This monograph analyzes the use of bypassed forces in defensive operations to determine if they are a viable means for increasing tactical depth of the defense. Because of the fluid nature and rapid tempo of modern battle there will be situations...
This study investigates the effect organizational turbulence caused by frequent changes in task organization has on the company sized elements resident in the sustainment brigades. The study identifies the modular structure of the sustainment...
The June 1993 version of FM 100-5, Operations, introduced the concept of battle command into United States Army Doctrine. The battle command concept emphasizes the art of command' and implies that battle command drives the requirements for command...
The modern term, creeping into the American lexicon, "Tomahawk Diplomacy" has come to represent a form of limited military response where the National Command Authority (NCA) employs cruise missiles and other high technology weapons as a means of...
The role of women in the armed forces has always been and will probably always be a hotly contested topic. Recent statements by senior civilian and military leaders illustrate the reliance the nation has placed on women in the armed forces. In view...
This paper analyzes how a unit's METL can assist infantry battalions in preparing for and executing peacekeeping operations as well as their wartime mission. Field Manual 100-23, Peace Operations states, 'Peace operations are not a new mission and...
The purpose of this paper is to provide specific information about USCENTCOM transition from
Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) to Operation Iraq Freedom. The examples for this vitae
construction of transition from 2002 to 2003 consist of the...
This thesis argues that the Posse Comitatus Act (PCA) limits Department of Defense (DoD) information-sharing initiatives, but that such limitations are necessary to the preservation of civil-military relations. Throughout its history, the United...
Prior to entering World War II, the Japanese Navy did a considerable planning and force development in preparation for a single "decisive battle" with the American fleet. The Japanese submarine force entered the war with highly trained crews...
The classical counterinsurgency theorists emphasize that it is necessary for the government to gain and maintain control of the population in order to defeat the insurgency. They describe population and resource control measures as a means of doing...
An increasing number of schools are not releasing ASVAB scores to military recruiters. In 2004, 3.8 percent of test scores were not released, compared to 13.91 percent in 2011. The decision to release scores is made by school officials. Policies...
On 5 November 2002, an armed Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operated Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) launched a lethal missile strike, killing Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi, a high ranking al-Qaeda member and suspected architect of the USS...
This document contains a G-2 special study of Iwo Jima. There is an index to standard map symbols, starboard center and profiles of beaches, a vertical photograph of the southern half of the island with beaches superimposed, situation maps, and...
This paper will highlight the opposing view for the future of the NCO Corps. I will prove to you that discriminating polices like restricting women to non-combat roles is sexist and biased which undermines the mutual respect for both NCO sexes....
We live in a rapidly changing world where the difference between noncombat and combat roles has become blurred by the asymmetrical threat of modem warfare. Given this changing world, the rational for not allowing women to voluntarily serve in...
"We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. " (From the Declaration of...
Since the 1970 establishment of centralized senior noncommissioned officers (NCOs) promotion boards, the Army has utilized the noncommissioned officers evaluation report (NCO-ER) as its key indicator of promotion potential. Although revised in...