Illustrates the employment of heavy long range artillery in position warfare. It shows some of the difficulties and deficiencies caused by a fallacious training doctrine and points out the need for extra equipment for heavy artillery units engaged...
Analysts and analysts alone create intelligence. Although technological marvels assist analysts by cataloging and presenting data, information and evidence in new ways, they do not do analysis. To be most effective, analysts need an overarching,...
After the fall of France in June 1940, criticism of the French military concentrated on their apparent lack of intellectual talent for conceiving and fighting a modern form of war. The swift collapse of France had all too effectively demonstrated...
Discusses the bridge-building capabilities of the Japanese, including the criticism of Japanese engineering methods because their bridge construction does not come up to the technical specifications of American standards. The comparison is...
Studies the Air Battle of Ploesti: its strategic importance, German defenses, Allied operations, the results of operations and lessons to be learned. Discusses the importance of petroleum, the vulnerability of oil refineries, German defenses at...
The main reasons why Officers and Noncommissioned Officers need to study military history are so that they do not commit the same mistakes that were done during earlier wars. Thus, the senior leaders, who bear the brunt of planning, organizing and...
Rules and methods of military construction and fortification; includes observations on the Duke of Richmond's extensive plans of fortification and the new works he has been carrying on since these were set aside by the house of commons in 1786.
The objectives of Engineer are to inform, motivate, increase knowledge, improve performance, and provide a forum for the exchange of ideas. Views ex-pressed are those of the authors and not those of the Department of Defense or its elements. The...
Joint Center for International Security Force Assistance
Current military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and many future operations will center on developing capability and capacity of host nation (HN) or other foreign security forces. In February 07, the U.S. Army stated in a message to all Army...
Contains: a letter sent to senior commanders and intelligence officers titled "Enemy relative capabilities", with accompanying questionnaire, a summary of replies, selected comments and complete replies on the discussion of gathering intelligence...
The First Army, AEF captured the St. Mihiel Salient in the early part of September and then had been moved west to attack the strategic objective of the German railroad communications through Mezieres and Sedan. The initial attack of the First...
This research concerns itself essentially with a new type of transportation for machine gun units of the infantry regiment. In so far as practicable the discussion is confined to that subject. However since the adoption of the machine gun carrier...
Assume that there are four approaches to the formulation of military doctrine, each applying itself to a different level of activity. These four approaches are philosophical, conceptual, structural, and applicatory. The philosophical approach to...
The United States Army is changing and so must the chaplaincy. At the heart of the ongoing Army transformation is a critical thinking (CT) approach to problem solving and decision-making. Given the many complex choices Army leaders face on a daily...
Recent military interventions in Haiti, Somalia, Iraq, and elsewhere confirm the axiom that it is possible to win every battle and yet still manage to lose a war. Although the United States has developed a method of warfare that can produce...
The nation's security needs have dramatically changed since 1989. While the Army may, and probably will, fight a conventionally armed enemy in the future, it must also prepare itself to operate across a broad range of missions for which it is...