After the end of each major conflict in which Unites States military forces have been involved, the U.S. government has significantly down-sized military manpower, funding and equipment, first due to public fear of a large standing army, then as a...
According to retired CSM Robert S. Rush, “throughout our Army’s 200+ year history, NCOs have performed vital functions as small unit leaders, technical experts, trainers and perhaps more important, guardians of the Army’s standards. The...
In this interview, MAJ Mark Melson, US Army, Quartermaster (Logistics); discusses his deployments to Afghanistan as the Brigade SPO in 2008 through 2009 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). MAJ Melson discusses a typical day in theater...
As the Command Judge Advocate of 5th Special Forces Group, Major Mark Holzer reviewed rules of engagement and briefed and de-briefed SOF teams mostly in the Baghdad environs during his March to May 2003 deployment in support of Operation IRAQI...
This monograph discusses the air assault division's ability to be employed in the same manner as a Soviet style tank division Operational Maneuver Group (OMG). Since the 1930's, Soviet Army doctrine for operational level warfighting has steadily...