art during the conduct of the Spanish-American War. The evolution of the 'American Way of War' appears to follow a direct path from the concluding campaigns of the Civil War, through the two World...
Burke, David M.; Brooks, Napoleon; Bailey, William; Vance, Todd
Thesis: America's application of lessons learned about desert warfare during WWII, Desert Storm, and Operation Enduring Freedom enhanced America's effectiveness during the advance to Baghdad in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Throughout history, armies...
On the surface, the Battle of Hastings might appear to be just another conflict of many in the history of England to decide who would rule England. In a sense this is true. However, the final result was that, under William, more than under any...