Early on the morning of D-Day, after their horrific jump into Normandy France, in its first combat action, Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment captured and put out of action a German battery of four 105 mm cannon that were looking down...
The 10th Mountain Division in conjunction with the Army National Guard of New Jersey was given a mission to support personnel in Afghanistan. The mission was to provide US forces first class personnel support which included mail distribution from...
This conference investigates war termination, one of the most important issues facing military and political leaders as they use or contemplate the use of military force in the pursuit of national aims. Prompted by the Unified Quest Training and...
The United States Army has a long tradition of humanitarian relief. No such operation has proven as costly or shocking, however, as that undertaken in Somalia from August 1992 to March 1994. Greeted initially by Somalis happy to be saved from...
This conference investigates war termination, one of the most important issues facing military and political leaders as they use or contemplate the use of military force in the pursuit of national aims. Prompted by the Unified Quest Training and...
The operations officer and, later, executive officer of 3rd Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Isom deployed to Camp Victory, Kuwait, in late April 2003 and by mid May was in Iraq, having conducted a relief in place...
This study covers three subjects: a comparison of communication systems, the centralization of command by a grouping of armies and the attempted envelopment of the allied left. It also includes a brief of the translation of COL Mantey's...
Security Challenges and the Nature of Future War. The changing security environment. Graham H. Turbiville Jr.; Colonel William W. Mendel, US Army, Retired; and Jacob W. Kipp Operation Rio: taking back the...
"The extraordinary importance which the Gruson-Schumann Shielded Mountings have obtained in military science during the last five years has naturally somewhat diverted the public interest from the armoured turrets and batteries of the Gruson...
Bravo Battery 3-7 FA was a six-howitzer firing battery with approximately 85 Soldiers assigned to the unit. We received orders for a combat deployment to Operation Enduring Freedom-V (OEF-V). Initially, the Battery’s mission was to separate into...
Military tactics and doctrine lags behind the evolution technology and weaponry employed on the battlefield. There are many examples where military leaders were seemingly not aware of, or failed to heed evidence of the effects of improved weapons...
American pride enables us to look at the end state of all battles fought to determine a winner and loser. Yet, Americans consistently refer to the outcome of, “we won the battle, but lost the war,” in determining the conclusion of military...
The United States entered the Spanish American War almost three years after the war's beginning. Ultimately, the war liberated Cuba from Spain and the US proved its newly found war-fighting capabilities.
Historians have given several accounts on...
Americans love heroes. This love affair regularly manifests itself through Hollywood films. Unfortunately, Hollywood frequently distorts actual history and transforms our heroes into legends; exaggerating the facts for a better storyline frequently...
The future of the NCO Corps will be defined by its past, present, and future Warriors, through transforming institutional training, civilian education, and operational experience. The future of the NCO Corps is stretching far into the future, but...
The future of the NCO Corps will be defined by its past, present, and future Warriors, through transforming institutional training, civilian education, and operational experience. The future of the NCO Corps will hinge on its adaptability. NCOs are...
I chose this topic to research and discuss based on some of my issues over the past 18 years I have been in the army. In this time, I have witnessed some positive and negative aspects associated with the Army and Air Force Exchange Services stores...