This study investigates the capabilities and limitations of the commercial telecommunications satellite system, Iridium. In view of the increasing demands for immediate communications in the modern theaters of war, the study analyzes the utility...
Since April 1997, a strategically deployable, airdroppable light armored, direct fire system to support our early entry forces no longer exists. The decision to inactivate the 3-73 Armor Battalion and terminate the Armored Gun System has resulted...
This monograph examines the possibility of establishing C2W as Battlefield Operating System (BOS) for Force XXI. It focuses on emerging doctrine for C2W and Force XXI operations in order to evaluate the contribution of C2W in military operations of...
The Army is undergoing change. The Army is transforming into a lighter, more readily deployable and efficient fighting force. These changes are evident when one takes into consideration the vast amount of electronic advancements made within the...
This paper outlines a few aspects of SGM Kenneth P. Wilkinson’s career experience. I have followed an unusual and unconventional path to the rank of Sergeant Major. I am a veteran of three different services with a mixture of enlisted and...
This study is an examination of historical data to determine if weather was the decisive factor of the Aleutian Campaign. The campaign was carried out early in World War II along the over 1,000 miles of the Archipelago. Island warfare made joint...
Having been in the strategic wilderness for more than a decade, the South Asian region is again becoming an area of geopolitical rivalry among world powers and regional states. The region was also an area of rivalry between Soviet and US forces...
This thesis evaluates current parachute infiltration doctrine aimed at achieving secrecy during the insertion. It also presents a new concept which uses the new ram-air, high performance type parachute. The study initially undertakes an examination...
Noncommissioned Officers play an important role in the development of today’s officer corps. Nowhere else is this more prevalent than at the United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School (USAJFKSWCS) at Fort Bragg, North...
This monograph examines two disasters, Hurricanes Andrew (1991) and Marilyn (1995), and the U.S. Army’s support to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to determine whether Joint and Army doctrine provides doctrinal tools for Defense...
This study examines current American military doctrine as it relates to antiterrorism, the prevention of terrorist activities directed at U.S. military personnel, equipment, and resources. The study uses a doctrinal analysis model based upon the...
The U.S. Army, after years of false starts and unfilled promises, is about to make good on its commitment to field an unmanned aerial vehicle system at the maneuver brigade level. Called the Shadow 200 tactical UAV (TUAV), it promises to...
This handbook was designed as a guide and reference for combat air intelligence officers. Chapters include: staff doctrines and functions; functions of the intelligence section; office organization and administration; knowledge of the enemy;...
This 1930 training manual on submarine mining includes the following sections: general principles of submarine mine defense; organization, command, and administration; description and operation of casemate and electrical equipment; submarine mine...
This manual contains instructions relative to the tactics and technique involved in air reconnaissance and observation and in the various types of air reconnaissance and observation missions executed in support of air and ground forces.
This manual sets forth the nature, types, and purposes of aerial photography with its application to military requirements. The Air Corps functions with respect to aerial photography and the factors affecting the execution of these functions are...
The purpose of this manual is to serve as a guide in the identification of United States Government aircraft. Visible features, methods of operation, sounds, and model designation are discussed.
In coast defense, the general mission of the armed forces is to prevent or repel a landing by hostile forces on United States soil or in any theater of operations designated by the President, and includes all measures taken to provide protection...
The U.S. Department of Defense predicts that ground forces of the future will wage tomorrow 19s wars by replacing large numbers of personnel and organic firepower for advanced technology and superior maneuverability. Those forces must be prepared...