Captain Meriwether Lewis's task was to equip and man a party to traverse the unmapped middle third of the United States. Most studies of the expedition begin with the party's departure from Camp Dubois in the spring of 1804. This starting point...
Captain Meriwether Lewis's task was to equip and man a party to traverse the unmapped middle third of the United States. Most studies of the expedition begin with the party's departure from Camp Dubois in the spring of 1804. This starting point...
The Lewis and Clark staff ride presented in this booklet, focuses on a US Army mission to explore the unknown during a time of peace. By studying the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804-1806, traveling the route, and visiting the places where key...
Volume II of two volumes, this narrative begins July 30, 1805 on the Jefferson River in Montana and follows the expedition from the Three Forks of the Missouri to the headwaters of the Columbia, back down the Yellowstone River and on to St. Louis. ...
“On March 31, 1804, CPT Lewis divided the expedition into three squads and appointed Floyd, Pryor, and Ordway, as sergeants, each in charge of a squad” (Ambrose 131). They would be the NCO Corps of what historians now call the “Corps of...
The Lewis and Clark Expedition is one of the greatest examples of the importance of the Non-Commissioned Officer within our organization today. The Non-Commissioned Officers of this expedition had a significant effect on the success of the mission...
The purpose of this monograph was to answer the research question: How can the Army educate the media in operational matters and what benefits might develop from such enhancement? Three areas provided data for this research: historical examination...
The United States is now in the eighth year of the Global War on Terror (GWOT). For America, the war began with the surprise attacks against targets in Washington D.C. and New York City on September 11, 2001. For al Qaeda, the war began centuries...
This thesis proposes and demonstrates a methodology that enables the user to generate optimal portfolios of projects, based largely on the data envelopment analysis (DEA) approach developed by Israeli professors and industrial engineers, Harel...
In 1803, myths of woolly mammoths; Peruvian llamas; blue-eyed, Welsh-speaking Indians defined the unexplored West. The men of the Lewis and Clark expedition dispelled such speculations, including the myth most hoped would prove to be true: the...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Guidon came into being as a weekly publication in 1966 under the title Fort Leonard Wood Guidon. Between 1966 and 1987 the title was simplified to Guidon before becoming Essayons in 1988. The name reverted back to Guidon in 1999. It has been...
Generals Lewis Walt, Raymond Davis, and Lieutenant General Victor Krulak had highly successful Marine Corps careers beginning with their commissioning in the 1930s. The purpose of this monograph is to examine their development as young officers...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Guidon came into being as a weekly publication in 1966 under the title Fort Leonard Wood Guidon. Between 1966 and 1987 the title was simplified to Guidon before becoming Essayons in 1988. The name reverted back to Guidon in 1999. It has been...
Patrick Gass witnessed and contributed to many remarkable events during his lifetime, including four great wars, numerous Indian battles, and the remarkable Lewis and Clark Expedition. His biographer J.G Jacob, summed up his life as "a hero in...
United States. Army. War Plans Division. Training and Instruction Branch.
This manual contains information on a variety of military subjects including communications, weapons, gas attacks, German defenses, tactics, and recent operations.
I propose to inform you of the contribution of Sergeant John Ordway to the success of the Corps of Volunteers for Northwest Discovery. Specifically, I will discuss Sergeant Ordway’s duties and responsibilities during the expedition, the training...
This paper covers some experiences serving as the First Sergeant for the Medical Hold Company. The opportunity to serve as a First Sergeant for the Medical Hold Company will probably remain as one of my challenging and most memorable times of my...
Thanks for your support of the CGSC Foundation News. It's our pleasure to bring you this third edition of our publication. Much has happened since our annual report edition in March, most notable of which are the arrival of a new commander and the...
Modern airships by design are capable of short-take off and landings (STOL), and vertical take-off and landings (VTOL). This VTOL capability enables the airship to land practically anywhere, independent of most infrastructure support. This...