After September 11, 2001, commonly referred to as 9-11, the 5th Special Forces Group out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky quickly isolated and mobilized to Afghanistan. Their mission was to hunt down both Osama bin Laden and Mullah Mohammed Omar and to...
This volume presents the story of Afghanistan's fight against the Soviet Army beginning in 1979 and how the Mujahideen prevailed against a larger and decisively better equipped foe. It provides an understanding of guerrilla field craft and tactics,...
The most notorious period of the French-Algerian War was the Battle of Algiers. The war was brought on by many developments beginning with the original French invasion in 1830 and subsequent annexation of Algeria as part of the French empire....
Forças Mecanizadas na Guerra Irregular. Major Irvin Oliver, Exército dos EUA; Conforme o Exército desenvolve seu caminho para enfrentar o que o General George W. Casey chamou de uma “era de conflito persistente”, torna-se mais evidente que...
Johnson, Gerald; Durrani, Agha; Merriwether, Derrick; West, Alan
Thesis: The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure plan will significantly enhance the Army’s Transformation process. Abstract: The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) plan is the fifth round of the Department of Defense’s infrastructure...
Thesis: The Depart of Defense (DoD) and US Army will effectively achieve its goal of transformation and cost savings by utilizing military value criteria overtime. Military value criteria are built on an installation infrastructure, its capacity to...
In response to media restrictions during first Gulf war, the Pentagon decided to embed media reporters with combat units from the onset of U.S. forces move from the border of Kuwait to Iraq in 2003. Media reporters were extremely helpful in getting...
Thesis: Military professionals are better prepared to face the challenges of the tomorrow by
taking time out of their busy schedule to study Military History. The American military has been
rapidly expanding and becoming more complex with...
The 102nd Infantry Battalion (Mountain) headquartered out of New Haven, Connecticut was activated in early 2006 to support Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. The mission initially was unspecific. The majority of the Battalion were assigned...
This thesis seeks to illustrate both the benefits and limitations associated with using road building in COIN campaigns in South Asia, as well as highlight factors that should be considered from planning through long-term use. When employed in a...
In the past decade, it has become apparent that the Iranian Government is not willing to give up its Nuclear Fuel Program. Though it claims that its endeavors are merely the pursuit of making nuclear fuel, the threat of an unsupervised Iranian...
The thesis establishes the fall-out of the Afghanistan war (1979-89) on Pakistan's armed forces (PAF) as it affected their role in domestic politics and military capability. The study traces the background of the PAF till Soviet invasion of...
Mistreatment of civilians not party to a large-scale, violent conflict is not new. The perceived lack of empathy for civilians (historically and presently) points to ambiguities about who the enemy is, rules of engagement, as well as the ongoing...
Social media has become an additional element within the operational environment within which nearly anyone with an Internet connection can participate. The speed at which participants can add content, truthful or not, to that battle space has...
Narrative written in the first person following the author's experience travelling to the site of the conflict, historical research into the background, witness of the situation, and personal opinions of the war. Includes detailed information of...
In 1996 Syria and Israel came close to ratifying a peace accord. Currently, however, negotiations are stalled, but a change of government in Israel could provide the impetus for them to recommence. A peacekeeping force is most likely to be deployed...