JCS Pub 2 charges all services to “prepare for war and operations short of war”. The U.S. Army has further defined operations short of war as military involvement in low intensity conflict. While the Army has made some effort at improving its...
For the past 40 years, the two U.S. Army corps in Europe have planned for the defense of the Inter-German Border. This defensive orientation has evolved into a science of delay with the hope of eventual counterattack and ultimate restoration of the...
This monograph discusses an often forgotten aspect of low-intensity conflict (LIC), tactical airpower. LIC is an environment, not a mission, and as such is often misunderstood. The US view of conflict is primarily Eurocentric and the subtleties of...
This paper discusses Army requirements for deep operations and the TACAIR problems associated with and the systems available to support deep operations. The monograph first examines Army manuals from battalion through corps level to identify the...
The purpose of this monograph is to examine if Army operational terms apply to an air battle? The Air Force mission is to gain air supremacy and, by doing this, it indirectly supports the Army. Once air superiority is established, the Air Force...
The purpose of this monograph is to determine whether the need exists for a motorized infantry force. In 1980, a shortfall existed in our ground force projection capability. Our heavy forces lacked rapid deployability and our light forces, although...
Within the past few years, there have been a number of reports referring to "Competitive Strategies." In one sense, Competitive Strategies is the Defense "buzzphrase" of the late 80s. However, it is also more. Secretary Weinberger directed DoD to...
This monograph discusses operational art in Vietnam. The research question used to focus this study effort was how did the United States perform in conducting operational art in Vietnam? Since operational art is the vital link between strategy and...
This monograph examines the dynamic tension between operational sustainment planning and operational design. Operational planners must fully consider both the limitations and possibilities of operational sustainment and its inherent risks when...
This monograph addresses how to employ the OA-10 aircraft in the forward air control role in the Airland Battle. The paper defines forward air controlling and close air support, reviews the history of the airborne forward air controller since World...
The purpose of this monograph is to explore the relationship between the emerging U.S. Army doctrinal concept of expeditionary warfare and logistical support of U.S. Army Special Forces. By first defining expeditionary warfare, exploring the role...
The importance of protecting limited aircraft assets cannot be overstated. The loss of a modern aircraft entails the probable loss of highly trained and experienced crews that took years to develop. Furthermore, if a target is missed because of...
This report is a product of a commission of psychological and educational consultants who surveyed the College and reported on organization, curriculum, instruction, instructors, students, methods of evaluation, use of civilians, and staff training.
This document contains discussion and conclusion for the class director instructing on the subject of selecting and retaining military attaches or creating a professional military attache corps.
Staff study from the conference of commandants of Army Service Schools, to determine if the Army School System is broad enough to provide logistics instruction appropriate to the requirements for logistical command personnel.
This document announces the Commandant's policies for the conduct of the 1953-54 Examination Program as represented by the recommendations contained in a subject study. This directive is in the form of a faculty memorandum. Its goal was to analyze...
The subject of this document is the size and composition of the 1952-1953 regular class at the Command and General Staff College. The capacity under the current conditions of that time as they pertained to personnel spaces for support and...
Topics in this report include college organization, the doctrinal effort, resident and nonresident instruction, administration and operations, activity missions and functions, and areas for special emphasis.
Command and General Staff School (CGSS), Class of 1926
This book was compiled by the Class of 1926 from the Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. It includes illustrative humor, poems, and stories, "hoping it will make you laugh or weep...from a year of depths and pinnacles as we...