For decades, private security companies established a vital role in the success of our worldwide military operations. Countless times, such companies have provided security for US dignitaries. In addition, these personnel are in harm’s way daily,...
The United States (U.S.) Department of State's (DOS) Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) is tasked with ensuring the safety and security of all U.S. diplomatic missions around the world. Domestically, DSS Special Agents investigate Passport and Visa...
Shaw, Larry; Beyerl, Mark; Harris, Arthur; Osborne, David A.
Thesis: Coalition forces should increase the use of private security companies in order to allow combat units to focus on defeating the insurgency. Abstract: The presence of private security companies in Iraq is critical to the continued success of...
Manual of organization and functions. This regulation prescribes the missions and basic organizational structure of the U. S. Army Field Artillery School and the organization and major functional assignments of the offices and departments of the...
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...
The Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS) is the law enforcement and security organization of the U.S. Department of State. As such, it is responsible for many law enforcement and security related issues within the Department of State. One of these...
The USA Sergeants Major Academy has gradually matured in the 1980s from a small officer-led organization to a much larger noncommissioned officer institution. At the beginning of the decade, fewer than 100 soldiers worked at the Academy; 25% of...
On the next few pages, all events and operations contained herein are as viewed from my position as an Assault and Obstacle Squad Leader. This paper also outlines two different operations as my unit moved through the area from the countries of...
In my 26 years of experience in the Army National Guard – the last 20 years being full-time service, one of the most challenging and rewarding assignments occurred when I was appointed as the Casualty Assistance Officer for the family of a fellow...
The 1991 USASMA Annual Command History is designed to preserve a record of the academy's activities during the year. It consists of three main parts. The first is a very brief introduction to the history of the academy and the Noncommissioned...
New Horizons is a yearly training exercise to the Caribbean, South or Central America. I have participated in several New Horizon missions over my 20 plus years in the Army, however this mission was to prove different. The two differences this time...
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...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Essayons, originally published as the Fort Leonard Wood Guidon in 1966 then as the Guidon from 1966 to 1987. Became Essayons in 1988 and remained that way until 1999 when it reverted back to Guidon. It has been and continues to be a record of...
During an 8-month period ending in December 1975, over 140,000 refugees were processed under the Indochina Refugee Program. These people were evacuated from Cambodia and South Vietnam, temporarily cared for at Department of Defense refugee camps in...
Major James Tenpenny deployed to Afghanistan in April 2006 as aide-de-camp to the commanding general of all coalition forces in country, Lieutenant General Karl Eikenberry. He spent most of his time circulating the battlefield with Eikenberry and...
Contrary to Army promotion policies and practices today, all types of generalship are not the same. Instead, there are different types of generalship required for different levels of command and specialized functions. Unfortunately, the Army's...
The emerging operational environment of the United States military is characterized by a changing myriad of complex dimensions, the elements of which are often uncomfortably and in some cases drastically different from those encountered during the...
This Civil Affairs handbook on France details the country's social and geographical backgrounds. Part I highlights the land- both geographical and demographic divisions. Part II discusses the people of France including population statistics and...