The problem undertaken in this thesis is to determine whether or not the Forward Air Controller (FAC), as currently trained and equipped, would be a viable factor in a mid-intensity conflict in Central Europe. Areas investigated included the Soviet...
After receiving my Bachelor’s of Arts Degree in Spanish from Western Kentucky University, an Army recruiter approached me. Not knowing what I really wanted to do with my life after college, I decided that I would pursue a career in the military....
The 1986 Goldwater-Nichols Act (GNA) was a call to jointness, an attempt to correct the overwhelming service centric nature of the U.S. military. In 1988, the Panel on Military Education of the One Hundredth Congress of the Committee on Armed...
Over the last eight years, combat operations in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) have put a tremendous strain on the US Army's aviation fleet. In February 2004, the Army canceled the cornerstone of Army Aviation Transformation, the $48...
Thesis Statement: Deception and secrecy ensured Operation Overlord success. Discussion: The invasion of France was an extremely difficult undertaking conducted by the Allies and the results were nothing short of monumental and heroic. Invading...
Born into a working class family on August 26, 1945, in Munhall, Pennsylvania in Pittsburgh's Steel Valley, Thomas J. Ridge would begin at an early age to show the qualities that would one day make him a model for noncommissioned officers. These...
Second Place Winner of the MacArthur Military Leadership Writing Competition for the CGSC Class 2011-01. Writing is on the decline in the Army officer corps. Thoughtful, precise writing in staff papers has been replaced by hastily composed emails...
Economic development is not the primary field of expertise of the military. However, sustainable growth and security are interrelated and interdependent. Without sustainable economic growth, stability will be hard to achieve. Although the...
An effective financial system is essential to economic development. US Army doctrine acknowledges that military forces play an important role in supporting economic stabilization and infrastructure development. A specific task is to support the...
This study investigates the Army's post-civil war systemic problems during the Indian Wars within the time frame from 1865 to 1881. It examines the areas of leadership, doctrine, training and equipment. The study considers the Sioux Indians and...
The purpose of this monograph is to evaluate the Civil Operations, Revolutionary Development Support (CORDS) program determining whether it represents a viable operational approach to counterinsurgency warfare. The study specifically seeks to...
The purpose of this monograph is to evaluate the doctrinal concepts underlying the U.S. Marine Corps' Small Wars Manual and the U.S. Army's Security Assistance Force (SAF), determining whether they are applicable today against a Maoist-led...
This booklet provides an analysis of the operational environment in Vietnam and a summary of the effective concepts and techniques used in territorial security operations through 1970. This publication addresses the conventional factors of the...
Covers the operations of the VII Corps in September, 1944, including the Battle of the Stolberg Corridor, the drive on the second band, building a wall about Aachen and the Battle of the Lammersdorf Corridor.
The paper addresses that our infantry, strictly speaking, has no weapon the equivalent of a light machine gun. Reference to the Field Service Regulations, U.S. Army, 1923, Par.48, gives the greatest amount of careful consideration of this...
What ethical responsibility do government-housing tenants have in regards to conservation efforts? This is an issue that all soldiers face when they reside in a government sponsored home. Whether it is the single Soldier living in the barracks, or...
This monograph examines the interaction between tactical deep maneuver by forward detachments and non-linear warfare. Recent advances in technology, particularly in highly lethal precision guided munitions, have accelerated the trend toward...
The latest U. S. Army doctrine calls for quick, decisive victory with minimum casualties. Historically, simultaneity has provided a means of doing this. However, current trends are making it increasingly likely that non-linear operations will be...
World War II was the largest and most violent armed conflict in the history of mankind. However, the half century that now separates us from that conflict has exacted its toll on our collective knowledge. While World War II continues to absorb the...
Since its inception over two hundred years ago, the United States has employed its armed forces in operations other than war more than twice as often as it has for total or limited war. It is during these operations, where one more often than not...