Airland Battle doctrine places extensive requirements on the corps command and control system. In order to adhere to doctrinal tenets (Initiative, Depth, Synchronization, Agility) the corps must be capable of rapidly analyzing a high volume of...
The USA Sergeants Major Academy has gradually matured in the 1980s from a small officer-led organization to a much larger noncommissioned officer institution. At the beginning of the decade, fewer than 100 soldiers worked at the Academy; 25% of...
"The purpose of this self-study report is to communicate to a group of North Central evaluators the essence of the educational experience at the US Army Field Artillery School. This final chaper summarizes the preceding chapters and presents our...
The 2002 USASMA Annual Command History is designed to preserve a record of the academy's activities during the year. It consists of three main parts. The first is a very brief introduction to the history of the academy and the Noncommissioned...
The year 1989 saw the continued growth and refinement of the United states Army Sergeants Major Academy. This history is set forth to retain the processes, reasoning, and results of the Academy's efforts during the period from 1 January 1989 to 31...
Quantification in tactical decision making is the application of mathematical measurements and estimates to tactical considerations of time, space, and relative combat power. The United States and the Soviet Union are remarkably divergent in the...
The mission of the US Army Field Artillery School is to promote readiness through the
development of operational concepts, doctrine materiel requirements, organizations,
and soldier proficiency; prepare combat and training developments and training...
The year 1988 saw the continued growth and refinement of the United States Army Sergeants Major Academy. This history is set forth to retain the processes, reasoning, and results of the Academy's efforts during the period from 1 January 1988 to 31...
This personal experience has a different approach. The Missouri Army National Guard (MOARNG) and the Noncommissioned Officer Corps history is documented not only to substantiate one soldiers experience from early years, but also to document events...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Essayons, originally published as the Fort Leonard Wood Guidon in 1966 then as the Guidon from 1966 to 1987. Became Essayons in 1988 and remained that way until 1999 when it reverted back to Guidon. It has been and continues to be a record of...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Guidon came into being as a weekly publication in 1966 under the title Fort Leonard Wood Guidon. Between 1966 and 1987 the title was simplified to Guidon before becoming Essayons in 1988. The name reverted back to Guidon in 1999. It has been...
This study investigates the procurement of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) Computers for use in Navy Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence (C3I) systems. The procurement policy was reviewed from 1970 to the present to determine what...
This project develops an algorithm modeling part of the squadron scheduling function. The thesis includes a description of the scheduling function, brief descriptions of some work previously published on computer aids to scheduling, and describes...
This thesis is a preliminary study of the spoken language system (SLS) interface under development for the U.S. Army automated planning and asset visibility system called Logistics Anchor Desk (LAD). The purpose of the study is to determine whether...
This monograph discusses logistics in contingency operations. Specifically it explores an expanded role for USTRANSCOM in CONUS-based force deployment operations. The paper looks at logistics as an important and often overlooked tool for conducting...
This monograph examines the cumulative effect which improvements in information technology have had at the operational level of war. Specifically, it uses the Clausewitzian theory of war to analyze how modern methods of information processing and...
Automation has become an ever more pervasive way of doing business, not only in the civilian sector, but in the military as well. The Army's command and control structure has, and will continue to be a major recipient of much of this automation....
This monograph examines the effect on the division command and control system of developing automation. As twentieth century war has gained in complexity, the U.S. Army has attempted to improve the means available for tactical command and control....
The monograph examines the friendly information system portion of the battlefield superiority dilemma. It focuses on a very specific portion of operational campaign design: the “Big Blue Arrow,” a metaphor for decisive operations requiring the...