The media believe that freedom of the press should be free whether in garrison or reporting from the frontlines of the battlefield. The First Amendment protection of the press should be engaged on and off the battlefield. The American people should...
Past and Present conflicts have an underlying similarity that when studied, can mean the difference between failure and success on the battlefields of the future. It is imperative for military professionals to take time out of their busy schedule...
The First World War, also known as the Great War and the War to End All Wars, marked a turning point in American military history, and had a significant impact on the development, education, skills, leadership, and status of noncommissioned...
Sergeant Major (RET) Joe Garner, a twenty seven year veteran with twenty-one-years as a member of the Green Berets. Joe Garner was born in a rural part of Tennessee on 6 May 1934, the fifth child out of a family of six children. Garner enjoyed and...
Confusion exists among commissioned and noncommissioned officers about their duties, responsibility, and authority. The purpose of this manual is to assist both commissioned and noncommissioned officers in clarifying their duty to reduce this...
Sellards, Chris A.
Hughes, Forrest K.
Laury, Robert A.
Lee, Gregory S.
Thesis:
The Battle of Meuse-Argonne, Sept. -Nov. 1918, introduced the United States Army to modern combined arms operations.
Discussion:
The Battle of Meuse-Argonne was the only significant campaign the United States Army fought in World War I...
Colonel Neville Pughe of the British Army Parachute Regiment and Colonel Andrew Whitehead of the 3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marines, share their individual viewpoints on light infantry in the interviews which follow. Their viewpoints truly are...
This work provides an organizational history of the maneuver brigade and case studies of its employment throughout the various wars. Apart from the text, the appendices at the end of the work provide a ready reference to all brigade organizations...
The Army of DESERT STORM owed much to three past trainers of the Army. For much of his career, George C. Marshall argued for field exercises to supplement institutional training; once raised to high command, he ordered large-scale maneuvers. World...
The intervention in Russia in 1918 was a momentous decision in American military and diplomatic history. In the chaotic months between January and July 1918, Wilson developed and implemented America’s foreign policy toward the Russian revolution....
When the Army transformed to a brigade centric force, ground forces gained the tactical capabilities and flexibility promised. What the Army lost was the role and purpose of the division. Administrative, training, and expeditionary task executed by...
Communicating official messages to soldiers within the United States Army is an endeavor that leaders at every level have conducted since the inception of the organization. Army doctrine links communication to leadership via the terminological...
While the literature on the size of small groups and teams is extensive, there is little research on design team sizes and no formal research or analysis on the size of a military design team. This monograph investigates the optimal team size and...
The United States Army continues to execute counterinsurgency operations in support of the Global War on Terror in Afghanistan. However, inculcating a counterinsurgency ethos into the Army continues to be a challenge. The Army’s reward system,...
The Global War on Terror brought about several military assistance efforts that include the training and development of foreign security forces. The United States has been providing advisors to foreign security forces around the world for over 120...
The stalemate in World War I created the need for a solution to escape this resource intense form of warfare. Following five unsuccessful German offenses in early 1918, the Germans found themselves in a solely defensive scenario conducting...
Emory Upton believed that politicians should leave war to professionals. This led to two assumptions that became conventional wisdom: first, an apolitical army represented a more professional force; and second, the problems at the tactical and...
Looks at how and why the Victory Plan was written. The Victory Plan was authored by General Albert C. Wedemeyer in the summer of 1941. Discusses a variety of issues: the planner, the requirements, strategic estimates, detailed planning and various...
As in the case of some other titles in the United States Army in World War II series, Ulysses Lee's "The Employment of Negro Troops" has been long and widely recognized as a standard work on its subject. The volume opens with background chapters...