This thesis examines recent American attitudes towards war; the role of construction in the theater of operations from World War I to the present; present trends effecting future base development planning and execution; base development planning...
United States Army Combat Developments Command Special Operations Agency
This manual provides general doctrine for commanders, staff, and advisors responsible for stability operations within the overall interdepartmental internal defense and internal development (IDAD) effort. It is based upon the broad general guidance...
The purpose of this manual is to provide doctrine and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) for intelligence and electronic warfare (IEW) in support to low-intensity conflict (LIC) missions. It further provides doctrine and TTP for the...
United States Special Operations Command, History and Research Office; Partin, John W.; Rhoden, Rob
"After years of unrest and fighting, six warring factions in Liberia agreed to a cease fire and a peace accord in August 1995. Leaders of the six factions joined together and formed the council of state. The cease fire lasted only a short time,...
"Our host is wearing a suit. I guess that’s appropriate. This must be a big day for him. Soldiers have come all the way from America to his village’s clinic. Mama Msangi hadn’t dressed up. I’m sure she had worn the same thing she wears...
A common perspective among U.S. interagency partners today is that any step towards more effective and coordinated responses to contemporary security challenges requires an improved and shared understanding of the nature of the conflict and the...
Shirley, Michael L.; Dailey-Johnson, Theresa W.; Ramsey, James C.; Mathis, Anthony J.; Clark, Johnny R.
As a result of reduced military strength, national security interests, and global commitments the Department of Defense has increasingly relied on civilian contractors to fill critical military shortages in Operation Iraqi Freedom. The services of...
Based on my reading of the America’s First Battles, 1776-1965, the United States government neglected to concern themselves with the welfare of the United States Army. The government was unsuccessful in preparing the U.S. Army to act upon combat...
Based on my reading of the America’s First Battles, 1776-1965, the United States government neglected to concern themselves with the welfare of the United States Army. The government was unsuccessful in preparing the U.S. Army to act upon combat...
Civil Affairs (CA) units support commanders by working with civil and military authorities in the commander's area of operations during peace and operations of war. CA units support the Afghan and Iraqi people in rehabilitating their societies...
Colonel Dyfierd Harris commanded 4th Brigade, 1st Armored Division in Operation Iraqi Freedom from July 2003 until July 2004. This brigade - the division's aviation brigade - had operational responsibilities throughout the division's area of...
Comando em combate habilitado para operações em rede. General William S. Wallace, Exército dos EUA; As inovações tecnológicas exercem uma função paradoxal na transformação militar. Se por um lado elas ajudam a resolver os desafios...
Commander Mike Varney, US Navy, received word that he would command a provincial reconstruction team (PRT) while assigned to the Chief of Naval Operations staff at the Pentagon. Notified in December 2005, Varney and several other officers would...
Could the leadership changes resulting from Egypt's January 2011 Revolution uproot thirty years of security cooperation between the United States and Egypt? This monograph examines how the security cooperation, rooted in the Camp David Accords,...
Currently, the United States finds itself in a very similar predicament to what Great Britain experienced after emerging from the First World War as she set about the governance of a growing empire during the interwar period. With the stated intent...
Discusses the shared US and Government of the Republic of Vietnam (GVN) policy of "Vietnamization" This policy includes all factors – political, military, economic, social and psychological – which would make it possible for the GVN to assume...