After serving as executive officer of 2nd Battalion, 18th Field Artillery Regiment in Operation Iraqi Freedom I where his unit reduced captured enemy ammunition and trained the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps, Lieutenant Colonel Paul Yingling returned to...
The purpose of this monograph is to answer the question; a brigade in 96 hours: can the U.S. Air Force move the U.S. Army in time? In doing so this monograph explores the roles and missions of the U.S. Air Force and its Air Mobility Command (AMC),...
Interagency reform: the congressional perspective. Congressman Geoff Davis, speech given at PNSR/ROA Luncheon, 8 May 2008; Congressman Davis explains why we need to reform the interagency process in regard to national security and what must be...
Looks at the present capabilities and the future potential of the Philippines in contribution to Hemispheric Defense. The Philippines are a group of around 8,000 islands and provides strategic access to Tokyo, Vladivostok, Shanghai, Hong Kong,...
Recruiting for the United States Army started in 1775 with a focus on the revolutionary war. The United States Army Recruiting Command, however, traces its roots back to 1882, when Major General Jacob Jennings Bron, Commanding General of the Army,...
A big problem in the army is the Soldier deserters, because they affect the normal development of the Institution and troop morals. U.S. military records show that between 8,000 and 10,000 Soldiers are currently unaccounted for. It is not known how...
Spiva, Scott; Henry, Keith; Carr, Melvin; Hatchett, Todd; Cheesman, Allen
THESIS: Was the encounter of General Grant’s Union Army and General Lee’s Confederate Army at Spotsylvania a victory for either side considering both sides lost thousands of men? The Battle of Spotsylvania cost the Union Army over 18,000 men...
The U.S. Army has had a difficult time meeting its recruiting goals for the last several years. Recruiting Command has attempted to correct the situation by transferring more Soldiers from the main stream Army as recruiters. The new strategy took...
Major Dan Fortin, a field artillery officer from the Canadian Army, deployed to Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan, in January 2004 as the G3 chief of operations (CHOPS) of the Kabul Multinational Brigade (KMNB). At the time, Kabul was...
A reservist with the 98th Division (Institutional Training), Colonel Doug Shipman was an advisor to two separate Iraqi divisions and to the Nineveh provincial police chief in 2004-2005. In this interview, he voices frustration at the information...
From October 2005 through March 2006, Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Reed served as the deputy senior advisor for a military transition team (MiTT) assigned to form the 3rd Brigade of the 7th Iraqi Army Division, starting at cadre training and...
In the post-Cold War environment of the 1990s, the United Nations (UN) found itself grappling with the means and mechanisms to resolve conflicts that had increasingly shifted from interstate to intrastate hostilities. The thesis examines four...
The organization charged with producing three quarters of the Army's officer corps has failed to meet requirements for thirteen years running. In 1989, the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) produced over 8,000 new lieutenants, today it can't...
In November 1914, British Indian Expeditionary Force "B" conducted an amphibious assault on the Port of Tanga in German East Africa. The British possessed all the tools required for success; they outnumbered the defenders almost eight to one, they...