This thesis examines some of the reasons behind task force commanders inability to properly employ their direct fire systems during the conduct of offensive operations at the National Training Center (NTC). The thesis develops a set of criteria...
This study examines the mechanics of black marketing by U.S. service members to determine ways to curtail or eliminate such illegal operations, which undermine U.S. national security. Actual court-martial cases of U.S. service members prosecuted...
Does third party military intervention help or hurt an incumbent government during an insurgency? This study attempts to answer this question by testing prevailing military theories of counterinsurgency in the context of third party intervention...
History illustrates that genocide is a reoccurring phenomenon. A variety of indicators suggest that the potential for the US to deploy military forces to prevent or stop genocide or mass atrocity is increasing. Continued involvement in limited...
In the wake of the untimely execution of an ill-coordinated response at all levels to the Hurricane Katrina devastation and destruction that rocked the Gulf Coast, it is important to examine how the United States government is organized and...
This regulation is published for the information and compliance of all personnel involved in operational and instructional duties within the United States Army Field Artillery School.
The United States agricultural industry generates more than $1 trillion in annual economic activity and provides an abundant food supply for the United States and other countries. Since the 9/11 attacks, the United States government has recognized...
The National Guard Bureau, following the publication of the Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 1996, and the 1998 Department of Defense Plan for Integrating National Guard and Reserve Component Support for Response to Attacks Using...
Manual of organization and functions. This regulation prescribes the missions and basic organizational structure of the U. S. Army Field Artillery School and the organization and major functional assignments of the offices and departments of the...
President Bush’s Executive Order 13228 establishes within the Executive Office of the President an Office of Homeland Security (OHS). The order directs the OHS to develop, coordinate, and implement a national strategy to secure the United States...
This study seeks to identify the doctrine, tactics and techniques unique to employment of light, heavy, and special operations forces as a mixed force. The doctrine, tactics and techniques are applied to a likely contingency scenario of a "Strike...
The complex relationship between the United States (U.S.) and the People's Republic of China (PRC) includes stated desires for increased military-to-military relations. China's increased participation in United Nations (UN) Peacekeeping Operations...
The threat of state or nonstate actors conducting terrorism utilizing weapons of mass destruction (WMD) against U.S. personnel, property, or other locations of U.S. interest outside the continental U.S. or its territories represents a serious...
This monograph discusses the considerations for employment of light and heavy forces in a desert defense. Employment of these types of forces hinges on basic tactical fundamentals but must consider the unique nature of the environment. The...
This monograph examines the effects of changes in the current operating environment and current operations in Iraq on the application of Foreign Internal Defense (FID) operations conducted by Special Operations Forces (SOF). This study identifies...
This study on legal affairs in Japan describes the general structure in the Japanese government, i.e., the relationships among the judicial, executive, and legislative functions. The following subjects include the Ministry of Justice, judicial...
This study examines the proposed 1991 CGSOC curriculum to determine if it is structured to educate and train future AirLand battlefield commanders. First, this paper develops a "Command Process Model” and uses theoretical and historical analysis...
PURPOSE. "This regulation prescribes policies and procedures relating to the : Military Pay Administration Quality Assurance Program,
hereinafter referred to as the " Quality Assurance Program," or "this program," in implementation of AR:11-37.