The Department of Defense is releasing for public use and research this multi-volume study giving the "MAGIC" or communications intelligence background of the 1941 Pearl Harbor disaster. In its review of classified records pursuant to E.O. 11652,...
Has networking in the Army circumvented the established Army's systems used to take care ofthe Soldier? The Webster's definition of networking is the building up or maintaining of the informal relationships, especially with people whose friendship...
This private war journal comprises seven volumes covering the dates 14 August 1939 to 24 September 1942, the date of Halder's dismissal by Hitler. The journal was kept by Halder personally in his own shorthand and contains notes on conferences,...
The primary purpose of drill is to perfect means and methods for maneuvering and fighting troops on the battlefield. This must be continually kept in mind. The drill prescribed herein may be adapted to any type of tank destroyer unit. Explanations...
Flawed personnel actions and pay problems have been long standing issues in the Army. Many Congressional inquires are based on delayed and unresolved personnel actions and pay problems. A few years following Operation Desert Shield and Operation...
This monograph examines Claire Lee Chennault as a military theorist and campaign planner. It inquires whether Chennault's evolution of a theory of war assisted his planning the China-Burma-India Campaign during World War II. The monograph is...
This monograph inquires into the nature of operational maneuver by addressing the following research question: Can operational maneuver be used to create the decisive point? It uses the following methodology to answer this question. First, it...
"The efficient employment of Field Artillery is predicated upon three equally important factors: Mobility, the ability to deliver timely and effective fires, and signal communication. This memorandum, which deals with the later, discusses in...
"This 1975 manual is a guide for commanders, staff officers, and personnel concerned with field artillery communications. The purpose of the manual is to provide, in a detailed but non-technical explanation, the basic knowledge required in the...
"Wire is one of the principal means of communication for all field artillery except mechanized and antitank artillery. It consists of telephone or telegraph communication. All other means augment and supplement wire."
In our military careers, sometimes the hardest decisions leaders make are not between the right and wrong, but between the shades of right. Believing in the best interest of the Nation and the Army, CSM Wood feels that COA "C" upholds ALL of the...
During my twenty-five year tenure in the army, I have heard of many incidences of larceny and have also had to personally investigate several of these cases. Whether its rations, BDU's, gas, boots or personal items, stealing is strictly prohibited...
The United States Army Sergeants Major Academy has grown extensively from the early days of 1972. The year 1986 marked an end of the old Academy and beginning of the new. As the new Academy building rose in the West Texas sun, many changes began...
Is it ethical for senior NCOs and Officers to use their rank for "a double standard"? Since we are the Sergeant Major or the Commander, does that mean we get to pick what standards we follow, but hold subordinates to a different standard?...
I deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in support of the Global War on Terrorism. My
assignment in the unit at the Joint Task Force, (JTF) Guantanamo Bay, Cuba was as the
Assistant Inspector General (IG), NCOIC from January 2007- February 2008. I was...
I served as the first sergeant for HHC, 320th Military Police Battalion in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, and March 13, 2003 to November 20, 2003. Our mission was to provide processing and detainment facilities for prisoners of war and...
I am of the opinion that one ethical dilemma that the Armed Services has brought upon itself is the Homosexual Conduct Policy. Why I say this, is because the Army says "Don't Ask, Don't Tell". In one breath, they say individuals with certain sexual...
Homosexuals disrupt the long standing traditional values of the Army; the Army should ban homosexual service. The first part of the sentence has been discussed and proven, from a military stand point, to be true. The second part of the sentence has...
The United States Army Sergeants Major Academy has grown extensively from the early days of 1972. The year 1986 marked an end of the old Academy and beginning of the new. As the new Academy building rose in the West Texas sun, many changes began...