This study delved into the premise that the Department of Defense is the United States' most equal opportunity employer. The employment results of the United States Army was compared with the results of Major League Baseball using five imperatives:...
This thesis examines the evolution of artillery tactics in World War II using General J. Lawton Collins’ US VII Corps as a case study. This study first reviews artillery doctrine and tactics during World War I and during the 1920s and 1930s, in...
On 15 August 1944, an Allied army launched a second amphibious landing against the coast of southern France. The Allies, having shattered German defenses around the beachhead, decided to exploit the chaos in the enemy camp. On 17 August 1944, Major...
This is a study on public health and sanitation in French Indo-China. Chapters include contents regarding the public health department (organization, water, sewage, insects and animals important to man- control of), medical facilities (hospitals,...
My career in Recruiting began in October of 1992 and encompassed almost my entire career in the U.S. Navy. I served from June 26, 1988 thru August 19, 1999. My positions ranged from electronic surveillance to recruiting duty 1992 -1999.
I enlisted...
My personal experience with the Army started out like any other soldier, in Basic Training. Unlike some soldiers, I did not join the Army to see the world. That was a special motto when I came on board in 1983. I completed college during a...
Visiting Civil War battlefields offers unique insights into military operations, leadership, and men in battle. Fought in the wooded terrain of northwest Georgia in 1863, the battle began with a meeting engagement on 19 September that culminated on...
This study examines the use of veterinary medical civic action as a means to achieve internal defense and development objectives in the low-intensity conflict environment. It considers veterinary programs as an alternative available to Third World...
In 2003, Army Field Support Command (AFSC) and Joint Munitions Command (JMC) - then a unified major subordinate command of Army Material Command - began a comprehensive oral history project aimed at chronicling a full-spectrum slice of the...
The term "disruptive technology" is used to in the 2004 US National Defense Strategy and 2006 US National Security Strategy as a concern of the US Government. A study of potential disruptive technologies that will affect the way war in the future...
The topic of civil-military relations during the Mexican War resurfaces as an interesting historical study in the aftermath of President Obama's recent decision to relieve General McChrystal of command in Afghanistan. This review of U.S....
In this interview, MAJ Shawn Patrick, US Army, Engineer, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a Deputy Assistant in 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Patrick describes a typical day and his reaction to being in country with his...
In this interview MAJ Michelle Williams discusses her deployment to Baghdad, Iraq from October 2003 until February 2004 as the Alpha Detachment commander for the 208th Finance Battalion out of Mannheim, Germany. She didn't originally deploy with...
The U.S. Armed Forces has a long and rich history of expeditionary operations followed by military disengagements. A historically small U.S. military is repeating this history today in two wars that are stretching it to the limits of its personnel...
Proceeding from the means and ways they use to overcome the problems within their specific domains, the Army and Air Force have developed different operational perspectives. The differences would not matter if each conducted operations...
Looks at defensive indications as determined by the United Nations Forces, the preparation for the attack, movement to the assembly area, reconnaissance, enemy movement to the attack point, the attack, support in the attack and miscellaneous...
In imparting instruction in Artillery drills, it should be borne in mind, that in every change of numbers men have to learn different duties and to handle different implements from those they were previously engaged with; the duties again vary with...
The Eighth Army Engineer intelligence bulletin is a compilation of developments in engineer material, methods, and equipment, both friendly and enemy, gathered from operational areas in this theater (WWII). Its sole purpose is to provide engineer...
This study discusses the teachings between the French and American military on the subject of meeting engagement, with comparisons to other major military powers.
The operations sergeant major for 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment when that unit began fighting in Fallujah in November 2004 under Marine Regimental Combat Team 7, Darrin Bohn quickly found himself thrust into the role of command sergeant...