Strategic communication policy directly affects U.S. national interests. The United States is doing a poor job of promoting its messages around the world. Global opinion polls have shown a sharp drop in support for the United States over the past...
As operations in Afghanistan and Iraq demonstrate, America's adversaries are capable of manipulating domestic and international media with lies, distortion and propaganda disseminated via the internet or media outlets. The U.S. military's inability...
Overcoming information operations legal limitations in support of domestic operations is a stumbling block to applying information effectively in this environment. Current US Title 10 restrictions limit the use of certain assets (e.g. Psychological...
The U.S. Information Agency (USIA) was founded in 1952 to coordinate communication with the international community during the Cold War. Since being disbanded in 1999 many government officials have realized that the ability to communicate globally...
What kind of policy can the United States and the international community pursue that increases the likelihood that stability emerges in failed and failing states? I develop a theory of state-building to guide decision makers. The theory states...
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...
The United States Military employs Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems to increase a commander's ability to defeat a "hostile, thinking, and adaptive enemy" by enhancing battle...
Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States' armed forces and its coalition of allies have become deeply entrenched in the counterinsurgencies of Iraq and Afghanistan. These struggles are not just counterinsurgencies, but they also...
The reduction in United States defense spending for Southeast Asia can be expected to create a rise in the number of unemployed in this country. The exact number will, of course, depend on many variables, to include the size and rate of the...
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the controversial issues that arise before, during, and after the Army’s Aviation Reset Program performs maintenance on aviation equipment. Personal experience, GAO reports, and numerous articles, along...
The command and control of today's intratheater airlift system, as seen in doctrine and in application, is complicated and conflicted. As the Army continues its transformation to the modular force, requirements for responsive and flexible...
The purpose of Airspace Command and Control (AC2) is to maximize the efficiency of all airspace users conducting simultaneous combat operations in support of the commander's intent. Effective AC2 requires successful identification, coordination,...
Understanding and leveraging the media has become critical for operational level commanders conducting urban combat operations. The insatiable public appetite for information has created conditions where tactical actions can have severe strategic...
The current inter-agency doctrinal tools to integrate the decision-sharing elements of battle command at the operational level for defense support to civil authority operations are inadequate under conditions of extremely degraded communications....
Communicating official messages to soldiers within the United States Army is an endeavor that leaders at every level have conducted since the inception of the organization. Army doctrine links communication to leadership via the terminological...
As melhores práticas de contra-insurreição. Doutor Kalev I. Sepp; Pode-se diferenciar "as melhores práticas" comuns nas contra-insurreições bem-sucedidas ao estudar as guerras insurretas do último século. A análise histórica nos ajuda a...
Current and Future Warfighting Network-Enabled Battle Command. Lieutenant General William S. Wallace, U.S. Army; Technological innovations play a paradoxical role in military transformation. While they help resolve existing battlefield...
The problem for investigation is whether there is a causal relationship between MAP training and political action by armed forces in underdeveloped countries. This paper focuses on officer training.
In 1981, the Eisenhower Library in Abilene, Kansas, published an excellent selected bibliography of periodical articles and dissertations on Dwight D. Eisenhower compiled by Robert D. Bohanan (see Bibliographies and Indexes). This author's...
General Headquarters, American Expeditionary Forces
Names and locations of towns have been taken from French 1:200,000 maps, where available, and from German 1:100,000 maps, where necessary to complete the area. German names of towns are printed in italics if they are different from the French names...