Over the years since its inception the United States Army has endured and absorbed many changes. Those changes have shaped the course of the Army and have served as catalysts in forming the overall structure and business practices of the Army as it...
Every war brings about different challenges that the military adapts to either during the conflict or after. How well the Army transforms from past experiences will have an impact on the success or failure as it continues to engage in future...
The history of the 65th Infantry Regiment is a source of pride to the people of Puerto Rico. All commanders, to include Gen Macarthur, revered their actions during the early part of the Korean War. In 1952 the regiment underwent a major...
The Confederacy's two largest field forces, the Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of Tennessee compiled quite dissimilar battlefield reputations. The former, more often victorious in battle, established a firm internal structure earlier in the...
This study is an historical analysis of the 27th Division in World War II. The performance of that division is illustrative of all divisions which were mobilized in 1940-1941 from the National Guard. The focus was on personnel, training,...
The United States submarine force underwent significant improvement between the two world wars. In World War I, United States’ submarines sank no enemy ships. A little over 20 years later the United States’ submarine force crippled Japan’s...
The United States destroyer force underwent significant design improvement during the Interwar Period. The roles and missions of the destroyers evolved from WW I to the end of WW II, based on design and tactics improvements, as well as the overall...
This monograph investigates Pentomic doctrine of the 1950's. The political and military factors that drove the Army to adopt a new vision of war, restructure and reorganize its major combat formations and to eventually abandon that change are very...
Political and media pundits have labeled the current period of post Cold-War world order the Pax Americana, reminiscent of the Pax Romana that occurred from 27 BC- 180 AD, during the zenith of the Roman Empire. It is the view of many that since the...
"The extraordinary importance which the Gruson-Schumann Shielded Mountings have obtained in military science during the last five years has naturally somewhat diverted the public interest from the armoured turrets and batteries of the Gruson...
The 75th Division has a long proud history. The United States Army created the 75 th Division during World War II. The Division has undergone numerous changes through today but the pride of the unit has not changed. During this essay, I will...
Today, there are few veterans left from World War I that can tell the story of that conflict and those hero's that helped to make our Non-Commissioned Officer corps (NCO) what it is today. During this war the slaughter and the taking of human life...
The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast the three most important factors
that have spearheaded the ever-increasing empowerment of the American
Noncommissioned Officer over time. This writing describes the development of the US
Army’s...
I served my country for 20 years when I got notice to deploy and speculated if the training I had received had prepared me for what I was about to endure. Things did not start well; the unit’s task organization did not include the retention staff...
The intent of this paper is to provide the reader a look into my personal experience as a deployed Noncommissioned Officer in Operation Iraqi Freedom. I will discuss six months post mobilization training, the actual tour and subsequent extension in...
The 1992 USASMA Annual Command History is designed to preserve a record of the academy's activities during the year. It consists of three main parts. The first is a very brief introduction to the history of the academy and the Noncommissioned...
SUMMARY: The Army transformation effort provided the dominant theme for the Sergeants Major Academy in 2008. The academy sought to continue transformation in the Noncommissioned Officer Education System, through the increased use of distance...
SIGINT Support to Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm
On 17 July 1990, Sadaam Hussein accused Kuwait of over-producing oil and theft of the oil from the Rumailia Oil Field. Following a U.S. freeze of Iraqi and Kuwaiti assets, United Nations...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Guidon came into being as a weekly publication in 1966 under the title Fort Leonard Wood Guidon. Between 1966 and 1987 the title was simplified to Guidon before becoming Essayons in 1988. The name reverted back to Guidon in 1999. It has been...