Baldonado, Frederick P.; Blore, Andrew W.; Jones, Walton; Phelps, Rufus III; Richards, Walter L.
We will discuss in this paper the Noncommissioned Officers Education System (NCOES) and the fact that it needs a serious overhaul. The NCOES needs to power down the POIs so that noncommissioned officers are learning ahead rather than behind or at...
Grucella, Matthew S.; Blankenship, Nelson E.; Williams, Paris A.; Dixon, Kawanda A.; Okumu, Donald; Thomas, Anthony R.
Much of the world and many of the Arabic nations view the United States attempts at nation- building as U.S. democratic imperialism or dangerous adventurism that destabilizes countries and political regions. In light our current ongoing...
Along with the Coast Guard specific training, Coasties are now venturing into areas of military training that have historically been the DOD's franchise. The Coast Guard magazine July 2005 article by PA1 Sennott, "Convoy Training: Prepares Coast...
Ethnic conflict is emerging as the dominant threat to world peace in the post-World War II security environment. The scope and frequency of ethnic conflict threatens world stability and could infringe on U.S. vital interests. The U.S. and the UN...
The United States Air Force (USAF) faces a fiscally constrained environment today and will likely become even more constrained in the near future. With a reduced budget and important programs and critical functions that require funding, the USAF...
Increased expeditionary military operations tempo over the past sixty years highlighted the increasing need for base camps to enable force projection for the U.S. as well as allied partners in a variety of locations in the world. Base camps evolved...
Historical examples are an expedient way to develop an understanding of operational art theory and concepts. A historical illustration of both operational success and failure is the Korean War. Several aspects of the Korean War remain relevant to...
The Army Chief of Staff wants to know if the United States Army has taken the appropriate actions to prepare leaders for the evolutionary change of future warfare: joint operations involving air, land, and sea forces? General Shinseki's question is...
Some military thinkers believe that it is possible to avoid urban combat when attacking and seizing a city. They claim that U.S. forces can do this by taking an Indirect Approach. The proposal is basically a siege of the city. This course of...
The first official use of the term “transformation” is often attributed to the document Joint Vision 2010 published in 1996. Logistics, an integral component to this transformation, is adjusting as well. As a part of logistics transformation,...
This study presents a picture of the economic, agricultural, forestry, mining, engineering, chemical, energy resources, housing, trade, and consumer goods conditions existing in Austria at the close of hostilities in the spring of 1945 and the...
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...
Gabel, Christopher R. (Christopher Richard), 1954-
This overview serves as a point of departure for more in-depth studies, sets the stage for the analysis of unit operations from platoon to corps, and furnishes a useful reference for studying branch operations in battle. Repeated reference to this...
From September 2007 through May 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Rob Young served as the G3 chief of future operations with Multinational Division-North (MND-N) in Tikrit, Iraq, which was the 1st Armored Division. He was...
From September 2007 through May 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Rob Young served as the G3 chief of future operations with Multinational Division-North (MND-N) in Tikrit, Iraq, which was the 1st Armored Division. He was...
A former Headquarters and Headquarters Battery and later Bravo Battery commander in 2nd Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment - a Patriot missile equipped unit - Major Matthew Rauscher, in January 2003, became the assistant operations...
This study is an initial, country-level, analysis of the German government rationales for allowing the transfer of arms. The study divides arms transfer rationales into three distinct areas, political, economic and military. At present, there are...
This paper contrasts the European Union's Rapid Reaction Force (ERRF) and the NATO Response Force (NRF). The comparison is set against the backdrop of the recent history of the EU and NATO. The discussion includes a description and evaluation of...
This thesis examines the use of artillery by the Union Army of the Cumberland during the Battle of Chickamauga on 19 and 20 September, 1863. The thesis methodology is an analysis of the terrain, technology, tactics, organization for combat, and...
This study assesses the suitability of just-in-time (JIT) logistics in support of a major theater war. It defines just-in-time logistics and analyzes the reasons the Army adopted just-in-time principles. The study also shows the peacetime...