From April through August 2003 in Iraq, Major Daniel Segura commanded the 63rd Engineer Company (Combat Support Equipment) - a horizontal construction company - their principal task being road repair and construction. Based on Tallil Airbase, a...
In December 2001, Major Douglas Smith, an Active Guard Reserve soldier, was mobilized along with the 160th Military Police Battalion - an enemy prisoner of war/civilian internee unit - for service in Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Over roughly the...
Ms. Stephanie Miley returned to Iraq to lead a provincial reconstruction team (PRT) in April 2006. A Foreign Service officer, economic officer and volunteer for duty in Iraq, Miley had previously served in the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA),...
This thesis analyzes the current situation and scenarios for future events in Cuba. It looks at current U.S. diplomatic and economic policies and their effects on future developments within Cuba. The thesis investigates possible U.S. objectives in...
Significant debate surrounds the concept of “peaceful use of space” as delineated in various international treaties and espoused in the United States (US) Space Policy. The US view allows military space applications. One remaining frontier...
Rear Detachments provided unprecedented support with mixed success for US Army soldiers during Operation Desert Shield/Storm. Rear Detachments have no doctrine but raised an Army wide systemic issue that requires real responses in terms of...
Leaders and soldiers of the Army's future Objective Force will face an ambiguous and dynamic operational environment populated by a ruthless, adaptive enemy. Both the environment and the threat resemble those faced by Special Forces today. Like...
This study investigates whether it is feasible for national service projects to dovetail with military peacetime contingency missions so that the All-Volunteer Force can enhance its capabilities by supporting national service. Although peacetime...
Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom arguably demonstrated that the US Army dominates conventional conflict. This lethal capability of US forces was forged against a Cold War threat focusing on combined fires, swift military defeat of the...
Combining the continued threat of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) and the changing attitudes of the present youth market, can the U.S. Army meet its recruitment goals in the upcoming years? This study examines the validity of the United States...
This study is a historical analysis of variables that affected Guatemalan decision makers concerning their relations with the United States, during the period 1970 to 1985. Each variable is examined, based on the current body of literature, to...
TRADOC is redesigning its commissioned officer Intermediate Level Education (ILE) program to allow every active duty Army major to attend a resident CGSOC. The redesign changes the curriculum focus from terminal and enabling learning objectives to...
Considering meteorological projections, the frequency and magnitude of hurricanes in the Caribbean appear more probable in the future. Correspondingly, this necessitates a more organized response to such threats of devastation. Additional hurricane...
Nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) proliferation is recognized as a serious threat across the operational spectrum--from the deployment of forces to posthostility activities, but there is a misconception when it comes to toxic industrial...
The Family Practice Residency provided an abstinence-based curriculum program to the post junior high school students. This study investigated the prevalence of high-risk behaviors in this population for improving future programs. The literature...
This research examines the Special Forces recruiting methodologies for the twenty-first century. The analysis highlights the origins of the U.S. Army Special Forces from 1952 to the establishment of the Special Forces as a separate combat arms...
There is no shortage of people who disagree with the current state of world affairs and who are prepared to use violence to change them. Are they mindless fanatics, doomed to fail? Or do they have a clever and covert plan with reasonable chance of...
As a NATO member, Romania must transform its military forces in order to meet the interoperability requirements and operational capabilities set by NATO in deployability, sustainability, survivability and C4ISTAR systems. These areas require...
This study investigates the Army's ability to provide information assurance for the NIPRNET. Information assurance includes those actions that protect and defend information and information systems by ensuring availability, integrity,...
Through examination of case studies of past emergency and disaster events occurring in Kansas, Indiana, and North Dakota, recommendations have been derived designed to improve the efficiency of the Kansas Division of Emergency Management. The...