An examination of ethnic demography, historical governments, political parties, force structure, organization, and partnership efforts within the Iraqi Ministry of Interior includes several recommendations that must be accomplished in order to...
The federal volunteer regiments that fought in the Philippine insurgency from 1899 to 1901 were the product of intense political infighting, negotiation and compromise at the highest levels of the American government. Oddities among military units,...
As a NATO member, Romania must transform its military forces in order to meet the interoperability requirements and operational capabilities set by NATO in deployability, sustainability, survivability and C4ISTAR systems. These areas require...
This study investigates unit cohesion as it relates to neuropsychiatric casualties in the 43rd Infantry Division in World War II. The 43rd was a National Guard Division federalized in 1941 and sent to the South Pacific, where it sustained over 15...
This study investigates the Army's ability to provide information assurance for the NIPRNET. Information assurance includes those actions that protect and defend information and information systems by ensuring availability, integrity,...
For over four years during World War I, Lieutenant Colonel (Later Major General) Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck, commander of the German Schutztruppe led the men of the British East African Expeditionary Force on a chase over some of the most...
This thesis examined the impact of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) frequency auctions on Joint Vision 2010. Since 1993, the FCC has conducted spectrum auctions which auctioned portion of the EM spectrum to industry. Included in the...
The Army's Enhanced Brigades were created in the early 1990s to correct readiness deficiencies discovered in the unsuccessful mobilization of Army National Guard combat units for the Persian Gulf War. According to national leaders, the US military...
The study conducts a comparative analysis between the stockpile-based logistics system used in the Gulf War and the developing distribution-based logistics system which is the cornerstone of Joint Vision 2010's focused logistics. The primary...
This study investigates the technology available, and the conditions that the Infantry squad will fight under as a part of the United States Army in the year 2015. It examines the nature of the likely threat to our National Security and how United...
This thesis examines the Iowa class battleships and whether they hold utility for the future. There is a myriad of writings concerning the history of the battleships and the arguments both for and against. The author uses this history to determine...
This thesis investigates the future role of the ABRI (Angkatan Bersenjata Republik Indonesia or Armed Forces of the Republic of Indonesia) in the post-Suharto era. It examines the factors which influence the sociopolitical role of the ABRI and...
The objective of this thesis is to analyze the Tamil insurgency occurring in Sri Lanka for the last eighteen years. The thesis lays out the historical, economic, political, and military background to the problem in the initial two chapters. The...
This study examines the effectiveness of the Force XXI mechanized infantry platoon organization. The study first reviews similar historical mechanized platoon organizations. The purpose of the historical review is to determine the evolution of...
There are twenty-seven countries in the world with no military forces, with seven of them having undergone a process of demilitarization. Against the background of trying to justify the continued allocation of scarce resources to a standing...
This research sought to determine the degree to John P. Kotter's 1996 model of Leading Change for transforming businesses could be applied to the Army's current Transformation initiative. The research used three historical examples--Ridgway's...
This study details the Nez Perce’s struggle and offers a historical case study for unconventional warfare. This study proposes to answer the questions: Why did the US Army fail to achieve decisive victory over the Nez Perce in 1877; and What...
The Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) is creating an ever-increasing role for US Army Special Operations Forces (ARSOF). This fact is evident with the approved increase in Special Operations force structure in the 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review. With...
The Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) celebrated their twentieth anniversary in the Sinai Desert in 2002. During the past twenty years there has hardly been a shot fired in anger between Egypt and Israel, the antagonists the MFO is charged...
This study examines how leaders of tactical units can use the Army's Lesson-Learned System (ALLS) to their best advantage. The ALLS was established to identify, collect, analyze, and then disseminate lessons from contingency operations and training...