This Personal Experience Paper explains the impact that OEF had on the United States Army Reserve Force. This paper will cover my personal experience in the Army Reserve through my two year mobilization at Ft. Lewis WA. as the NCOIC of the Power...
Future thinking, decisive decision-making, and leadership provide the foundation for the analysis of battle command in theory, doctrine, and history. Classical and modern military theorists make the commander the central point for leadership and...
This monograph discusses whether current U.S. Army doctrine for the use of light armor is sufficient to support light infantry forces in military operations on urbanized terrain (MOUT) at the brigade level. The U.S. Army will soon replace the...
This monograph discusses how the U.S. Army can successfully use light armor in deep operational maneuver at the corps level. Recent operations in the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm emphasized the need for deep operations. New light...
Fielding of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Short Range (UAV-SR) will provide the corps commander a unique collection resource capable of conducting reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition (RSTA) missions; however, U.S. Army doctrine for...
This monograph highlights the lack of a doctrinal course of action development process for creating campaign plans. Such a process is needed due to the inexperience of both senior leaden and middle-grade staff officers with the operational level of...
This monograph addresses the viability of the use of infantry forces in the deep interdiction role. Light infantry doctrine holds that infantry can add to the interdiction effort by striking enemy combat support, combat service support, and command...
This monograph addresses the question of whether the concept of the Fire Support Coordination Line (FSCL) should be included in future joint doctrine. The FSCL was originally designed as a concept to fulfill a requirement for deconfliction of fires...
American's find the Bosnian Serb practice of "ethnic cleansing" morally unconscionable. As United Nations peacekeeping efforts have proved unable to halt the ethnic violence, the U.S. public has increasingly looked to its military for a solution....
This study refutes the claims by many air power advocates that Operation Desert Storm stands as a revolution in warfare. According to their logic, the success of the Gulf War air campaign proves air power has become the dominant force in modern...
This monograph examines the interaction between tactical deep maneuver by forward detachments and non-linear warfare. Recent advances in technology, particularly in highly lethal precision guided munitions, have accelerated the trend toward...
The commander of Charlie Troop, 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry - part of 3rd Infantry Division - Major Jeff McCoy participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom from the opening of major hostilities in March 2003 through his redeployment approximately three...
During the course of his February 2003 to February 2004 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Robert A. Mason had two company commands in the 101st Airborne Division: the first, until May 2003, with Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion,...
From February 2005 through February 2006, Major William Woodring, an Alaska National Guardsman, served on a brigade embedded training team (ETT) for the 209th Afghan National Army Corps as part of Operation Enduring Freedom and Task Force Phoenix...
In February 2003, US Army Major Jason Lewallen joined 4 Regiment Army Air Corps (UK) as an exchange officer. During his more than three years of service with this British unit, he served variously as the operations officer for 659 Squadron as well...
In April 2003, the 3rd Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team (BCT) reached the approaches of Baghdad, Iraq, after a record-breaking march from the Kuwaiti border. To test the strength of Iraqi defenses in the capital, 2nd BCT conducted on...
Major David Creasman, in this first of two interviews, talks about his deployment as a joint intelligence staff battle captain on the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force (CJSOTF) in Bagram, Afghanistan, from October through December of...
In this second of two interviews, Major David Creasman discusses his deployment in the Ramadi area of Iraq as the intelligence officer for the division artillery (DIVARTY) of the 82nd Airborne Division from 2003 through 2004. A major challenge he...