Refighting the Last War: Afghanistan and the Vietnam Template. Thomas H. Johnson and M. Chris Mason, America lost in Vietnam because of a failure to establish legitimacy and the inability to protect the people from insurgents. The same failures...
This student paper is an analysis of the experience gained in World War II in "marrying" equipment to specific units moving overseas and to extract there from the principles which must be followed to avoid confusion. It groups procedures into...
Should the Army Air Forces adopt the system of technician ratings now in effect in the ground forces, and would it be advisable to re-establish the command authority to all staff sergeants, sergeants, and corporals by placing all technicians 3d...
This paper sought to investigate the methods employed in estimating petroleum requirements. Enclosures include methods employed in the zone of interior in estimating requirements, theaters of operation and methods employed in estimating...
This study sought to determine the most effective organization of the War Department general staff for exercising staff responsibility over military training.
The attacks of September 11, 2001 and the subsequent political decision to apply the National
military power of the United States to combat terrorism around the world have fundamentally
changed the role of the Reserve Components. The roles and...
In reading military history, we gather information that gives us a better perspective on the reasons we do the things we do. It also has a more profound objective in educating us in what not to do. Military history provides leaders the resources...
The Noncommissioned Officer Evaluation Report is quickly becoming a document that provides a false impression of the rated NCO. Supervisors are failing to set the example in terms of coaching, teaching, training and mentoring of their subordinates....
This ethics thought paper focuses on rank has its privileges (RHIP) in a lesser level but will discuss issues we live with every day, special parking and government housing. RHIP has been a part of every soldiers life as long as we have had a...
It is essential that Military leaders have a functioning knowledge of history. Former military campaigns are marred by lost battles and leadership failures. The lost battles and leadership failures are a direct reflection of leaders’...
From 1775 to present, the noncommissioned officers roles and responsibilities have made a transformation that you would probably disagree with me on. We know noncommissioned officers lead, train and mentor, but over two hundred years ago,...
The 10th Mountain Division in conjunction with the Army National Guard of New Jersey was given a mission to support personnel in Afghanistan. The mission was to provide US forces first class personnel support which included mail distribution from...
During the early months of 2009, MSG Todd Daniels and other personal from the Kansas
Army National Guard worked with the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing in Bagram, Afghanistan. The United States Army provides Ground liaison teams (GLT) to support...
This experience paper will describe the trial and tribulation from one's point of view. It will take you from the early stages of Operation Iraqi Freedom to now, as I'm upon deployment number three. It covers most lessons learned from my...
How things can change, I was settled into my duties as the operations sergeant at the local university ROTC unit. The only thing on the horizon was the holiday break, where I would spend quality time with my wife and son. Then as the military docs,...
On March of 2003, my unit, 3654th Maintenance Company was mobilized in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.
We worked continuous maintenance operations seven days a week for six months. We accomplished almost 2200...
This article is a summary of my OEF mobilization as a senior NCO in a National Guard Special Forces Company. I have been mobilized and deployed 3 times since September 11, 2002. Each time, the mission was in support of operations being conducted by...
This paper recounts various events leading to a less than productive deployment for a
National Guard Special Forces Company. Many lessons learned can be taken away from
this year long event. The greatest lesson and I am reluctant to admit it, is...
The mission of the Office of the Program Manager is to assist the Saudi Arabian National Guard Modernization Efforts to Develop a More Capable, Self-Sufficient Defense Force while Enhancing the Vital Relationship between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia...
The bus ride from New York in July 30, 1986 in route to Fort Dix Jersey it felt to be the longest of my life. When we got to Fort Dix, a specialist named Joe in-processed us in about five days and informed us that we would meet the man I heard...