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...
United States Army, Combined Arms Center (Provisional)
The purpose of this study is to establish a US Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) concept for the employment of the attack helicopter and to determine the proponents for attack helicopter organizations. Key elements of the employment...
The format of the thesis is as follows: Chapter 1 is an introduction; Chapter 2 surveys the history of chemical warfare and the evolution of the Chemical Warfare Service (CWS); Chapter 3 reviews the Soviet offensive use of chemicals; Chapter 4...
This study is an historical analysis of the demonstrated leadership attributes of three World War II commanders in the European Theater, 1944-45: General William H. Simpson, Ninth Army Commander; Major General Troy H. Middleton, VIII Corps...
This study attempts to show that the U.S. Army AIM division signal battalion cannot provide reliable communications support when confronted with the current Soviet radioelectronic combat threat. The investigation is centered on the fact that the...
Is it feasible to develop a battalion level stochastic simulation of combined arms operations? A methodology for app1ication of such a model in support of type studies in the area of tactics, doctrine, organization, and material was developed. A...
This study investigates the feasibility of designing, constructing, and operating a conceptual model of a tactical operations center simulator. The model is intended to simulate performance tasks identified for Army Security Agency company level...
Cursory study of war gaming quickly reveals that one of its central problems is the conflict between the requirement of realism in play and the need for rapid and simple assessment techniques. This thesis investigates war gaming methodologies with...
This thesis is designed to do two things. First, this study examines the evolution of command and control (C2) systems through history. Second, this study examines the Army's current Force XXI digitization initiative. The first part develops the...
This study analyzes the decisions of Lieutenant General Frederick Franks during the planning and execution of the ground campaign of Desert Storm. Franks has been criticized for being consumed with the synchronization of his multi-division attack...
A collection of essays written by students of the Combat Studies Institute in celebration of the centennial of the US Army Command and General Staff College.
The purpose of this manual is to provide doctrine and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) for intelligence and electronic warfare (IEW) in support to low-intensity conflict (LIC) missions. It further provides doctrine and TTP for the...
Headquarters, Department of the Army; Headquarters, Marine Corps Combat Development Command
This manual is a dual-Service US Army and US Marine Corps publication introducing new terms and definitions and updating existing definitions as reflected in the latest editions of Army field manuals and Marine Corps doctrinal, warfighting, and...
United States Army, Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC)
"Battlefield leadership at all levels is an element of combat power. It is difficult to measure, but nonetheless is present and a decisive contributor to victory in battle. This pamphlet is dedicated to that dimension of combat power." This TRADOC...
Verdy du Vernois, Julius Adrian Wilhelm von; Swift, Eden, trans.
"The value of the War Game is well known and appreciated, yet each day we see attempts at its practice abandoned when just begun. This is surprising in view of the many fine works by means of which the exercise has been in many places made a great...
A comparison of Soviet and U.S. forces in the NATO Center Region has necessitated the development of new tactical doctrine and training techniques to counter the numerical superiority of the Red forces and the wide frontages occupied by U.S....
A number of dramatic international events have significantly altered the strategic environment facing the U.S. These changes have led to a shift in operational focus away from Europe to a wider range of contingencies in other areas of the world....
A Theater Special Operations Command (SOC), a sub-unified command, advises combatant commanders on the capabilities of Special Operations Forces (SOF), provides SOF for employment, and integrates SOF fully into theater plans by planning,...