"This memorandum will be devoted to a general discussion of the construction of field artillery materiel. The scope of the discussion is sufficient to provide a background for the future study of all field artillery officers. The purpose,...
This text is intended to present the general characteristics of existing field artillery weapons in a manner not too highly technical to be understood without an examination of the materiel under discussion.
MSG Roy Benavidez was an extremely heroics individual. This paper will tell some of Roy's story from his childhood, his assignments in the army, and the events of2 May 1968. We will also discuss some of the weapons used during his career and...
Sergeant Major Christian Abraham Fleetwood was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism during the Battle of Chapin's Farm (also known as The Battle of New Market Heights). His citation reads: The President of the United States in the name of...
In looking back at my time in the Army, I truly regret failing to maintain a journal or take many photographs. Never the less, the experiences are forever etched into my memory of various circumstance and fellow Soldiers who accompanied my service...
Choudhri, Israr A.; Purnell, Kristine A.; Robertson, Steven R.; Shimbeza, Simon; Isler, Michael P.
Thesis Statement: American policies in Afghanistan led to the tragic events that took place in the United States on the morning of September 11, 2001. Discussion: In its Cold War struggle against Stalinism, the United States organized a civil war...
An officially recorded number of 178,892 black men served in the Union Armies, including some 7,000 noncommissioned officers. The regiments all were racially segregated and were comprised 120 Infantry regiments, 12 heavy-artillery regiments, 10...
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...
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...
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...
Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom arguably demonstrated that the US Army dominates conventional conflict. This lethal capability of US forces was forged against a Cold War threat focusing on combined fires, swift military defeat of the...
America's strategy to combat terrorism, resulting from Al-Qaeda's 2001 attacks, falls short of its intent to defeat transnational terrorism. While the tenets of the current counterterrorism strategy were written broadly to enable global employment,...
The relationship that developed between the military and the media during the Mexican War is the primary focus of this thesis. This paper looks at the media’s coverage of the war from 1846 to 1848, spotlighting a comparison and contrast of the...
The Philippine government has been battling a communist insurgency since 1932. Although it was defeated in 1954, it re-emerged in 1968. This new brand of Maoist insurgency has since persisted. At present, it is a major threat to the national...
This thesis examines the evolution of concepts for the development and management of United States Air Force imagery reconnaissance systems and the application of these concepts to current Air Force support to Army ground commanders. By examining...
Warfare is an evolving process where innovations in technology and the application of that technology to military operations combined to provide an opportunity to gain military advantage. Today's military performs missions across the spectrum of...
This monograph examines the utility of a methodology designed around an organization's information processing requirements as a means for structuring combined forces in operations other than war (OOTW). The hypothetical basis of the methodology is...