Gen. Helmuth von Moltke, the Chief of the Prussian General Staff during the Franco-Prussian War, defined Auftragstaktik as the actions a subordinate took in the absence of orders that supported the senior commander's intent. The use of mission...
Basing is a critical component of American warfare, and the expeditionary posture of the United States military poses challenges to operational planners and logisticians alike. Force projection is a key requirement for the US Army, and the use of...
This monograph is a qualitative look at the doctrinal differences between the command and control processes of close air support and close combat attack and whether or not those two processes can be combined to create a streamlined process. To get...
Throughout its military history, the United States has demonstrated poor institutional memory resulting in a tendency to reinvent the wheel. The development of counterinsurgency doctrine in Vietnam, for instance, yielded valuable knowledge about...
In October 1993, the Quick Reaction Force Headquarters in Mogadishu, Somalia observed, "convoys are more vulnerable to attack than ground maneuver forces and should be planned and executed as a combat operation." During the period from 1993 to...
The British Army and its allies face fundamental change as the campaigns of the past decade draw down and they reconfigure for the complex and evolving threats of the future. As Western armies transition towards geostrategic uncertainty, they must...
Proceeding from the means and ways they use to overcome the problems within their specific domains, the Army and Air Force have developed different operational perspectives. The differences would not matter if each conducted operations...
The Army National Guard formed the basis of America's expeditionary capability until the Congress approved maintaining a standing army following World War II. During the interim period, the Department of Defense classified the Army National Guard...
Non-Governmental Organizations, research and academic institutions, charities, and international organization efforts to track and monitor activities and conditions in high-risk settings provide uniquely useful indicators and warning of possible...
With the introduction of new capstone doctrine, the U.S. Army should invest more time in the formal education of future leaders. This study demonstrates the importance of operational art, the theory used to develop campaigns and major operations in...
This monograph investigates Khalid Bin Waleed's seventh century (AD 633-634) campaign against the Sassanid Persian Empire in Mesopotamia to trace the evidence that substantiates application of modern characteristics of operational art. The question...
Warrant Officers are the Army's technical experts, and provide commanders with detailed information in their area of expertise. The traditional Warrant Officer path is very narrow and focused, however the Army has recently begun offering broadening...
Foreign aid is considered a continuation of diplomacy by other means and a tool of foreign policy. However, in the current lean economic times, the competition for limited budgetary resources is fierce and the effectiveness of U.S. foreign aid at...
History of Military Training, WAAC / WAC Training, Army Service Forces includes a study of training accomplished in Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and Women's Army Corps Training Centers, Schools, Units, and Detachments assigned within the Army...
In this November 2012 interview, MAJ (CH) Don Williamson, US Army, Chaplain discusses his two deployments. One to Iraq as a Reserve MP officer as the antiterrorism force protection officer for the C7, the engineer cell, for III Corps and held the...
Major Duane Mosier has been on six deployments in support of Global War on Terror (GWOT). In this December 2012 interview, MAJ Duane Mosier, US Army, Special Forces; discusses his third deployment to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom...
In this December 2012 interview, MAJ Frank Hooker, US Army, Signal; discusses his deployment to Afghanistan as a troop commander for 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division (ID) in 2008 through 2009 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). MAJ...
In this December 2012 interview, MAJ Kevin Garfield, US Army, Signal; discusses his deployment to Afghanistan on a Center for Army Lessons Learned (CALL) mission in efforts to capture lessons learned for Signal Officer School in 2007 in support of...
In this December 2012 interview, MAJ Kevin Gitkos, US Army, Field Artillery (FA); discusses his deployment to Iraq as a battery commander/battalion operations officer (S3) for 4-10, 1st Brigade Combat Team (BCT) in 2007 through 2009 in support of...
In this December 2012 interview, MAJ Melvin Porter, US Army, Signal; discusses his deployment to Afghanistan as a company commander for 3-61 Cavalry (CAV) in 2009 through 2010 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). MAJ Porter talks about...