Transformation has changed the way the Army does business. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Military Intelligence branch. Historically the ISR fight was conducted by reconnaissance troops in the field and intelligence troops in the rear....
Long Range Surveillance Units (LRSUs) are the most suitable element that the Army possesses for efficient division and corps deep ground reconnaissance. Undeniably, divisions and corps require their own reconnaissance element. Unmanned assets, SOF...
From December 1, 2008 to January 9, 2009, thirty-two students from Staff Groups 16A and 16B at the Command and General Staff College (CGSC) conducted an operational level study in order to recommend a course of action for the Afghanistan Campaign...
In October of 2009, I found out I was a last minute replacement for the first Agribusiness Development Team (ADT) for the Indiana National Guard. This would prove to be a very exciting deployment because we were the first ADT from Indiana. This...
MAJ Dale DeStefano served as the brigade supply officer (S4) for the newly designated 504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade (BfSB), formerly the 504th Military Intelligence (MI) brigade, during 2008 and 2009 at Contingency Operating Site (COS)...
In the early spring of 2007 our battalion, the 142nd Military Intelligence Battalion (LING), was busily preparing for a two-week long brigade exercise that we were hosting. We had been hearing some rumblings of a possible deployment to Iraq and...
This study examines whether the BCT is adequately trained to properly employ CA teams in the contemporary environment by examining past contingency operations, current Army doctrine, and CA doctrine. Additionally, this study obtains information...
The Army's fielding of military intelligence companies to the modular brigade combat teams (BCTs) as part of the Army Transformation has created a loss of intelligence capability for the modular division commander. Furthermore, the global design of...
The metamorphosis of the United States Army’s tactical Military Intelligence (MI) organization and doctrine since 1976 has been remarkable. Transitioning from a conglomerate of capabilities borrowed from disparate organizations, MI units became...
In support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from March 2003 through March 2004, Major Tom Hough served initially as a rifle company commander with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade of the 82nd Airborne Division and then, mid-tour, took command of the corps long...
In this November 2012 interview, MAJ Robert Mendez, US Army National Guard (ARNG), Logistics; discusses his deployment to Iraq as an assistant operations officer (AS3) for 67th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade (BfSB) in 2010 through 2011 in support...
In this January 2013 interview, MAJ Chante Pondexter, US Army, Signal Corps discusses his deployment to Iraq as the commander of the 268th Network Support Company, which was subordinate to the 504th BfSB, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom...
The differences between British and American doctrines and methods as to the employment of horse cavalry the primary consideration being those differences are rather than the reason for them.
The two-maneuver battalion design of the modular brigade combat team (BCT) was intended to be as lethal as pre-modularity Army of Excellence brigades while creating as many BCTs as possible. The troop density required for conducting stability...
During Operation IRAQI FREEDOM I (OIF I), U.S. soldiers waged a desperate war against a growing insurgency. Mounting U.S. casualties became the catalyst for a hidden "war within the war." Arrayed on one side of this secret conflict were leaders who...
The large battlespace in Iraq and Afghanistan has exposed an existing time and distance intra-theater airlift "gap" within the Department of Defense that cannot be met with Army tactical helicopters like the CH-47 Chinook and UH-60 Blackhawk or...
The US Army Reserve Component (RC), consisting of both the Army National Guard (ARNG) and United States Army Reserve (USAR), has evolved significantly in the wake of 9/11. More specifically, the Army RC has transformed from a strategic to an...
The Fiscal Year (FY) 2001 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) signed into law a mandate directing the Department of Defense (DoD) to develop and procure Unmanned Systems through FY 2030. These unmanned air, ground, and sea systems are being...
Current Army force redesign efforts seek to fundamentally change the way tactical commanders conduct reconnaissance on the future battlefield. Cavalry organizations will replace their traditional combat capability with a surveillance capability....
Nivelando Conhecimentos sobre o Sistema de Defesa dos Estados Unidos da América. Coronel de Cavalaria Douglas Bassoli, Exército Brasileiro; Com a possibilidade de realizar experimentação continuamente, o U.S. Army tem se mantido em permanente...