Afghanistan looms as the key foreign policy challenge for the Obama administration. Under the previous Bush administration, foreign policy was driven primarily by security considerations, and Afghanistan was viewed a frontline state in the Global...
This thesis investigates the question: How should the U.S. Air Force (USAF) modify F-16 Suppression of Enemy Air Defense (SEAD) training to ensure pilots have the operational flying experience and proficiency required to conduct effective Joint...
The USAAF responded to the requirement to keep China engaged against Japan by conducting two distinct air supply operations, a tactical air supply mission to Burma and a strategic air supply effort over the Himalayas to China. The tactical air...
In their continuing efforts to determine how best to meet all global military challenges, U.S. Air Force leaders have elected to discontinue fielding fighter forces dedicated exclusively to air-to-air combat. Driven almost entirely by budget...
This study strives to determine the most effective way to organize and train a military force at the brigade level and below to build peace during contested peace operations. The thesis investigates three organizational models for military forces....
During the American Revolution, as the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army, George Washington was responsible for determining the military strategy of the rebellious colonies. Throughout the war, diplomatic, social, and economic factors...
Since the demise of the former Soviet Union, the world has witnessed greater international turmoil, aggression, and conflict. The possibility of a global conflict is minimal, but the opportunities for United States' involvement in regional...
This monograph examines the utility of amphibious operations as a form of maneuver at the operational level. With the U.S. Army restructuring from a forward deployed force to a combat ready contingency force, forced entry operations become...
This study is a comprehensive analysis of the current posture and strategic efforts of the Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES), and evaluates the strategic relevancy and strategic value of AAFES. Strategic relevancy is the distinctive...
On 7 December 1941, the US Navy had 343 warships in commission; however, a “second” fleet, consisting of 344 warships, was in various stages of construction in shipyards across the country. Given that building a warship could take anywhere from...
The Maoist-inspired Communist Party of the Philippines celebrated its 37th anniversary on December 2005. It marks a long history of violence, terror, and instability in the archipelagic country of 87 million people, causing thousands of casualties...
Since the early 1960s, post-colonial sub-Saharan Africa has experienced significant crisis and conflict brought on by environmental disasters and internal ethnic violence. African leaders and the international community have sought resolution to...
This thesis provides an analysis of Management by Objectives (MBO) and its probable application as a management technique in an Army active duty battalion in a peacetime environment. Research encompasses the basis for MBO and reported successes and...
The United States Army Reserve (USAR) provides forces critical to the success of the Regular Army and to support national military strategy as an operational force. The USAR continues to confront issues associated with a volunteer force serving in...
This paper is based upon a study of anti-tank defense and tank development. Tanks in warfare were unknown until the later stages of World War One. Before that war ended the offensive use of various types of such weapons by the British, French and...
The US Army relies on tactical-level leaders, not for their physical warfighting skills, but for their ability to employ cognitive thought during stressful situations. Cognitive tasks include sensing patterns, deciphering complex environments,...
This document (AR 145-2 C4) change establishes mobilization procedures, makes provisions for the establishment of JROTC/NDCC units in the oversea command, deletes the requirements for high schools and military institutions to host Army bands, and...
This regulation establishes the unit status reporting (USR) system. It explains, in detail, what units are required to report, how reports are prepared, and how reports are submitted. a. Objectives of the USR system are to provide the current...
This regulation on U.S. Army unit status reporting has been revised to include pertinent information on unit readiness reporting requirements as well as instructions on the completion and submission of reports. This regulation establishes a...