This monograph investigates the organization and capabilities of the Army aviation support battalion and answers the question: Can the proposed aviation support battalion provide single source logistics to the divisional aviation brigade in...
This monograph explores the possibility of consolidating common civil augmentation functions at the Department of Defense level in order to facilitate a more efficient, responsive military. Specifically, the report examines the logistic functions...
The Objective Force Unit of Action operates in a significantly different command environment. It is called “execution-centric command” and it relies on information superiority. The commander uses superior situational understanding and the...
Military writers believe that future warfare is about to undergo fundamental change. Due to extremely sophisticated intelligent weapons and the lack of economic resources, countries are moving away from mass conscripted draftee armies toward...
In 1998, Predator became the first Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration to transition into the Defense Acquisition System. When it did, it operated within the Air Force’s rapid acquisition office. Predator operated here until it made its...
The purpose of this study is to examine the Norwegian Army's leadership development program through an analysis of theoretical framework, formal guidance as well as a qualitative survey to Norwegian commanders. This analysis aims to identify how...
Refugee support operations have significantly impacted the international community in recent years. Internationally sponsored humanitarian aid is almost always required to ease refugee suffering and misery. Historical evidence indicates that the...
The need for security assistance through coalitions and logistics remains important for achieving success in the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) and in the US Government’s (USG’s) promotion of democracy. Coalition or international logistics are...
This monograph examines the current organizational structure and employment of the Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Reserve Force, to research the possibility of increasing force readiness through command reorganization and implementation of a reserve...
This paper analyzes the combat service support concept for the redesigned Force XXI Division to determine if the concept improves the efficiency and effectiveness of support to the maneuver battalions and division as a whole. The paper begins with...
Slater, Gregory; Almeida, Giles; Makoto, Yahara; Stevens, Anthony; Williams, Charles
The Army Reserve Components mobilizing in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom/ Enduring Freedom conduct a lengthy, inefficient train-up. They should adopt a shorter, more focused model to increase combat effectiveness. In this study,...
The Army Reserve Components mobilizing in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom/ Enduring Freedom conduct a lengthy, inefficient train-up. They should adopt a shorter, more focused model to increase combat effectiveness. In this study,...
The Army Reserve Components mobilizing in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom/ Enduring Freedom conduct a lengthy, inefficient train-up. They should adopt a shorter, more focused model to increase combat effectiveness. In this study,...
Thesis: The need to establish a less cumbersome and more agile military can only be attain by a dramatic paradigm shift from our present force structure and configuration. The old way of doing things is antiquated and out of step with the current...
This monograph is a qualitative look at the doctrinal differences between the command and control processes of close air support and close combat attack and whether or not those two processes can be combined to create a streamlined process. To get...
"This manual presents the details of construction, use, and maintenance of land sites for low altitude barrage balloons. Rigging of the bed is described for securing low-altitude barrage balloons by bedding down, tail-line mooring, mooring-cirlce...
The purpose of this study was to investigate how the 1st Sustainment Brigade (SB) reduced customer wait time (CWT) in Multi-National Division-Baghdad (MND-B) from October 2007 to January 2008. A secondary objective was to determine what affect...
Reserve Component unit readiness is important because the Army cannot operate in any spectrum of conflict without mobilizing reserve forces. Major portions of the Army's support structure reside in the reserves. The current Unit Status Report...
Within the context of current US government efforts to integrate, synchronize and unify actions to secure US national interests against current threats, this paper will assess the current capability of the Department of Defense to plan for Phase 0...
Currently the United States is involved in providing logistics support to multinational stability operations around the world. Synchronizing support to US and coalition forces not only requires planners to integrate the different strategic,...