Though the US is physically located in the Western Hemisphere, for most of its history, policy toward the South American countries that share this region has taken a distant second to Euro-centric issues. One of the few areas of concern that has...
There are a variety of military decision-making frameworks that provide useful sequences to problem-solving. However, planning groups rarely engineer creative answers by simply following the checklist steps of frameworks such as the Army’s...
Master Sergeant Alan Upchurch is currently assigned to the Office of the Chief of Armor at Fort Knox, Kentucky. He deployed twice in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom - first from February to June 2004 and then from November 2004 through April...
This thesis is a historical analysis of Stewart's Division during the Battle of Chickamauga. It determines what tactical formations Stewart and his brigades employed, how this affected casualty totals and their significance to the outcome of the...
This study is designed to discover perceived issues that plague conventional forces and special operations forces (SOF) integration on the battlefield. The research did in fact show that although operational and tactical integration of these...
This study examines the initiative to build a twenty-first century destroyer that has a crew of only ninety-five sailors. DD21 will lead the Navy in the next century. The crew of 300 in today’s destroyers operates systems, sensors, and weapons...
U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters (Public Information Division)
This document was prepared in the historical section, public information division, United States Coast Guard Headquarters. This paper includes information about anti-submarine warfare, vessels, ship's histories, patrol and escort vessels, an...
Learning Counterinsurgency: Observations from Soldering in Iraq Lieutenant General David H. Petraeus, U.S. Army The Army has gained a great deal of experience in Iraq and Afghanistan about COIN operations. Here, one of the Army's most experienced...
From 1964 to 1973 the United States Air Force conducted bombing raids along the Ho Chi Minh trail. Approximately 2,000,000 tons of ordnance was dropped with about a 20 to 30% non-detonation rate. Nearly all 16 provinces of PDR Lao were affected by...
The methods that the military currently uses to train and execute combat operations enable soldiers to kill the enemy effectively, but it leaves the soldiers liable to post-combat psychological trauma caused by guilt. This is a leadership issue. I...
When America entered World War II, both men and women felt the surge of patriotism.
Congress authorized the organization of the Women's Anny Auxiliary Corps (later renamed
Women's Anny Corps) in 1942, and hundreds of women were able to join in...
"Recruit men sufficiently educated to fill positions of Noncommissioned Officers,
Clerks and Mechanics in the Regiment. You will use the greatest care in your selection
of recruits. Enlist all the superior men you can, men who will be a credit to...
African Americans fought in various military conflicts since the colonial days. The Buffalo Soldiers were the first African American Soldiers to serve during peacetime. The Buffalo Soldiers comprised former slaves, freemen and black Civil War...
From Harlem streets and other New York City neighborhoods they came, members of the only U.S. unit, to get "over there" with their old State name, the 15th New York. These black National Guardsmen soon found themselves with a new name, the 369th...
I have been fascinated with the American Civil War ever since I picked up my first novel on the subject. The novel was called "The Killer Angels" and it was written by Michael Shaara. It was historical fiction written about the Battle of...
The professional NCO of the American Revolution was born out of necessity but proved invaluable throughout the war. To understand the NCO of the revolutionary war period it is important to discuss certain aspects of that time. The first will be...
Guy, Ian D.; Teo, See Keong; Hall, Ronald V.; Dore, Roland J.; Hutton, Thomas
Noncommissioned Officers of the past needed only to ensure Soldiers received the proper training to perform the sole functions of their MOS. In the 21stCentury, army transformation mandates a future NCO Corps with a culture that is capable and...