In September of 1944, Major General Leonard T. Gerow, the V Corps commander was relieved of command in combat to return to the United States and testify before the Army's Investigation Board on Pearl Harbor. The board eventually found General Gerow...
In a constantly changing world threatened by the likelihood of terrorist acts, the American people need military leaders who clearly demonstrate an understanding of American core values, and who are both competent and morally focused. In order to...
The Defense Acquisitions System (DAS) supports the defense of our nation by developing and procuring weapons systems for the Armed Services. Unfortunately, the DAS frequently fails to produce the weapons systems within budget or on time. Thus, the...
Communications technology has enabled the U.S. military to move data rapidly around the globe and provide commanders with the ability to monitor and maintain nearly constant communication with subordinates. However, this capability has the...
In this interview, MAJ Michael Ryan, US Army, Signal Corps, discusses his 12 month deployment to Iraq as a company commander for the 40th Signal Battalion/160th Signal Brigade in 2005 through 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ...
The three most important factors that have led to the ever-increasing empowerment of the American Noncommissioned Officer over time are cooperative leadership, a robust focus on NCO professional development, and the cultural evolution of...
Abstract: The current War on Terror has sent shock waves through not only the United States, but also the rest of the world. The world has been confronted with an enlarged guerilla resistance. While nations around the world have joined in on the...
There is no absolute civilian education requirement for senior Noncommissioned Officers in the United States Army. There is a goal that Noncommissioned Officers will have a degree that varies by Career Management Field, by the time they reach the...
This is an end of tour oral interview with COL John E. Seward, Commandant of the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy on Biggs Field at Fort Bliss Texas. The interviewer is Dr. Robert H. Bouilly, the academy historian. The oral history was conducted...
I learned an enormous amount about leadership during my four-year tour as the Company First Sergeant for the Iowa City Recruiting Company. I learned something from every person I encountered. I observed both effective and ineffective leadership....
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...
Captain Michael A. Hannon's initial experiences with mobilization appeared to set the tone for his entire deployment experience. Hannon received an unofficial warning in October 2004 while he was in attendance at the Signal Officer's Advanced...
In this interview COL Wood describes the very orthodox mission he and his Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB) headquarters had at JBB. COL Wood's unit, the 38th CAB, controlled a multi-component task force of Regular Army, Army National Guard and Army...
CPT Jonathan Larmore served as a chemical officer in Baghdad, Iraq during 2003 and 2004 and as the brigade chemical officer in Diyala Province, Iraq during 2006 and 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this April 2011 interview,...
Senior Army leaders today struggle to develop adaptive junior leaders prepared to lead in chaotic operating environments. To overcome this challenge, the Army Nurse Corps introduced the Army Nursing Campaign Plan, which is nested in the security...
This is a study of the actions of the senior Confederate commanders at the battle of Shiloh. The senior commander, General Albert Sidney Johnston and his second in command, General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, did not come to a complete...
The successful management of the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 set an unfortunate precedent for crisis management and national security crisis decision-making that persists into the contemporary security environment. The Cold War norm, roughly...
This monograph examines the culture of risk and uncertainty tolerance within the US Army officer culture. The author defines culture as the collective experiences, training and education among officers. The central research question is does the...
In recent years a plethora of comments have appeared praising the impressive combat effectiveness of the pre-1945 German Army. Many of these comments have attributed a large measure of the Germans' tactical success to the concept now referred to as...
Potential adversaries of the United States have learned that they cannot compete with the U.S. in a conventional war but that the U.S. is vulnerable to asymmetric or insurgent threats. It is clear that the United States must find a way to transform...