This monograph addresses the perplexing issue of ensuring US security strategy is coherently mated with emerging defense doctrines. America’s current security strategy, “engagement,” is inherently dynamic in nature. Consequently, it has...
The future will contain a perplexing, complex array of security challenges for Australia. Many elements within Defence struggle with the dialectic regarding what should drive the future structure of the Australian Army, should this be the...
Should the United States stop nuclear proliferation for both North Korea and Iran? These two countries desperately seek a place among the nuclear powers, however, their bellicose talk and belligerent actions towards others in their region as well...
The Revolution of Military Affairs (RMA), occasioned by technological advances and the shift-drift-rift of paradigms born of multi-polar world realities, is rich with vision, but hobbled by lingering Cold War mentalities. Nowhere is this more...
This research presents an analysis of U.S. laws surrounding terrorism to assess the effect they have on military operations in asymmetric conflicts. Modern conflicts utilize unconventional approaches, such as co-opting or informing, as decisive...
United States Army Forces, Pacific, Office of the Commander-in-Chief
Psychological warfare against the Japanese homeland was conducted by the various United States and Allied commands which engaged the enemy forces in the Pacific and by other governmental agencies in the United States. This report looks at the...
This after action report summarizes combat actions of the 1st Cavalry Division and supporting units during Operation Masher and White Wing. It contains results of enemy losses, aircraft missions and sorties, aviation/combat arms support statistics,...
The Battle of Stalingrad was a disaster. The German Sixth Army consisted of over 300,000 men when it approached Stalingrad in August 1942. On 2 February 1943, 91,000 remained; only some 5,000 survived Soviet captivity. Largely due to the success of...
The objective of this thesis is to provide the reader with a record of the most important developments in the evolution of doctrine for the command and control of organic divisional aviation between 1942 and 1961, and to provide a source of...
A Comparison of CGSC and the Frunze Military Academy by Lieutenant Colonel Andrei V. Demurenko, Russian Federation Army and Lieutenant Colonel Timothy L. Thomas, US Army
Lane Training at Gagetown by Brigadier General Peter W. Clegg, US...
Present in a single document a summary of, and guidance for, the changes occurring, projected, or under study in Field Artillery, organization and doctrine for tactical employment.
Bravo Battery 3-7 FA was a six-howitzer firing battery with approximately 85 Soldiers assigned to the unit. We received orders for a combat deployment to Operation Enduring Freedom-V (OEF-V). Initially, the Battery’s mission was to separate into...
Clark, Anthony; Largent, Dennis; Williams, Pamela; Welch, Morris; Foley, John
This paper examines how motivation enhances Soldier performance pushing them to achieve standards beyond the call of duty. Many people wonder why Soldiers conduct courageous feats on the battlefield when faced with fear, anxiety, and confusion. The...
Motivation reduces the amount of physical wounds Soldiers receive in combat and allows them to heal quicker. Motivation and human needs drive Soldiers to work as a team toward a common goal. Proof exists showing motivation reduces the amount of...
Thesis: Ethical dilemmas face leaders’ everyday; however as leaders we must be an example for all Soldiers to emulate. Being ethical is not always easy, but we must take what we have learned over the years and apply it to the ethical...
When the definitions of ethics and dilemma are combined then you create an ethical dilemma. These are situations that many leaders in the Army today have to deal with. Some decisions have ended very well and some have even ended with Soldiers in...
Ethics are probably one of the most debated subjects in our world today. For that matter ethics have always been debated. The word ethics is derived from the Greek word ethos. Defined ethics is the study of morals, values and customs of a group...
History is important to the development of professional soldiers and should continue to be
utilized during times of training, and be integrated in all military schools. History provides
lessons in tactics and strategy, which can be applied to...
The first major battle of WWII (Kasserine Pass) and the Korean War (Battle of Osan [Task Force
Smith]), resulted in costly and embarrassing defeats for the U.S. military. Poor leadership at all
levels accounted for the lack of military readiness...
The United States Army Reserve transformed from a strategic resource to an operational resource after the attacks on the World Trade Center. The 91st Division (Training Support) was affected by the transformation as was most reserve units. Not only...