Within the context of the current US government endeavor to unify its actions and build partner-nation military capabilities in the Global War on Terror (GWOT), this monograph seeks to determine the potential value of utilizing expeditionary...
This study is an analysis of Union joint operations in the James River Basin from 1862-1865. Specifically the contributions made by the Union Navy during the battles of this period. It begins with an analysis of the Peninsula Campaign conducted...
According to two Department of Defense (DOD) studies, the MUTC, a microcosm of a "living, breathing, urban area," provides a unique and realistic urban training venue on a scale unmatched in existing training venues. Located in rural south central...
Each individual in United States Army has the basic responsibility to do the right thing in any given situation. Our decision making process is based upon our perception of reality, right vs. wrong, and our ethics. This is why it is very important...
The 200th Combat Engineer Multi Role Bridge Company received their activation orders on 17 January 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. They must report to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri before 29 January with all assigned equipment. I was in...
SFC Webster Anderson earned the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions on October 15, 1967 in Tam Ky, Republic of Vietnam. SFC Anderson was a career Soldier. He had already served 17 years when President Richard Nixon presented him the...
Transformation is the buzzword of the new millennium for the United States military complex. The future of the Department of Defense and the individual armed services are now at stake, whether current transformational efforts stem from internal...
This study is a General Staff analysis and record of the most important operational details of the XIX Corps' successful attack on and penetration through the "Siegfried Line". Topics include a description of the Siegfried Line, plans and...
This monograph discusses four factors that influence the reduction of the Joint Task Force (JTF) staff and its associated footprint in the area of operations. The first factor is concerned with the degree of personal interaction required on a large...
Wright, Donald P., ed.; Afghan Study Team, [et al.]
Forward from David H. Petraeus: Since 2001, the US Army in Afghanistan has been conducting complex operations in a difficult, often dangerous environment. Living in isolated outposts and working under austere conditions, US Soldiers have carried...
Beginning in 2009, the United States and many of its NATO-ISAF partners dramatically raised their levels of effort in Afghanistan. The "Afghan Surge," as it came to be known, was most evident in the number of additional US and allied troops that...
Wright, Donald P., 1964-; Afghan Study Team, [et al.]
Forward from David H. Petraeus: Since 2001, the US Army in Afghanistan has been conducting complex operations in a difficult, often dangerous environment. Living in isolated outposts and working under austere conditions, US Soldiers have carried...
Strategy is the art of concentrating superior combat power in a theater of operations at the required time and place and under conditions which will favor the defeat or destruction of the enemy's armed forces in battle. One of most momentous...
This thesis endeavored to determine if the current organization of the Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) best achieves homeland security in a time of diminishing resources. The growing threat to national security...
As America finds itself answering to the needs of the world, the costs associated with less-than-vital military operations have become a growing subject of debate. One inevitable part of this debate is the issue of combat casualties and the widely...
Leaders of today's Army are faced with ethical problems on what seems a constant basis. A specific problem facing our Army deals with the War on Terrorism and society's judgment of ethical decisions made by military leaders. One such case is made...
The international community intervened repeatedly in Somalia since the central government fell in 1991. These interventions failed to produce a stable, elected government. Instead, over the last 20 years Somalis faced famine, terrorism, sexual...
In modern day combat, it is sometimes easy to see how everyday Soldiers doing their jobs are mistaken for heroes. I encountered one of these situations on 3 April 2003. What appeared in the eyes of many to be a heroic act was just a time in my life...
This Study attempts to determine if a desk side training management job aid would be a useful tool for battalion commanders for the management of individual and unit training. The investigation is focused on training gaps which exist at battalion...
I am submitting this personal experience paper as an archival document on my experience as the first sergeant of the 240th Quartermaster Supply Company, “The Rock is Rolling”, 71st Corps Support Battalion, 7th Corps Support Group, 3d Corps...