This United States Army Sergeants Majors Academy Personal Experience Paper will detail the building, completion and implementation of the first set of fully functional ―Leadership Reaction and Training Courses‖ (LRTC) established in present day...
The study of military ethics should be the most important part of every unit's professional development program. Without military ethics, our actions would be aimless. Webster dictionary defines ethics as a principle of right and good behavior. It...
In order to understand the hero SGT York, You must know his early life. He was born December 13, 1887 in two-room log cabin in Pall Mall, Tennessee, which is located twenty-nine miles north of Livingston, TN. Although he was born in Pall Mall, TN,...
Over the years the Army has evolved in many ways. The Army has grown in technology and has become the world's greatest military power. We are the most advanced fighting force in the world and display this on a regular basis. Even though we have...
As I was being trained to deploy with HHC, 1-10ih Armor Bn I was promoted to First Sergeant and transferred to HHC, 16th Engineer Bde. My first assignment as a First Sergeant was with a Brigade Headquarters and Headquarter Company. I was more than...
This paper describes some of the key events and lessons learned during a training mission at Ft Bragg, NC in September 1998. I will give details of the mission in chronological order as I remember the events. I give significant discussion to Rough...
In examining SSN operations, this paper first examines the traditional roles of the attack submarine, and then the evolution of its missions over the past five years to evaluate the impact of these changes on battle group and JTF operations. The...
Purpose: The purpose of this monograph is to determine whether or not the disruption of terrorist financing as part of an integrated and holistic approach is an effective way to enhance United States (U.S.) security, disrupt terrorist operations...
This monograph discusses logistics in contingency operations. Specifically it explores an expanded role for USTRANSCOM in CONUS-based force deployment operations. The paper looks at logistics as an important and often overlooked tool for conducting...
The United States Marine Corps training and education programs for field grade officers focuses on the operational level of war. Since the nucleus of training is on the operational level of war, it follows that the Corps expects to require its...
This monograph examines the Carolina Campaign conducted by Nathanael Greene during the American Revolution and contrasts it with the criteria developed by Dr. Robert Epstein and Dr. James Schneider for determining the practice of operational art....
This monograph analyzes battalion level tactical decision making to determine if an automated system can facilitate decision making during combat. Danger, exertion, uncertainty, and chance are battlefield conditions under which the commander must...
This monograph explores the similarity between the nuclear battlefield of the Pentomic Era and the nonlinear battlefield described in TRADOC Pamphlet 525-5 AirLand Operations: A Concept for the Evolution of AirLand Battle for the Strategic Army of...
This monograph investigates how the Air Force concept of air occupation applies to operational campaign planning. The post Cold War era and a New World Order poses new challenges for operational planners. They must meet the changing geopolitical...
Few checklists exist for the operational level of war. One of the reasons Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) published TRADOC Pamphlet 11-9, “Blueprint of the Battlefield,” was the intent of assisting in filling this void. The Blueprint...
This monograph discusses command and control of tactical airpower specifically and command and control of any assets capable of interdiction in general. It seeks to answer the question of how to best control these assets in the future. The...
What is the relevance of The Military Conflict Institute's new military combat theory for the tactical commander? The answer to this question highlights the long debate over the role of science and art in the commander's estimate, a debate which...
This paper examines the AirLand battle tenet of synchronization and its application to air defense within the corps area of operations. Specifically, this paper addresses the changes occurring in tactical air defense units at corps and division...
This monograph discusses the importance of the decisive point in the design and conduct of campaigns and major operations. It examines the validity of the theoretical presentations of Jomini and Clausewitz concerning the subject matter in respect...
This study examines what the key issues are governing the creation and employment of operational reserves by AFCENT in its defense against a no or short notice Warsaw Pact attack. The theoretical notion of operational reserves as discussed by...