This study investigates the manning, training, and equipping of the ground liaison teams (GLTs) the United States Army provides to support those United States Air Force (USAF) fighter wings and squadrons with an assigned air-ground support mission....
This is a transcript of a lecture given by Sergeant Major Dennis Thompson, former Vietnam War POW, to USASMA Class of 1983. He talks about his imprisonment and what he learned from it, including how he survived, advice on how to prepare for the...
The objectives of Engineer are to inform, motivate, increase knowledge, improve performance, and provide a forum for the exchange of ideas. Views ex-pressed are those of the authors and not those of the Department of Defense or its elements. The...
MAJ Jeff Lakner served as the Brigade human intelligence officer (S2X) with the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan during 2005 - 2006 and as a battalion intelligence officer (S2) in Qalat, Zabul Province for the last three...
In military operations every soldier is a human intelligence (HUMINT) collector. The new doctrine and current peace operations regarding the G2X position fails to incorporate all HUMINT collectors under the G2X. Additionally, the new doctrine also...
This thesis analyzes the intelligence collection and dissemination in urban environments at the maneuver battalion. The methodology attempts to assess the organic intelligence assets and capabilities within a maneuver battalion, the training of the...
This monograph addresses the suitability of Special Forces doctrine for their primary wartime missions of Special Reconnaissance, Direct Action, and Foreign Internal Defense when considered for application in counternarcotics operations. This study...
The United States Army’s transformation from the Army of Excellence design to the Modular design had profound changes for the corps organization. Armored cavalry regiments under the Army of Excellence design provided reconnaissance and security...
In May of 2011 the Canadian Forces introduced new training into the curricula at the Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School and select Army Schools. Resilience training consisting of a handful of classroom lectures focusing on theory,...
Major General Melvin Zais, a second generation Russian American, orchestrated the battle between the 29th Regiment of the People's Army of Vietnam and the 101st Airborne Division around Dong Ap Bia (Hamburger Hill), Vietnam. General Zais, focused...
Foreign language proficiency and cultural understanding are and will remain critical skills for United States Army personnel. The Department of Defense (DoD) has recognized the importance of foreign language skills to national security. Future...
Discusses air support operations; tactical air support functions; organization of the air-ground operations system; and Army aviation support operations.
Manual provides operational guidance for Army counterintelligence personnel and outlines standard investigative procedures for employment by counterintelligence elements and units in the United States Army in both war and peacetime.
Department of the Army, Headquarters, 18th Military Police Brigade
This debriefing report highlights information regarding government organization, National Police in Vietnam, United States Military Police operations, criminal investigation activities, confinement of U.S. personnel, combined police activities,...
Introduction by the author: "Like many book projects this one took a different direction then originally intended. I started out with the idea of writing a book on military knowledge management for military knowledge management professionals. A...
This study examines the Defense HUMINT Service (DHS) and the role it plays in supporting Joint Task Forces (JTF) and theater commander in chiefs (CINCs) in military operations other than war (MOOTW). The examination included a study into the recent...
On the evening of Thursday, 14 August 1944, a debriefing conference was held at the Glebe Mount House, Leicester. During the conference each commander present who had commanded a unit the size of a battalion or larger of the 82d Airborne Division...
Military strategy and tactics are essential to outmaneuver the enemy. Military strategy is based on political and military objectives. Tactics are the individual and collective techniques of using soldiers in battle. The change in scope and meaning...
There are many keys to success but we must find the one that works now while trying to l
look forward to the future to stay ahead. Police Intelligence is that key that when used properly
will give timely information that is needed to stay one...
This is a transcript from a taped oral history interview with SGM Dennis Thompson, former Vietnam Conflict prisoner of war (audio version also available in USASMA digital library). He was interviewed by MSG Ransic Refeus for the US ARMY SERGEANTS...