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...
The 16th Quarterly Report from the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction SIGIR. 2008 will be a "Year of Transfer" in Iraq, bringing with it the continued evolution of the U. S. program. This evolution means that the Government of Iraq...
Volume II describes the key U.S. Government departments and agencies and nongovernmental and international organizations - their core competencies, basic organizational structures, and relationship, or potential relationship, with the Armed Forces...
The emergent of rogue and terrorist backed countries with possible Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (IBCM) capabilities have forced the United States to view different policies and defensive strategies for protection against ICBMs. For...
This paper’s objective is to determine if the use of weapons made from a nuclear source is necessary in the world as a defense mechanism. Within this paper we will identify countries that think it is important to maintain nuclear weapons and why...
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the relevance of Adaptive Campaigning to recent Australian Army operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The context for Adaptive Campaigning is set by reviewing Australia's way of warfare and the evolution of...
India is grappling with its current and future geostrategic role, which ranges from acting as a regional security provider in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), to assuming the role of a world economic and military power. What role India pursues will...
The Army's Operational Concept emphasizes that Army forces must be prepared to conduct a combination of offensive, defensive, and stability or civil support operations to create opportunities and achieve desired results. The 2010 Quadrennial...
The intent of this publication is to provide a menu of available capabilities that can accelerate the response and increase the capability of a JTF. It describes the mission, capabilities, and contact information for a vast collection of joint...
In 1981, Israel conducted a pre-emptive strike on Iraq's Osirak nuclear reactor. Then Israel bombed a Syrian nuclear reactor at al-Kibar in 2007. Today, Israel is facing a new challenge as it considers Iran's nuclear program. This thesis is a...
During WWII the United States pursued the creation of an atomic bomb because of concern Germany was developing an atomic bomb. The United States created and utilized two atomic bombs against Japan even though the war could have been won without...
Abstract: The United States faces a multitude of threats that make it necessary for it to adopt a current nuclear strategy of maintaining a strong, visible nuclear force that permits a rapid retaliation to any unprovoked nuclear attack against the...
The research question investigates how policy relates to the influence of threats, law, and treaty. It investigates how policy influences strategy, capabilities, resources, and evaluation of policy execution in order to understand how space policy...
"Nodes and Codes" explores the reality of cyber warfare through the story of Stuxnet, a string of weaponized code that reached through a domain previously associated with information operations to bring about the physical, and potentially lethal,...
Cowan, Carlos; Garrison, John; Lloyd, Jackie; Matta, Julio; Aaron, Mark
Thesis: Maintaining an offensive posture is the best way to defend our nation and the world against terrorism. Islamic terrorists blew up the World Trade Center on February 26, 1993. To commit this act of
terrorism, they used a car bomb. Their main...
This monograph introduces a method of better capturing the interaction of hard and soft power termed "Hybrid Power." Hybrid power captures the essence of simultaneity as hard and soft power is exerted by a single element to create the desired...
The Islamic Republic of Iran poses a significant threat to stability in the Middle East. Iran's nuclear program, inflammatory rhetoric, and support to militias challenge peace efforts throughout the region. America now seeks normalized relations...
deVerteuil, John C.; Reid, Larry; Hilaire, Ronald; Ferguson, Dexter
Thesis Statement: Conventional nuclear weapons do not play a significant role in the future of warfare; however, asymmetric nuclear tactics will threaten the United States, its allies and ultimately change the balance of power. Discussion: The high...
Globally, potential adversaries are building ever more complex, stronger, and deeper fortifications which are largely immune to the current United States weapons inventory. Advanced construction and design techniques coupled with technological...