This report contains the concept and findings of a field experiment designed to evaluate the ability of forward observers to adjust artillery fire on moving materiel targets.
This is a study of the effectiveness of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis as Commanders in Chief during the Civil War. It begins by comparing their backgrounds prior to assuming the Presidency; then comparing their military strategies and command...
Office of the Assistant Vice Chief of Staff of the Army
The suitability of the helicopter as a weapons platform was initially studied by the Army in 1955. In the intervening years all Army armed helicopter programs, with one exception, have been modifications or derivatives of aircraft designed for...
Concepts Division, Aerospace Studies Institute, Air University; Barondes, Arthur D.
This study has been prepared at the Aerospace Studies Institute (ASI) as part of a continuing program to examine the role of airpower in guerrilla warfare. It is one of several studies undertaken simultaneously on the conduct of guerrilla warfare...
This document is an accreditation self-study report, dated 1975, by the U.S. Army Aviation Center, Fort Rucker, Alabama. It was conducted by the staff and faculty.
The United States Army is transforming into a lighter force while simultaneously becoming involved in a growing worldwide spectrum of joint operations. The problem is that future warfare may not permit the marshalling of large fixed-wing air...
After toppling the regime of Saddam Hussein in a few weeks, the decisive operational maneuver victory was not enough to defeat the enemy’s will to fight. Instead of challenging US forces in a conventional military battle, the enemy has now sought...
This study examines the counterintelligence and security programs of the Manhattan Project, the United States acquisition of the atomic bomb, using the Department of Defense's Acquisition Systems Protection Program (ASPP) methodology. Using the...
Contains a history of the origin and activation of the Interrogation Branch, Interrogation Centers, techniques of interrogation, selection of interrogees, process and interrogation reports, and equipment used.
The Nafziger Collection contains a compilation of orders of battle from 1600 to 1945 with over 7000 individual pdf files. It began with the author's interest in Napoleonic Wars, and steadily grew to other areas because of the gaming public's...
This study investigates whether the Air Defense Artillery Battalion, organic to the Army of Excellence Heavy Division (Armored or Mechanized), furnishes viable support in the context of FM 100-5, Operations and FM 44-1 Air Defense Artillery, and...
This study investigates the adaptation and purpose-built construction of the vessels used by the Federal government to conduct riverine warfare on the waters of the American Mississippi River drainage basin. The study concentrates on the...
Change and innovation are issues that constantly confront an organization like the Army. During certain periods, the currents of change seem stronger than others. Today the Army confronts the Information Age revolution and a transition into a new...
The United States Army faced an officer shortage while mobilizing before World War II. General George C. Marshall, pushed for the creation of Officer Candidate Schools as a method to bridge the officer personnel gap. OCS generated the largest...
In an address to the 2d command class at the Fort Leavenworth C&GS School, Brig. Gen. D. O. Hickey discusses the tools and potentials of emerging science and technology.
This study examines current U.S. Army attack helicopter doctrine, tactics, techniques, and procedures (DTTP) to determine their adequacy in supporting the full range of attack helicopter employment in the multi-polar environment of the New World...
This study examines the life and career of Admiral David G. Farragut. Specifically, this paper addresses the primary question: Why was Farragut chosen to command the West Gulf Blockading Squadron? This study seeks to establish the criteria used in...
With the prediction of the horse and mule as a means of transportation for our Infantry, this study looks at the historical record and reviews what has been learned. What is the present development of motor-drawn transportation? Is it capable of...