The history of warfare is dotted by ruined tactics, ruined strategies, and ruined lives due to the failure to adapt to new technologies. The club, the spear, the arrow, and the sword were overcome by innovations. During the Civil War, NCOs relied...
Leonard LomelI is a true success story for the non-commissioned officer corps of the United States Army. There is no true way to measure how many lives he saved during the D-day invasion. In my research I found it is possible without his successes...
The history of the noncommissioned officer and the United States Army began in 1775 with the birth of the Continental Army. The American Army did not duplicate the British but mixed the traditions of the French, British and Russian armies into a...
The Non Commissioned Officer's Corps is experiencing weaknesses in its backbone due to the promotion of young soldiers to sergeant on an automatic basis. The United States Army is creating a force of leaders that lack experience and loyalty to the...
This monograph explores the need to identify humanitarian assistance response ready groups. The increasing number of humanitarian assistance missions performed by the US military indicates the need to identify response ready groups. Response ready...
This monograph discusses the question of whether or not the USAF should consider using heavy bombers in the Close Air Support (CAS) mission. To answer this question, the monograph develops a bomber CAS concept of operations. The validity of this...
The purpose of this monograph is to determine a conceptual framework for the analysis of the problems involved of integrating irregular and conventional forces into the same theater of operations. The problem is considered from the perspective of...
This monograph discusses the role that night vision technology plays in the planning and execution of the night attack by light infantry units at battalion level and below. The tactical framework for the night attack and the night vision equipment...
The purpose of this paper is to explain why US artillery should have a greater role in the conduct of operational fires. Current US artillery has the capability to achieve operational effects, but Army doctrine almost ignores the capability. As a...