Warfare in the modem era will be joint. However, the Armed Forces have been slow to make requisite changes. The Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 forced change by legislating reforms and ending the internecine...
This Infantry School document contains reports by General Grant, Commander Henry Walke, U.S. Navy, and other commanders, generals, and officers during the Civil War. There are additional private accounts as well (i.e., from a member of a battery,...
In the second of three interviews, MAJ Bill Dougherty discusses his first deployment to Iraq in February of 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. MAJ Dougherty talks about how his time at Camp New York was essential to the integration of his...
In the third of three interviews, MAJ Bill Dougherty discusses his second deployment to Iraq in April of 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. MAJ Dougherty talks about the differences in his two deployments to Iraq, the deficiencies in...
This paper describes the birth of the noncommissioned officer (NCO) serving in the United States military. The expectations of leaders involved in the Civil War, World Wars I and II, Korea, Vietnam, and Afghanistan are observed. The focus then...
The old adage “history repeats itself,” holds true today as much as it has in the past. It is
imperative that military professionals study and learn from military history. Soldiers who study
military history tend to be better prepared,...
The deployment of a US Ground-based Mid-course ballistic missile Defense (GMD) within what Russia considers its rightful sphere of influence is an unacceptable challenge to Russian national security. Russians, according to Makhmut Gareev, believe...
In this first of three interviews, MAJ Bill Dougherty discusses his two-month deployment to Afghanistan in May of 2002 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. MAJ Dougherty talks about the fact that his predeployment training prepared him well...
The ownership of vast quantities of military power and the ability to project that power globally does not ensure the achievement of the 'ends' desired from a war. Since 1945, the United States and her Western allies increasingly fail to realize a...
Although the U.S. had conducted amphibious operations since the Revolutionary War, it was not until after the Spanish-American War that the military services attempted to codify procedures in doctrine. Early emphasis focused on command...
The United States' (US) invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 and the subsequent removal of the Taliban regime are considered monumental successes. In the wake of this success remained the challenge of developing an Afghan National Army (ANA) in order to...
The United States has a long history in the development of foreign militaries. Over the past eight years, the United States spent an insurmountable amount of time and resources developing the Iraq and Afghanistan Armies. Yet, in 2003, political...
The Dragon operations in the Congo-Dragon Rouge and Dragon Noir-were the first, and in many ways the most complex, hostage rescue missions of the cold war, Aimed at securing the release of nearly 2,000 European residents taken hostage during the...
This document contains historical background for U.S. / Belgian hostage evacuation operation in the Congo, planning, a cover plan, command and control, overflight clearance and base rights problems, personnel and logistics, public information...
Special operations soldiers who waged the early fight in Afghanistan proved that their
sensitivity to and understanding of the cultural differences of the indigenous population
as well as the enemy combatants led to overwhelming success on the...
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...
My primary research question is: can social networks assist analysts fight terrorism? My secondary research questions are as follows. First, how does social networking create linkages? Second, how have social networks been used to solve small...
The purpose of this study is to develop a more definitive doctrine for the conduct of populace and resources control activities by a ROAD infantry division assigned an internal defense mission. Internal defense is a term coined to supplant the...
This research examined the evolution of joint education at the US Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, from the days before the Goldwater-Nichols Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 to today (1999). Analysis led to...
The study of history is a necessary factor for military professionals. By applying the lessons of history, both successes and, more importantly, failures, the military professional can ensure that the desired end states are accomplished with...