This paper is gives information on a brief history of a few Army traditions, alcohol policies and problems, and the ethical dilemmas that can result when they collide….
The only thing that tends to change Army policy is negative public...
The Middle East is one of the most urbanized regions of the world, and growth continues at an unprecedented rate. With operations ongoing in the Middle East today, it is fitting that this inaugural study should focus on military aspects of the...
The Italian Army and its NCO Corps were officially founded on the 4th of May 1861, but their traditions date as far back as the legions of the Roman Empire in the first century B.C.. The Roman legions were extremely organized and included personnel...
This is one of a series of TRADOC Pamphlets used to disseminate operational concepts. Operational concepts describe how combat, combat support, and combat service support operations are to be conducted. They set forth functions and tasks to be...
United States Army, Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC)
This is the second in a series of five pamphlets intended to capture the battle command successes of Operations Just Cause and Desert Storm. The first pamphlet focused on commonalities and trends of successful battlefield commanders at brigade,...
United States Army, Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC)
This pamphlet is the fourth in a series undertaken in an effort to capture the battle command successes of Just Cause and Desert Storm. The first pamphlet focused on commonalities and trends of successful battlefield commanders at brigade,...
United States Army, Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC)
This pamphlet is written for the Army's future Family Support Group members and leaders in the hope that the trials, tribulations, and challenges met and overcome by past leaders will assist them. It represents a historical perspective of family...
This paper describes the personal experiences of Field Marshal Albert Kesselring and his impressions while serving with the German General Staff in peacetime. There are observations and remarks on the organization, work, and inner life of the...
Westphal's study consists of four parts. Part I is the selection, education and training of general staff officers in peace and war; this includes training at the War College in peacetime, training at general staff schools during wartime,...
On September 11, 2001, terrorists attached the United States. As such, the United States military was catapulted into action. As a member of the United States Army and the senior ranks, I knew that I would have some part in the defense strategy of...
Commanders always require a large amount of data in order to maintain situational awareness, a very complicated endeavor especially during deployments in Iraq or Afghanistan with subordinate units spread across the country. The Battle Command...
This paper describes some of the obstacles and lessons learned transforming indigenous personnel into an operational force. I will tell how our unit was initially formed, trained, and supplied. This paper will also describe the importance of...
The purpose of this monograph is to evaluate training balance in the United States Army at the brigade combat team level in order to determine if our current training strategy is properly balanced. The work began by examining the National Security...
The Department of the Army (DA) may not know that it continually places its leaders in ethical dilemmas. The very regulations and policies that guide our training and readiness are forcing leadership at the unit levels to make difficult choices....
As the U.S. Army transforms itself for future information age operations, it will rely heavily on the Army Battlefield Command Systems (ABCS) to provide digital Command and Control (C2) support to commanders throughout the theater of operations....
FM 25-100 Training the Force, 1988, with its “how to” manual, FM 25 101 Battle Focused Training, 1990, have proven successful in preparing the Army for conventional warfare as demonstrated by the Army’s superior performance during Operation...
This monograph examines the changes in the US training of the Afghan National Army (ANA) from 2001 to present. It looks at historical examples of Security Force Assistance from the late 1700s through the 1990s to establish four training concepts to...
This is the story of TEAM PEGASUS a twelve man Embedded Training Team mission deployed to Afghanistan in 2008.
We were to be trained as Corp level mentoring team. Our mission and personnel changed drastically once we were in country.
I was...