Security Challenges and the Nature of Future War. The changing security environment. Graham H. Turbiville Jr.; Colonel William W. Mendel, US Army, Retired; and Jacob W. Kipp Operation Rio: taking back the...
Looks at, and assesses fundamental changes in America's fighting since the end of the cold war. Since World War II, it had been a primarily European-focused force of the Cold War, but has since moved to a more agile and complex power projection...
Headquarters, Department of the Army; Headquarters, Marine Corps Combat Development Command
This manual is a dual-Service US Army and US Marine Corps publication introducing new terms and definitions and updating existing definitions as reflected in the latest editions of Army field manuals and Marine Corps doctrinal, warfighting, and...
The U.S. Army has been involved in domestic humanitarian operations since the inception of the Army, mostly in the role of providing disaster relief. To use the U.S. Army to conduct domestic humanitarian and disaster relief is in the United...
Dunn, Edward J.; Anderson, Richard R.; Hanson, Clark; Paulin, William J. ; O’Black, Stuart C.
The US Army role in humanitarian operations dates back to the civil war. In over 145 years, the Army has provided continued international and domestic support. It is in our national interest to promote democracy, security, economics and human...
Overcoming information operations legal limitations in support of domestic operations is a stumbling block to applying information effectively in this environment. Current US Title 10 restrictions limit the use of certain assets (e.g. Psychological...
Hurricane Andrew was the worst natural disaster in American history. Its sustained winds in excess of 145 miles per hour razed entire neighborhoods. Debris was scattered dangerously throughout the area, restricting access and hindering assistance...
Provides military forces, civilians and volunteer organizations with information pertaining to humanitarian assistance (HA) operations where the size or extent of the assistance requires the formulation of a US military joint task force (JTF).
This manual provides the analytical tools needed to evaluate a stability operation or a support operation. Chapter 1 broadly defines stability operations and support operations. It gives historical examples and provides insight into the...
The historiography of doctrinal change in the US Army that began with the publication of the 1976 version of FM 100-5, Operations, and ended with its replacement in 1982, settles on a general claim of controversy and rejection as the source of...
This study identifies essential civil support tasks to aid tactical units, specifically Brigade Combat Teams and Combined Arms Battalions, with Civil Support Operations. Civil Support Operations, an element of full spectrum operations, has four...
With operations in Iraq complete and an ongoing transition in Afghanistan, what is the role of the heavy armor force in the Army of 2020? This thesis analyzes the capabilities of the current heavy force through the lens of the current strategic...
Army warfighting doctrine clearly delineates the definition, scope, and components of protection for application on the battlefield; however, the Army's Operations Other Than War (OOTW) doctrine does not provide similar clarity for the concept in...
This monograph examines two disasters, Hurricanes Andrew (1991) and Marilyn (1995), and the U.S. Army’s support to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to determine whether Joint and Army doctrine provides doctrinal tools for Defense...
James Wombwell's study offers an analysis of the Army's response to the natural disaster of Hurricane Katrina by providing a detailed account of the operations in Louisiana and Mississippi. This occasional paper examines the effectiveness of the...