In the last two decades, NATO's operations have exposed significant shortcomings in the organization's military capabilities. The Alliance has relied on the U.S. to provide either the bulk of the forces or the majority of the critical capabilities...
This document, prepared by the Office of the Chief of Transportation, discusses transportation via ocean, rail, highways, and others, along with issues regarding storage. The purpose of this monograph is to outline the operating relationships of...
The need for continued expansion of military transportation became increasingly apparent during the Second World War. This paper highlights many issues regarding the importance of transportation including: organizational development;...
The following report is divided into three principal sections, dealing with (A) background information, (B) money and credit institutions in1941, and (C) wartime developments. Section A reviews briefly the development of currency and financial...
The Army of DESERT STORM owed much to three past trainers of the Army. For much of his career, George C. Marshall argued for field exercises to supplement institutional training; once raised to high command, he ordered large-scale maneuvers. World...
The Army of Desert Storm owed much to three past trainers of the Army. For much of his career, George C. Marshall argued for field exercises to supplement institutional training; once raised to high command, he ordered large-scale maneuvers. World...
This biography is written through personal acqaintance of the author and covers Lincoln's life before and during politics, as it examines Abraham Lincoln's views on slavery in the United States during the 19th century.
This study analyzes the strategic effectiveness of special operations conducted by the Far East Command (FECOM) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Korea during the Korean Conflict from 1950 to 1953. Each organization's effectiveness is...
Regional Organizations have played an increasing role of late in resolving intrastate conflicts. The UN, drawn into a plethora of peacekeeping operations in the 1990s, has relied increasingly on regional organizations and alliances to take the lead...
Contrary to Army promotion policies and practices today, all types of generalship are not the same. Instead, there are different types of generalship required for different levels of command and specialized functions. Unfortunately, the Army's...
This document (the first year, 15 July 1944 to 20 July 1945) is a narrative record of events as the Civil Affairs Holding and Staging Area (CASA) was developed to train officers in military government and civil administration for working in the...
The US Army Sergeants Major Academy is a growing, changing, institution demanding an ever increasing historical awareness. This history is set forth to retain the processes, reasoning, and results of the Academy's efforts during the period from 1...
The scope of this Personal Experience Paper (PEP) encompasses my views and experience of my unit’s pre-MOB training, mobilization at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, deployment to Iraq, and redeployment to home station. The span of this period started...
During Operation Iraqi Freedom II, I was the First Sergeant of Co. A 1I150th AR BN. Our unit conducted Stability and Support Operations from FOB Roughrider. Mission requirements did not require the traditional First Sergeant duties such as casualty...
Described in detail from files taken from the House of Representatives in Congress, Major General St. Clair's narrative about the campaign against the Indians in 1791.
Dr. Millett offers a survey of U.S. military involvement in the training of indigenous security forces in the Philippines and the Caribbean Basin in the 20th century. Given the dramatic increase of these types of efforts in Iraq, Afghanistan, and...
The Sino-Indian border dispute is the result of the failure of India and China to agree upon the exact delimitation of their boundary within the complexities of the Himalayas. India maintains that there were treaties between India and Tibet...
The end of the Cold War brought a period of prosperity with expectations for peace, broken by a new kind of small and protracted conflicts. Western powers, freed from the former threat, were eager to commit military units in peace operations. The...