Today's Soldiers need to know and understand the sacrifices of the Soldiers and heroes that came before them. I believe the only effective means of achieving this is to tell the stories of our nation's heroes. One such hero is Master Sergeant Roy...
Since the beginning of our Army, the Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) has been its Backbone. Never before in our military history has the integrity of our forces been tried and tested than during the Civil War. Many stories have been told and many...
Roy Benavidez was born Aug 5, 1935 in the small town of Cuero, Texas. His father was a sharecropper and his mother was a full-bloodied Yaqui Indian.
At the age of 2 his father died of tuberculosis and His mother moved Roy and his younger brother...
There have been many fine NCOs to serve in America's special operations forces through the years. During the Vietnam War, more Medals of Honor were awarded to special operations NCOs than to the rest of the military. However, the man who came to...
Cuff, William D.; Hernandez, Richard; Martin, Charles E.; Oon, Tang Peck; Wagner, Robert J.
Gustavus Adolphus' innovative tactics and strategies forever changed the course of modem warfare and freed Europe from domination by the Roman Catholic Church. The Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) started as a religious war between the Catholics and...
The 1993 version of FN4 100-5, Operations, formally added the theoretical term of decisive points to our professional warfighting lexicon without providing a useful methodology for their identification. This monograph undertakes a study of decisive...
The Army is in the midst of formalizing its operating concept for the land component of AirLand Operations (ALO). This concept stresses the avoidance of attritional, mass on mass, linear warfare. ALO seeks quick and decisive victory with minimal...
This monograph examines the feasibility of utilizing the proposed Air Attack Division as an operational contingency force. In the future U.S. Army forces may have to rapidly respond to a variety of contingencies anywhere in the world. Currently the...
Since the end of the Cold War, the world security environment has been characterized by ethnic and regional turbulence. Consequently, the number and frequency of operations other than war (OOTW) requiring the deployment of the U.S. Army have...
This monograph proposes a four step model for coordination planning between other government agencies (OGAs) and the U.S. Military during military operations. It discusses the need for such a model based upon the operations involving OGAs in a...