This report contains the technical results of tests conducted on the various parts of Japanese balloons that have been submitted to the Technical Air Intelligence Center for examination.
Searchlights may be classified broadly as Coast Defense Searchlights (used normally against naval targets) and Antiaircraft Searchlights (used normally against aircraft).
The study of military history reveals the art of war as an ever changing phenomenon. Each war is different in some ways from those preceding it. Military leaders must adapt to these changes in order to be successful in present and future missions....
Thesis: Use of civilian personnel by the military is |critical to wartime effectiveness and increases the overall strength of the military.
It has been proven by practice that garrison run by civilians, volunteer assistance, Non Governmental...
Use of civilian personnel by the military is |critical to wartime effectiveness and increases the overall strength of the military. This information paper is an individual paper in support of Group 3, L09 Haines paper. Today’s nonlinear...
All professions must have codes of ethics, for it is in observing such obligations that one becomes a member of the profession. There can be no military profession without a code of ethics. What makes the military's sense of ethics different from...
This paper describes some of the challenges and lessons learned as our HHB J-12IFA, merged as an Infantry Company for deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The paper discusses many of the learning curves of the transformation, and...
UN missions in Africa reflect the changing nature of post-Cold War peacekeeping operations which involve large scale deployment of UN peacekeepers to settle mostly intrastate conflicts. The main question this thesis addresses is “What are some of...
The purpose of this status report is to present a comprehensive status of all problems, studies and procedures relating to demobilization and postwar planning, as executed or supervised by the Special Planning Division, War Department Special...
Major Dewey Haines had returned from his deployment to Qatar as the provost marshal and force protection officer in August 2004 when, in December 2004, he received an email from his branch manager stating that he had make a permanent change of...
Captain Derek Carlson, U.S. Army, commanded the Headquarters 202nd Military Intelligence (MI) Battalion in his tour of Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. In this interview, CPT Carlson discusses the challenges of setting up Field Office...
MAJ Doug Betts served with the 432nd Civil Affairs (CA) Battalion during 2003 and 2004 in an Najaf and Habbaniyah, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this November 2009 interview, MAJ Betts explains the duties and role of a...
In this interview, MAJ Michael Ryan, US Army, Signal Corps, discusses his 12 month deployment to Iraq as a company commander for the 40th Signal Battalion/160th Signal Brigade in 2005 through 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ...
With the 4th Infantry Division in Tikrit, Iraq, Major Chris Wynder served as deputy division provost marshal from May 2003 to February 2004. "I was the go-to guy in terms of managing what the section did on a daily basis," he said. Besides...
In this November 2012 interview, MAJ Thomas Piazze, US Army, Engineer; discusses his deployment to Afghanistan as a project engineer for the United States Army Corps of Engineer (USACE) in 2006 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). MAJ...
This study analyzes the creation, use, and subsequent inactivation of the U.S. Army Ranger Companies during the Korean conflict from October of 1950 to August of 1951. The records and correspondence of the Office of the Chief of Staff for...
Since the 1986 Goldwater-Nichols Act directed the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to develop doctrine for the joint employment of the armed forces, tactics, techniques, and procedures have evolved at different rates depending on the...
Recent world events in Iraq have highlighted the power of insurgent groups in battling a more powerful opponent like the United States. Some reports have characterized the insurgency in Iraq as a technology-empowered, network-centric organization...
Headquarters U.S. Army Forces, Middle Pacific, Office of the Commanding General
This summary report is on the participation of the U.S. Army Forces in the operation against Japanese-held Iwo Jima, covering beginning of planning for the operation to 16 March 1945, the date the island was declared secure. Discussion covers the...