The Ottoman Empire is often portrayed as a bloodthirsty Empire bent on conquering Europe and opposing the great European powers of its time through its military strength. From its beginnings in the thirteenth century the Ottoman Empire expanded its...
The Lewis and Clark staff ride presented in this booklet, focuses on a US Army mission to explore the unknown during a time of peace. By studying the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804-1806, traveling the route, and visiting the places where key...
In 1801, Yusef Caramanli, ruler of Tripoli, declared war on the United States. Yusef expected the United States to agree to pay tribute in exchange for protection from Tripolitan corsairs. Instead, President Thomas Jefferson sent the navy. Four...
Captain Meriwether Lewis's task was to equip and man a party to traverse the unmapped middle third of the United States. Most studies of the expedition begin with the party's departure from Camp Dubois in the spring of 1804. This starting point...
Translated from supplements of the Marine Rundschau by Second Lieutenant H. Hossfeld. This report recounts the course of the war on sea and the naval operations of the Japanese during the Russo-Japanese War. Also includes comments on the progress...
Captain Meriwether Lewis's task was to equip and man a party to traverse the unmapped middle third of the United States. Most studies of the expedition begin with the party's departure from Camp Dubois in the spring of 1804. This starting point...
The Lewis and Clark Expedition is one of the greatest examples of the importance of the Non-Commissioned Officer within our organization today. The Non-Commissioned Officers of this expedition had a significant effect on the success of the mission...
The United States' democratization strategy since World War II demonstrates an estimated success rate of less than 3%. America currently uses a counterinsurgency / line of effort approach in democratization. This approach seeks to shape an...
“On March 31, 1804, CPT Lewis divided the expedition into three squads and appointed Floyd, Pryor, and Ordway, as sergeants, each in charge of a squad” (Ambrose 131). They would be the NCO Corps of what historians now call the “Corps of...
I propose to inform you of the contribution of Sergeant John Ordway to the success of the Corps of Volunteers for Northwest Discovery. Specifically, I will discuss Sergeant Ordway’s duties and responsibilities during the expedition, the training...
Patrick Gass was born on 12 June, 1771 at Falls Springs, Pennsylvania, and comes from Irish ancestry (Smith, R. 1). Patrick Gass was born and raised on the frontier. His father was known as a pioneer and an Indian fighter. In 1780, the elder Gass...
This history records the origin and development of quartermaster training from 1 March 1910, when classes for sergeants were begun, to 2 September 1945, to be used for solving problems and solutions, trials and errors, and purposes and methods may...
One of the immediate problems facing the United States in 1775 was that of relations with the Indian tribes of North America. Study of the transactions between the federal government and the Creek Indians from 1775 to 1813 offers many insights into...
Patrick Gass witnessed and contributed to many remarkable events during his lifetime, including four great wars, numerous Indian battles, and the remarkable Lewis and Clark Expedition. His biographer J.G Jacob, summed up his life as "a hero in...
The European Napoleonic Wars from 1803 through 1815 provide a fascinating look at battlefield tactics and the role of sergeants during this period. A time of non-stop conflict throughout Europe battle tested an entire continent's armies while...
Two centuries after the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Americans, as a whole, still know little about the NCOs who not only participated but played a vital role in the success of this journey. In summary, many men participated in this historic event....
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. 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...
A series of four papers covering the following topics: infantry fire formations, marking at rifle matches, the progress of field artillery, and the reconnoitering duties of cavalry. Includes index.