This paper will provide a historical view of the events of 1st Squad, 1st Platoon of Bravo Company, 2/187th Infantry BN, 101st ABN Division, Fort Campbell, KY. I will provide insight of the operation from the squad level noncommissioned officer...
This report contains the concept and findings of a field experiment designed to evaluate the ability of forward observers to adjust artillery fire on moving materiel targets.
Abu Ghraib Prison, Iraq, did the 3 nnd Military Police (MP) Company lack the proper training or was the unauthorized treatment of detainees tolerated? The questions create implications, but who is the implicated; the jr. enlisted, jr....
The purpose of the entire self-study process is improvement through a structural evaluation. Writing a self-study in glowing terms while glossing over weak areas fools no one, most of all a skilled team of accrediting experts.
This study examines the planning, execution, and results of U.S. military involvement in the 1970 Cambodian incursions. Named Operation Rockcrusher, the attacks targeted North Vietnamese sanctuaries in officially neutral Cambodia. Strategic...
Intelligence is needed for all aspects of United States Army missions, from strategic to tactical level operations, and to support national interests. Actionable intelligence is of special interest for the immediate impact it can have on an...
Seeks to determine the adequacy of fire support coordination means at brigade level in the U.S. Army Division (ROAD). Emphasis is upon personnel with some relevant discussion of procedures.
This anthology presents 14 insightful, personal accounts from those who advised foreign armies in various times and places over the last 100 years. CSI is publishing this occasional paper as a supplement to Occasional Paper 18, "Advising Indigenous...
The United States Army has a long history of advising foreign security forces with its general purpose force, despite a perception that its special force is the primary force with which it undertakes advisory efforts. Ad hoc selection and...
This survey of American field advisors in Korea, Vietnam, and El Salvador is a study on how the United States military had built foreign armies in Korea and Vietnam. The goal of this survey was to understand American field advisors—to determine...
African American Warriors before the revolutionary war and through every war to the present. The freedoms we enjoy today are only possible because of the sacrifices of the soldiers who have and continue to serve this great Nation in war and in...
Iran in the 1950s was in the cross hairs of the Cold War power struggle between the US and USSR. Strategically located, Iran became critical in the foreign policy endeavors of the Eisenhower Administration in the Middle East. After the decision to...
Training Soldiers and deploying with them on a mission has been the most rewarding part of my military career. As Noncommissioned Officers we must train our Soldiers and ensure they are prepared to fight and win wars. In December of 1999, my...
This thesis investigates the question: How should the U.S. Air Force (USAF) modify F-16 Suppression of Enemy Air Defense (SEAD) training to ensure pilots have the operational flying experience and proficiency required to conduct effective Joint...
In their continuing efforts to determine how best to meet all global military challenges, U.S. Air Force leaders have elected to discontinue fielding fighter forces dedicated exclusively to air-to-air combat. Driven almost entirely by budget...
This documents Airmobile techniques developed by the 1st Brigade, 9th Infantry Division in Dinh Tuong Province from January 1969-July 1969. Airmobile operations conducted in the delta terrain differ significantly from those conducted in other...
The purpose of this study is to trace the evolution of airmobility in the U.S. Army. The integration of aircraft into the organic structure of the ground forces is as radical a change as the move from the horse to the truck, and the process is only...
These standing operating procedures are published for the guidance of the Americal Division and attached or supporting units. This document will be revised and changed as necessary to incorporate improved procedures and concepts. The format is...