The history of the Gatling Gun Detachment, Fifth Army Corps, is to a certain extent the history of the Santiago campaign. The detachment was organized on the spur of the moment, to utilize material which would otherwise have been useless, and was...
Lieberman, Joseph I.; Collins, Susan M.; U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
On November 5, 2009, a lone attacker strode into the deployment center at Fort Hood, Texas. Moments later, 13 Department of Defense (DoD) employees were dead and another 32 were wounded in the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil since September 11,...
Congress chartered this Commission to assess the reserve component of the U.S. military and to recommend changes to ensure that the National Guard and other reserve components are organized, trained, equipped, compensated, and supported to best...
The closing of the July–August 2006 Second Lebanon War left the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) an introspective organization. Once an example looked to by much of the world for lessons on martial prowess, the nation’s military—indeed, the...
The attached document is a compilation of experiences and lessons learned in combat, combat support, and combat service support units operating in all areas of the Republic of Vietnam. The purpose of this publication is to give all United States...
Using the theme "The U.S. Army and Irregular Warfare, 1775--2007," the 2007 Conference of Army Historians featured over sixty formal papers exploring the nature of unconventional warfare and its significance throughout history. The event also...
Stilwell, Richard G.; Kinnes, Ralph; Mohl, John L.; Ugalde, Jesse G.
Examination concentrated on the employment of selected Army personnel or units in underdeveloped countries and in direct working contact with national military contingents to further the latter's effectiveness as the guarantor of internal security...
The Military Leadership Diversity Commission was asked to conduct a comprehensive evaluation and assessment of policies and practices that shape diversity among military leaders, looking at policies that provide opportunities for the promotion and...
Concepts Division, Aerospace Studies Institute, Air University; Barondes, Arthur D.
This study has been prepared at the Aerospace Studies Institute (ASI) as part of a continuing program to examine the role of airpower in guerrilla warfare. It is one of several studies undertaken simultaneously on the conduct of guerrilla warfare...
The years 1973-1982 encompassed two major revisions of Army tactical doctrine. This monograph is an attempt to record and examine the causes and effects of the doctrinal ferment that led to the NATO-focused doctrine popularly known as the active...
The following pages provide a narrative analysis of the U.S. Army's development of armored organizations and their related doctrine, materiel, and training activities in the period 1917--1945. The development of new armor doctrines and...
In this interview, MAJ Jason Freidt, US Army, Armor; discusses his deployment to Iraq as the company commander in 2005 through 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Freidt discusses a typical day in theater and describes his role...
In this interview, MAJ Wade German, US Army, Field Artillery; discusses his deployment to Iraq as the executive officer (XO) on a Military Transition Team (MiTT) in 2009 through 2010 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Germann...
In this interview, MAJ Victor Herbin III, US Army, Adjutant General; discusses his deployment to Iraq as the personnel officer (S1) for the 15th Sustainment Brigade in 2009 through 2010 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Herbin...
In this interview, MAJ James Martin, US Army, Civil Affairs (CA), discusses his deployment to Iraq as the CA officer (S9) in 2009 through 2010 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Martin discusses a typical day in theater and describes...
MAJ Robert Heffington served as the intelligence advisor on a military transition team (MiTT) at Camp Sparrowhawk, Maysan Province, Iraq during 2009 and 2010 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this May 2011 interview, MAJ Heffington...
This thesis is a study of the Army National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve (Reserve Components) premobilization training requirements and training time available in which to accomplish them. The original intent of Congress in establishing the...
For the United States Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC), this 2005 Self-Study Report for the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools concludes the first comprehensive review in a decade of the...
This publication supports the Army's Military Qualification Standards System, providing aviation commissioned officers and commissioned warrant officers the training and enrichment they need to pursue and enhance their military careers. It includes...