This monograph explores the current debates surrounding "hollow forces" and the decrease in the defense budget following prolonged conflict. Leaders' strategic choices, which lead to decreasing resources, sometimes create the perception of hollow...
This monograph examines whether or not the current U.S. Army Operational Design methodology could increase the effectiveness of airpower. Analysis of existing design literature provides a common understanding of the U.S. Army’s design methodology...
The end of communism changed the global strategic environment marked by a bipolar world and replaced it with uncertainty and a readily defined threat. Over a relatively short period of time, a multipolar world began to emerge while academia and...
The Army as well as the other armed services began a transformation in the late 1990s in order to meet the challenges of warfare in the future. This effort is characterized by utilizing technology as the catalyst for change. The process has...
The purpose of this paper is to develop an understanding of the concept for employment of our light infantry forces. Since 1979 there have been numerous articles and studies written on this subject. There is little agreement, however, as the how...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Essayons, originally published as the Fort Leonard Wood Guidon in 1966 then as the Guidon from 1966 to 1987. Became Essayons in 1988 and remained that way until 1999 when it reverted back to Guidon. It has been and continues to be a record of...
This study focuses on how commitment among army officers, having between five and fifteen years of commissioned service, may be impacted as a consequence of the army's current drawdown. It was hypothesized that officer commitment would decline as a...
Global tensions and threats such as terrorist acts continue to pressure America's effort to provide peace and stability to regions around the world. Consequently, military leaders have traditionally been called to protect American interests at home...
Field Manual 1, The Army constitutes mission command as the prevailing leadership philosophy of the U.S. Army. With the publication of Field Manual, 6-22 Army Leadership the U.S. Army introduced the Leadership Requirements Model (LRM) to the force,...
The years 1973-1982 encompassed two major revisions of Army tactical doctrine. This monograph is an attempt to record and examine the causes and effects of the doctrinal ferment that led to the NATO-focused doctrine popularly known as the active...
What can we learn from past leaders that is important enough to be included in the new Army Doctrine Publication (ADP) 6-22? Leadership principles the Army has used to date are inadequate. This monograph reviews some of the most revered generals in...
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...
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...
The US Army has completed fielding of the Javelin Antitank Weapon System to Infantry Battalions in the 75th Ranger Regiment and the 82nd Airborne Division. In the year 2000, the fielding team is issuing the Javelin to the Second Infantry Division...
As Chief of Staff of the Army in 1981, General Meyer believed that there was an important role for light infantry on the modern battlefield. British combat operations in the Falkland Islands and the American experience during Operation Urgent Fury...
Today, the military must grow a larger force to effectively manage troops on several fronts in order to prevent a decline in U.S. troop’s role in the war on drugs. Along with that, we must also produce the additional equipment and supplies to...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Essayons, originally published as the Fort Leonard Wood Guidon in 1966 then as the Guidon from 1966 to 1987. Became Essayons in 1988 and remained that way until 1999 when it reverted back to Guidon. It has been and continues to be a record of...
Since 1935 the U. S. Army has undergone a series of changes in both force structure and force design. The more complex adjustments have been in force design. Beginning with the triangular division in 1939 and continuing over the intervening...
This monograph seeks to determine the adequacy of current U.S. Army doctrine as it pertains to the planning and execution of attacks by an armored force in restrictive terrain. Many circumstances and possible threats will require the use of a...