Documentation of Civil War engineer units is limited to personal accounts and to their achievements after the fact. Researchers would be hard pressed to find historical data on specific units throughout the duration of the war. For the most part,...
This paper displays why some noncommissioned officers choose the easy way when writing a noncommissioned officer evaluation report (NCOER). The easy way causes ethical dilemmas and puts the credibility of the NCO corps and promotion system in...
As the war in Iraq and Afghanistan rages on, Soldiers are being asked to endure back to back rotations of unconventional warfare in a very inhospitable land. We tell them to respect the culture while the enemy spits in their face. We tell them to...
Do senior leaders in the United States Army exhibit unethical behavior with respect to female soldiers? This paper will reveal unethical situations which have happened and been written about in regards to senior leader's treatment of females in the...
For all who serve as Soldiers in the United States Army, it is exhilarating to know we are members of this time-honored corps. However, how this fine institution is currently handling specific ethical issues is tainting its traditions and heritage....
This monograph examines the new logistics concepts proposed by the U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command (CASCOM) to support brigade size and smaller maneuver units. It focuses the analysis on the changes proposed for the support platoons of...
This monograph examines the problem of decoupling between the commander and joint battle staff of a joint task force, and its antidote, networking. Effective networking between the commander and staff enables both the commander and joint staff to...
This monograph discusses the need for a common understanding and definition of the term force protection in U.S. Army doctrine. In recent deployments to Somalia, Haiti, and Rwanda commanders and soldiers have stated that force protection is there...
This monograph examines whether or not a Combatant Command Training Program would improve Joint Task Force (JTF) synchronization in a resource constrained environment. Using historical examples, doctrinal analysis, and current combatant command...
This monograph analyzes corps aviation brigade doctrine, and its supporting organization, equipment, and control arrangements, to determine if it enables the aviation brigade to conduct successful deep operations. Doctrine is the centerpiece of...
This monograph examines the possible roles of air power in peacemaking operations. While the end of the Cold War has brought increased hope for peace and stability in the world, a rise in ethnic tensions and nationalist uprisings prevents...
With the publication of the 1982 FM 100-5 operations, the U.S. Army officially adopted the concept of decentralized operations. Based on the recognition that success in future warfare would demand soldiers and units capable of fighting on a...
Research Problem. The Army does not use leader initiative as a criteria to design units. Yet, Army doctrine requires that leaders display initiative on the decentralized battlefield. The Army may therefore not be able to fight on the decentralized...
This monograph examines how and why Soviet tactical artillery dominance threatens victory on the AirLand Battlefield. Soviet tactical/operational doctrine, as delineated in the 1987 version of Taktika, is offensively oriented, stresses combined...
Since the end of the Cold War, the worldview is that the United States is presently the only superpower. The expectation, within the Department of Defense (DOD) and the world's other military institutions, is that this status will exist for the...
On 16 December 1944, the German Army launched an offensive in the Ardennes to split Allied forces and retake the ports of Antwerp and Liege. The German advance split the XII Army forces and left the 101st Airborne Division surrounded at Bastonge....