September 11th 2001 I was overseas on a Joint Readiness Exercise. Not being in country I was a spectator to the events. As the news broke I was keenly aware of the NCOs around me who “got it” and the ones that did not. There were a few NCOs...
In this author's opinion, the United States Army is not doing enough to prepare combat organizations for the inevitability of casualties. This thesis proposes the following primary research question: How can United States Army combat organizations...
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is becoming an important topic for military leaders as the two wars in Afghanistan and Iraq continue. The diagnosis of PTSD in Soldiers returning from the battlefields is increasing at an alarming rate. Despite...
This monograph approached Lieutenant General James M. Gavin as a military theorist and explored his influence as the Army transitioned from World War II to the Cold War. Gavin's theory of future warfare required an army with capability in atomic...
Bova, Shawn; Gilbert, Jason; Pechie, Roland; Sims, Mark
History is important. It has practical value that is relevant generation after generation. Our understanding of urban warfare history is valuable to the United States military’s current battlefield operations. The knowledge we seize about past...
History is important. It has practical value that is relevant generation after generation. Our understanding of urban warfare history is valuable to the United States military’s current battlefield operations. The knowledge we seize about past...
The United States Army Medical Department delivers high quality medical care throughout the world, many times to remote and austere environments. A major tenet of this care system is the rapid evacuation of combat casualties to hospitals with...
Doctrine requires the Army to conduct full spectrum operations, giving equal consideration to stability operations and Defense Support of Civil Authority (DSCA) with the traditional missions of offense and defense. This shift in doctrine, among...
Doctrine is under attack from within the military and by the American press. The length of the current conflict has been "perceived" as too long, and the United States Military, according to some has been to slow to adapt. Accusations of "gaps"...
This paper explores the development of an operational approach to secure the Falkland Islands following the Argentine invasion on 30 March 1982. The Falklands Islands campaign is a case study of operational art and the development of an operational...
History is important. It has some practical value that is relevant generation after generation. Our understanding of urban warfare history is valuable to the United States military’s current battlefield operations. The knowledge we seize about...
This study examines the extensive experiences of the Soviet Army as it struggled to master the night. Driven by necessity to operate in the relative safety of darkness, the Soviet Army in World War II learned to capitalize on night operations and...
This study represents a dedicated effort to draw attention to African-American units and service members over four major wars covering some 170 years. It was not intended to cover all aspects of African-American contributions to the freedom of our...
This is the story of a Special Forces Operations Sergeant that spent most of his adult life training and preparing for war, but the war in a sense never came. What came was a mission that at first sight was very unusual on its face value. After...
In 1994 the Australian Army purchased 347 Bushmaster Infantry Mobility Vehicles (IMV) in a bid to develop a Motorized Infantry Capability. The IMV, a four wheeled armored vehicle, was designed and developed to provide organic protected mobility to...
Decisive action by the United States Army places additional weight on construction units particularly in support of construction missions during offensive, defensive, stability or defense civil support authority (DCSA) operations, yet organic...
The U.S. Army's involvement in the Philippine Archipelago 1898-1941 demonstrated the validity of the main tenants of current full spectrum operations (offensive, defensive, stability, and civil support operations), and the likelihood of more than...
The role of women in the armed forces has always been and will probably always be a hotly contested topic. Recent statements by senior civilian and military leaders illustrate the reliance the nation has placed on women in the armed forces. In view...
Just as war is not a new phenomenon, neither are the issues associated with the mental and emotional scars combat brings to those who fight a nation's wars. Historically, the United States has assumed a reactive vice proactive posture as it relates...