The United States Army Medical Department delivers high quality medical care throughout the world, many times to remote and austere environments. A major tenet of this care system is the rapid evacuation of combat casualties to hospitals with...
The United States Army has a rich and colorful military history. Great men and women gave the ultimate sacrifice in defense of this great country. The Noncommissioned
Officers (NCO) has always been at the tip of the spear. A great example is the...
The recent transformation in the Army to a more expeditionary modular force, focused on brigade combat teams (BCT), has brought with it significant challenges to the engineer regiment. The simultaneity called for in the Army’s operating concept...
Sanctuary has been a factor in war throughout history. The availability of sanctuary to an enemy can often limit the ability of friendly forces to achieve tactical success in military operations. Prior to the advent of airpower, combatants could...
In this paper the Battle of Okinawa is analyzed from the vantage point of the Japanese defenders. Basing his work on extensive research in Japanese military archives, the author affords the reader a view of the Okinawa battles literally from "the...
This extensive and detailed study of the Huai Hai Campaign addresses a doctrinal concept that is of growing importance to the US Army operational art. It does so by looking at a campaign that occurred over a half century ago on a relatively...
Beyond guns and steel: reviving the nonmilitary: instruments of American power.Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates; The secretary of defense says the U.S. must develop a cadre of deployable civilians to strengthen the Nation's "soft" power in...
Throughout its 234-year history, the United States Army has been unfortunately plagued with certain reoccurring themes related to an inability perform its primary mission at the outbreak of hostilities. Today’s courageous and competent leaders of...
The Drill Sergeant (DS), is the person responsible for training, mentoring, molding, and leading the future soldiers of the United States Army. Drill Sergeant is the job title earned by Noncommissioned Officers (NCO) who successfully complete the 9...
Thesis: Use of civilian personnel by the military is |critical to wartime effectiveness and increases the overall strength of the military.
It has been proven by practice that garrison run by civilians, volunteer assistance, Non Governmental...
Use of civilian personnel by the military is critical to wartime effectiveness and increases the overall strength of the military. The purpose of this paper is to validate the advantages of permitting civilian volunteers to relieve U.S. military...
The fog of battle can be so cloudy that your judgment can be hindered on emotions. Sound leadership and training can help facilitate the right decisions. This case study is one of shoot or not to shoot. It will develop the situation as it occurred...
The Drill Sergeant concept started in October 1958. General Bruce C .Clarke, Commander of the USAREUR-Seventh Army Noncommissioned Officers’ Academy, developed the Army Training Academy (ATA) at Fort Jackson, South Carolina to strengthen the...