This study uses the development of steam propulsion in the United States Navy as a case study for how new technology affects the strategy of the United States at the operational and strategic levels. Using the modern paradigms of operational and...
This Worldwide Equipment Guide (WEG) describes the spectrum of worldwide systems and system trends in the Contemporary Operational Environment (COE). The updated and approved definition for COE is as follows: The contemporary operational...
This study is an examination of three areas: historical U.S. liquid propellant development, liquid propellant logistical considerations and the technical considerations in the application of a liquid propellant gun in a combat vehicle. The study...
The United States submarine force underwent significant improvement between the two world wars. In World War I, United States’ submarines sank no enemy ships. A little over 20 years later the United States’ submarine force crippled Japan’s...
On board U.S. Navy, Military Sealift Command and the U.S. Coast Guard vessels, Inspection and Survey routinely conduct inspections. The successful completion of these Inspection and Survey (INSURV) inspections has always been considered a major...
This report constitutes a study of German technical assistance to the Japanese war effort. The study is based on all available intelligence material drawn from all sources. It includes air and land armaments, electronics, manufacturing processes,...
This thesis will examine how Surface Warfare Officers (SWO) received their initial post-commission training beginning with the end of World War II and ending with the training program as of September 2008. Specifically, this thesis examines the...
Address given 10 June 1946, giving an overall view of guided missiles. Discusses the birth of the program during World War II in America, Germany and Japan and also looks at the then-current capabilities and situation.
Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) is an increasingly complex and challenging aspect of maritime warfare. Technologically advanced countries such as Germany, Sweden, and France continue to develop advances in diesel submarine technology that make these...
Since the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, the airfield attack subset of the counter-air role became increasingly hazardous to attacking aircrews due to improvements and proliferation of anti-air weapons. The United States and coalition air forces in...
This study investigates the adaptation and purpose-built construction of the vessels used by the Federal government to conduct riverine warfare on the waters of the American Mississippi River drainage basin. The study concentrates on the...
This thesis examines the Battle of Hampton Roads, 8 and 9 March 1862, the first battle of ironclads, to determine if it was a Revolution in Military Affairs. This study is an analysis of naval developments prior to March 1862, the battle, and the...
The People's Republic of China (PRC) has improved its surface-to-surface missile capabilities over the last decade by acquiring foreign missile technology. Despite bans on the importation of missile-related items, the People's Liberation Army (PLA)...
The following contains revisions to several artillery related documents of 1960. It includes the distribution list to whom will receive this document and its revisions.
Considered the nucleus of an aircraft carrier; the Reactor Department and its Sailors are the unsung heroes during underway periods. On 20 January 2004, USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) began its sixth routine Mediterranean and Persian Gulf...
In a surprise move during the summer of 1955 the Secretary of the Navy selected Rear Admiral Arleigh Burke over 92 more senior admirals to become the Navy’s next Chief of Naval Operations. The junior admiral went on to serve an unprecedented...
The threat of the Soviet Union and Communism to the United States diminished with the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s. Instead, the asymmetric threat of terrorism has spread throughout the world and become a grave danger to American citizens...
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...
Series of lectures in two volumes on infantry organization, weapons, field artillery, communications, security, infantry policies, armored forces, infantry school, manpower and various remarks from generals. Demonstration section contains series of...