This monograph examines whether allowing women in direct combat assignments in the U.S. Army will adversely affect unit cohesion and as a result, degrade combat effectiveness. To answer this question the monograph conducts a theoretical analysis of...
The purpose of this monograph is to determine if current and emerging doctrine adequately defines and describes CCIR so that it can be a usable tool for future battle commanders. The monograph first analyzes the doctrine for the use and...
This monograph describes the stability phase of Operation Just Cause and its associated intelligence operations. It focuses on the intelligence aspects of the operation to answer the question: Does military doctrine adequately address tactical...
This monograph analyzes battalion level tactical decision making to determine if an automated system can facilitate decision making during combat. Danger, exertion, uncertainty, and chance are battlefield conditions under which the commander must...
The forward command posts (tactical command post and command group) of the heavy brigade are not configured to enhance command and control for the brigade commander. Since the 1950's, the US Army has increased the number of command posts with...
The purpose of this monograph is to examine the tactical military command and control methods as practiced by the former Soviet Army and determine what, if any, lessons we can glean from the Red Army doctrinal experience. The monograph first...
This study examines the viability of heavy (mechanized/armor) stay-behind forces in a deep maneuver role. A stay-behind force is a unit left behind an enemy advance to conduct a mission in the enemy rear after other friendly forces have withdrawn...
This monograph discusses the implications of technology on military doctrine. Some military scientists and historians believe that the United States is currently witnessing a revolution in military technology. This monograph examines whether this...
This monograph analyzes corps aviation brigade doctrine, and its supporting organization, equipment, and control arrangements, to determine if it enables the aviation brigade to conduct successful deep operations. Doctrine is the centerpiece of...
This monograph investigates the organization and capabilities of the Army aviation support battalion and answers the question: Can the proposed aviation support battalion provide single source logistics to the divisional aviation brigade in...
This monograph discusses offensive indirect fire tactics and their relationship to extreme fear responses. It examines the nature and causes of a specific, immediate, and debilitating fear response called the Combat Stress Reaction (CSR)....
This monograph discusses the current viability of the Light Armored Cavalry Regiment as the designated cavalry regiment for contingency force operations. As force projection is now the strategy of the United States, it is especially important that...
This monograph determines if the Command and General Staff College (CGSC) is educating officers as tactical decision makers who can think. It establishes a framework for what is important for tactical decision making. The four elements of the...
This monograph examines whether the air defense artillery battalion organic to armored or mechanized divisions is necessary for operations on future battlefields. To explore relevant issues in this area, historical examples from World War I, the...
This monograph identifies and examines the criterion for the acceptance of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as tactical joint force multipliers. The concept for their use rests on historical validation as well as the realization that force...
This monograph examines the linkage between U.S. Army tactical doctrine and changes in the strategic environment. If change in the strategic environment as codified by policy is not understood by soldiers then there is a danger that the Army will...
This monograph examines the evolution of the British Army's tactics and doctrine during its employment in support of the civil powers in Northern Ireland and compares these evolutions to its conventional warfighting doctrine. The ultimate objective...
This monograph identifies the different perspectives that heavy and light forces have when they analyze the elements of mission, enemy, terrain and weather, troops available, and time (METT-T) during their estimate of the situation. Because the...
This monograph analyzes the utility of the U.S. Army's doctrine for rear battle. Concepts and procedures for fighting rear battle were developed when the Army was focused on defeating the Soviet Union in a high-intensity conflict. Whether or not...
This monograph explores the US Army's position on the twentieth century warfare phenomena of armor versus antiarmor. From WWII through the end of the Cold War, debate over the degree to which antiarmor organization have been necessary to conduct...