This study examines command, control, communications, computer, and intelligence (C4I) systems interoperability progress within the United States (U.S.) military services and amongst coalition partners since the year 2000. This study uses national...
The on-going transformation of human resources responsibilities and functions under the army personnel services delivery redesign has increased the workload of human resource professionals in the U.S. Active Army, U.S. Army Reserve, and U.S....
Flawed personnel actions and pay problems have been long standing issues in the Army. Many Congressional inquires are based on delayed and unresolved personnel actions and pay problems. A few years following Operation Desert Shield and Operation...
PSDR the Army is currently researching and modifying the implementation
of Defense Integrated Military Human Resources System (DIMHRS) which will redefine the
Personnel and Pay Business Processes.
The Department of Defense and the Army has been aware of million dollar pay problems associated with the Army National Guard (ARNG) and Reserve pay system ever since their role in Operation Desert Storm. These pay problems associated with the ARNG...
This paper discusses the use of support Military Occupational Specialties (MOS), at the Brigade Combat Team (BCT) level, within our Army today. BCT Staff, often even commanders, do not understand how to effectively use their support MOSs. From the...
Burford, Robert L.; Hutchison, Wylie; Wingfield III, Rufus; Dostie, Eric; Lewis, Loma
The Army is undergoing change. The Army is transforming into a lighter, more readily deployable and efficient fighting force. These changes are evident when one takes into consideration the vast amount of electronic advancements made within the...
The Army is in transition from Division-centered forces to Brigade Combat Teams (BCT) being the lowest level of logistically self-supporting force on the battlefield. The BCT staff however, lacks the training and experience to plan for, train,...
The Army is undergoing change. The Army is transforming into a lighter, more readily deployable and efficient fighting force. These changes are evident when one takes into consideration the vast amount of electronic advancements made within the...
This thesis analyzes the feasibility of completely civilianizing the Finance Corps with government employees. With the downsizing of the military and the need to maximize the number of combat arms soldiers, the Army has been looking closely at...
Miranda, Billie; Latham, Robert W., Jr.; Cramer, Peter; Riley, Raymond; Canterbury, Robert
Every war brings unforeseen challenges to military organizations, mandating adaptation to current and emerging realities. Failure to transform appropriately results in defeat, whether immediately or during the next cycle of conflict. The current...
This paper supports the theory that transformation of business practices are correctly in line with the military’s efforts to defeat future enemies while simultaneously fighting war campaigns on two fronts. Outlines the business practices in the...
This thesis argues that government and military leaders failed the American people on September 11, 2001 by neglecting previous reports, Armed Forces on Reserve Forces and Manpower Mobilization Issues, submitted as early as 1983 regarding the...
Patrick Couser; Verlene Dickson; Gerardo Dominguez; Kim Felmingham; George Simmons
The automation of the U.S. Army has made the job of taking care of Soldiers and equipment more effective while fighting the Global War on Terror. Automation has introduced technology that allows the Army to move into the future. Our paper will...
The Adjutant General's Corps dates back to the formation of the American Army. Horatio Gates, a former British Army officer, is honored as the father of the Adjutant General's Corps. On June 16, 1775, the Continental Congress appointed him as the...
This monograph will assess the effects of operational deployments on Army Reserve Component attrition rate and its strategic implications for the U.S. Army. It will challenge the belief that the current use of the Army Reserve Component in peace...
Congress chartered this Commission to assess the reserve component of the U.S. military and to recommend changes to ensure that the National Guard and other reserve components are organized, trained, equipped, compensated, and supported to best...
Major Alan C. Shaw, an Adjutant General Corps officer, deployed to Baghdad in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in May 2003 as the operations officer (S3) of the 55th Personnel Services Battalion (PSB). His battalion, part of the 1st Personnel...
Normative ethics is primarily concerned with establishing standards or norms for conduct. Normative ethics determines whether human actions are right or wrong according to their consequences (Britannica, 2002, p.578). Military personnel live under...
In this February 2011 interview, MAJ Phillip Reilly, Finance Corps, discusses his 2003-2004 deployment to Iraq as the Signal officer (S6) and Finance officer handling primarily vendor pay issues in theater. Assigned to the newly formed 101st...