Lacking the technological resources to compete with Combined Forces Command (CFC) conventional forces, the NKPA has compensated for their technological weaknesses by greatly increasing the number of forward-deployed conventional units, cannon and...
This study addresses how operational and strategic commanders best implement strategies to accomplish their specific goals by analyzing the three distinct tasks that strategic commanders must accomplish in order to successfully build the support...
The United States Navy has always considered combating piracy a mission and responsibility under international law and tradition. Recently, the importance of this mission has increased markedly. There are two reasons for this. First, the increase...
The thesis examines the organization, roles, capabilities, and contributions of the U.S. Army Reserve Military Intelligence force. It investigates the perception that the individual Military Intelligence soldier--not Military Intelligence...
The War in Burma is all too frequently forgotten as a source of relevant military experience. Admittedly it did not have the strategic importance of other theatres such as the Pacific or North West Europe, but it did witness some of the hardest and...
Following the invasion of Iraq in 2003, Coalition forces discovered that the military, security, and intelligence agencies of Iraq were well suited to transition into an insurgency after conventional defensive measures had failed. This paper argues...
A serious ethical issue that I have encountered over the years is that some commissioned officers and senior noncommissioned officers (NCOs) believe that because of their rank or position certain standards do not apply to them. As the previous...
In September of 1944, Major General Leonard T. Gerow, the V Corps commander was relieved of command in combat to return to the United States and testify before the Army's Investigation Board on Pearl Harbor. The board eventually found General Gerow...
This study analyzes the concept of simultaneity developed by Russian military theorists, V.K. Triandafillov and M. Tukhachevskii, for application at the operational level of war with respect to non-linear full-spectrum operations. The study begins...
“Lead from the front.” This was a quote from one of the greatest veterans of World War II. What exactly does this mean, lead from the front? It is the very being of every Non-Commissioned Officer in the United States Military. Col. Fulton, FATC...
Information operations: from good to great. BG Ralph O. Baker, U.S. Army; Army must ensure it executes information operations with the same degree of rigor and discipline that it employs in kinetic operations.
The Transformation of the United States Army has taken place many times throughout our short history. The Army has continued to change itself into a deadlier and more efficient force with each of these transformations. This study will discuss the...
Cordova, Silvia; Engel, Carl W.; Leeworthy, Jason F.; Leimer, Robert F.; Martell, Osvaldo
Americans are living longer and healthier lives today than in any other period in our country’s history. Since 1980, the life expectancy of the average American has risen from 73.7 to 78.2 years, a notable increase. Americans, on average, live 10...
Technological advances have reduced the effects of extreme cold weather on combat operations. The advances in recent years on military weather and extreme cold weather clothing have produced lighter, more durable, and warmer garments. That enabled...
Standards defined as the general nature of morals and specific moral choices an individual makes in relating to others govern the members of the United States Army. These standards define our ethics and are the foundation of the American Soldier....
Audie Leon Murphy was a five foot five inch young man who became the most decorated Soldier in World War II. He was born to poor Texas sharecroppers 20 June 1924 in Kingston (Hunt County) Texas, one of thirteen children. At the tender age of 16 he...
The most foundational changes in the present day non commissioned officer corps birthed during WWII, basically from 1945 until present. The NCOs of this era will long go down in history as having made a profound impact on the military and on our...
Even though actionable intelligence in WWII (Philippines) followed by the Korean War was limited, valuable lessons were learned, should the US Army want to achieve mission success in obtaining actionable intelligence on future battlefields, what...
Throughout the years the empowerment and ownership of leadership has shifted severely to the Noncommissioned officers (NCOs) of the American Army. NCOs way of conducting business in order to accomplish the mission has led to difficult decision...
In this paper, I describe the events that led up to the thirty minute indirect fire bombardment of my unit by a “friendly” unit, the immediate action taken by the unit’s leadership, and the subsequent death of one Soldier. I list events that...