The Central Intelligence Agency is involved in a targeted killing program which the United States Government employs in its war on global terrorism. This program identifies terrorists and those facilitating terrorist activities and initiates lethal...
The National Military Strategy identifies the evacuation of noncombatants as a principal mission for the Department of defense (DOD). DOD has been charged with implementing evacuation decisions and supporting Department of State (DOS) objectives to...
The world’s growing population is becoming increasingly urbanized. If recent interventions and peacekeeping efforts by the military are indications of future deployments, then the US Army must realize the likelihood of conducting military...
Future political and social upheaval on the African continent will continue to endanger U.S. citizens living abroad. Deployed Special Forces operational detachments are ideally suited to assist joint task forces in the execution of noncombatant...
An elusive enemy that uses the noncombatant populace as an effective defense creates, over time, a growing ethical dilemma within the Army between self-preservation and strictly following laws and regulations and causes a cascade of effects. A...
This monograph discusses the need for the light infantry division to have a divisional cavalry squadron to collect information for operations in a low-intensity conflict. Although the light division is considered to be the best force to employ in a...
Guerrilla warfare is not vital because it increases noncombatant deaths of sovereign countries. Why do unconventional conflicts result in a large number of noncombatant deaths? History has shown us that military strategies used by regimes trying...
Due to the current and future world events, the United States Armed Forces have to be more flexible, far reaching, and timely to react to or deter conflict. To meet these demands the military must have interoperability, which in this monograph...
For over 200 years the Unites States has maintained a Navy/Marine team prepared to respond to crisis. During the 20th Century, Marine Corps structure continued to define its forward-deployed presence as an integral part of the national security...
This manual is published for the information and guidance of the using arms and services and all personnel charged with the issue, alteration, repair, and testing of gas masks in the field. This manual explains the designations or numbering systems...
Conscientious objectors pose an ethical dilemma for today's Army. Since its establishment in 1863, conscription resulted in the occurrence of unpopular draft riots. Members of pacifist religious organizations were able to obtain conscientious...
In April 1994 a genocide took place in Rwanda that led to the death of more than 800,000 people. This study analyzes the French Noncombatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) “Amaryllis” in Rwanda, conducted in order to rescue European citizens, who...
Joint urban operations have grown in importance since the early 1990’s, with doctrine on the verge of production. This paper captures the joint urban warfare phenomenon of the past decade, its emergence in the field of military art, and the...
Although the Army began updating its primary military operations on urbanized terrain (MOUT) doctrinal manual, FM90-10, Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain, in 1999, the fire support community did not initiated any significant changes to its...
The central question of this study is whether the U.S. Army provides adequate training for Special Forces soldiers to make ethical decisions on the battlefield. The value of this study is that it may have an impact on future Special Forces...
This thesis examines the role of the special forces group in information operations. It focuses on providing information to the joint task force planner and the special forces unit leaders. It provides the joint forces commander and planner an...
Criticism and condemnation of al-Qaeda that originate from the worldwide Muslim community present the most formidable challenge to its existence and legitimacy as an organization and movement. There is ample literature that questions whether or not...
The Army's current ethical challenge is the mistreatment of enemy prisoners of war and noncombatants during combat operations or during confinement. Events over the past year demonstrate significant violations by American Soldiers regarding the...
The moral difficulties that a Soldier in the Armed Forces will come across when combating extremism are abundant and challenging. The U.S forces face moral and unethical judgment calls every day in the fight against worldwide terrorist...
The debate on the development of NATO expeditionary capabilities started in the late Nineties, but only after the 9/11 attacks -- following a proposal of the then US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld -- was finalized. The NATO Rapid Response...