The purpose of this monograph is to provide a new lens to view the ARFORGEN model, as it has largely been accepted without constructive criticism or analysis of its impacts since its inception in 2006. This monograph is an attempt to synthesize...
Service in the United States Army is an honor that citizen of our great nation is afforded without regard to race, creed color religion or national origin. The question of weather of not to discriminate on the grounds of religion is one that we as...
This monograph will assess the effects of operational deployments on Army Reserve Component attrition rate and its strategic implications for the U.S. Army. It will challenge the belief that the current use of the Army Reserve Component in peace...
This paper examines the battle of Teutoburg (9 A.D.), its consequences on the Roman world, and the role cultural misunderstanding played on the tactical, operational, and strategic levels. The Roman commander's cultural misunderstanding of his...
The modern New Zealand (NZ) Army faces a number of challenges and changes that will place increased demands on limited army resources, one of which is soldiers. The scope of this thesis was on whether morale was critical to the modern NZ Army's...
As an Active Component, Reserve Component team chief based at Fort Stewart, Georgia, Major Richard Mohr oversaw the training mainly of National Guard units that were preparing to deploy in support of the Global War on Terrorism. Specializing in...
Terrorist are determined to destroy the infrastructure and economy of America. Worst of all, terrorist are determined to maim, torture, and execute the great citizens of the United States of America. My job and responsibility as a Solider is to...
This paper describes my experience while deployed to Ghanzi, Afghanistan, Task Force Phoenix 7 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). I will briefly address the Pre Mobilization Training and my day to day mission as the Non Commissioned...
Service as a member of the Canadian Forces (CF) in 2010 is very demanding undertaking. The commitments the CF is fulfilling, both domestically and internationally, have placed a tempo on the CF that has not been witnessed in the decades since the...
As a Non-commissioned Officer, we have all faced this question at one time or another. We have observed our fellow Officers and Non-commissioned Officers put in situations where they have had to make these choices. How we make our decisions is a...
As the senior communication NCO in a Combat Support Hospital, it was my responsibility to maintain communications over many platforms. FM communications, NIPER and SIPER nets, Omni Track System, Private Branch Exchange phone system, commercial off...
The United State Army has been fighting the nation’s wars for over 260 years. Throughout history, the Army has been confronted with the barriers that are put in place when two cultures are thrust together through combat. Repeatedly the Army has...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Guidon came into being as a weekly publication in 1966 under the title Fort Leonard Wood Guidon. Between 1966 and 1987 the title was simplified to Guidon before becoming Essayons in 1988. The name reverted back to Guidon in 1999. It has been...
Along with the 308th Quartermaster Company, Army Reserve Sergeant Melissa Claggett was activated in November 2003 in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. A college student at the time, she arrived in Iraq in February 2004 and began work in a Class...
An orthopedic surgeon in command of the 274th Forward Surgical Team in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM from February to August 2003, Lieutenant Colonel (Dr.) Richard Pope was tasked with providing surgical support to enemy prisoners of war,...
The topic of the thesis is profession of arms and the role of the officer corps in it. In particular, the thesis looks at the Slovenian Armed Forces Officer Corps. The topic was chosen because the answer to the question whether a military is able...
This monograph considers expanding the U.S. Army using non-citizens to man new units. Both the French Foreign Legion and British Brigade of Gurkhas provide useful examples of the types of forces needed by the United States to preserve American...
America's credentials around the world is our ability to be ethical. America's actions are watched, observed and reported and, when American Soldiers fail to be ethical, American Soldiers become no different than the foe we are fighting. Murder of...
Throughout my career, I have heard the statement, "What you put into a Solider is what you get out if them." As leaders, it is our responsibility to integrate ethical thinking in to our subordinates. Before we can instill values in a soldier, we...
Historians are said to be modern oracles. By examining the past they are able to predict what may happen in the future. We, as leaders, must be able to discern the same important facts and information about the military to do the same. Studying...