Winner of the “Excellence in JC4I-IO Writing Award” competition sponsored by the Armed Forces Electronics Association (AFCEA) for 2007-2008 Class 08-01. Accepting the rule of law as one of multiple logical centers of gravity at a local level is...
Winning the Counterinsurgency Fight in Iraq: The Role of Political Culture in Counterinsurgency Warfare 2003-2006 in Iraq is written to provide insight into the importance of political culture in relation to developing a counterinsurgency strategy....
With 2nd Brigade of the 75th Division (Training Support) when the call came in December 2004 to deploy the following month to Iraq to work on a military transition team (MiTT) for a year, Major Paul Esmahan was assigned as a logistics MiTT chief...
With 5th Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division in Iraq from March 2004 to March 2005, Major David Chiarenza initially served as a company commander and then moved to become a brigade battle captain and, as needed, brigade planner and current operations...
With a rapidly growing population, increased urbanization, higher standards of living and an agricultural policy which emphasizes expanded production in order to feed the growing masses, the Government of Egypt finds itself in a critical situation...
With combat formations schedule to begin drawing down in July 2011 and the role of US forces in Iraq already shifting away from the lead, the future of these two nations will grow increasingly dependent upon the indigenous security forces and the...
With Combined Joint Task Force 76 in Bagram, Afghanistan, from November 2004 through May 2005, Major Craig Whitten served as chief of law enforcement for the civil affairs operations section of the Combined Joint Staff. As the single point of...
With Lithuania as case in point, this thesis utilizes extensive primary and secondary materials to examine the pros and cons inherent in the participation of small nations in multinational operations. The examination begins with a discussion of the...
With military operations being conducted in Afghanistan and Iraq and there seems to be no end in sight for either, high levels of stress are taking a toll on military equipment and readiness. Failure to properly equip and sustain military forces,...
With military operations being conducted in Afghanistan and Iraq and there seems to be no end in sight for either, high levels of stress are taking a toll on the Family. This paper will explain the impact of war on military Family, examine the...
With numerous combatant and eyewitness experiences, it is important to ensure the Commander on the ground is supplied with the right information to give him a clear picture of future operations on the battlefield. This paper examines some of the...
With operations in Iraq complete and an ongoing transition in Afghanistan, what is the role of the heavy armor force in the Army of 2020? This thesis analyzes the capabilities of the current heavy force through the lens of the current strategic...
With Presidential elections in both the United States and Iran occurring within eight months of each other, one can suspect major changes in the political environment. This environment is not just the relationship between the U.S. and Iran, but the...
With Russia’s inability to improve conditions in Chechnya and the international community’s failed attempts to negotiate a diplomatic resolution to the conflict, Islamic extremism in Chechnya is growing precipitously and risks spilling over...
With several hundreds of thousands space debris "bullets" orbiting the Earth, the U.S. Government enters a high risk environment whenever a satellite is launched into orbit. Because of the United States' dependence on space assets, the threat of...
With the 720th Military Police Battalion during its June 2003 to March 2004 deployment to Tikrit, Iraq, Lieutenant Colonel Frank Rangel served as the executive officer. For his second tour, from June 2004 to February 2005, Rangel was executive...
With the advent of Field Manual (FM) 3-24, Counterinsurgency, a debate has arisen concerning the manual's origins and its applicability to today's insurgencies. Critics, such as Colonel Gian Gentile, claim that the manual is overly influenced by...
Baumann, Robert F.; Gawrych, George W.; Kretchnik, Walter E.
With the aid of a generous grant from the US Institute of Peace, Robert Baumann, George Gawrych, and Walter Kretchik were able to access and examine relevant documents, interview numerous participants, and visit US and NATO forces in Bosnia. As a...
With the Army needing Soldiers for its war effort and gangs seeing the Army as a vital training and expansion tool, the issue presents an ethical dilemma for the Army. Should the Army vigorously find and separate active gang members from the Army,...
With the Army's Criminal Investigation Division as a shift operations officer when the 9/11 attacks occurred, Major J.D. Branch became part of the FBI's joint operations center for Pentagon recovery that was headquartered at the Pentagon itself and...