The USAF Wild Weasel mission was born in 1965 during the Vietnam conflict. The purpose of the mission was to counter the serious radar-directed threats that were decimating the US fighter arsenal. While the current F-4G Wild Weasel aircraft has...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Essayons, originally published as the Fort Leonard Wood Guidon in 1966 then as the Guidon from 1966 to 1987. Became Essayons in 1988 and remained that way until 1999 when it reverted back to Guidon. It has been and continues to be a record of...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Essayons, originally published as the Fort Leonard Wood Guidon in 1966 then as the Guidon from 1966 to 1987. Became Essayons in 1988 and remained that way until 1999 when it reverted back to Guidon. It has been and continues to be a record of...
Contracting for services is not new. Throughout the history of warfare, armies used the services of non-military personnel or civilians to accomplish logistical functions to maintain the force and support combat operations. Colonial forces in the...
Throughout history there will always be individuals who, when a situation becomes dire, rise to the occasion selflessly placing themselves in harms way. At times they will knowingly sacrifice themselves for what they understand to be the greater...
I am a female American Soldier committed to victory in peace and war. I live by the Army Values. I have absolute faith in my unit, my comrades, and myself. I have always put the mission first, never quit, would never accept defeat, and would never...
One ethical issue that the United States of America is facing today is whether or not to allow women to serve in direct combat units. The arguments for and against can be attributed to four debatable areas which are physical differences, sexuality,...
The Paratroopers’ of the Blue Devils received a Warning Order: you’re going to war. The Soldiers would deploy to Afghanistan for Operation Enduring Freedom. The Battalion immediately started to train: incorporating new Tactics, Techniques, and...
This monograph identifies and examines the criterion for the acceptance of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as tactical joint force multipliers. The concept for their use rests on historical validation as well as the realization that force...
Current U.S. Air Force doctrine promotes offensive air operations as the primary means of gaining air superiority and then exploiting that success by attacking enemy forces/LOCs/logistics, etc. on the ground. Such reliance on the offense begs the...
The end of the Cold War has removed the challenge to the United States Navy's preeminence in maritime affairs. In wake of this development, how can the Navy best participate in coordinated joint and combined warfare against a land power? The...
The importance of protecting limited aircraft assets cannot be overstated. The loss of a modern aircraft entails the probable loss of highly trained and experienced crews that took years to develop. Furthermore, if a target is missed because of...
The 2001 terrorist attacks in New York have changed the United States forever. An attack of this magnitude hadn’t been seen in this country since the attack on Pearl Harbor precipitating America’s entry into World War II. Similarly, the attacks...
A huge ethical dilemma faces the country as well as the military these days; torture and its necessity in preserving National Security and the American ideal. This dilemma has the American public asking; how much like "them" do we have to become...
What price is too high? Where do we draw the line? When do we as leaders stop expending lives of our Soldiers in recovery efforts of dead ones? As a leader, I would say that even one life is too high of a price to pay to recover the body of a dead...
In 1994, then Secretary of Defense, Les Aspin signed a ban that excluded women from land combat units. He added a restriction stating women could not serve "where units and positions are doctrinally required to physically co-locate and remain with...
Sudden, intense physical training puts our senior leaders at risk from death due to stroke or heart attack. There is an increased risk of injury to joints and back for both the younger and older population. Requiring Soldiers to repeatedly perform...
Ables, Michael L.; Day, Randal; Engel, Kevin; Loginovs Armands; Tracy, Joe
Thesis: Based on technological advances in recent years, the need for the human reconnaissance unit is not fading away it’s only changing.
Based on technological advances in recent years, the need for the human reconnaissance unit is not fading...
On September the 11th, 2001, radical Islamic terrorists proved that the United States was unprepared for terrorist type attacks. Since then the government has gone to great lengths to secure its borders, airlines, and infrastructure and improve its...
Ethics is a branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of one’s greatest value and the standards by which our actions can be judged right or wrong. As a profession, Soldiers have always pondered with the concern of ethical dilemmas. The...