The study investigates the effectiveness and efficiency in which the United States Army Europe decreases in size and the United States looks to a continental-based military force, how does Europe fit into the strategic deployment of forces...
In today's interconnected society there has been a push for the use of technology to increase the speed of information blurring the distinction between knowledge and information. This monographs illustrates the issues with knowledge and the common...
Soldiers in our Retention field affect the posture of not only their unit, but also the Army. Our retention mission is one that may be accomplished by effective Career Counselors in the field. We do however, have a few that believe that they are...
Culture awareness is the most vital criteria for a successful state or nation-building strategy for the United States. Some strategists believe the level-of-effort is the criteria for a successful state or nation-building strategy. Through the...
The Department of Defense and the Army has been aware of million dollar pay problems associated with the Army National Guard (ARNG) and Reserve pay system ever since their role in Operation Desert Storm. These pay problems associated with the ARNG...
This monograph discusses how the U.S. Army and Army tactical military intelligence branch could utilize a distributed analysis and control element (ACE) to support the commander’s operational picture (COP) and situational understanding. Recent...
In 2003, the Army Field Support Command (AFSC) and the Joint Munitions Command (JMC), collocated at Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, began a comprehensive oral history project aimed at chronicling a full-spectrum slice of the commands' role in...
This monograph addresses the impact of the Army Tactical Command and Control System (ATCCS) at the brigade level of command. The study is significant due to the changing role of the brigade in Airland Battle doctrine and the impact of new command...
My deployments were both challenging and fulfilling. My initial deployment was to Bosnia in 1999 for six months. Bosnia was a non-combat environment and was an easy deployment. My second deployment was to Iraq. I was stationed in Tikrit as an...
This essay speaks of the overall advantages gained by the use of Global Positioning Systems (GPS) in combat. Fratricide has been reduced because of the effective use of GPS in common equipment employed by troops. Collateral damage that might...
The utilization of the Global Positioning System (GPS) has enabled the United States Army to dramatically reduce the number of personnel exposed to enemy contact during combat operations. This essay will identify three areas that the Global...
COMMANDANT'S SUMMARY: The year began with Colonel Seward as commandant. He had arrived at the academy in August 2004, the day before the resident Sergeants Major Course (Class 55) began. He regretted not being able to come earlier because he...
I received a training quota to attend the United States Sergeant Major Academy (USASMA) in November of 2004. Some “powers to be” found it necessary to delay my attendance at the USASMA. I was told that one of the reasons I was not approve to...
The first three years of United States Army Reserve (USAR) deployment rotations were a challenging time for everyone, but particularly for those left in the rear. At that time, there was no plan in place for the establishment of a rear detachment....
This paper details 1CD Operations SGT Bowen’s incident in Iraq, concerning an IED attack incident in Iraq, unit losses, and the ceremonial procedures that take place afterwards.
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...
This study examines the reorganization process as it applies to a mechanized infantry company. The investigation focuses on the reconstitution process in general, and on the reorganization process in particular. Existing doctrinal publications and...
This thesis is a comprehensive study of tactical voice communications traffic engineering. It proposes an outlined traffic engineering procedure to configure the field army common user voice network as efficiently as requirements and limited assets...
This paper will describe the significant events and experiences that shaped the Powell Doctrine and affected the manner in which General Colin Powell applied those principles during his tenure as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS)...