The transition is one of the most important, but most overlooked, parts of any campaign. The United States concluded Operation New Dawn in December 2011. The U.S. is also converging towards Operation Enduring Freedom's conclusion in 2014. In both...
This monograph addresses the question: Do the planning staffs at the Unified Combatant Commands have the personnel resources and training to conduct crisis action planning for contingencies without augmentation from other organizations? The Unified...
Office of the Chief of Staff, General Headquarters American Expeditionary Forces, General Staff: First Section
The manual is a guide of supplies and equipment for the separate organization commanders of an infantry regiment and divided into two sections. First section is mobile equipment to be carried by the individual soldier, second section is the trench...
Are the U.S. military leaders of today prepared to adequately train our troops to face the challenges and adversities’ of the future? We will explore the factors behind the failure to train and prepare the US military prior to hostilities in...
This paper shall explore the factors behind the failure to train and prepare the US military prior to hostilities in Operation Just Cause in the country of Panama, and Operation Desert Storm in Kuwait and Southern Iraq. In particular, this analysis...
Operation JUST CAUSE was the final result of a two year effort to remove General Manuel Noriega, Commander of the Panama Defense Force (PDF) and de-facto ruler, from power after his indictment in the United States on drug-trafficking charges. The...
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...
During Operation Rolling Thunder, the United States Air Force was unprepared for the introduction of the SA-2 Guideline surface-to-air missile system into the North Vietnamese integrated air defense system (IADS). Following a series of aircraft...
The 1982 publication of FM 100-5, Operations, established AirLand Battle as the operational and tactical doctrine of the U.S. Army. This doctrine, reaffirmed in the 1986 publication of the manual, is based on the principles of war, and uses tenets...
Commercial firms have operated on the battlefield in support of combatants since antiquity. This monograph examines the efficacy of current US Army doctrine and practice for contingency contracting. The Army's contingency contracting program is...
This monograph studies the law of occupation, historical case studies on occupation, and the current U.S. doctrine on occupation. An analysis formed from the current international law, Hague Convention Number IV Respecting the Laws and Customs of...
Table of contents include: Constitutional provisions and general laws concerning the militia; organization of the militia; annual appropriation for arming and equipping the militia, and its apportionment; property accountability; funds; armament,...
It is the purpose of this paper to deal principally with the use of psychological methods in the rapid classification, selection and placement of individuals which may be brought into the army in various military specialties in a time of national...
This study investigates what effect the evolution of urban combat from World War II to the present has had on current urban combat doctrine. Urban combat operations have played a pivotal role in the conflicts of the twentieth century, and will...
Small arms ammunition : personal equipments of the soldier (comprising infantry, cavalry, artillery, and band equipments : miscellaneous articles for the use of all organizations : 3-inch W.I. saluting gun, mount, equipment, ammunition, etc. and...
The following summary of the duties of battery officers, NCO's, and specially selected privates is designed primarily for garrison (post or cantonment) use, and includes only administrative functions.