Since the events of September 11th 2001, the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has taken the lead in fighting the Global War on Terror. In spite of this new charter, however, USSOCOM continues to conduct operations with antiquated...
This Annual Command History captures the major events at Fort Sill during 1997. We are confident that our many important initiatives will have an impact on the Field Artillery and Total Army for years.
Today's operational environment consists of uncertainty, chance, friction, and complexity. Change and adaptation that once required years to implement must now be recognized, communicated, and enacted far more quickly. To effectively respond to the...
This is a transcript of a 1993 interview with SMA Silas L. Copeland, Sergeant Major of the ARMY, conducted for the Sergeant major of the ARMY history project.
This study examines whether Army deep fire assets, the Advanced Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) and AH-64 Apache helicopter, should be apportioned by the Joint Force Commander (JFC) against targets not directly supporting the ground commander's...
This monograph explores the subject of organizational learning with a particular emphasis on how military units learn in combat. The challenges of today’s joint operating environment require groups of soldiers to adapt responsively to a wide...
A combined airborne-troop carrier maneuver was conducted in the North Carolina maneuver area in the general vicinity of Camp Mackall, North Carolina during the period of 24 September 1944 to 29 September 1944, inclusive.
Joe Garner was born in Sherwood, Tennessee on May 6, 1934. He had 4 brothers and 2 sisters, one of which died of Pneumonia when she was one and a half years old. While growing up, Joe had a very dysfunctional child hood, by the time he was 17, Joe...
In 1991, as a member of the 3rd Armor Division, I was deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Desert Shield/Storm. Prior to our deployment, we had spent 150 days in the field at Hohenfels Germany honing our combat skills. This was a time of...
The concept and practice of using information as a tool in military operations to support political objectives has gained increased notoriety and emphasis within U.S. political and military arenas over the course of the last decade. Two particular...
This pamphlet describes methods to be used to justify the replacement of industrial plant equipment (IPE). The requirements for the justification are stated in chapter 4, AR 700-90, Army Industrial Preparedness Program. The justification methods...
A special edition of the Combined Arms Center research and publication index (January-December 2005) which contains information on the availability of research products and how to acquire them. Most of the research products listed in this index are...
This ARTEP Mission Training Plan (MTP) is a descriptive training plan designed for to provide a complete tactical training and evaluation guide your unit. It provides guidance on "what to" as well as "how to" train. The specific details of your...
This paper seeks to give a short background of my unit at that time, leading up to
It’s being alerted and moved into isolation in preparation for combat operations. All our training would be called upon for the removal of a violent dictator. The...
Santos, Theodore L.; Ellies, Terence; Martin, Perry B.; Summerville, Perry
Thesis: The U.S. Strategic level leaders were responsible for the coalition victory during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm was an international cooperation of armed intervention that resulted in...
Thesis: Without the leadership of General H. Norman Schwarzkopf during the gulf war, the U.S. led coalition in Desert Storm would not have been successful. His leadership and decisive actions as the ground combatant commander served as the critical...
This paper explores how the actions of Mogadishu in 1993 display the unpreparedness of the United States military. A couple of different areas will be covered, including: forces being properly equipped and how methods of training may have hindered...
Abstract: In the history of US combat there are a number of missions that have failed for various reasons. This piece seeks to draw comparisons between two battles that occurred decades apart, yet have more in common that merely colossal failure....
Military leaders of the 21st century must study military history to stay effective in today’s war on terrorism. Understanding what history needs studying and applying those history lessons to new circumstances, today’s leaders can focus their...