The U.S. Army underwent significant doctrinal changes in the years following the Vietnam War. The 1976 edition of Field Manual (FM) 100-5, championed by General William DePuy, attempted to guide the Army's actions necessary to defeat the Soviet...
The purpose of this study is to determine why intelligence officers acting as battalion S-2 have difficulty predicting the enemy. It hypothesizes that two causes: lack of experience of the principal officers conducting IPB and inadequate emphasis...
Throughout its military history, the United States has demonstrated poor institutional memory resulting in a tendency to reinvent the wheel. The development of counterinsurgency doctrine in Vietnam, for instance, yielded valuable knowledge about...
This study investigates the effect of the U.S. sponsored Counter-Drug effort of the 1980s and 1990s on the bilateral relationship between the neighboring South American Republics of Ecuador and Colombia. The historical U.S.-Ecuadorian-Colombian...
This study attempts to disprove the paradigm that medical supply requires separate management under the control of the Army's medical community. Disproving this paradigm can result in immediate economies for the Army. In an era of shrinking...
Drug Trafficking Organizations within Mexico have become a challenge to the state and are affecting both Mexican and U.S. citizens within the U.S. and Mexico border region. As the situation continues to spiral out of control, the U.S. military,...
Military theorists such as David Alberts contend that information technologies will allow for wider and more rapid sharing of information. In order to take advantage of the emerging possibilities presented by information technologies the theorists...
Irregular wars generate significant internal political debate over appropriate strategy and resource allocation, a function of the relative complexity and ambiguity of irregular wars. This study examines whether operational commanders in the...
The end of the Cold War brought a change in role for a majority of the armed forces of the western nations. The operational emphasis moved from defensive posturing and expected total war, to employment possibilities across the whole spectrum of...
The national security and national military strategies describe the objectives (ends) of U.S. national security policy. Special operations provide ways to achieve these ends, to include direct action. The tools for direct action include small teams...
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.
This is the fourth in a series of interim reports published by Heaquarters Army Air Forces. The original material was prepared by historical officers of the First Allied Airborne Army and the IX Troop Carrier Command, and by a committee of officers...
At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, the limited availability of trained medical personnel and the lack of adequate medicine and equipment hampered medical support. Insufficient care not only of the wounded, but the lack of treatment and...
This paper will focus on the areas that support the sustaining of the levels of troops in the current deployments and overseas assignments. The points provided in this document are designed to enlighten the reader to the points that are needed to...
Army recruiters of today face serious ethical dilemmas due to the pressure from the Army and the Chain of Command to maintain the end-strength of our Army. The public opinion of the Global War on Terrorism and the constant wear and tear of...
Blacks have been serving in the military since the colonial era. They have fought and died for this country and still have a ways to go toward equality. Blacks have been serving in the military since the founding of the Americas. Blacks viewed the...
The medical Noncommissioned Officer has a proud history in the Army. Every soldier, particularly those in the combat arms, knows the cry of "Medic". It is a cry that shakes the soul. Medical NCOs dread that call but have responded over the years...
By the time of the Great Awakening in the colonies, around 1740, there had been several cultural changes which allowed the development of active intervention in health matters. The view of nature was changing to a more positive one, in line with...
A soldier is severely wounded; blood pours out of his right upper femur from a gunshot wound. He lies on the ground on pain and screams for help but his call goes unanswered. He rips a sleeve from his shirt and attempts to control the bleeding by...