Publication of Another Crossroads? Professional Military Education Two Decades After the Goldwater-Nichols Act and the Skelton Panel by the House Armed Service Committee calls into question the ability of our current Joint Professional Military...
The central question of this monograph is a simple one: does the Army's current imagery (IMINT), and measurements and signatures intelligence (MASINT) surveillance architecture, at echelons division and below, meet the requirements for supporting...
This monograph discusses the implications of private military companies (PMCs) in the global war on terror (GWOT). The recent upsurge in the use of PMCs to support the prosecution of the global war on terror has impinged increasingly on what is...
The prejudice and bias of awarding awards to low density MOSs is an ethical dilemma facing many units in today's Army. Before I give specific examples let’s look at the word ethics and its true meaning. Ethics is clearly defined as doing the...
MSG Roy Benavidez was an extremely heroics individual. This paper will tell some of Roy's story from his childhood, his assignments in the army, and the events of2 May 1968. We will also discuss some of the weapons used during his career and...
Noncommissioned Officers have played an important role in the nation's wars. NCOs have contributed to the development of the Noncommissioned Officer Education System, which continues to evolve today. The professionalism displayed by the NCOs led...
The media’s report of PFC Jessica Lynch and CPL Pat Tillman had both a positive and negative impact on America’s view of the military. In military reports both Soldier’s were portray to be war heroes. However, through media reporting we later...
While the hiring of civilian contractors facilitates the use of Soldiers for more combat related missions, OIF dollars should be spent on building a larger defense force rather than lining the pockets of contractors who use their influence and...
Abstract: The United States Federal, State and Local Government’s Ethical Dilemma in the following areas is a big problem for the American people. The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina’s recovery, cleanup and rebuilding process of New Orleans was...
The United States Federal, State and Local Government’s Ethical Dilemma in the following areas is a big problem for the American people. The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina’s recovery, cleanup and rebuilding process of New Orleans was...
The United States did an unusual thing with Hiroshi Miyamura’s Medal of Honor. Instead of awarding it to his family members due to the fact that he was listed officially as a prisoner of war, officials decided to store it in a vault and keep his...
The awarding of the Medal of Honor (MOH), also known as the Congressional Medal of Honor, has seen its share of controversy and change since its beginning 143 years ago. In the winter of 1861, at the beginning of the Civil War requests were made to...
The main ethical problem facing the Army today is that we are awarding medals that have no merit. We have degraded the value of our medals to a point that veterans from past conflicts look at us with shame when we tell of our requirements, compared...
In November 2006, A Troop 5/73 Cavalry, 3rd BCT, 82nd ABN Division reunited with the rest of the Squadron at FOB Caldwell (Kirkush Military Training Base, KMTB) after being detached to the 3rd BCT, 4th IN Division for a period of four months in...
The command sergeant major for the 57th Field Artillery Brigade, Wisconsin National Guard, when the state received a requirement to put together an embedded training team (ETT) for duty in Afghanistan, Command Sergeant Major Jeff Janke volunteered,...
The Institute of Combined Arms and Support (ICAS), within the U.S. Army Combat Developments Command (USACDC), is responsible for developing the combat doctrine for forces that employ combined arms. In discharging its combat development...
Some noteworthy achievements of lower ranking enlisted men in peacetime often go unrecognized in spite of the commander's desire to do so because there is no existing procedure that will tangibly and appropriately recognize the exact degree of...
In the Civil War, the "great captains" of the Union force were professional officers who had been trained in the Regular Army. They were the Regular Army's one major contribution to Northern victory. Otherwise, the small professional army remained...
The Uniformed Services Former Spouses’ Protection Act (USFSPA) allows state courts to treat military retirement pay as property for possible division in matters of divorce. The problem is that several military and veterans’ organizations...
Provides an introduction to commissioned officer life including information on appointments to the Army of graduates of the United States Military Academy, the promotion of enlisted men, appointments from civil life, appointments to the Porto Rico...