Accurate assessment and usable measures of effectiveness are essential to success in stability operations. Improving the ability of a host nation (HN) government to deliver services expected by its populace is necessary to enhance the stability of...
After World War Two the United States moved into a position of global pre-eminence. The Bush doctrine of pre-emptive and preventive action, expressed in the 2002 and 2006 National Security Strategies, holds that this level of relative power...
As America finds itself answering to the needs of the world, the costs associated with less-than-vital military operations have become a growing subject of debate. One inevitable part of this debate is the issue of combat casualties and the widely...
As leaders we constantly address situations that require us to make the tough decision. However, the right decision isn't always found in regulations or field manuals. Some gray areas require the leader's interpretation of the problem, possibly...
Attack helicopter operations in the airland battle: close operations. Lieutenant General Crosbie E. Saint, US Army, and Colonel Walter H. Yates Jr, US Army
Law, politics and support to insurgency. Lieutenant Colonel John B. Hunt, US Army...
Because of the nature of asymmetric warfare today in Iraq, morals, values and ethics will playa major role in decision making. Our leaders and soldiers find themselves fighting an extremely adaptive insurgency. Because the insurgents are so...
Changing doctrine to keep pace with the evolving world situation is imperative. The U.S. Army is updating its operational doctrine by rewriting FM 100-5 Operations. The authors of the new doctrine have attempted to balance necessary change and...
Chaos theory is a poorly understood concept in social science and in military analytical decision making systems. Military decision makers require a multidisciplinary approach of mathematical analysis, modeling and simulation, topology, and...
Colonel (retired) Oliver G. Haywood suggested in his brilliant 1954 article, "Military Decisions and Game Theory" that game theory techniques were relevant to preparing the military commander's estimate of the situation. He based his article on...
Combat operations can place extreme stress on Soldiers and consequently hinder their ability to maintain typical behavior. There are numerous accounts indicating the strain of combat conditions has led to the unethical behavior and consequently war...
Development and COIN in Regional Command-East, 2004-2008. Robert Kemp, Department of State; The United States deployed a cadre of talented, dedicated military and civilian officers to RC-- East in Afghanistan. They had a measurable positive...
Doctrine and theory suggest that greater technologies in Army information systems will allow the capability to gain increased situational awareness and thereby reduce battlefield uncertainty. Information based operations allow the Army to answer...
Transformation Insights for a power-projection army. Brigadier General Huba Wass de Czege, US Army, Retired, and Lieutenant Colonel Antulio J. Echevarria II, US Army Closing with the enemy: the core competency of an army....
First Place Winner of the MacArthur Military Leadership Writing Competition for the 2006 CGSC Class. The army's current model for identifying and developing its strategic leaders occurs far too late in an officer's career progression, thus limiting...
History serves the foundation for effective well reasoned decision making. Knowledge of military history allows leaders to better analyze modern experiences resulting and make sound judgments. This vision of history includes all aspects of...
I enlisted in the Military in Nineteen Eighty One; during this time the Army was re-building and had a lot of the NCO’s from the Vietnam era. NCO’s at this time were experienced by combat and hurt deep inside themselves by a society who did not...
In the age of instant communications tactical decisions must be justifiable operationally and ethically. American forces must fight well in the technical and tactical sense as well as in accord with the laws of land warfare. Decisions taken in the...
In the current war on terrorism, the President of the United States has specifically identified two former wartime enemies of the United States as members of an evil axis. The regimes ruling these two states (North Korea and Iraq) are the same ones...
Innovations in command and control procedures for joint air operations have been unable to keep pace with changes in technology and military requirements. Current U.S. operational capabilities often fail to meet the need to task, re-task, and...