This monograph examines the role that Security Force Assistance plays in the development and execution of US foreign policy. It looks at the manner in which security assistance guidance is developed and executed. An examination of national level...
Joint Center for International Security Force Assistance
Current military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and many future operations will center on developing capability and capacity of host nation (HN) or other foreign security forces. In February 07, the U.S. Army stated in a message to all Army...
The 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review directs the Military Services to develop, within their general-purpose forces (GPF), the capability to conduct security force assistance, more specifically to train, advise, and assist foreign security forces....
The United States is engaged in a counterinsurgency (COIN) in Iraq, many of the mistakes that
are being made, are the same errors the U.S. Army committed over 43 years ago in Vietnam. The
Army as an institution is not adept at fighting the current...
Effective United States military support of counterinsurgency efforts in developing nations almost always takes the form of indirect support--training, advisory assistance, logistics support, and supply of essential military equipment. The...
The IX Corps combat operations report detailing intelligence, military operations, training as well as, logistics and personnel for July 1953 during the Korean War.
The 21st Century has been dubbed an “era of persistent conflict” by U.S. military leaders. As a result, United States’ defense forces will have to operate in environments requiring a variety of “full spectrum operations” for the near...
This monograph presents a methodology to help tactical battle staffs estimate ground force combat power, and consists of three major products. First, pre-calculated “combat potential scores” (CPS) for different friendly and threat units are...
This monograph discusses the importance of learning lessons from a study of operations by the Confederate Army of Tennessee during the American Civil War, using a theoretical model developed by Mr. James J. Schneider in Theoretical Paper No. 3. Mr....
The US being a maritime nation, protected yet separated from the world by oceans, has needed the oceans as highways for economic and military power projection. A fundamental requirement for power projection is the command of the sea. Having command...
This paper attempts to develop a coherent group of previously uncodified basic concepts, military communications principles, to provide qualitative theoretical linkage in support of the tenets of U.S. AirLand Battle Doctrine. Further, the proposed...
This paper lists the destruction of German combat vehicles by the VII Corps. The figures listed include the type of vehicle, number destroyed by Air Force action, number destroyed by ground force action, and the number destroyed or abandoned by the...
Four examples of Russian tactical expedients taken from the defensive operations of the German XI Corps along the upper Donets River front in August 1943.
The following is a report of lessons learned during the Philippines campaign covering operations of elements of the 40th Infantry Division Artillery and attached artillery during operations on Luzon, Panay, and Negros. It contains a summary of...