This monograph examines the execution of the Commander’s Emergency Response Program (CERP) by operational forces and offers a methodology to better its execution. This study asserts that CERP is a necessary and appropriate program for operational...
McGrath, John J., 1956-; Matthews, Matt, 1959-; Bruscino, Thomas A.
This work is the continuation and revision of a project started in 2006 with the publication of In Contact! by the Combat Studies Institute. The original concept was to present a series of military vignettes in a style similar to the widely used...
The purpose of this monograph is to illuminate the role in, and support to, operational art by military police brigades and demonstrate their viability as a bridging mechanism to the operating concepts of wide area security and combined arms...
This paper clearly shows the immediate relevancy of historical study to current events. One of the most common criticisms of the U.S. plan to invade Iraq in 2003 is that too few troops were used. The argument often fails to satisfy anyone for there...
Aprendendo com as guerras modernas: os imperativos de preparação para um futuro perigoso. General Peter W. Chiarelli, Exército dos EUA; Embora estejamos bastante comprometidos no Iraque, no Afeganistão e na Guerra Global Contra o Terrorismo e...
Using a methodology consisting of identifying the policy and associated strategy for the initial Afghanistan war period compared to the policy and associated strategy for the current Afghanistan war, the study identifies strategic composition...
Since September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, Special Operation Forces (SOF) and Conventional Forces (CF) have be increasingly working together throughout the world against numerous asymmetrical threats. However, operations in Iraq and...
This monograph examines the viability of recent NATO out-of-area operations, specifically in Kosovo and Afghanistan. It illustrates that the complex decision-making bureaucracy of NATO can be a detriment to the capabilities of the alliance and...
In the last ten years, the United States military has dealt with emerging counterinsurgencies in multiple operational theaters. To deal with the complex nature of counterinsurgency, organizational planning and operational processes increasingly...
From the Indian wars that spanned three centuries to Afghanistan and Iraq theaters of operation in the Global War on Terror at the turn of the 21st century, the United States Military has engaged in counterinsurgency campaigns. The United States...
ألأمل في أنعاش الإقتصاد العراقي
A Cause for Hope: Economic Revitalization in Iraq
بول برينكلي نائب وزير الدفاع للتجارة ونقل التنمية
Paul Brinkley, Deputy Under Secretary of...
The future battlefield will likely have an enemy with strong ideologies using terroristic tactics for their cause to defeat globalization. In order to defeat this future enemy the U.S. military must overcome fundamental obstacles they have faced in...
There is an ongoing discussion of whether we are allowing less than qualified Recruits or Trainees into our military ranks just to meet or exceed the recruitment goals. Some would wonder are we just lowering our standards of the United States Army...
Soldiers are valuable in any capacity in which they serve. It takes Soldiers of all different Military Occupational Specialties (MOS), backgrounds, and experiences, to include those that have deployed and those who support the war fighter in order...
Change does not happen by itself in most cases. It is often driven by necessity. Rather than wait for reactive change, Lt. Gen. James R. Helmly, the former Chief, Army Reserve, set a bold course for the 200,000-plus Soldiers in the organization he...
This work chronicles the challenging task of bringing stability and representative government to the Iraqi city of Kirkuk after the fall of the Baathist regime. Although the plan for Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF) required US forces to prepare to...
This work chronicles the challenging task of bringing stability and representative government to the Iraqi city of Kirkuk after the fall of the Baathist regime. Although the plan for Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF) required US forces to prepare to...
Bolivia is one of the poorest countries in Latin America. Nonetheless, it has great geopolitical importance in South America due to its geographical position at the center of the continent and its potential impact on the stability of the entire...
Nepal, geo-strategically located between India and China, must have appropriate relations with both countries. Prior to 2006, Nepal's monarch maintained a generally balanced approach in dealing with India and China even though in practice Nepal had...
The purpose of this study was to investigate how the 1st Sustainment Brigade (SB) reduced customer wait time (CWT) in Multi-National Division-Baghdad (MND-B) from October 2007 to January 2008. A secondary objective was to determine what affect...