State formation aims to achieve a legitimate monopoly on the use of violence and a legitimate government as perceived by its population. Governments have two principle mechanisms, force and consent, to create the conditions within which it can...
The only feasible method of transporting divisions of personnel and equipment is, and used to be, by sea. What planning, management and coordination of shipping requirements existed within the US Army and civilian agencies prior to and during World...
Successful civil-military relations pose an enduring dilemma for the professional officer. When civil-military relations fail, the negative implications are far reaching. Professional officers who understand their role within the structure...
While it is no secret that Islamic terrorists utilize the internet, the assertion that the internet is a virtual safe haven more important than any geographical safe haven is rarely made. As a result of the expansion of the Internet capabilities...
In this interview, MAJ James Morgan, US Army, Adjutant General (AG); discusses his deployment to Iraq as the personnel officer (S1) from 2009 through 2010 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Morgan discusses a typical day in theater...
The report of Major General John J. Pershing, commander of the expedition into Mexico to "capture Villa and his bandits." Also referred to as the "Pancho Villa Expedition" or the "Mexican Expedition." It was launched against the Mexican insurgent...
Paper sets forth the principles meant to govern the joint action of the Army and Navy in cost defense, the action of the Navy in coast defense, the system of coast defense to be employed by the Army, and the procedure to be followed by the Army in...
Discusses issues pertaining to courts-martial including military jurisdiction, personnel, procedure, records, action, oaths, incidental matters, punishments, the disciplinary power of commanding officer, rules of evidence, punitive articles and...
The mission of the United States Naval Forces in Nicaragua was twofold: "to maintain law and order in Nicaragua" and "to facilitate, and in every way assist, in making possible a fair, supervised election in Nicaragua on November 4, 1928." Document...
From a lecture delivered at the Army War College in Washington, D.C., 1 April, 1930. Gives a general description of the area and discusses the first phase of military operations, the second phase of operations, administration, organization and...