The interagency cooperation process at provincial reconstruction team level in Afghanistan is assessed and analysed through Literature review and oral history interviews. The aim is to examine deficiencies and find possible solutions in order to...
Unmanned Aircraft are fulfilling critical roles in Iraq and Afghanistan. They are integral in base defense plans and the protection of key infrastructure. They enable commanders to monitor activity throughout their area of responsibility and direct...
This thesis investigates US Army logistics support provided to coalition forces in Somalia using US Army Field Manual 100-5, Operations, as the standard. This research examines the history of US involvement in coalition operations. It also analyzes...
In the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, policymakers and the American public demanded to know the causes that led to its nation's intelligence failures. The 9-11 Commission, along with the temporarily constituted Joint Intelligence...
The Chaplain Corps in the Army has served through all the major wars that the United States has fought. Their purpose has been to give balance to the command and at the same time ensure that the morale of the Soldier, his family and unit are...
This monograph asserts that DoD should establish a Unified Combatant Command (COCOM)-level USLOGCOM. DoD should begin a deliberate 10-20 year process to establish a USLOGCOM. As an intermediate and immediate step, DoD should make the Defense...
The purpose of this research was to obtain a historically rooted understanding of the development, application, and adaptation of the British COIN approach--one from which the US has borrowed heavily. It focuses upon those factors which interfere...
In this interview Mr. Graves relates his experiences arriving in theater as an individual deployer due to his attendance at his Warrant Officer's Basic Course (WOBC). Mr. Graves describes learning the United States Forces-Iraq (USF-I) transition...
The Army recognizes that the Army National Guard (ARNG) must transition to an operational reserve to meet current and future demands. Yet, current policies surrounding enlisted accessions, unit stabilization, mobilizations, and medical and dental...
United States Army, Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC)
This pamphlet is the fourth in a series undertaken in an effort to capture the battle command successes of Just Cause and Desert Storm. The first pamphlet focused on commonalities and trends of successful battlefield commanders at brigade,...
United States Army, Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC)
This pamphlet is written for the Army's future Family Support Group members and leaders in the hope that the trials, tribulations, and challenges met and overcome by past leaders will assist them. It represents a historical perspective of family...
The Army Materiel Command conducted a series of interviews with senior AMC officials during the 1987-1990 timeframe. This collection, first published individually, makes their thoughts on the entire spectrum of issues AMC faced in the area of Army...
What happens when a technologically advanced nation provides advanced technology to a much less advanced nation's military? Numerous political and diplomatic considerations go into the decision to provide the technology, but once the decision is...
Current Army force redesign efforts seek to fundamentally change the way tactical commanders conduct reconnaissance on the future battlefield. Cavalry organizations will replace their traditional combat capability with a surveillance capability....
This study examines the relationship between the efforts of the United States to achieve the fullest possible accounting of its prisoners of war and missing in action (POW/MIA), which resulted from the conflict in Vietnam, and subsequent diplomatic...
This study examined the techniques employed by collegiate football head coaches in the development of their assistants and staff, exploring how coaches influence leader development in the athletics arena. By conducting a comparison of current...
During his November 2004 to November 2005 deployment to Iraq, Staff Sergeant Timothy F. Nein served as the leader of 2nd Squad, 4th Platoon, 617th Military Police Company - a Kentucky National Guard unit - and, in this interview, gives a complete...
Staff Sergeant Steven Jackson was a Reserve Component soldier who reenlisted on his fiftieth birthday in 2003 after a sixteen-year break in service. After a valuable predeployment train-up at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, he mobilized at Fort Bragg, North...
Conducted at Fort Knox, Kentucky, reference their experiences in Operation Iraqi Freedom as part of 1st Armored Division, this group interview is with Staff Sergeant Ronald K. Banner, who was with 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry from April 2003 through...
After years of overseeing grade school students as a small-town elementary school principal, Staff Sergeant Rod Moyer was notified in early August 2004 that his 891st Engineer Battalion, Kansas National Guard, was being deployed to Iraq. The unit...