The purpose of the History of Delta Base Section contained in the ensuing pages is the making of a brief record to prompt the memories of officers and men who made the history. The presentation plan undertakes first to place Delta Base Section in...
Since World War II many nations, including the United States, have become deeply involved in couterguerrilla warfare. Guerrilla warfare, and consequently counterguerrilla warfare, is expected to be with mankind as long as the breeding grounds for...
The Army of Northern Virginia built its foundation on bedrock regiments like the 44th Georgia Infantry. It is the collective battlefield performance by regiments such as these that gave the Army of Northern Virginia a reputation that few armies...
A comprehensive understanding of the treatment accorded prisoners of war, including capture, transportation, prisons, police and discipline, work, relief societies, and liberation.
A Revolution in Military Logistics is a necessary precursor to the Revolution in Military Affairs. Army and the Department of Defense senior leaders have affirmed and reinforced this idea in logistics literature throughout the past two years. What,...
Airpower is an asymmetric means for the application of government counterinsurgent force against enemies of the state. The high cost of investment in aircraft and the high technology training of maintainers and aircrew make a viable air force a...
Army Medical Department (AMEDD) after-action reviews emerging from healthcare professionals recently redeployed from Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom identified units deploying with insufficient or obsolete medical equipment in their...
As the military and civilian death toll increase due to war crimes committed by insurgents, the American public’s opinion towards support of the Global War on Terrorism has swayed. At the start of “Operation Enduring Freedom” and “Operation...
As the military and civilian death toll increases due to war crimes committed by insurgents, the American public’s opinion towards support of the GWOT has swayed. In September 2006, Gallop polls showed the Presidential approval rating was on a...
Changing doctrine to keep pace with the evolving world situation is imperative. The U.S. Army is updating its operational doctrine by rewriting FM 100-5 Operations. The authors of the new doctrine have attempted to balance necessary change and...
Creativity, the generation of new ideas that are both novel and appropriate is essential to understanding complex problems, and can be enhanced by both life experience diversity and cognitive diversity, as well as by delayed evaluation during...
Dr. Thomas H. Henriksen in this publication provides a perspective on the challenging question, "Is leaving the Middle East a Viable Option?" He lays out a convincing argument that historical involvement within the region based on commercial ties,...
During his February 2004 to January 2005 deployment to Mosul in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Lieutenant Colonel Paul Hastings commanded the 139th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, a split-state Illinois and Wisconsin National Guard unit...