Selective Service extension courses: Under the general authority extended by the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy to the Joint Army and Navy Selective Service Committee to conduct extension courses on the subject of emergency...
This thesis identifies the customer service attitudes between the United States Army Information Systems Selection and Acquisition Agency (USAISSAA) and program managers to better understand how to implement Total Army Quality (TAQ) in this agency....
The mission of the Army Postal Service is to assure adequate postal service for the Army of the United States. Sections in this field manual provide information on the following: general provisions; organization and personnel; addressing of...
National strategic policy and strategic military leadership affected the engineer force structure over the last 90 years despite little change to the mission of the military engineer. Regardless of force structure issues, engineers performed their...
Seeks to determine whether or not cadet service at USMA should be allowed in computing longevity for pay purposes. Service as a cadet at USMA has been regarded as service in the Army from the founding of USMA until 1912. since 1918, only those...
The decline of the Army Value of Selfless Service, which is slowly being replaced with incentives and selfish service, has the potential to effect readiness, force structure, and moral to critical proportions unless the decline is halted and...
The United States Coast Guard is the nation's oldest and first maritime service. The history of the Coast Guard is very complex because it is divided into five different departments or services that fall under the Coast Guard's command and...
Force reductions brought about by reduced spending will almost certainly take place in the near future. This has surfaced an old debate. The debate centers around the U.S. Army and the U.S. Marine Corps and their respective roles in the defense...
This study investigates the desirability of unifying the U.S. Armed Forces into a joint military service. As the U.S. reshapes and downsizes its armed forces for the future, the primary purpose continues to be support for joint operations and a...
Military service is obligatory for each male citizen between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years. According to this 1916 volume, he must plan his life to meet this obligation and be prepared physically, mentally, and morally through proper...
I was the Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge (NCOIC) of approximately ten Recruiting and Retention NCO's. This team was unproductive, lacked motivation, failed to operate as a team and had not met their Recruiting mission for years. The previous...
The purpose of the manual is to outline the Aircraft Warning Service and its agencies, to prescribe its mission and the responsibilities of various agencies concerned, to describe its functions, to cover the organization of its agencies, the...
From at least 1995 until 2001 the Army Reserve Troop Program Unit (TPU) shortage of Army Promotion List (APL) company grade officers has increased. It will continue to increase under the existing status quo. Several factors contribute to this...
The importance of night movements and night attacks in the military operations of the present day is so generally recognized, that any discussion on that point would be more than superfluous. That the Japanese army, from the standpoint of practical...
Ethical decisions and values are taught to Soldiers, Sailors Airmen and Marines at the beginning stages of our tour of service. All branches of the service require mandatory refresher training on ethics and values for all service members. The...
This study examines the ability of the current Unified Command System to provide unity of command and thereby obtain unity of effort in multi-service operations. After a brief review of the doctrinal underpinnings of the current system two...
This monograph looks for historical examples of information warfare in order to gain insight into its current practice. It first describes key elements of the concept of information operations, particularly as they relate to battle command. It then...
The right of American citizens to declare and act upon their objections to war is indelible and absolute. It was these strong beliefs that played a role in ending conscription in the United States Military over thirty-five years ago. With the end...
Nearly everyone has seen the recruiting poster with Uncle Sam pointing directly at you and declaring “I Want You!” This broad patriotic appeal touches upon some very fundamental questions: Who serves in the military (i.e., everyone or only...
From back of photo: L to R: 1st SGT Homer P. Lott, Co. M, 28th Regiment, 26 years service; SSgt Mack S. Davis Co. M, 28th QM Regiment, 30 years service; SGT Weaver A. Briscoe, Co. M, 28th QM Regiment, 20 years service.