Progressing through the ranks, I surmise that the more rank an individual possesses the more ethical dilemmas encountered. Some leaders handle dilemmas better than others. Because leaders are expected to supervise themselves, some leaders struggle...
Despite international efforts to prevent conflict in the Republic of Macedonia after the downfall of SFR Yugoslavia, in 2001 the country faced its greatest challenge since its independence. An insurgency movement that started as a spillover from...
This paper examines three battles America has engaged in, (Task Force Smith, Vera Cruz, and The Philippine Insurrection) drawing history lessons pertinent to today’s military efforts. The author begins with Task Force Smith and the prelude to...
This study attempts to determine how well the IADB has performed it s mission within the inter-American security system. The investigation relies on historical analysis of the Board's performance over the past four decades, application of alliance...
In the age of instant communications tactical decisions must be justifiable operationally and ethically. American forces must fight well in the technical and tactical sense as well as in accord with the laws of land warfare. Decisions taken in the...
This monograph analyzes the capability of U.S. Army combat engineers to provide responsive survivability support to AirLand battle tactical operations. The discussion compares the abilities of the current engineer force with the protection...
The present situation in Afghanistan is not being resolved by the current U.S. strategic approach. Given the recent uptick in insurgent violence, the shift in emphasis with regards to Afghanistan, and the change in presidential administrations, the...
This monograph examines the conduct of biometrically supported census operations as a population control measure in a counterinsurgency campaign. First, the monograph explores why the conduct of such an operation is relevant in the current...
This monograph explores the truism that "No plan survives first contact with the enemy". Why do commanders and staff officers continue to plan in great detail when the results of the Combat Training Centers and other events continue to reinforce...
The post cold war world appears to be an era of unprecedented change. Nations are disintegrating in some places while in others they are forming supranational powers such as the European Union. Transnational threats such as narcotrafficing, crime...
The US military has made many improvements in force readiness since 1775. Every war is different from the last and each lesson learned does not always translate into success at the beginning of the next war. As the cliché goes, history repeats...
This history essay will discuss the role of the Noncommissioned officer in the Mexican American War and the outbreak of the American Civil Wars. We know the old cliché “history repeats itself”, to the contrary military history does not repeat...
In January 2003, Major Doug Brinson - at the time the commander of Bravo Company, 317th Engineer Battalion, supporting 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division - deployed to Kuwait and began intensive training for what soon became Operation Iraqi...
Major Deverick "Dev" Jenkins served as an information operations (IO) officer for 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division - the Stryker Brigade Combat Team - from October 2003 through October 2004 operating mainly in the Iraqi city of Mosul. As he...
Most issues in today's military are generally related to those of the civilian society. However, there are those problems which deal strictly with the military society. In a society where we are taught perception is reality, one would be forced to...
The empowerment of the American Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) has undergone transformations since its early beginnings in 1775 with the birth of the Continental Army. The three most significant aspects that have impacted the NCOs are social...
Influenced by hundreds of years of war in which each conflict introduced some tactic or technology more powerful and terrifying than the last, in the 20th Century, the “civilized” nations of the world united to give war a set of humane rules by...