This study examines whether the BCT is adequately trained to properly employ CA teams in the contemporary environment by examining past contingency operations, current Army doctrine, and CA doctrine. Additionally, this study obtains information...
With the exception of Cuba, US-Latin American relations do not have the specter of Communist influence in the hemisphere distorting the thrust of foreign policy. What does remain is the threat of crises that endangers the viability of the fledgling...
Effects based operations (EBO) are defined in this thesis as the synergistic employment of all instruments of national power, as interdependent and supporting systems to achieve desired national policy. EBO are a continuous process, applied from...
The purpose of this monograph is to answer the research question: Will the current and programmed Department of Defense Transportation System (DTS) support the strategic responsiveness requirements of the US Army during the initial phase of...
The 75th Division has a long proud history. The United States Army created the 75 th Division during World War II. The Division has undergone numerous changes through today but the pride of the unit has not changed. During this essay, I will...
This research project was designed to answer the question of whether there is a need to have a pool of Joint Operation Planning and Execution System (JOPES) operators. The question stems from the researcher’s personal experience as a JOPES...
The Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), asymmetrical warfare, and globalization spell uncertainty, and strategic responsiveness can be the key to winning our nations wars The US defense strategy requires pre-positioning posture to enable faster force...
The future will contain a perplexing, complex array of security challenges for Australia. Many elements within Defence struggle with the dialectic regarding what should drive the future structure of the Australian Army, should this be the...
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) provide crucial intelligence collection, and lethal targeting capabilities for United States, and other armed forces around the world. In Iraq and Afghanistan, they continue to demonstrate their value to commanders...
Distribution and Supply Chain Management are key processes for military logistics in the future, however the Army and DoD has done little to educate officers in these concepts and processes. This monograph describes distribution and supply chain...
Planning is perhaps the most difficult human activity. It is even more problematic when that future is uncertain and the implications of today’s decisions endure for years. For the military, planning is particularly consequential, since poor...
A reservist with the 98th Division (Institutional Training), Colonel Doug Shipman was an advisor to two separate Iraqi divisions and to the Nineveh provincial police chief in 2004-2005. In this interview, he voices frustration at the information...
From November 2005 through November 2006, Major Mike Volpe served as chief of a military transition team (MiTT) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, assigned to advise 2nd Battalion, 5th Brigade of the 6th Iraqi Army Division. He begins by...
On September 16, 2007 in Baghdad, Iraq, members of an American protective security detail, composed of private security contractors (PSCs), engaged in a shooting incident while protecting U.S. Department of State (DOS) personnel. Seventeen Iraqi...
The importance of establishing an ethical climate in a unit is important. In this essay, I will define and discuss ethics, the importance of ethics in the decisions and actions of our military leaders and subordinates. I will show how the lack of...
Webster defines ethics as: moral duty or obligation. The rater has the moral obligation to provide the rated NCO with an accurate evaluation, but do to the shortcomings of the NCOER process it is not possible. We have all had numerous NCOERS in our...
Army leaders must make the right decisions at the right time for the right reason, even if the right decision is in direct conflict with the Army's regulatory guidance. This scenario is called an ethical dilemma and it faces many NCOs and Officers...
It was a very normal hot fall day in Balad, Iraq, otherwise known as Camp Anaconda. I was a First Sergeant of a Headquarters and Headquarters company with multi functional MOS to support the Aviation Battalion. I had an ethical dilemma that in...
Army Public Affairs is telling the “good news” story of the American Soldier through embedded media. The idea of having embedded media located with the Soldiers actually conducting missions is not a new one, but it is much better than during...
Romero, Tony A. G.; Bynoe, Roger O.; LaPella, Robert L.; Mosher, James R.; Pope, Selena C.
The role of the media on the battlefield is necessary for accurate coverage of combat operations. One of the guarantees we have in the Constitution of the United States is freedom of speech and freedom of the press. Therefore, the responsibility of...