MAJ Jeff Struecker served as a chaplain with the 82nd Airborne Division and Ranger Regiment in multiple places in Iraq and Afghanistan from 2003 through 2009 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In this...
COL Ronald Westfall focuses on his experiences as an Infantry Battalion Executive Officer mobilized in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF I). In relating his experiences in the pre-mobilization process, COL Westfall describes lacking good...
In this interview, MAJ Michael Adorjan, US Army, Special Forces; discusses his deployment to Iraq, Africa as the personnel officer (S3) in 2009 through 2010 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Adorjan discusses a typical day in...
A veteran of two deployments to Afghanistan as part of 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) - the first from January to August 2004 as the 1st Battalion, Charlie Company operations sergeant, the second from June 2005 to February 2006 as an...
Roughly a month after taking command of Bravo Company, 302nd Military Intelligence Battalion (Tactical Exploitation System) in November 2002, Major Art La Flamme received his deployment order and, by January, was at Ahmed Al Jaber Airbase in Kuwait...
This paper discusses the powers and limitations of motor and animal drawn transport in supporting the infantry at the front line with respect to roads, maintenance, and possible employment. Included is a report of motorization tests of 34th...
This paper presents an excellent example of the application of methodology in an examination of sources; including a complete analysis of the admissibility of external criticism, and a brief consideration of the credibility of internal criticism as...
This study details the offensive of the Germans at Verdun and concludes with illustrations of principles of war and violations of which resulted in the operation's failure.
This study investigates the role of the Army in combating moonshiners in the mountainous South during Reconstruction. The military committed numerous detachments across the South to aid U.S. marshals and revenue agents in eliminating stills. This...
The late Roman Republic faced what looked unsolvable social problems and all attempts made by the politicians from all parties failed or made the situation even worse. Finally the crisis was so deep that the security and survival of the state was...
The United States is a nation at war. It will be a long war. The terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001 were the catalyst that brought the US to this war: the Global War on Terrorism. However, US and coalition responses to Islamic extremism since...
The thesis proposes unification of South Asia, comprising India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and Maldives into a single democratic federal structure, like the U.S. with certain amount of autonomy to the states/provinces. The...
This study examines the role that military forces in less developed countries can play in nation building. It analyses the nation building contributions of the armed forces of Argentina, Brazil, Malaysia, Republic of Korea and Venezuela in their...
This thesis reviews the historical background of humanitarian and peacekeeping (H/P) operations conducted by conventional helicopter forces in order to determine an appropriate base model for future helicopter support. Then, it analyzes current...
This study maintains strategic surprise occurred in two instances during the 1991 Persian Gulf War. First, Saddam's invasion of Kuwait took the United States, and most of the world, by surprise. Next, the U.S. led coalition attacks strategically...
This study examines the role of the U.S. Army to resolve a domestic crisis. Domestic contingency operations are viable Army missions and commanders must be prepared to execute military operations in response to a domestic emergency. The term...
The central question of this study is whether the U.S. Army provides adequate training for Special Forces soldiers to make ethical decisions on the battlefield. The value of this study is that it may have an impact on future Special Forces...