This study is a resource Soldiers can use to help prepare for a deployment to Afghanistan by creating a self-development plan using technology supported tools. First, the study identifies some types of knowledge technology supported tools can...
This thesis aims to analyze the insurgency in Ukraine, organized shortly before WWII and led by the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) during WWI and in the years immediately after WWII. The main goal of this analysis is to determine if...
This thesis uses case studies to explore lessons learned from historic military withdrawals. Case studies included the U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam, the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, and the U.S. withdrawal from Somalia. Although literature...
Following the period from 1957-1960, when most countries in West Africa broke loose from colonialism and became independent, the need for an integrated and classless society was one of paramount concern to most, if not all, West Africans. Up to...
This thesis studies the depiction of military life and actions in war movies. The public’s perception of the military is shaped through a variety of means, one of which is the feature film showing at the local theater. The increase in population...
It would probably be best to state the first amendment which is the core directive for military and media relationships. 1ST Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or...
This paper covers an argumentative essay on the importance of professional Soldiers engaging in the study of military history. Man has been fighting and wagging war for as long as anyone can remember. Many of the greatest ancient stories are...
Given the Director of Central Intelligence's (DCI) necessity to allocate Intelligence Community assets, including military intelligence assets; and, given the DCI's responsibility to determine the Intelligence Community's priorities to meet future...
The invasion of Iraq to remove Saddam Hussein from power was justified. This country had shown through prior experiences that they possessed both the means, and willingness to be a disruptive force to neighboring countries. Twice in twenty years...
Even though the 1st Amendment gives the media the right to broadcast news without regard to military opinions, the Media must consider the impact it has on the public’s perception of the military when they portray an incomplete or sided story....
Throughout time, remarkable battles and wars have been staged, helping shape and
define the history of the World we live in today. Military leaders have been praised in
their victories and scorned in their defeat. Leaders have used various...
Recent and past events have shown that history has very little to offer our military decision makers and advisors. Military professionals seem to have neither the time, nor inclination to look to (military) history for help. Consumed by a stressful...
Military history is truly the history of mankind. Regardless of one’s reflective approach, be it anthropological, sociological or biological, all such perspectives must necessarily include the study of conflict. As the most unique species within...
The agenda of military investigators seems to be focused on building a case, rather than the concept that an individual is innocent until proven guilty. If you are an investigator, I feel your focus should span on the facts, as well as proper...
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...
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...
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 study analyzes John Ford’s films Fort Apache (1948), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), and Rio Grande (1950) for their historical portrayal of the frontier cavalry. Ford is acknowledged as one of America’s foremost chroniclers and...
This thesis examines predictions journalists made during the Gulf War, to include whether or not force would be used, and, if so, how. Predictions that might have caused security violations were examined, as was the military's use of the media to...
During Operation IRAQI FREEDOM I (OIF I), U.S. soldiers waged a desperate war against a growing insurgency. Mounting U.S. casualties became the catalyst for a hidden "war within the war." Arrayed on one side of this secret conflict were leaders who...