Although the United States Armed Forces train to fight unilaterally, our historical experience suggests we fight as a multilateral force. Post conflict analysis of coalition command and control often appear to focus on command structures. Although...
Joint Publication 4.0, Doctrine for Support of Joint Operations states the art of logistics requires the integration of sustainment efforts to support the employment concept of a geographic combatant commander. Each service supports its forces...
This monograph develops a conceptual framework for the integration of strongpoints into a defense against Blitzkrieg relying primarily on heavy mobile forces. It is oriented primarily on NATO in Europe, where most of the strongpoints will be on...
This monograph addresses the suitability of Bedouin tribes for recruitment and employment as irregular forces. The study is motivated by force shortfalls and resource constraints in U.S. contingency planning for Southwest Asia and the Arabian...
The 1998 draft FM 100-5 does not adequately recognize air power. The manual does not adequately recognize air power because it does not address airlift, air space control, or air interdiction in a systemic or logical manner. These concepts are...
This monograph examines the Soviet experience in Afghanistan (1979-1988) in terms of Soviet Army tactics and organization for combat. Throughout the decade of the 1970's, U.S. perceptions of Soviet ground force tactics stressed a general lack of...
This monograph investigates the use of command and control warfare(C2W) in forced entry operations. As part of the nation's force projection strategy, forced entry provides a unique capability in the support of multidimensional operations....
For my professional experience paper, I have chosen to write about my time at the Battle Command Training Center (BCTC) at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. My intent is to provide information on my role as a First Sergeant for one of the premier Army...
Ethics are based both on individual beliefs and social concepts. They vary from person to person, from situation to situation and from culture to culture. Society often relies on the law of the land to curb or alter our beliefs and ethical...
An undeniable trend in modern warfare that has influenced how the infantry is organized and how it fights is the increasing dispersion of the battlefield. The primary source of this trend has been the evolution of technology which has resulted in...
Air interdiction is a critical component on the modern battlefield, and an essential element of operational fires to the operational commander. It must bear a relationship to ground operations to be truly effective, but that relationship has not...
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 analyzes the relevancy of the terms center of gravity and decisive points at the operational level of war in communist insurgencies. It begins by proposing acceptable meanings for the terms center of gravity, decisive points, subversion,...
This monograph evaluates the relationship between combat service support operations and heavy division combat power. It focuses on heavy division operations on a mid- to high-intensity battlefield against a Warsaw Pact threat. First, it addresses...
The United States 7th Army Reserve Command (7th ARCOM) received the mission to provide training and ready Reserve Soldiers to support Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) in January 2003. The 7th ARCOM is a forward...
This monograph examines the capability of United States Army tank companies in the defense to secure themselves against infantry attack. Stationary tank units are vulnerable to infantry using infiltration tactics, particularly in close terrain....
In 1805, a new style of operational warfare burst upon the fields of Europe as Napoleon Bonaparte's Grand Army swept from the Rhine to the Danube surrounding the Austrian army at Ulm and initiating a revolution in military affairs (RMA) whose...