Throughout history the Non-Commission Officer (NCO) has played an indispensable role in the readiness of the United States Army. The NCO Corps have contributed input in the development of lighter more efficient weapons, assumed more duties and...
Major Chris Liermann, Quartermaster Corps, deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom from November 2003 through June 2004. In response to a US Army Training and Doctrine Command requirement, he came from the Combined Arms Support Command at Fort Lee,...
Major Jeff Schrick deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom in March 2003 as commander of G Troop, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, XVIII Airborne Corps, out of Fort Polk, Louisiana. He deployed his unit on four days notice on 27 C-5s. They flew into...
This paper is an attempt to show that the present system of military education is adequate. Also, that requiring individual study outside of the school curriculum would be beneficial to the Army.
This study discusses the various duties which an officer of the Army is by necessity called upon to perform and portrays the personal experiences of the author to explain the perceived conservativism of Army officers.
This paper discusses the missions of the Navy, Air Corps, and Coast Artillery in respect to possible attack and by what means these arms should cooperate in defense.
The purpose of this paper is to point a way to permit all officers to complete a military education to include the Command and Staff School first year course by the age of 33 and the War College course for selected students by the age of 38.
A study of the Vicksburg campaign and how the Union Army operations, chiefly an application of the principles of movement, surprise and mass, caused the defeat of the Confederate forces.
This paper contains a study of the factors responsible for the growth of the American merchant marine before the Civil War, its decline between the Civil War and the World War, and its rehabilitation since 1917.
This paper discusses what extent night operations will become necessary, considering improvements in modern arms and the governing principles of night operations.
This study covers the principles of mounted attack by the cavalry against infantry forces, using examples from the Palestine Campaign and the Franco-Prussian War.
This paper discusses the employment of artillery by the Confederate Army, the effectiveness of using the artillery, and its role in failure at the Battle of Gettysburg.