Global-Reach Regime Replacement, alternately referred to as GR3, is a proposed method to forcibly remove a threatening regime from power, replace it with a new government, and conduct appropriate levels of stability and reconstruction operations in...
Throughout the history of warfare, there have been periods when technological developments have dramatically affected the balance between firepower and maneuver on the battlefield. When the new technology enhanced the effectiveness of firepower,...
The dominance of the U.S. Army’s conventional capabilities has forced our adversaries to generate asymmetric techniques in order to marginalize our advantages. One technique they may pursue is to target our extensive use of information...
The Medal of Honor is the highest military award for bravery that can be given to any individual in the United States of America. It is been awarded to 89 African American Soldiers who have proven that the highest sacrifice any soldier can give is...
This anthology was inspired by its authors and the Soldiers and Marines they lead. Their experiences and reflections appear in this volume, a collection of battle studies that focus on leadership success, and failure, in the great campaigns of the...
This monograph analyzes the leadership characteristics that suggest a rapid acceptance of changing conditions in warfare among senior leaders and which leadership characteristics tend to suggest a more conservative approach. This conservative...
The World Factbook is produced annually by the Directorate of Intelligence of the Central Intelligence Agency. The data are provided by various components of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Bureau of the...
The World Factbook is produced annually by the Directorate of Intelligence of the Central Intelligence Agency. The data are provided by various components of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Bureau of the...
The World Factbook is produced annually by the Directorate of Intelligence of the Central Intelligence Agency. The data are provided by various components of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Bureau of the...
For five months in the year 2006 Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) 361 lead a three hundred man indigenous force throughout the central-eastern border region of Afghanistan. In the early months of Operation Enduring Freedom, United...
Core values have a prominent place in the leadership training and education, and character development programs of the United States Armed Forces. Without question, leadership and character development are critical to any military establishment and...
“Military institutions and their needs (not women’s needs) determine women’s role in the armed forces” (Skaine, 1999, p. 45). Despite various roles in the military of the past, women have earned a more prominent role in current military...
Noncommissioned Officers of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (W AAC) and later the Women's Army Corps (WAC) made significant contributions throughout its thirty-six year history. They possessed patriotism and supported the men of the Army by...
CSM Pritchett’s leadership record speaks for itself. Squad leader, recruiter, drill sergeant, first sergeant and an instructor at the United States Sergeants Major Academy. Not bad, one might say, especially for a female who has had to repeatedly...
President Richard Nixon once said, “No event in American history is more
misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered
now. Rarely have so many people been so wrong about so much. Never have the...
The present state of tension between the United States and Iran signifies a failure of current and past diplomatic approaches to influence Iran. Curiously, the Islamic Revolution and the Iranian elections over the last decade indicate that support...
Military leaders face ethical dilemmas on a constant basis. Leaders must decide what measures to employ to meet the objective. The compromise and the high stakes may be tempting, thus affecting doctrine and ethics. One pressing dilemma is whether...
This monograph examines the history and significance of women serving in the United States Army from 1942 through 2007. The author's thesis is that an organizational Revolution in Military Affairs occurred in the US Army pertaining to the...
The role of women in the Armed Services has changed. Women are filling more MOS's than ever before. Today, over 200,000 women are serving in the military, comprising more than 17 percent of the total force. About 80 percent of the jobs and 90...
In early 1941, "Never!" was a typical reaction to the idea of women serving in the United States Army (Moskos, 1990). They could not visualize women wearing helmets, shooting guns, taking the hill. But our country needed additional support after...