Understanding the professional military ethic (PME) requires first understanding the conceptual foundations upon which it stands. This foundation includes objective morality, the sociology of professions, professional ethics in general, and the...
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...
The United States Army is changing, and the scope, pace and complexity of that change is unprecedented, given that change is occurring during a war very different from those of the past. The Army Strategic Planning Guidance, 2005, describes why and...
The dissolution of the Warsaw Pact and Soviet Union has removed the traditional Cold War logic and security rationale for the forward deployment of theater nuclear weapons (TNWs) in Europe. Moreover, with a reduction of almost 90 percent of U.S....
This book contains the regulations for dismounted soldiers in the field artillery and mounted soldiers, firing instructions, the gun squad, conduct of fire, drivers, care of horses, and ceremonies.
The goal of all firing-battery training is fire discipline, which amounts to accuracy, speed and dependability, regardless of adverse conditions, in placing fire where called for and when.
With all the missions Soldiers have going in the U.S. Army right now, should they include time to study history? In this paper, I will argue in favor of studying history. I don’t think the average Soldier needs to know all the details of battle....
This study attempts to determine why the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, was successfully overthrown by a religion, Shiite Islam. The investigation is focused on the large and powerful Imperial Iranian Armed Forces, the Shah's political...
Asymmetry is a United States Army doctrinal term. Research indicates that soldiers have a poor appreciation of asymmetry. The concept is often overused or just misused altogether. The cause for this is likely the doctrine itself. The primary Army...
This study reviews Sir Henry Morgan's attack on Panama City in 1671. Henry Morgan was successful because he applied combat power correctly. Morgan faced an enemy of superior numbers, yet he was successful. Morgan chose an objective that was thought...
In this document, the origin and different tribes of the Philippines are described, as well as home life, religion, life as a citizen, characteristic traits of the Tagalo and Visayas, the Chinese, Moros, Europeans, slavery, language, etc.
United States Army A.E.F. (1917-1920) Artillery School (Saumur)
In order to see, think and act, an army needs a nervous system of lines of information running from the seat of government ot the listening posts extending even into the enemy territory. Wherever this system breaks down, the army will be...
Delvalle, Rudy; Herrick, Hank; McPeek, Johnny; Ortiz, Andres; Stahler, Bill
Thesis Statement: Soviet miscalculations/under estimations of Afghan guerilla tactics were ultimately responsible for the Soviet failure and withdrawal from Afghanistan. War is an extension of world diplomacy and therefore requires careful...
On September 14 2006, SGT Jennifer M. Hartman was killed in Baghdad, Iraq when a vehicle borne lED exploded near her substation as she performed a refuel mission. SGT Hartman was my former driver and an outstanding noncommissioned officer. She as...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Essayons, originally published as the Fort Leonard Wood Guidon in 1966 then as the Guidon from 1966 to 1987. Became Essayons in 1988 and remained that way until 1999 when it reverted back to Guidon. It has been and continues to be a record of...
Cervera, Pascual; Navy Department, Office of Naval Intelligence
This document contains two main parts. The first section contains documents relative to the squadron in the naval battle of Santiago de Cuba. Section two is made up mainly of extracts from letters from Admiral Cervera in protest against Spain...
The work addresses the problem of the concept of national will. Present concepts are held to be inadequate because they arbitrarily separate national will from the political decision-making process and because they are psychologically unsound. As a...