We all know that everyone lives their life in the present. We plan for and only worry about the future. However, history is the understanding of the past, to prepare for the future. For leaders military history plays an important role in the way we...
1st Infantry Division Operational Report for the period ending April 30, 1968. Covers Operation Lam Son, Operation Quyet Thang and Operation Toan Thang.
1st Calvary Division Operational Report for the period ending January 31, 1968, detailing operations on the Bong Son Plain, Pershing Area of Operations and the Jeb Stuart Area of Operations.
From September 2006 through September 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Tracy Barker, an Army National Guardsman, served as the maneuver trainer on a brigade military transition team (MiTT). In this interview, he discusses his...
In this interview with Major Lisa Gniady, she discusses her post-9/11 service as a communications officer in the 704th Military Intelligence Brigade, which provides the US Army's military support to the National Security Agency. She talks about her...
Major Michael Berdy commanded a company in the 25th Infantry Division in Kandahar, Afghanistan, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. In this interview, he talks about accountability issues with ammunition arising from their handoff, the size...
Major Ted Wojtusik commanded Delta Company, 52nd Infantry in Mosul, Iraq, from October 2004 through October 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, he talks about unexpectedly taking command of his company six weeks before...
In this first of two interviews, Major Tyke Hillmer talks about serving as the supply officer on the logistics staff of the 82nd Airborne Division in Habbaniyah, Iraq, from September 2003 through April 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He...
In this second of two interviews, Major Tyke Hillmer talks about serving as the logistics officer for the 4th Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division in Bagram, Afghanistan, from January 2007 through April 2008 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. He...
Company A, Corps of Engineers, is the first permanent regular engineer company in the U.S. Army. Congress authorized the company on 15 May 1846, two days after declaring war on Mexico. The company organized at West Point, New York, deployed to...
The Jedburghs consisted of three man allied teams trained to conduct guerrilla warfare in conjunction with the French Resistance in support of the allied invasion of France. These teams consisting of French, British, and American men comprised of...
This study seeks to identify a planning model and matrix from current doctrinal sources that explains how to synchronize combat operations in planning. It examines most current and emerging heavy maneuver doctrine specifically in regard to the...
This thesis is a historical analysis of Stewart's Division during the Battle of Chickamauga. It determines what tactical formations Stewart and his brigades employed, how this affected casualty totals and their significance to the outcome of the...
The study is a historical analysis of the Pakistani nuclear program which aims at bringing out the compulsions, restraints and constraints which forced Pakistan to undertake a nuclear program. The perceptions and responses, past, present and...
This study investigates the historical utility of Special Operations Forces (SOF) as instruments of national military strategy. The research concept employs the study of a representative historical example of each of the five current doctrinal SOF...
This study is a historical narrative of Jedburgh teams Hugh, Hamish, Ian, Andy, Ivor, and Alec, which operated in Central France from June through September 1944. The teams consisted of two officers, one French and the other American or British,...
This study examines the performance of General Albert C. Wedemeyer in China from 1944-1947. During this period Wedemeyer served first as the Theater Commander and Chief of Staff to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek (November 1944 - April 1946), and...
This study seeks to identify a model for battalion-level officer leader development. It examines most current doctrine and literature regarding leader development. This study defines the requirement for officer leader development based on doctrinal...
This study investigates the codification of ethics within the Marine Corps. The study analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of codification. It also presents a comparative analysis between several proposed codes and historic sources of ethical...