In the post 9/11 world, the U.S. must focus its security efforts on everything from airports to al-Qaeda. With resources stretched thin and priorities focused on prosecuting the Global War on Terror (GWOT), our current government structures and...
This study examines adaptations made by State, on adherence to directives requiring coordination with other USG departments and agencies, to effectively respond to current and future national security threats. Without the staff, tools, and training...
At the dawn of the 21st Century, the Air Force adapted too many of the challenges presented by nearly a decade of sustained combat operations. Notable among these adaptations are the doctrinal and real-world changes with regard to senior command...
The United Nations (UN) intervention in Timor-Leste in 1999-2005 has been critically acclaimed as a “model” peacekeeping operation. By temporarily assuming sovereign powers on behalf of Timor-Leste, the UN Transitional Authority in East Timor...
This monograph looks at the complexity, dynamic nature, and challenges associated with Command and Control ( C2) in Stability and Support Operations (SASO). Since its inception, the Army has been conducting SASO in both foreign and domestic...
In 1965 the first American ground troops were committed to Vietnam. The Vietnamese Communists committed to fight a long arduous war in hope of wearing down the American military. Vietnam became a junior leaders' war, with much of the control at the...
The United States today manifestly lacks adequate civilian capacity to conduct complex operations--those operations that require close civil-military planning and cooperation in the field. Examples of complex operations abound and include...
Just War Theory and Democratization by Force: Two Incompatible Agendas. Cora Sol Goldstein, Ph.D.; Is the doctrine of minimum collateral damage compatible with a strategy of democratization by force?
America's frontier wars: lessons for asymmetric conflicts. Congressman Ike Skelton; Congressman Ike Skelton suggests how to overcome the threat of asymmetrical warfare by examining yesteryear's battles to develop strategies and tactics for...
The best explanation for studying history was perhaps given by the blind Czech historian Milan
Hubl to the novelist Milan Kundera. “The first step in liquidating a people is to erase its
memory. Destroy its books, its culture, and its history....
Homeland Security: Are we hiring the best-qualified people to secure our borders?
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is responsible for protecting and securing
the nation's borders. In order to accomplish that mission DHS must ensure...
William Fitzgerald; Augustine Flores; Mark Sinnard; Shandia Terry-Hughes; Paulette Moore
Analysis of recent world events (9-11) and an emerging global threat posed against the
United States clearly show that we, as a nation, are currently under the greatest threat we have
ever faced. Our subsequent declaration of the Global War on...
The Combat Medics found themselves in a poor situation during the Vietnam Conflict.
The organization and duties, weapons and heroes all played an important role in the development
of the NCO during the Vietnam Conflict. Many organizational problems...
The purpose of this paper is to provide you a brief history of Army basic training and the role Basic Training has in preparing our Soldiers for the challenges of their times. The Army throughout it’s history till now, has not learned from the...
The American Noncommissioned Officer, also known as an NCO, is an enlisted member of the United States Armed Forces who has been given authority by a commissioned officer. Noncommissioned Officers serve as trainers or administrators as well as...
The necessity for military professionals to take time out of the daily schedules to study military history is paramount to the success of future operations. History has demonstrated numerous situations, conflicts and operations that leaders can...
I deployed to Kuwait in August 2007 as part of a legacy-structure Alabama Army National Guard Personnel Services Battalion. The unit mobilized in June 2007 and spent almost two months in pre-deployment training at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. Just...
By the early-1960's, the United States Army was again engaged in conflict, now in Vietnam. As the war progressed, the attrition of combat, the 12-month tour limit in Vietnam, separations of senior noncommissioned officers and the 25-month stateside...
Group Thesis: Despite billions of dollars in expenditures and current government policy, our nation's borders remain unprotected and the US Military should assume an expanded role in their protection.