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...
The issue of close air support is one of the most emotional issues between the Army and the Air Force. Both services interpret close air support in terms of the lives of their personnel. The fundamental question previous studies have not addressed...
Purpose of study is to examine on a limited scope the development of the policies governing FAC operations which resulted in two diametrical combat situations; to associate elements of these situations and the questions which they bring up with the...
This paper seeks to answer the question of whether or not the modern threat environment should drive U.S. Army Attack Aviation to shift its focus from the deep fight to the close battle. The paper concludes that the modern threat of asymmetric...
Given that half of the world’s populace currently resides in urban environments, the United States armed forces find themselves at odds with the challenges urban combat imposes. For example, dense terrain features, noncombatants interspersed with...
The United States Army recently released a white paper on Concepts for the Objective Force. This force will be capable of simultaneous engagement by air-ground maneuver elements at operational and tactical distances by employing future advanced...
Beginning in the Korea War, through Vietnam and continuing with the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, US forces have been involved in combat typified by close, sharp actions - often without the doctrinally prescribed firepower to support the...
This study examines how successful the current heavy brigade fire support system is in facilitating the integration of close support indirect fires with maneuver. The research shows that the supply and demand sides of the current heavy brigade fire...
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 discusses how the field artillery should be organized and employed to provide close support to the heavy brigade on a mid to high intensity AirLand Battle-Future (ALBF) battlefield. The nature of the ALBF battlefield dictates that...
This study first examines the postulated characteristics of the modern battlefield and then proposes several close air support skill and knowledge requirements based upon the expected battlefield characteristics. The study next investigates the...
Joint and service component vision statements (Vision 2010, Army Vision 2010, and the United States Air Force's Global Engagement, A Vision for the 21st Century Air Force), address the need for full spectrum dominance on the battlefield of the...
This thesis investigates the question: Will Close Air Support (CAS) in the year 2000 be as close as CAS today? Today's CAS is dependent upon the ground commander's perception of the situation, and focuses primarily on forces beyond the commander's...
This monograph examines the dimensions of time and space for military operations and the process for synchronization. The specific military operations addressed are: linear warfighting as described in FM 100-5, “Operations,” May 1986;...
This monograph answers the research question: do published Army aviation doctrine, tactics, and techniques adequately address the infusion of attack aviation, on a conventional or unconventional low intensity conflict battlefield, in support of...
This monograph discusses the linkage between air support and the division deep battle from 1982-1994. In 1982, the Army introduced battlefield air interdiction (BAI) as an important asset for the corps and division deep battle. After the Army...
This study is an analysis of the close support artillery battalion in the Light Infantry Division (LID) and its relationship with the maneuver brigade. There is currently a debate over whether the maneuver brigade should have an organic artillery...
Immediately following Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, all the services were quick to point out how well they had conducted joint operations throughout the crises. Upon closer examination, it has become evident that Army and Air Force...
The capability of the Air Force to support the land battle at night has historically been late in development and inadequate by most standards. This ineffectiveness has resulted from the attempt to use equipment intended for daylight missions by...
This study examines whether Army deep fire assets, the Advanced Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) and AH-64 Apache helicopter, should be apportioned by the Joint Force Commander (JFC) against targets not directly supporting the ground commander's...