In this paper, I will target the challenges, successes, and lessons learned in my deployment during Operation Iraqi Freedom II, OIF-11, as a First Sergeant. Areas of emphasis discussed are security patrols and route improvements on the main supply...
The first known policy for gathering military intelligence in the U.S. was in 1885 with the establishment of the Division of Military Intelligence. Until then, the attitude of gathering military intelligence was such that no real effort was made...
This paper will discuss the transformation of the US Army during World War I and the current transformation of the Army today. It will also point out some of the key highlights and reasons for transformation and how this transformation will prepare...
The ever changing environment, tactics and maneuvers has primary caused the transformation of the United States Army. Lessoned learned throughout the Army’s previous battles and our Armed Forces prove that transformation taken place were not...
This study focuses on the organization of the French Army supply and evacuation services, and compares the principles of control and coordination with the same American services.
Thesis: The prevalence of asymmetric warfare combined with increased education has resulted in the increased empowerment of the American noncommissioned officer. Abstract: The noncommissioned officer corps has evolved into more than just the...
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Even though the Army refines their role in defending our nation, the pattern of transforming frequently can leave Soldiers in turmoil that inhibits capabilities and effectiveness. Army Transformation is an ongoing process that...
Even though we continue to learn about cultural awareness our understanding during the Iraqi conflict has had greater success than earlier on during the Korean War.
All of our efforts in Iraq, military and civilian alike are handicapped by...
It is important for military professionals to take time out of their busy schedules to study military history? Military history has somehow repeated itself over the last two hundred years or so. The basis for my paper is so the senior...
This study is a detailing of specific German defensive coastal sites, determining that it was overprotected and had expended too much money and resources for the area.
There are multiple techniques used to gather actionable intelligence some are humane and some could be considered inhumane or torture. This paper will not debate the issues whether the techniques used are one or the other, but it will analyze which...
The United States military primary focus is to fight and win the nation’s wars. During the times of peace, the military has been dramatically reduced to save money from the cost of war. The Army has found itself in difficult situations at times...
This study interprets the value of a permanent corps organization for cavalry through the consideration of employment, training, research, and doctrine of foreign militaries.
In the spring of 1902, the U.S. military command sent 40-year-old Captain John Joseph Pershing to Lanao Lake of Mindanao in the southern island of the Philippines. Pershing considered the Moros were allegedly savages who valued nothing but force....
Chaplain (Major) Harry "Chip" Huey deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) I and II. His first deployment was the chaplain of the 485th Corps Support Battalion (CSB), V Corps, in March 2003. The CSB, after several false starts between their...
Major (Chaplain) Harry "Chip" Huey redeployed to Iraq for a second tour in February 2004, less than six months after his return from Operation Iraqi Freedom I. Executing an in-country transfer from Hanau to Vilseck, Germany, Huey quickly began to...
This interview with Chaplain (Major) Roy M. Myers, a chaplain clinician, covers his deployment as part of Task Force 134, specifically with the 21st Combat Support Hospital, to Iraq from April 2006 to April 2007. He discusses the religious support...