The main reasons why Officers and Noncommissioned Officers need to study military history are so that they do not commit the same mistakes that were done during earlier wars. Thus, the senior leaders, who bear the brunt of planning, organizing and...
The NCO Corps of the Philippine Army came into existence a few years after the country gained its independence from the United States on 04 July 1946. Young war veterans of World War II who opted to enlist into the regular force of the new republic...
The U.S. military has historically been unprepared to execute its primary mission at the outbreak of hostilities. Analysis of the root causes suggests that this trend will continue indefinitely. If this trend has previously been identified, then...
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...
Operations Research Office; Office of Naval Research, Unit No. 1; Naval Medical Research Institute; Office of the Surgeon General, US Army
Looks at the physiological and psychological changes that occur in combat personnel as a result of combat stress. Preliminary report of a field research consisting of: an analysis of blood and urine specimens showing definite physiological changes...
This thesis examines failed attempts to create an effective federally controlled militia from 1790 until 1920. From the time President Washington and Henry Knox failed to persuade the Continental Congress to establish a federally controlled militia...
Strategic documents and policies, from the United States National Security Strategy down to the SOUTHCOM Commander's Posture Statement to Congress, recognize the role of economic development and liberalized trade in promoting global and regional...
This study examines the impact of current and developing digital information systems on battalion commanders' ability to make decisions during combat operations. The All Source Analysis System (ASAS) and Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below...
This monograph examines the value of doctrine and compares various approaches to doctrinal development. The paper is based on the premise that US Army doctrine changes so rapidly that there is no common understanding of our basic doctrine. The...
Social identity is commonly defined as a person's sense of self. It is derived from a perceived membership in social groups. This monograph examines the impact of Muslim immigrants on the national identity of Great Britain and the difficulty...
The lack of coordination outlined in the US Institute for Peace's (USIP's) Guide for Participants in Peace, Stability, and Relief Operations primer is the driving force behind this monograph and its title. 'Coordination without Borders' is a...
When President Woodrow Wilson ordered approximately 150,000 National Guardsmen to the southern border in 1916, the United States was on the verge of all-out war with Mexico. The rapid mobilization and deployment of the Guard forces broke the rapid...
This monograph develops a framework for focusing military operations at an adversary's decision making processes by developing the concept of decision space, analyzing theories pertaining to decision making (specifically, Boyd's...
The drug war has failed to achieve conditions that reduce the influence of illicit drugs abroad or at home. The National Drug Control Strategy is the U.S. President’s policy document that outlines the administration’s plan to reduce the...
Winning the Counterinsurgency Fight in Iraq: The Role of Political Culture in Counterinsurgency Warfare 2003-2006 in Iraq is written to provide insight into the importance of political culture in relation to developing a counterinsurgency strategy....
The conduct of war is regulated by well-established and recognized rules that are designated as the "laws of war" which comprise the written and unwritten rules. The accompanying rules of land warfare have been prepared for use of officers of the...
This book was written with the hopes that the information would be useful to navy and army officers who had to deal with explosives in the manufacture of munitions and in other ways. Topics include black powder and similar mixtures, nitrocellulose,...
Discussion of France. This section covers the national government, provincial and other governmental units, local government, special units of government, special units of government, political parties and other organizations of political...
This manual is published for the information and guidance of the using arms and services and all personnel charged with the issue, alteration, repair, and testing of gas masks in the field. This manual explains the designations or numbering systems...
Unified Land Operations: The Evolution of Army Doctrine for Success in the 21st Century. Colonel Bill Benson, U.S. Army; The Army exploits the initiative to gain a position of advantage in unified land operations nested inside joint unified...