United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Essayons, originally published as the Fort Leonard Wood Guidon in 1966 then as the Guidon from 1966 to 1987. Became Essayons in 1988 and remained that way until 1999 when it reverted back to Guidon. It has been and continues to be a record of...
This history of the 7th Field Artillery Battalion In World War II Is a compilation of unit reports, extracts from unit journals and maps that cover the period from the convoy operation that took us to the landing at Arzew, Algeria on 8 November...
Living by and operating within the framework of high ethical standards is always important. Ethical errors during conflicts have far-reaching implications that reach beyond an accusers unit. Because we are a nation fighting in a protracted...
U.S. military, Department of State, and Iraqi officials face many challenges moving a unified Iraq forward. This paper attempts to answer a critical question: Can local Iraqi grassroots councils facilitate a strategic endstate like achieving...
In this interview MAJ Scott Gibbs discusses his experiences as a National Guard officer serving as an Inspector General (IG) deployed to Kosovo with the 29th INF and the 35th INF from 2006 until 2008. MAJ Gibbs describes the importance of being...
This thesis examines the current inadequacy of small arms training for all military occupational specialties (MOSs) in the conventional Army and the lack of focus on weapons training for the dynamic nonlinear/noncontiguous (NL/NC), asymmetrical...
Today our Soldiers face an enemy that is not a conventional military and therefore making split decision processes can make this game of life and death even more complex and deadlier than ever. The United States takes pride in following the Laws of...
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 thesis discusses the role of airpower in the Mesopotamian Campaign of World War I. Britain conducted military operations against Ottoman forces in Mesopotamia to defend Britain's oil interests and lines of communication, but also to open an...
This monograph analyzes the manual wargaming portion of the U.S. Army's decision-making cycle in order to determine if the process deduces the optimum course of action. The monograph begins by examining game theory, which is the theoretical basis...
This monograph conducts a historical study of the Army Amateur Radio System, the predecessor to the Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS). In 2009, the Department of Defense changed the MARS mission to support homeland security functions by using...
There is an ongoing discussion of whether we are allowing less than qualified Recruits or Trainees into our military ranks just to meet or exceed the recruitment goals. Some would wonder are we just lowering our standards of the United States Army...
The Commander-in-Chief’s Guard, often referred to as the CINC Guard, was formed during the Revolutionary War by a General Order issued by Commanding General George Washington: Headquarters, Cambridge, March 11, 1776 The General is desirous of...
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...
Thirteen individuals were killed and thirty-two individuals were injured in the Fort Hood shooting. The U.S. Army bearing the wound left a nation questioning how one of their own military members could be accused of such catastrophic events. In the...
When the 811th Tank Destroyer Battalion was activated on 10, April, 1942, our country had been at war four months. Consequently, our country and our army were new to the ways of war - the country's industries were being geared to the war effort,...
Since joining the military ranks in 1988, I was led to believe that taking care of Soldiers is always top priority for military leaders. Even though I believe this to be true and always the right thing to do, I can honestly say that my experience...