One of the basic recruiting problems of the U.S. Military Academy today is attracting qualified minority group candidates for attendance. This is particularly true with regard to the black candidate. The purpose of this study is to examine the...
This study examines the relationship between command or managerial success and various attributes of motivation. Specifically, the intent of the study is to conduct an exploratory assessment of the motivation to manage among a sample of mid-grade...
The purpose of this study was to measure the attitudes of the middle level career Army officers relative to the concepts of conflict management. The scope of the study narrowed the view to the interpersonal and intergroup levels of conflict. The...
Battlefield casualties are summarily grouped into two categories-the dead, and the wounded. Graves registration teams collect the dead, and ambulances evacuate the wounded. But who decides who is dead? On a battlefield, anyone failing to exhibit...
This thesis examines one are of signal operations: the technical problem of day-to-day control of the electrical and electronic communication systems of the field army. The nature and extent of this problem is formulated by analyzing the...
The purpose of this research is to determine what force is best suited for corps rear area security in a mid-intensity war in Europe. The three forces examined are the armored cavalry regiment; the corps reserve force and the military police...
This thesis is an incomplete historical investigation of the scientific method henceforth referred to as "operations research." The purpose of the thesis is to trace the evolution of operations research in the U. S. Army and to provide the military...
In recent years Army Aviation has become an essential tactical and logistical tool for Army commanders. Army aircraft now support the land battle by performing a variety of missions throughout the combat zone, though commanders have not always...
Organized religion has played a significant role in warfare throughout history. From the time Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt into the new Promised Land until 2001 and the undertaking of the Global War on Terrorism, religion in one form or...
The purpose of this study is to examine the program for training of America's first division in Europe in 1917, from the date of its activation until it was certified ready for combat as a division in January, 1918. Thus the training program of the...
The role of the military surgeon has markedly changed in recent years, including frequent replacement of physicians by Medical Service Corps officers. Definitions of the surgeon's role are examined and definitions of military medicine are analyzed....
This thesis addresses the problem of whether cost-benefit analysis would assist the manager in decisionmaking regarding combat developments studies within the Combined Arms Combat Developments Activity (CACDA) and develops a basis for improved...
This study examines motivation and job satisfaction for middle level career army officers. A question is raised as to the efficacy of utilizing civilian motivational techniques in a military environment. It is hypothesized that the variables...
The manner in which the Allied military forces of the First World War were coordinated has had an enormous influence upon subsequent alliance doctrines. The necessity for cooperative military efforts, the detailed coordination of all national...
The purpose of this study is to describe and analyze the requirements which resulted in the organization of the field artillery group; its employment in support of the corps and field army in World War II and the Korean Conflict; and the evolution...
This study examines the performance of General Albert C. Wedemeyer in China from 1944-1947. During this period Wedemeyer served first as the Theater Commander and Chief of Staff to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek (November 1944 - April 1946), and...
This study examines three manhunts from the United States Army’s past. The manhunts highlighted in this thesis are the Punitive Expedition to capture the Mexican revolutionary leader Francisco “Pancho” Villa, Operation Just Cause to capture...
Over the last decade, the United States Army has played an increased role in stability and support operations in which the Medical Detachment (Preventive Medicine) [MED DET (PM)] has taken on a new mission, medical surveillance. This research...
This thesis examines the impact that the dominant personalities of General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Ernest King had in shaping Allied strategy in the Pacific during the Second World War. The concept of dominant personality is defined as...
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...