This 1965 regulation sets forth "the procedures which are required for the preparation and conduct of ceremonies nad reviews at the US Army Artillery and Missile Center."
In this essay, Ambassador Beecroft reviews the State Department's 2010 Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR) and a 2011 report by the American Academy of Diplomacy and the Stimson Center. Both the QDDR and the Academy/Stimson report...
My first deployment was with the Rear Area Operation Center (RAOC). The RAOC received a mission to provide a team of ten personnel to support the 593rd Area Support Group (ASG) in its deployment during Desert Shield. The mission of the RAOC was to...
For my professional experience paper, I have chosen to write about my time at the Battle Command Training Center (BCTC) at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. My intent is to provide information on my role as a First Sergeant for one of the premier Army...
I remember this one particular beautiful fall day on 11 September 2001 like it was yesterday. I was in my office listening to the radio around 0903. I was reviewing some forms from some of my units. Suddenly the radio host was interrupted by one of...
Center for the Army Profession and Ethic (CAPE), Combined Arms Center. Combined Arms Center
The Army Profession Campaign is an Army initiative to inspire and engage our Soldiers and Civilians in an introspective analysis and professional dialog to make our Profession stronger. The Campaign renews our collective commitment to the Army, its...
The purpose of this paper is to determine, at the operational level of war, those factors in the defense which support a successful defensive-offensive and in particular to examine those factors relevant to the NATO Center today. The study...
While most of the impacts of the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) announcements have been positive and will continue to have a positive affects on the Army, there is at least one instance where the opposite may be true. The BRAC announcement...
A combat engineer officer in the US Army Corps of Engineers, Major Ed Chamberlayne is a veteran of two Global War on Terrorism deployments, the first from June to December 2003 to Iraq where he was in charge of a forward engineer support team...
A steadfast misbelief in precision bombing evolved into the leading concept for US Army Air Force during the Second World War. This concept envisioned the destruction of the German industrial and economic system as the swiftest path to victory....
Military and political savvy professionals understand that logistics contributes to the successful execution of military operations. Publications include numerous cases of logistics failures, and more often, logistics failures appear more than...
The purpose of this research paper is to provide answers to a series of basic questions as a first step in addressing some of the details necessary to implement the Joint Force Land Component Commander (JFLCC) concept in a theater of operations or...
Theater Immersion: Post mobilization Training in the First Army. Lieutenant General Russell Honor, U.S. Army, and Colonel Daniel L. Zajac, U.S. Army; During 2004, First Army mobilized multiple ARNG brigades at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, for theater...
Anatomy of a Successful COIN Operation: OEF Philippines and the Indirect Approach. Lieutenant Colonel Gregory Wilson, U.S. Army; Operation Enduring Freedom-Philippines offers a template for how to succeed in counterinsurgency.
Major Mark Gilmore deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom as the Charlie Company commander, 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry from Fort Riley, Kansas. Preparing for a National Training Center rotation, his battalion began training in July 2003 relying on...
The purpose of this thesis is to develop a doctrine for offensive operations by a corps against cities. Source material is both historical and doctrinal in nature. The city is important to the modern army as a source of personnel and materiel. The...
The US Army uses the military decision-making process (MDMP) to plan operations. The US Air Force conducts planning in the Air Operations Center (AOC) using multiple methods. This thesis examines the applicability of using MDMP in the AOC. A...
Since its inception, the National Training Center (NTC) has provided extensive information on recurring unit weaknesses. One of these is the inability of the task force tactical operations center (TOC) to accomplish its command and control...