The CSM Theodore L. Dobol Collection contains several biographical and miscellaneous materials related to CDM Dobol’s military career. The textual files include photographs, transcripts of oral history interviews; a short autobiography; the...
This correspondence is intended to provide insightful information on my experience I encountered on the day Terrorist attack the World Trade Center. Assignments as a Company First Sergeant within the Army’s recruiting command can be at times very...
Many of the books listed in this work are military classics, that is, books of recognized value that set a standard of historical or literary excellence. Others evaluate or expand on the military classics. Focused mainly on the history of land...
This thesis examines the evolution of concepts for the development and management of United States Air Force imagery reconnaissance systems and the application of these concepts to current Air Force support to Army ground commanders. By examining...
This study focused on testing a portion of Kelley and Thibaut's trust-building model. This model asserted that an individual could earn an attribution of dependability by: behaving cooperatively, sharing similar interests, and sharing...
This monograph addresses the question of whether the concept of the Fire Support Coordination Line (FSCL) should be included in future joint doctrine. The FSCL was originally designed as a concept to fulfill a requirement for deconfliction of fires...
This monograph examines the conditions that exist during the execution of contingency operations (as opposed to the combat conditions on a mid to high-intensity battlefield) in order to derive a training focus for the future. After reviewing the...
As the U.S. Army transforms itself for future information age operations, it will rely heavily on the Army Battlefield Command Systems (ABCS) to provide digital Command and Control (C2) support to commanders throughout the theater of operations....
This monograph examines whether or not the Armored Cavalry Regiment (ACR) has a useful role to perform in the Corps defensive rear battle. Its genesis lies with the appreciation that the Soviets have tremendous capabilities for deep attack but that...
This study investigates the hypothesis that command and control functions have a vital impact on the success or failure of amphibious operations. Based on this hypothesis, this study analyzes the amphibious assault landings conducted during...
From antiquity to the present there has been cultural tension over different views of what is right and what is wrong, and every culture desires to apply their values universally to the rest of the world. When a nation chooses to go to war and...
This monograph discusses the complex relationship between intelligence and operational planning from the perspective of a World War II combined and joint operation, Operation Market-Garden. Operation Market-Garden was the largest airborne operation...
Since 1775, the American noncommissioned officer’s empowerment and responsibilities evolved from changes in doctrine, technology, and societal influence. As leaders, we must understand the cause, effect, and analysis, which prepared our NCO Corps...
This study provides a valuable historical perspective for understanding the characteristics, organization, and operations of light infantry forces. The author's Research Survey examines four light infantry forces operating in varying settings:...
This paper examines the US. military intervention in the 1958 Lebanese political crisis. By focusing on a relatively recent Army experience in planning and conducting a major contingency operation, the study illuminates the complexity of military...
North Korea claims that a U-2 spy plane belonging to the United States few into its territory on 6 December 1962. The United Nations Command promises to investigate the charge of air violation. Digitized by the Military History Institute.
Concerns about the growing disparity of values necessary for Army officers and those held by incoming college Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets in commissioning programs raises the question of values-teaching methods. This pilot study was...
By 1 July 1943, the beginning of the period covered by this report, the German and Japanese plans of aggression had been shattered. Our plan of action had been resolved into two great efforts--one in Europe against Germany, the other in the...
This is Signal Corps historical project, F-2b. It is true that the events of each battle are of prime importance to the men who plan the nation's campaigns. The answer has always been to bring the battle report back to headquarters as rapidly and...