The evolution of the tank and its employment on the battlefield has epitomized the elements of shock, firepower and mobility virtually since its introduction in World War 1. Some experts have even stated that it "has dominated the battlefield since...
The transformation of the United States Army in Europe will have an impact on the future of U.S. forces on the continent. The restructuring efforts will produce five major and two minor basing areas for Soldiers in Europe. The smaller footprint...
Since the fall of the Berlin Wall and end of the Cold War the United States Army’s role in Europe has changed and will continue to change more and more, thus having a significant impact on not only the Army, but also the European continent as a...
The problem undertaken in this thesis is to determine whether or not the main battle tank or attack helicopter is competitive or compatible anti-armor weapons systems in a European mid-intensity conflict environment. The genesis of the problem...
This monograph discusses employment of the RAH-66 Comanche helicopter to determine whether the United States Army should use it as an asset to perform suppression of enemy air defense (SEAD) missions. The Army does not utilize its aircraft to...
The 501st Military Police Company was alerted for deployment to Saudi Arabia in November 1990. After long hours of training ranges, equipment preparation and training exercises, the unit deployed in December 1990. 501st MP Company was the first...
My assignment to the 6th Battalion 43d Air Defense Artillery in Ansbach, Germany proved to be one of my challenging and rewarding assignments. I was assigned to the unit as the Battalion S1 NCOIC from September 1992 to November 1996; my first...
The CSM Theodore L. Dobol Collection contains several biographical and miscellaneous materials related to CDM Dobol’s military career. The textual files include photographs, transcripts of oral history interviews; a short autobiography; the...
This book contains all known replacement units and lists their affiliations with units of the Field Army. Also includes sections on the replacement system and the known replacement units and affiliations of the ground organizations of the German...
I joined the Army in 1969 after an invitation from “Uncle Sam”. I decided I would like to choose my field of training. I went in on delayed entry and actually began my active duty in 1970. Ft Bragg, North Carolina was where I was assigned for...
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force, Evaluation and Dissemination Section
This handbook has been compiled with the aim of providing an intelligence background for each of the three stages in the subjugation of Germany and to present as complete a study on the German police as possible. Facts concerning the development of...
Thesis: The Army should allow officers and enlisted soldiers to have personal relationships. We fully support any measure that would allow relationships to exist between officers and enlisted personnel in today's Army. In basic terms, the Army...
This paper will relate my experiences in deploying Military Police Companies. It relates my experiences as a unit First Sergeant deploying the 212th MP Company. It also narrates my role as the S3 Sergeant Major in the 3D Military Police Battalion...
The 6-52 Patriot Battalion deployed in February 1996 to Southwest Asia (SWA) on a scheduled theater missile defense rotation. Around mid June the Battalion was due to rotate back to Germany, which would have concluded the mission, but at 2230 on...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Guidon came into being as a weekly publication in 1966 under the title Fort Leonard Wood Guidon. Between 1966 and 1987 the title was simplified to Guidon before becoming Essayons in 1988. The name reverted back to Guidon in 1999. It has been...
This monograph gives the historical background to the creation of Army aviation as a separate branch of the U.S. Army. The branch was created in April of 1983 after a series of exhaustive studies and numerous general officer debates. Ultimately,...
Sergeant Major Dibella Pierce served 30 years in the United States Army. Her quest to achieve one of the top senior enlisted ranks started with an enlistment in the Women's Army Corps and ended as the coordinator of the non-resident course at the...
SMA William A. Connelly culminated his military career as the 6th Sergeant Major of the Army in June 1983. The significant impact that this had on my military career is very simple. I enlisted into the United States Army in that very year 1983....
During the fall and winter of 1989, the Country of Iraq invaded the country of Kuwait, It was the tactics and economic sanctions that weakened Iraq. This set in motion the events that removed Iraqi forces from the occupied Country of Kuwait. The...
I encountered hostility and misled perceptions by the leadership of the 69th Air Defense Artillery (ADA) Brigade. As the Equal Opportunity Advisor (EOA), I did not have air defense experience. The leadership informed me that failed to meet the...