This study investigates the doctrine of command and control warfare at the tactical level of war and examines whether or not this doctrine is an appropriate activity for Army corps. The work examines the concept of command and control warfare, the...
The debate over the service of black Americans in the U.S. Army centered around three questions: Could they serve? Would they be allowed to serve? And, if allowed, in what capacity would they serve? This is similar to modern debates about the...
This study investigates the feasibility of combining the daily training schedules of United States Air Force units and Republic of Korea Air Force units. The combined Air Component Command's plan for future hostilities in the Korean theater call...
This study analyzes field fortifications and their effects on combat operations during the American Civil War. This study is divided into three areas. First is the instruction and practical training on field fortifications available to the future...
This thesis examines military presence as an effective means of influencing conflict management/resolution in contemporary mid level conflicts. Advocated in the National Security Strategy, presence, a concept with a long naval history, has taken on...
This study investigates the current proficiency of media skills required for Military Police junior leaders to perform missions in any environment. Currently, junior noncommissioned and company grade officer professional development courses do not...
In October 1992 NATO agreed to assist the UN in monitoring a ban on all military flights over Bosnia-Herzegovina. NATO's involvement in Bosnia expanded over the next three years both in the range of missions performed and the political objectives...
The study reviews the Battle of Hattin to determine why the army of the Crusaders was decisively defeated. The Battle of Hattin was one of the most critical battles of the Middle Ages. The battle resulted in the virtual destruction of the Crusader...
This study examines how tactical experience affects confidence about combat decision making. Observations made at the nations 5 combat training centers indicate that maneuver battalion commanders fall short in making sound decisions once operations...
This study examines attitudes of midgrade US Army officers. Attention is given to the most recently conducted operations other than war (OOTW) in Somalia, Haiti, and Bosnia. The goal of this research is to understand how participation in these...
This study examined the historical role of traditional education, defined as education which results in the awarding of a degree, for line officers in the U.S. Air Force (USAF). The research question asked was: For the line officer corps, how has...
This thesis is a preliminary study of the spoken language system (SLS) interface under development for the U.S. Army automated planning and asset visibility system called Logistics Anchor Desk (LAD). The purpose of the study is to determine whether...
The current French doctrine envisions two overarching operational modes, the coercion mode and violence-mastering mode. The concept of violence mastering has been developed to deal with the post-Cold War environment.
This paper evaluates the effectiveness of United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina under LTG Rose's leadership from January 1994 to January 1995. It examines in detail, Bosnia-Herzegovina Command's (BHC) plan to...
This study investigates how well CGSC incorporates space into its curriculum. With the advent of DESERT STORM, space technology has emerged as an important force multiplier. This study examines whether CGSC has ensured that students receive an...
This study investigates the United States Army Infantry training during the Korean War (1950- 1953). It surveys the United States Army training doctrine (before and during the war and current), training memorandums, bulletins, periodicals, observer...
This study is a historical analysis of Major General Patrick R. Cleburne's Division during the Battle of Chickamauga. Cleburne's Division earned a reputation as one of the best divisions in either army. This reputation also carried with it lofty...
This thesis investigates the subject of coordination as it applies to interservice fires. Reports from Desert Storm indicate a level of dissatisfaction regarding the requirement and/or the need to coordinate with the other service prior to...
This thesis documents the inequality of pay of the Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Infantry Volunteers (Colored) from its inception on January 26, 1863, until the resolution of its pay inequity on September 29, 1864. The regiment achieved pay equity on...
Events in the early l990s (namely the Berlin Wall coming down, the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, and the failed Soviet coup attempt) forced the Department of Defense (DoD) to reassess its strategies, plans, and programs. Then Secretary of Defense Les...