This document compares the use of air evacuation and the use of surface means of evacuation to develop the most efficient evacuation policy and means of evacuating casualties.
Studies the Air Battle of Ploesti: its strategic importance, German defenses, Allied operations, the results of operations and lessons to be learned. Discusses the importance of petroleum, the vulnerability of oil refineries, German defenses at...
From December 1, 2008 to January 9, 2009, thirty-two students from Staff Groups 16A and 16B at the Command and General Staff College (CGSC) conducted an operational level study in order to recommend a course of action for the Afghanistan Campaign...
Seeks to determine whether the AAF should continue to use both statute and nautical miles, or whether it should abolish the former and use the latter exclusively.
The goal of this study was to develop a standardized rail plan for control, priorities, and movement of an armored division administratively within the United States. The following topics are presented within the document: background, trends and...
Seeks to determine the adequacy of fire support coordination means at brigade level in the U.S. Army Division (ROAD). Emphasis is upon personnel with some relevant discussion of procedures.
Third Place Winner of the MacArthur Military Leadership Writing Competition for the CGSC Class 2011-01. Defining NATO's culture by the three categories of institutional, the status quo, and the future provides a framework for considering a strategy...
This student research was to develop the most efficient assignment of responsibility for activation training and assignment of technical service units during World War Two.
The purpose of this paper was to develop the most efficient assignment of responsibility for activation, training, and assignment of technical service units during World War II.
Based on the AAA activities of the XII Corps, 3rd U.S. Army, 1 August 1944 to 8 May 1945. The XII Corps entered combat just east of Lemands, France, and ended the war at Linz, Austria. It was engaged in various types of missions, such as break...
To determine whether "point of origin" contracts or "point of destination" contracts should be adopted by the Army in the procurement of supplies is the focus of this student paper. Topics include the effect on the producer or manufacturer of each...
To evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of "Point of Origin"and "Point of Destination" contracts in the procurement of army supplies and to recommend a general procurement policy with respect to the use of such contracts.
This student paper is an analysis of the experience gained in World War II in "marrying" equipment to specific units moving overseas and to extract there from the principles which must be followed to avoid confusion. It groups procedures into...
Covers the operations of the 391st Armored Field Artillery Battalion in support of the Third Armored Division, from the Roer River to the Rhine River from February 26th to March 7th, 1945. Describes the breaking out of a bridgehead and the leading...
The purpose of this monograph is to give both a brief chronological history of the 24th Infantry Division Artillery, to point out certain engagements in which the artillery was involved, and to give the lessons learned with an idea of possible...
This paper presents a demonstration of the failure to appreciate the necessity of exhaustive logistical planning in peacetime preparation for war and of providing the means necessary to execute such plans, and to show the unsoundness of unbalanced...
This paper reveals the plans and actions of a 105mm howitzer battalion of an infantry division in an attack of an organized position. Terrain, the enemy, the artillery plan, preparation for the attack, and the attack itself are discussed.