The United States Army regards senior noncommissioned officers as leaders regardless of MOS. I was a medical NCO and the team leader for 11 infantrymen tasked to guard the battalion’s equipment on a ship bound for Turkey. The task should have...
Turkish Culture had a profound influence on the conduct of its counter-insurgency campaign against the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK). The independent variables shaping Turkey’s response to the insurgency were a unique brand of nationalism,...
This study investigates whether the Air Defense Artillery Battalion, organic to the Army of Excellence Heavy Division (Armored or Mechanized), furnishes viable support in the context of FM 100-5, Operations and FM 44-1 Air Defense Artillery, and...
Prepared under the direction of the Commanding General Field Artillery Replacement Training Center, Fort Sill, Oklahoma and prescribed at that center for use as an aid to training.
This monograph describes how infantry units can use counterdrug operations to conduct unit Mission Essential Task List (METL) training. The flow of illegal drugs into the United States threatens our way of life. On September 18, 1989 the Secretary...
Air Mech XXI is a revolutionary concept of maneuver warfare that displaces the current heavy-mechanized doctrine as the dominate form of land combat in the next century. The concept, developed by the author, uses rotary wing aircraft to project a...
Today's Soldier faces many challenges during the multiple deployments into combat for extended periods of time, time away from home, and the everyday stresses that come with being an American Soldier. Alcohol helps the Soldier to relax, reduce...
Aldrich, Kenneth; Cohran, Vince; McGraw, Dan; Nagele, Robin
Thesis Statement: The United States position as global superpower is weakening and may end abruptly within a generation.
Discussion: The United States is at great risk of losing its status as the World's sole superpower within 10-20 years. This...
Using enhancement of global and regional objectives, procurement of military base rights, and benefits to the recipient state an effectiveness criteria, this thesis concludes that the security assistance program of the Soviet Union has been more...
The intervention in Russia in 1918 was a momentous decision in American military and diplomatic history. In the chaotic months between January and July 1918, Wilson developed and implemented America’s foreign policy toward the Russian revolution....
As the army organizes to fight the current Global War on Terrorism and other enemies in the 21st Century, logisticians will need the capabilities to keep pace with the high technology of the modern battlefield. Under the Army's Modularity campaign,...
This study explains how Japan used the Anglo-Japanese Alliance to seek recognition among the world powers as an equal and territorial gains to satiate rapid gains in population and industrialization. Often referred to as the cornerstone of Japanese...
This is the annual report of the governor of the Panama Canal for 1923. The document addresses canal operations and trade via Panama (traffic, water supply, accidents, salvage operations, etc.). The second section discusses general business...
This is Army regulation 12-16. Its purpose is to implement policy and procedures for the acquisition and transfer of logistics support, supplies, and services between the U.S. Army and NATO countries, NATO subsidiary bodies or other eligible...
This regulation assigns responsibilities and prescribes policy and procedures for the Army range and training land acquisition programs. It establishes the responsibilities of the major participants in the range and training land programs and...
This regulation is a consolidation of AR 380-10 and AR 380-66. It provides policy regarding procedures for disclosure of Army classified military information and controlled unclassified information; policy regarding contacts with foreign...
This regulation covers the selection, training, and management of personnel of the U.S. Army Recruiting Command. Specifically, this regulation prescribes the procedures, criteria, and personnel actions required for the selection and assignment of...
US Army Training and Doctrine Command; Combat Studies Institute
The first annual military history symposium sponsored by the US Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) and hosted by the Combat Studies Institute (CSI) at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, took place in August 2003. It brought together an outstanding...
Baumann, Robert F.; Gawrych, George W.; Kretchnik, Walter E.
With the aid of a generous grant from the US Institute of Peace, Robert Baumann, George Gawrych, and Walter Kretchik were able to access and examine relevant documents, interview numerous participants, and visit US and NATO forces in Bosnia. As a...
The purpose of this paper was to develop a possible Army banking system with a view toward improving finance service to the Army member and his family. This concept, which has not been tested, does not address other alternative systems and future...