The issue of close air support is one of the most emotional issues between the Army and the Air Force. Both services interpret close air support in terms of the lives of their personnel. The fundamental question previous studies have not addressed...
"The pamphel presents a course in Radio Operating Procedure (Voice) in general and as applied to procedure with SCR 194 specifically. The principles of voice procedures are the same for all radio sets employing voice communications."
Commanders always require a large amount of data in order to maintain situational awareness, a very complicated endeavor especially during deployments in Iraq or Afghanistan with subordinate units spread across the country. The Battle Command...
In this November 2012 interview, MAJ Scot Keith, US Army, Public Affairs discusses his deployment to Afghanistan as the officer in charge (OIC) of the Media Operations Center for Regional Command East (RC-East) from 2009 through 2010 in support of...
When 16 Air Assault Brigade (UK) was alerted for deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Major John Clark was serving as a squadron commander in 23 Engineer Regiment (UK), a subordinate unit that was also tapped to...
In this interview, MAJ Jerome Barnard, US Army, Logistics; discusses his deployment to Iraq as the battalion logistics officer (S4) in 2005 through 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Barnard talks about his pre-deployment...
Ever since the collapse of the world of the bipolar opposition between the former USSR led Warsaw Pact and NATO, political and military leaders have been facing a different security environment with overwhelming instability and uncertainty. In this...
Between April and August 1943, the U.S. Army’s II Corps saw two of its division commanders relieved of their commands. Each relief appeared tied to battlefield setbacks. MG Orlando Ward of the 1st Armored Division was relieved after his division...
Military organizations are normally quite resistant to change the way they operate. As Eliot A. Cohen and John Gooch note in ‘Military Misfortunes,’ militaries have failed on occasion to anticipate, learn, and adapt to changes in the nature of...
This study examines the US principles of war to see if they are potential candidates as the foundation for a timeless and universal military theory. Each is compared to similar fundamental statements made by past military theorists to ensure it is...