From the inception of the Near Term Prepositioning Ships (NTPS) in 1980 to the enhanced Maritime Prepositioning Force, MPF(E), and the Army Flotilla, the sea basing idea has been extensively explored but not yet achieved. The refusal of Turkey to...
The purpose of this monograph is to answer the research question: Will the current and programmed Department of Defense Transportation System (DTS) support the strategic responsiveness requirements of the US Army during the initial phase of...
Just War Theory and Democratization by Force: Two Incompatible Agendas. Cora Sol Goldstein, Ph.D.; Is the doctrine of minimum collateral damage compatible with a strategy of democratization by force?
The beginning of the 20th century marked a departure point for the United States (U.S.) in several ways. Technological and scientific advances that would continue to influence the U.S. for decades occurred with seeming regularity. For the citizens...
This monograph discusses logistics in contingency operations. Specifically it explores an expanded role for USTRANSCOM in CONUS-based force deployment operations. The paper looks at logistics as an important and often overlooked tool for conducting...
The Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), asymmetrical warfare, and globalization spell uncertainty, and strategic responsiveness can be the key to winning our nations wars The US defense strategy requires pre-positioning posture to enable faster force...
The Interim Brigade Combat Team was designed to allow the Army to rapidly deploy a lethal and survivable force into contingency areas across the entire spectrum of conflict. With the IBCT, the Army plans to fill the gap between capability and...
As a force projection power, it is critical for the United States to retain the capability to introduce rapidly, credible and sustainable forces into theaters around the world. Maritime pre-positioned forces (MPF) are a key component supporting...
Commanders routinely undervalue logistics, despite the fact that logistics is arguably nine-tenths of the formula for winning. For the United States, this reality has significant consequences since every war beginning with the Spanish-American War...
This study uses The Theory Of Constraints (TOC) management methodology and recent military missions to show that RSOI operations are generally the limiting constraint to force deployment operations. This runs counter to the popular belief that...
This monograph seeks to determine whether Army mechanized infantry and armored divisions are appropriate platforms for force projection operations. To establish a context for answering this question, an overview of the strategic environment is...
T. E. Lawrence: Ações Indiretas e o Emprego de Forças Especiais. Tenente-Coronel Alessandro Visacro, Exército Brasileiro; T. E. Lawrence é considerado um dos formuladores da moderna concepção de guerra de guerrilhas. Tanto sua experiência...
Security force assistance operations: defining the advise and assist brigade. COL Philip Battaglia, U.S. Army, and LT COL Curtis Taylor, U.S. Army; In security force assistance operations, the only real way to measure success is by the quality of...
Details the Expeditionary Troops, Fifth Fleet's naval gunfire support planning, training, conduct of operations, communications and extracts from ships action reports during operations in Iwo Jima.
Inteligência, a Que Preço? Um Estudo de Caso sobre as Consequências da Liderança Ética (e da Antiética) Major Douglas A. Pryer, Exército dos EUA O verão de 2003 foi um período quente e frustrante para as Forças da coalizão no Iraque. Em...
Manual de campanha 3-0 operações: o anteprojeto do exército. General William S. Wallace, Exército dos EUA; A edição de 2008 do Manual de Campanha do Exército 3-0, embora mais curto em tamanho que seus predecessores, apresenta os princípios...
الأنبار تثير نقطة التحول
Anbar Awakens: The Tipping Point
الرائد نيل سميث بالجيش الأمريكي
والعقيد شون ماكفارلاند بالجيش الأمريكي
Major Niel Smith, U.S. Army;...
إعادة الالتحام بجذورنا: تأملات حول المبادئ الأخلاقية للجيش
Reconnecting With Our Roots: Reflections on the Army's Ethic
الفريق روبرت إل. كاسلين، الابن، الجيش...