This monograph addresses existing shortcomings in the principles for employment of scatterable and remotely delivered mines. Such mines, part of an overall revolution in the conduct of land mine warfare, are an integral component of the deep, close...
The performance of an army is often evaluated by its achievements as a whole, or by that of its commanders or perhaps even its divisions. Often lost in the equation is the small unit. After the great plans are complete and the logistics...
Thesis Statement: Throughout the existence of the United States military, the ability to transform to meet the ever-changing requirements of the battlefield has been accomplished by the agility and adaptiveness of leaders at all levels. The ability...
This paper sets out to develop the necessity for a communications zone suitable of a defending force of 360,000 during the initial phase of an airborne attack via Alaska on the Continental Unites States. It will also show how this organization...
This monograph examines the organization and missions of the Army-of-Excellence divisional cavalry squadron as outlined in the 1980 Operational and Organizational Concept for Division and Corps 86 Cavalry and in Field Circular 71-8, AOE Close...
Noncommissioned officers play the key role in Army training, discipline, and
leadership. The position of the noncommissioned officer has its roots in the early days of
Our nation’s history. To fully understand how this position developed, one...
In January 2003, the 119th Engineer Company of the West Virginia Army National Guard was placed on alert for mobilization in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The company mobilized on March 15, 2003 and departed soon afterward for their mobile...
"Among the Valiant" is the first book presented and narrated by a Mexican-American of Mexican-American servicemen and the book still remains a reliable reference for historical record. Today, several years after the death of Raul Morin his book...
King, Benjamin; Dempsey, Martin E.; Combat Studies Institute (U.S.)
Victory Starts Here is the history of the US Army Training and Doctrine Command's (TRADOC's) 35 years as the architect of the Army's future. During the first years of the 21st century, "Transformation" became a new buzzword for the Army changing...
King, Benjamin; Dempsey, Martin E.; Combat Studies Institute (U.S.); U.S. Army Combined Arms Center
Victory Starts Here is the history of the US Army Training and Doctrine Command's (TRADOC's) 35 years as the architect of the Army's future. During the first years of the 21st century, "Transformation" became a new buzzword for the Army changing...
This study presents a picture of the German military situation, dispositions, and plans up until dawn of July 15, 1918, and a discussion of operations of the 3rd American Division in the Champagne-Marne Defensive.
King, Curtis S.; Robertson, William G.; Clay, Steven E.
This handbook analyzes Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Overland Campaign from the crossing of the Rapidan River on 4 May to the initiation of the crossing of the James River on 15 June. Unlike many of CSI's previous handbooks, this...
War is an ethical problem and a challenge that faces our Army today, but it is not just war, it includes how the American Soldiers has to conduct themselves during war. Before I expand on the idea that war is an ethical problem, I want to take a...
In 1801, Yusef Caramanli, ruler of Tripoli, declared war on the United States. Yusef expected the United States to agree to pay tribute in exchange for protection from Tripolitan corsairs. Instead, President Thomas Jefferson sent the navy. Four...
This study examines the Force XXI concept to determine whether it overturns old paradigms of warfare or is merely a continuation of a traditional American approach to war. The study begins by identifying the characteristics of the American military...
Clausewitz's model of war postulates that the attack has a positive aim but the defense is the stronger form of war. Armies past and present have generally accepted the superior strength of the defense, but the degree of superiority has varied with...
It is time that Congress, DOD and the Army end the confusion surrounding the usage of Federal troops within the United States and that they create an effective strategy for the timely integration of Federal forces with local and state efforts after...
The purpose of this paper is to compare the counterinsurgency operations in Iraqi to the Vietnam conflict. I will identify the root causes of success or failure in each conflict and demonstrate three critical factors that contributed to the success...
During World War II a wide array of amphibious ships and landing craft provided a capability for U.S. power projection. More recently, a Soviet threat focus, the helicopter role in amphibious operations, and fiscal constraints are contributing...