External borders of countries and their internal boundaries regulate how people are governed and taxed, their rights and legal authority, and the freedoms they share within their daily lives. People often form relationships based on where they live...
Thompson, DeWitt, Hauck, Herman A., Dunlap, Nicholas
This study in four volumes covers the Army peacetime supply distribution system in the zone of the interior from the reception of all supplies procured or used by the Army through allocation (or classification) and storage to final issue or...
This study is designed to discover if the Combined Arms Battalion (CAB) scout platoon is capable of accomplishing its doctrinal mission on the battlefield. The research did in fact show that the CAB scout platoon is effective at accomplishing its...
Over the past thirty years, the attack helicopter has matured as an integral part of the U. S. Army's warfighting team. Operation Desert Storm put the stamp of success on three decades of attack helicopter development, beginning during the Vietnam...
The purpose of this monograph is to explore the operational impacts of differentiating between an insurgency and a civil war. At first glance, the distinction between the two is just a matter of scale, but there are other differences as well....
Lieutenant Commander Gregory Chapman served as the executive officer onboard the USS Ardent in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) during 2003 and 2004. Joining the ship in April 2003, after they had been operating in support of OIF for a...
The purpose of this monograph is to determine if transformation to a light armor force is in the best interest of the Army. Since the Objective Force attains the ability to meet the ninety six hour deployment capability by drastic reductions in...
The current operating environment requires the United States military to conduct military information operations throughout the conflict spectrum, during all phases, and across various military operations. A function of the U.S. military is to...
A defining guideline of ethical rules regarding the treatment of POWs, the Geneva Convention was binding to not just the United States but to 192 other nations into civil and humane treatment. The Geneva Convention clearly states “No physical or...
Prisoners of War and combatants were investigated in order to define each and to present the
United States definition and policy on both. Prisoners of War (POWs) are easily defined by the
Geneva Conventions and the United States and are treated...
The Korean people are exposed to diverse threats from terrorist organizations at home and abroad despite the government‘s recently increased efforts to cope with terrorist threats. The 9/11 attacks were an important turning point in terrorism and...
The consequences for failing to prepare for the next war can be significant. How does the United States military balance the perceived requirement for its traditional competencies in major combat operations with the near-term requirement for...
The recognition of the failure at the strategic and operational levels of war during the Global War on Terror, specifically in Iraq, has resulted in a quest for intellectual solutions to complex operational and strategic problems. To date this has...
The purpose of this monograph is to formulate an improvement to and highlight deficiencies in the current manner of the command and control of unmanned aircraft systems. The paper employs a historical method of analysis of the centralization of the...
Military officials often utilize the PMESII-PT acronym (Political, Military, Economic, Social, Information, Infrastructure, Physical Environment, and Time) as an analytical start point to assess an operational environment. However, the linear...
American policy in Afghanistan has evolved since the initial engagement of U.S. forces in Afghanistan. It has become increasingly clear that strategic focus must include a plan to concentrate upon and continue development of a stable and secure...
This study assesses the validity and general utility of selected instances of physical metaphor in tactical military theory and doctrine. An analytical framework is built upon the curriculum of the Advanced Military Studies Program, US Army Command...
The Army 'Battlefield Visualization Concept' is the center piece of Battle Command. A key component of battlefield visualization is understanding how terrain and the spatial aspects of the environment impact on military operations. This monograph...
The creation of the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in 2003 was a monumental, yet incomplete organizational step towards integrating border protection operations. Customs and Border Protection is constantly improving integration and unity of...
Campaign planning for major operations including Military Operations Other Than War (MOOTW) continues to be a challenge for the United States military. This monograph proposes that a major deficiency in current Joint doctrine is the failure to...