The purpose of this research paper is to provide answers to a series of basic questions as a first step in addressing some of the details necessary to implement the Joint Force Land Component Commander (JFLCC) concept in a theater of operations or...
This thesis identifies the operational and strategic centers of gravity of United Nations Operations, Somalia II (UNOSOM II). The research demonstrates that UNOSOM II failed to correctly identify its own strategic center of gravity. This failure...
This study examines the deficiencies within the current UN organization for military command and control and their adverse effects on guidance and planning support for commanders conducting peace operations. The thesis proposes structural changes...
This study investigates the development and effectiveness of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) psychological selection program. The OSS was created in response to the Second World War to collect intelligence, and to conduct espionage,...
This study assesses the evolution of the Colombian insurgency and drug trafficking situation, through 1994. The Colombian government's efforts to meet both challenges are detailed and analyzed in order to conclude if a peace between the government...
This historical study chronicles the rise and fall of the Naval Militia in the United States. It traces the successes and failures of the Naval Militia throughout its evolution from the Revolutionary War until today. Beginning with the development...
This study analyzes the strategic airlift inefficiencies of planning and basing from DESERT SHIELD to VIGILANT WARRIOR. With the increasing importance of strategic mobility in U.S. defense strategy, it is imperative that airlift be utilized in the...
This study examines the need to change the field artillery's four standard tactical missions because of the U.S. Army's evolution to Force XXI operations. Currently the field artillery organizes field artillery for combat and assigns a tactical...
This study reviews the campaigns and battles of the Sixth Century A. D. Byzantine General Belisarius, attempting to extract common threads of military thought and principles and providing an analysis as to the application of his method to today's...
This study investigates the role of the division deep fires cell in a force projection operation. The concept is that given changes in the operational environment, new weapon systems, target acquisition systems, and command and control systems, the...
This study documents the struggle to overcome prejudice and discrimination by black men during the early portion of the Civil War, 1861-1863. This study's focus is on several factors that are crucial in the Lincoln administration's final decision...
This study documents the Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Regiment's history from its creation on 26 January 1863 through the attainment of equal pay on 15 June 1864. Previous historians have not chronicled, in detail, the early history of the...
Drawing upon the writings of social theorists, expositions on American society, public law, and military doctrine, this study examines the potential for internal warfare in the United States. It also addresses the potential for domestic conflict...
This study examines historical examples of armored forces conducting OOTW. From these examples the study then examines current training and doctrine to determine their adequacy in preparing armored battalions for these diverse missions. OOTW poses...
This study challenges the deliberate decision making process (DDMP) as ineffective for use by commanders in time-constrained environments. FM 101-5 (final draft), Command and Control for Commanders and Staff, 1995, currently prescribes DDMP as the...
This study investigates the United States Army Special Forces role in coalition support operations since the Goldwater/Nichols Defense Reorganization Act of 1986. The issue presented is combined operations in a coalition environment are extensive...
This study is a historical analysis of the Chickamauga Campaign from the perspective of ordnance logistics. It focuses on the two major arms used on the Civil War battlefields, namely shoulder-fired arms and field artillery. First, this...
This study examines the maneuver brigade S2's ability to integrate the capabilities of the All Source Analysis System (ASAS) into the brigade's intelligence operations. The study begins by defining the problem of intelligence support to the...
This paper examines the development of selected peace operations doctrines. The concept of peacekeeping was first articulated by United Nations (UN) Secretary General Dag Hammarskkjold and manifests itself in the Nordic model of traditional...
This thesis is a study of a tactical combat system. It examines the capabilities of the attack helicopter to determine the suitability of its employment in operations other than war (OOTW). Suitability is established based upon those attack...