The stalemate in World War I created the need for a solution to escape this resource intense form of warfare. Following five unsuccessful German offenses in early 1918, the Germans found themselves in a solely defensive scenario conducting...
The coalition and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) face a complex and difficult challenge in their search for solutions to the Afghan conundrum. The establishment of Provisional Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) represents a revolutionary step...
This study explores maneuver warfare theory, naval tactics and if maneuver warfare influences or can be applied to naval tactics and battle. The concepts of attrition warfare and maneuver warfare are investigated. The study is presented from a...
The United States Army Sergeants Major Academy has grown extensively from the early days of 1972. The year 1986 marked an end of the old Academy and beginning of the new. As the new Academy building rose in the West Texas sun, many changes began...
The United States Army Sergeants Major Academy has grown extensively from the early days of 1972. The year 1986 marked an end of the old Academy and beginning of the new. As the new Academy building rose in the West Texas sun, many changes began...
In the future, the United States of America and the Peoples Republic of China have a number of fundamental issues which could escalate into any of multiple levels of conflict, from diplomatic disagreements to war. The United States military and...
American's find the Bosnian Serb practice of "ethnic cleansing" morally unconscionable. As United Nations peacekeeping efforts have proved unable to halt the ethnic violence, the U.S. public has increasingly looked to its military for a solution....
State formation aims to achieve a legitimate monopoly on the use of violence and a legitimate government as perceived by its population. Governments have two principle mechanisms, force and consent, to create the conditions within which it can...
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...
Given that the Defense Communications System (DCS) plans to convert from analog to digital transmission, the paper examines that decision in an attempt to determine major problem areas and topics worthy of further study. The DCS history,...
This is a study about defeat, specifically addressing the question of whether and under what circumstances non-state actors will accept defeat. This study challenges conventional wisdom that victory and defeat have a reciprocal relationship....
Current tactical operations and future warfighting Changing the army for counterinsurgency operations. BRIG Nigel R.F. Aylwin-Foster, British Army; U.S. Army Transformation needs to focus less on warfighting and more on developing a genuinely...
The purpose of this report is to present useful data to commanders and staff officers in such a manner as to be of maximum use in planning and management. Apparent command deficiencies will be corrected.
The United States of America through battles on its own soil and abroad brought credit to the nation in large part due to the efforts, training, resoluteness and preparedness of the noncommissioned officer. The United States emerged successfully...
The combat exclusion policy created in 1994 to protect women must continue to be enforced. Demanding equal opportunity in war situations is preposterous when women are hindered by physical issues, psychological concerns, and moral aspects. Military...
The US Army Sergeants Major Academy is a growing, changing, institution demanding an ever increasing historical awareness. This history is set forth to retain the processes, reasoning, and results of the Academy's efforts during the period from 1...
We know as a fact that the world is in a continuing change. Countries have different ups and downs in time. The leaders' influences within their military system suffer changes due to their character, mentality, and internal national policy. At a...
Baldonado, Frederick P.; Blore, Andrew W.; Jones, Walton; Phelps, Rufus III; Richards, Walter L.
We will discuss in this paper the Noncommissioned Officers Education System (NCOES) and the fact that it needs a serious overhaul. The NCOES needs to power down the POIs so that noncommissioned officers are learning ahead rather than behind or at...