Joint Center for International Security Force Assistance
Current military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and many future operations will center on developing capability and capacity of host nation (HN) or other foreign security forces. In February 07, the U.S. Army stated in a message to all Army...
Currently, the United States finds itself in a very similar predicament to what Great Britain experienced after emerging from the First World War as she set about the governance of a growing empire during the interwar period. With the stated intent...
Drug Trafficking Organizations within Mexico have become a challenge to the state and are affecting both Mexican and U.S. citizens within the U.S. and Mexico border region. As the situation continues to spiral out of control, the U.S. military,...
During DESERT STORM, Army Aviation established that it has matured as a combat arm. When employed in close combat, aviation is deadly and decisive. Aviation forces can deliver decided combat power to formidable operational depths, poising itself as...
During the Cold War, the U.S. Army focused a large percentage of its combat power on the defense of Western Europe against possible Soviet aggression. Though America fought two low-intensity conflicts (Korea and Vietnam) during this era, North...
During the July 2005 battle of Siah Chow - an intense, daylong, small-unit fight waged by elements of 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group against Taliban forces in Afghanistan's Uruzgan Province - Major Chris Hensley served as the Bravo Company...
Army after next. Army after next technology: forging possibilities into reality. Brigadier General Edward T. Buckley Jr., US Army; Lieutenant Colonel Henry G. Franke III, US Army; and A. Fenner Milton Strategic...
Theory and doctrine Warfighting's moral domain. Lieutenant Colonel Antulio J. Echevarria II, US Army, and Major Jacob D. Biever, US Army Blending maneuver and attrition. Colonel Lamar Tooke, US Army, Retired Revamping...
Following the events of hurricane Katrina, there has been some discussion calling for the repeal of the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878. The act was passed by Congress to limit the role of the Army, preventing it from being used for domestic law...
From August 2005 through August 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Erick Sweet served in the brigade aviation element as part of the air defense and airspace management (ADAM) cell for 1st Brigade, 10th Mountain Division. In this...
From July 2003 through June 2004 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Lieutenant Colonel Glenn Waters served as the operations officer for 3rd Battalion, 6th Field Artillery - part of 1st Brigade, 10th Mountain Division. In this interview, he...
From surveys of much of the existing literature on World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, the author has extracted examples of friendly fire involving U.S. ground forces and has categorized them according to types of...
General Abrams presents a sound historical example of the practical application of operational art as viewed through the lens of the Army Design Methodology. When General Abrams' assumed command of Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV), he was...