Sergeant Stubby was different from most American Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs), but as an NCO his contributions during World War I made an everlasting impact upon the NCO Corps and the United States Army. He had an exciting and colorful history...
DURING THE BATTLE OF FORT WAGNER, SGT WILLIAM CARENY RESCUED THE FLAG, GOING THROUGH A NUMBER OF ENEMY BULLETS, AND DELIVERED THE FLAG TO A MEMBER OF HIS REGIMENT. HIS ACTION DURING THIS BATTLE, MADE HIM A RECIPENT FOR THE MEDAL OF HONOR. SGT...
William H. Mauldin was born and raised in the southwest. As a young boy he became interested in books and drawing. From his first drawings of military maneuvers near his home to his creation of" Willie and Joe" during World War II, Maudlin would...
Alvin Collum York was born into a very poor farming family in Tennessee on December 13, 1887. He was the third of eleven children. York was a crack marksman as a child. He grew up in the hills of the Pall Mall Valley in eastern Tennessee. The...
This paper will discuss an experiment of how my unit allowed me to conduct Sergeants Time Training. In the planning process, it was to last one quarter. Shortly into execution, it became clear to the Chain of Command and me that as long as the...
The United States Army has taken a lot of pride on how its handle itself in war, as a super power it want other nations to model their army like the U.S. military. The conduct of some soldiers have embarrass the U.S. military like the Abu Ghraib...
The U.S. Army's Center of Military History gives today's Soldiers a useful prospective from which to appreciate the past and shape the Army's future. The origin of the Sergeant Major dates back as early as the sixteenth century when the English...
The Army established and office that is very vital to our Army. The soldiers selected made huge strides to better our enlisted force. They paved the way for quality of life, NCOES, pay raises, better equipment and better promotion opportunities to...
The office of the Sergeant Major of the Army was created by the Army on 4 July 1966. It was created to help professionalize the NCO Corps and to thereby improve the Corps performance and responsibility. The Sergeant Major of the Army (SMA)...
The creation of the Office of the Sergeant Major of the Army in July 1966 represented a major milestone in the development of the United States Army. For the first time in history, an enlisted person assumed the role of a senior enlisted adviser...
In February 1997 a former aid accused SMA McKinney of making sexual advances to her. CSA Reimer had no choice but to temporarily suspend McKinney from duty as SMA. During the investigation, five more female soldiers came forward to accuse him. The...
This monograph discusses, from an airman's perspective, the expression of American operational art called parallel war. Parallel war is defined as the simultaneous and near continuous attack against strategic, operational, and tactical targets. The...
When giants of warfare—the likes of Jomini, Mahan, the elder von Moltke, Napoleon, and Clausewitz—agree so universally on the importance of history to the military officer, one must take notice.
Their message is clear. Through the study of...
Knowing oneself is critical to efficient and effective operations in any sphere of human endeavor. This is particularly important in the endeavor of warfare where human life is the medium of exchange and the fate of nations lies in the balance. ...
Olive drab cloth mask with layer of rubber on interior. Stitched to mask is black elastic head harness. Inside mask is a black rubber nose piece and yellow mouthpiece which is broken away. Attached to mask at mouth area is black painted metal...
CONTENTS
List of illustrations VII
General description of the 9.2-inch howitzer materiel (Vickers) 1
9.2-inch howitzer, Model 1917 (Vickers) Mark I 5
Howitzer body 5
Breech mechanism 6
Breech closing mechanism 6
Firing mechanism 8
T-Tube type...
This paper will cover some of my experiences serving in the National Guard.
Service to the nation can come in different ways and means. The National Guard
requires sacrifices in both family, and personal life. The one weekend a month and two...
Contains a review of the nature, use, field of service, and organization of the signal corps of the Army, with an outline of its methods, and technical apparatus and notes on the service of information and the organization of the aviation service...
This is a personal military history of MSG Rodger A. Harder. It contains his military assignments, his different MOS’s, his different day to day duties. From when he joined the Wyoming Army National Guard to being on Active Duty for 10 years, a...
This is a textbook for the training of security and reconnaissance tactics and guard duty. A commander needs information of two kinds: that relating to the geography, topography, and resources of the theater of operations; and that which relates to...