The main point of this paper is to express the ethical dilemma my peers and I have faced for years concerning the Non-Commissioned Officer Evaluation Report (NCOER). AR 623-205 is very clear in how a report should be written and the procedures...
The realist paradigm is the USG's dominate perspective for conflict analysis. Historically, this perspective has served the United States well, leading to its ascension from colonial possession to global hegemon in less than two centuries. There is...
The combined arms training experience that evolved from the doctrinal adoption of the Airland Battle and the series of training doctrinal manuals (FMs 25-100 and 25- 101) provided for the experiential development of combined arms leaders. Training...
The stated mission of the United States Armed Forces is to protect and defend the country at all cost, even if it means losing one’s own life. With the ongoing War crisis and the recent high numbers of lives lost, the United States has lowered...
The 20th of July 2004 started as just another day in combat, having said that it does not seem very convincing that any day in combat could be just another day. We conducted physical training, personal hygiene, ate breakfast, performed vehicle...
The work achieved by Marshal Louis Hubert Gonzalve Lyautey (1854-1934) in Morocco between 1912 and 1925, while he served as the résident général, occupies a special place in French military history. Lyautey's work still applies today, and is...
This thesis argues that the Field Artillery (FA) branch is being marginalized in today's counterinsurgency operations. There are several key factors that have led up to this point, those being, loss of core competency within the branch causing a...
Some military thinkers believe that it is possible to avoid urban combat when attacking and seizing a city. They claim that U.S. forces can do this by taking an Indirect Approach. The proposal is basically a siege of the city. This course of...
The commander of Charlie Battery, 3rd Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment, Major Thomas Robinson deployed with his unit to Afghanistan as part of 10th Mountain Division, arriving in the summer of 2003 and then personally redeploying (after...
Adultery is a controversial subject and a common occurrence in the United States
Army and in the civilian community as well. In the civilian world, adultery is a crime in
most states but the punishment varies from state to state. In the military,...
The military will make a decision as to whether to repeal the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” ruling by Congress. It is certain that this decision by the military is as important as any decision the military had to make.
The decision to argue the...
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...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Guidon came into being as a weekly publication in 1966 under the title Fort Leonard Wood Guidon. Between 1966 and 1987 the title was simplified to Guidon before becoming Essayons in 1988. The name reverted back to Guidon in 1999. It has been...
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...
The United States must revise and fully implement its homeland defense strategy, in particular, at the Southwest border. The nation's security strategy and defense doctrine now recognize a broader range of threats not only to the national security...
Africa in general and sub-Saharan Africa in particular, continues to experience armed conflicts engineered by political elites that cause untold suffering and underdevelopment. The many years of armed confrontations often end in military...
The ownership of vast quantities of military power and the ability to project that power globally does not ensure the achievement of the 'ends' desired from a war. Since 1945, the United States and her Western allies increasingly fail to realize a...
In this first of two interviews, Major Todd Terral talks about commanding the 109th Transportation Company in Kuwait and Iraq from March through September 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He discusses the predeployment training which...