It has been said that experience will always win over strength. Nothing is more true to the fact than the Non-Commissioned officer (NCO) during the Korean War. It would not be just experience that would lead to great success of the NCO, but many...
During the past decade, the United States has seen what some consider as being successes in war, yet there is a question of whether or not the United States military is prepared to execute its primary mission at the outbreak of hostilities. This...
This author of this study questions whether the advance of the V Corps was carried out as planned on the morning of the 26th of September, 1918. Also presented is the inquiry of the main reasons for the failure of the divisions of this corps to...
This study discusses strategic and tactical employment of a mechanized cavalry, organization, considerations of a medical service for a mechanized force, a plan of medical service for a mechanized force in combat, regimental and brigade medical...
This student paper presents the importance of fast tanks, that increased mobility will give to the more mobile Army an advantage over the initiative. Tactical and strategical maneuvers suited to the employment of tanks that increase mobility should...
This study is about the French Army in World War I. It discusses the war of movement (operations to the 14th of November 1914), and the Battle of the Frontiers (French official history). Topics include the period of concentration and covering...
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the problem of the supply and evacuation of a mechanized brigade when such problem is of an unusual nature, when special arrangements must be made for the delivery of the necessary supplies in the amount...
This study explains the extent to which motorization can advantageously be carried in the organization of the infantry division. According to the author, motor transportation has many advantages over animal transportation, and this is compared...
This study presents the military geography of Serbia and the adjacent Austrian frontier in 1914, from the viewpoints of the Austrian General Staff planning an invasion of Serbia. There are four headings to describe the military geography of Serbia...
The advance guard of a motorized brigade, when contact is probable, should be composed of units of the greatest mobility, its formation should be one of flexibility, and its operation one of maneuverability. Organization, formation and military...
This study addresses the relationship between the statesman and the soldier, and changes necessary in War Department policies, orders and regulations, within the provisions of the National Defense Act, which will increase the preparedness of the...
The study presents a consideration of searchlight employment in some operations involving seacoast defense and the attack and defense of river lines. The purpose of the study was to develop through examination of past and present methods of...
This paper is a study of the use of smoke during the World War to assist in securing tactical success, and is of particular value in trying to determine its probable future employment by field artillery. Examples of the tactical use of smoke in the...
This paper sets up a scenario of political relations existing between the United States and Canada where neither country has declared war (no mobilization), and that relations have been strained and diplomatic efforts have failed. The staff of the...
The author selected military operations and campaigns between the years 1815 and 1866. The idea behind the study is that employment of maneuver is closely interwoven with and dependent upon many variables of any given situation. The conclusion...
This study asks what the effect is of the development of aircraft upon troop movements. Attack aviation, observation aviation, pursuit aviation, bombardment aviation, and daylight and night movements are all discussed. The development of aircraft...
This study discusses what the general plan of organization and operation of military railroads should be, considering only standard-gauge railways. The author states that the general plan of organization and operation of standard-gauge military...
This study describes the Syrian expedition and the second Austrian invasion in World War I. Terrain, plans and operations, Serbian dispositions after the first invasion, the Syrmian expedition, the second Austrian invasion, operations in the...
This document is a study of the effect of increased radius of action on Air Force operations. Military doctrine and primary function (modified operation of both supporting and independent) are major topics. The subheadings under doctrine include...
This author gives the following conclusions based on the study: any means of communication serving the raider will serve as an antidote to the defender; an armed force with modern means of communications can make an effective raid in a country...