In 1991 the organizational structure of the Air Force changed substantially. Since then, senior Air Force leaders have called for an additional change in the mindset of the airman. The USAF is a "stovepiped" organization in which most officers know...
The focus of this monograph is to determine if present joint and service component command and control (C2) doctrine, organization, and support systems ensure adequate interoperability when different services are brought together to fight as part...
Today the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines intensely compete over technology and a never sufficient defense budget to defend or expand their respective service's roles, missions, and functions. However, independent air, land, and sea operations...
Man has always been fascinated by the heavens. Not until late in the 19th and early 20th Centuries did man finally have the technology to reach the moon. Currently, the heavens abound with satellites as well as a manned space station. Throughout...
Military interrogation of terror suspects: imaginative does not have to mean unlawful. LT COL David G. Bolgiano, U.S. Air Force, and COL L. Morgan Banks, U.S. Army; The Army should mandate a rigorous selection of military interrogators and remove...
The objectives of Engineer are to inform, motivate, increase knowledge, improve performance, and provide a forum for the exchange of ideas. Views ex-pressed are those of the authors and not those of the Department of Defense or its elements. The...
Major Chris Smith, an Australian Army officer, deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from May to December 2006 as the operations officer of the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment (RAR), a light infantry battalion. In the months...
This study investigates the role of the battle captain in brigade and battalion combat arms tactical operations centers. Current Army command and control doctrine serves as a vehicle for defining the battle captain’s usefulness, duties, and...
In a theater of operations, Army access to airspace not under its direct control is difficult to obtain. The increasing number of intelligence, aviation, and long range fires systems organic to the Army, that require the routine use of airspace...
This monograph examines interagency (IA) coordination in executing US foreign policy. The analysis demonstrates that the current IA apparatus is flawed. The system is plagued by lack of oversight and authority to compel compliance. Examining the...
This monograph examines the current state of operational level intelligence. The research question to be answered is: "Is current doctrine on operational level intelligence adequate for the development of a joint theater intelligence architecture?"...
Communications technology has enabled the U.S. military to move data rapidly around the globe and provide commanders with the ability to monitor and maintain nearly constant communication with subordinates. However, this capability has the...
Globalization has changed many security, economic, political, and social conditions that shape world behavior; which in turn has produced a new paradigm for warfare that is fundamentally different from the industrial aged warfare paradigm that the...
This monograph explores the possible evolution of a command system, specifically the Fires and Effects Coordination Cell, within the Interim Brigade’s staffs organization. The purpose of this examination is to determine if the Fires and Effects...
Transformation is the buzzword of the new millennium for the United States military complex. The future of the Department of Defense and the individual armed services are now at stake, whether current transformational efforts stem from internal...
In this three-part interview, Lieutenant Colonel Scott “Soup” Campbell, United States Air Force, talks mainly about his support of March 2002’s Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan in his capacity as an A-10 flight commander and the chief of...
In Iraq from January 2005 to January 2006, Colonel Joseph DiSalvo commanded the 3rd Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team. Responsible principally for the Rasafah district of Baghdad - located on the east side of the Tigris River - in an area...
A veteran of two deployments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom - the first from February to June 2003 and the second from February to May 2005 - US Marine Corps Major Carlos Urbina, during his initial rotation, served as a communications...
As the military liaison officer (LNO) to other government agencies - mainly the CIA and the FBI - Major Melissa Fozman, based at Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan in Kabul, supported Operation Enduring Freedom from July 2004 through January 2005....
Officers in today's United States military can learn from the policy and military decision-making failures and successes in American history. The hope is that in future military operations, they will not repeat the mistakes of the past. This thesis...