The United States currently finds itself conducting counterinsurgency efforts across the globe, facing insurgencies on an unprecedented scale. It is critical to adapt tactics, techniques and procedures appropriate for a counterinsurgency....
Looks at how and why the Victory Plan was written. The Victory Plan was authored by General Albert C. Wedemeyer in the summer of 1941. Discusses a variety of issues: the planner, the requirements, strategic estimates, detailed planning and various...
Presently, United States Army battlefield supply distribution does not involve unmanned aerial logistic vehicles. The United State military's Joint Vision 2020 and its tenet of Focused Logistics provide vision for force development allowing for the...
This monograph identifies and examines the criterion for the acceptance of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as tactical joint force multipliers. The concept for their use rests on historical validation as well as the realization that force...
Historically, the United States Military has repeatedly been unprepared at the onset of hostilities and they have continued this trend with Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). The military continues to train our...
In 1979 Ayatollah Khomeini's indirect approach ignited existing socio-economic conditions during the Iranian Revolution to topple the Shah. A similar indirect approach using psychological operations to target audiences through key vulnerabilities...
The world’s growing population is becoming increasingly urbanized. If recent interventions and peacekeeping efforts by the military are indications of future deployments, then the US Army must realize the likelihood of conducting military...
This study investigates the feasibility of conducting US - Soviet combined operations from a military perspective. The emphasis is on identifying differences and similarities between US and Soviet operational level of war concepts and coalition...
The 2008 symposium's theme, "The US Army and the Interagency Process: Historical Perspectives," was designed to explore the partnership between the US Army and government agencies in attaining national goals and objectives in peace and war within a...
This work chronicles the challenging task of bringing stability and representative government to the Iraqi city of Kirkuk after the fall of the Baathist regime. Although the plan for Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF) required US forces to prepare to...
This work chronicles the challenging task of bringing stability and representative government to the Iraqi city of Kirkuk after the fall of the Baathist regime. Although the plan for Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF) required US forces to prepare to...
This study explores the impacts on US Army operations should the United States decide to abide by the “Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Antipersonnel Mines and on their Destruction.” This treaty...
The US Army is currently attempting to modify its forces of today in order to provide a more relevant force to Commanders in Chief. The US Army Strike Force concept provided an opportunity to develop and test new ideas in providing a more rapidly...
This supplement was originally prepared by a student group working with existing documents and information supplied by personnel then assigned to the United States Army Sergeants Major Academy. The entire volume was rewritten in the summer of 1980...
This paper analyzes the Army, its relevance as determined by the service’s ability to support national security strategy, operational theater strategies, and joint and combined tactical strategies, with an eye toward the emerging environment....
This thesis examines the potential application of training and education methods utilized by the United States Army pre-commissioning programs to the civilian intelligence agencies with respect to how they might increase collaboration....
This thesis examines the conduct of the US Army’s counterinsurgency campaign in Iraq from the end of May 2003 through March 2004. While examining how the US Army is implementing existing counterinsurgency (COIN) doctrine, this thesis also...
This study investigates the need for a U.S. flag merchant marine. Parameters used are those functions of a merchant marine enunciated by President Roosevelt in 1935: (1) protection of U.S. commerce from unfair foreign trade practices; (2)...
This paper attempts to consolidate and categorize the extensive literature available that relates to US Army military hand guns, and to provide analysis of that information for future studies and decisions. My literature search reveals that the...