This thesis focuses on the impact of character in Special Forces (SF), or its lack thereof, through the historical analysis of various warrior sects and key historical figures. This research then contrasts current perceptions of character within SF...
Since September 11, democracy has come to dominate the discourse as authoritarian Middle East regimes, even if they are friendly to Western interests, are perceived to be at the root of the existing international state of insecurity. Promoting...
The United States Military conducted numerous attempts to train Foreign Security Forces over the past 100 years. From training the Nicaraguan National Guard to the most recent efforts in Iraq, the U.S. Military has repeatedly shown a need for a...
This monograph examines the legacy that has been passed down from the personal recollections made by the Commanders-in-Chief, U.S. Southern Command regarding planning and/or execution of full spectrum operations in Panama. The focus of this paper...
The U.S. Army is smaller today than at any time since before World War Two. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Army is reducing significantly not only its size but also its forward presence, preferring instead to rely more on power...
G-2 summary of the enemy situation on the Western Front, enemy operations, dispositions, transportation, supply, visual reconnaissance, and defense trends.
The purpose of this text is to provide the Army with a factual record of the measures taken to offset personnel losses during the various periods of American military history. It begins with the foundation for the replacement system laid during the...
Regulation governs eligibility criteria, policies, and procedures for enlistment and processing of persons into the Regular Army and the U.S. Army reserve for enlistment on or after the effective date of this regulation. It also prescribes the...
The primary purpose of this study was to compare the relative importance of the individual leadership skills and traits an armor battalion commander must possess in combat and in non-combat situations in order to be successful. A secondary purpose...
For many years, the U.S. Army recognized the need to share information or lessons gained from training and actual combat operations. During World War II and the Korean War, the Army published “combat bulletins” in an attempt to share combat...
Beginning in 2009, the United States and many of its NATO-ISAF partners dramatically raised their levels of effort in Afghanistan. The "Afghan Surge," as it came to be known, was most evident in the number of additional US and allied troops that...
Writings and communications of General DePuy. In three parts, part I covers the pre-Tradoc years, 1954-1973, part II the Tradoc years 1974-77, and part III, retirement years, 1978-91. In the seventeen years between General DePuy's creation of...
Casebook serves as background information for training in the field of psychological operations and as an introduction to the more important elements and principles of PSYOP.
United States Army, European Command, Historical Division
Part of an annual historical narrative of the activities of the U.S. Army of the Occupation in Germany. This is part of The Occupation Forces in Europe Series, published by the Historical Division of EUCOM. Discusses changing attitudes towards...
The purpose of this study is to further test the reliability of certain concepts which are rather widely held, including the NP (neuropsychiatric) casualty rate correlating positively with the battle casualty rate, and the VD rate corelating...
As CNN's senior Baghdad correspondent, Jane Arraf was embedded with the U.S. Army's 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment (Task Force 2-2) during that unit's participation in Operation Phantom Fury (Al Fajr): the November 2004 combined-joint assault...
Major Marc Dickinson, Special Forces branch, deployed his operational detachment alpha (ODA) to the Philippines to support Operation Enduring Freedom. Alerted while in Thailand on a joint security assistance training mission, Dickinson's detachment...