In spite of experience that shows post-conflict stability operations are inevitable, the U.S. military places more emphasis on winning the fighting and less on the decisive post-combat phase. This has resulted in increased risk to the mission and...
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...
This monograph discusses the nature of the medium range anti-tank battle and the inappropriateness of the Dragon missile for that battle. An examination of the Bradley Infantry Battalion concludes that the Echo company is unnecessary. The Light...
This monograph will address two juxtaposed themes: first, the primacy of state sovereignty, the founding assumption of contemporary international relations, embodied by the principles of Westphalia; and second the assertion arising out of...
As warfare continues to become more complex due to the advent and proliferation of new technology, blending of ethnic and cultural groups, population growth and urbanization, and tendency towards asymmetric warfare, commanders will have more...
Deception has been a part of warfare throughout history and has proven a very effective force multiplier when employed correctly. Many esteemed military theorists have espoused the merits of deception including; Sun Tzu, Carl von Clausewitz, Mao...
It is dangerous to assume that in today's operating environment, a universally accepted definition of what war is, and what war is not, is readily available. While most Soldiers and policy makers claim to know war, "knowing it when they see it," is...
The advent of globalization and the revolution in military affairs necessitates making substantive changes to the Army’s organizational structure. The current traditional hierarchical structure worked well in the Cold War era but is now a source...
The challenge is in deciding what to automate (effective use of technology) and what remains a human function. The 1999 US National Security Strategy emphasizes the importance of information technology. However, the decisive point of all future...
The Armed Forces of the Netherlands are currently in a reorganization process in order to improve the balance between tasks and capabilities. Specific materiel is being disposed of and organizations are downsized to achieve this balance. The...
Now is the time to rethink the treatment plan of the insurgent detainees with regard to the current conflicts. The US Government is at a one sided war when it comes to the treatment of the detainee's. The US follows the law of warfare and Geneva...
The United States needs to develop the same level of dominance in conducting counterinsurgency as it holds in conventional war. Unfortunately, the effects of the Vietnam War get in the way of this goal. The American people need to get over this...
The challenges of full spectrum operations in a future contemporary operational environment have led to the ever-increasing empowerment of the American Noncommissioned Officer over time. Due to the shift in the Army’s operational concept,...
As a Sergeant Major, we have observed our fellow Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers put in situations where they have had to make these choices. How they make their decision is a direct reflection on the leaders that they were mentored by....
Although units use METL for current training, units need to look at current DOD transformation goals for modernizing METLs. In 2001, FM 3-0 was rewritten. It is the fourteenth in a series dating back to 1905. It lays the foundation for the...
With our participation in the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) since 2001, the Army has had a shortage of NCO’s to fill critical positions in its ranks. Many Soldiers have been deployed on several rotations since 2001 and that has begun to take its...
All Soldiers during deployments in the combat zone operate as a team. They bust the wire together and are in harm’s way throughout their missions. Either an enemy bullet or an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) does not differentiate flagged...
It is time to rethink the ethics of the military draft. In our all-volunteer force today, the ranks of the military are filled in two ways: either by patriotic citizens committing themselves to service to their country, or by individuals taking...
Since the 9/11 attacks on the United States, The Army and Reserve Components have had to react to an entirely new paradigm. The U.S. Army not only had to fight a new kind of war, it has to rethink the entire future of armed conflict and reassess...
This study examines the need to change the field artillery's four standard tactical missions because of the U.S. Army's evolution to Force XXI operations. Currently the field artillery organizes field artillery for combat and assigns a tactical...