Headquarters, United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
This regulation provides HQ TRADOC policy and implementing instructions for the design, development, coordination, and fielding of ARTEP (Army Training and Evaluation Program) documents (Mission Training Plans (MTP's) and drill books). It is...
The American and Filipino guerrillas that fought against the Japanese occupation of the Philippines were key in providing direction to resistance efforts and in the eventual liberation of the islands. The guerrillas escaped the aggressive...
What happens yesterday can help us today. There are key elements that can be taken from studying history that can be applied today to assist leaders in their decision making process. Failure to do so can cause mission failure, loss of equipment and...
This study investigates the United States Army Infantry training during the Korean War (1950- 1953). It surveys the United States Army training doctrine (before and during the war and current), training memorandums, bulletins, periodicals, observer...
FM 25-101 defines the After Action Review (AAR) as "a review of training that allows soldiers, leaders, and units to discover for themselves what happened during training, why it happened, and determining solutions to correct the problem." The AAR...
This paper will examine why ethical standards and ethical reasoning must be applied in all phases of the Army Training Management Cycle. Ethical practices in training begin with an honest appraisal of unit strengths and weaknesses in the initial...
This study investigates the effectiveness of current Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD) doctrine in relation to U.S. Army doctrine of air maneuver. The thesis’ main focus is Corps and Division level SEAD operations in support of...
As senior Non-Commissioned Officers we are managers of our soldiers time and welfare.
Depending on your unit of assignment the management process may require an immense amount
of your limited time. With all the necessary requirements that bid for...
In the near future, it appears that the missions of the U.S. Army in combat and noncombat roles will rely more on mobility. Many combat units have been able to field more modem tanks, and fighting vehicles making them more mobile. However, many...
The United States Army continues the transformation process to the Future Force. As the transition continues, the Army must balance the sustainment requirements of the soldiers in the field with the desire to reduce the logistics tail of the force...
Upon 1st Cavalry Divisions return from Iraq to CONUS, the Commanding General, Major General Chiarelli requested that Major General Tucker CG USA Armor Center send a team from Fort Knox to collect lessons learned related to the Abrams Tank. The...
While Afghan women are difficult for coalition forces to access in their counterinsurgency efforts, they play a central role in their families and are the primary care-givers for, and have significant influence over, their children. U.S. Army...
On 16 December 1944, the German Army launched an offensive in the Ardennes to split Allied forces and retake the ports of Antwerp and Liege. The German advance split the XII Army forces and left the 101st Airborne Division surrounded at Bastonge....
Third Place Winner of the MacArthur Military Leadership Writing Competition for the 2010 CGSC Class. Much has been written on the topic of the Army as a learning organization. The focus has primarily been on the Army as a whole organization. The...
This paper is going to describe how the United States Military is always ready to accomplish its mission at the outbreak of hostility. Operation Iraqi Freedom will be utilized as an example to reference how the U.S. Army has been successful. The...
In the spring of 1999, 200,000 people in the town of Izmit, Turkey, experienced a horrible earthquake. As a member of the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit (SHA) and Swiss Rescue specialized for help abroad, I was ready to deploy.
In September 2000, I was assigned to the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) –
Special Operations Training Division (SOTD). During my tour I had the opportunity to observe
different levels of mission planning and execution. The following...
Colin Powell once said that “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, learning from failure.” This statement raises a valid point that: studying military history, our blunders, as well as our successes, is...
I believe that “ALL” soldier must have some sort of knowledge of Military History. History always repeats itself one way or another. Leaders learn from history either the good things to do or the things not to do. I believe we learn a great...
Many errors in the decision making process occurred during the battle of Mogadishu. The
unfortunate results of those poor decisions were 18 U.S forces KIAs. Similar to Somalia was the
loss of life that occurred in the Philippines during a mission...