This study assesses the evolution of the Colombian insurgency and drug trafficking situation, through 1994. The Colombian government's efforts to meet both challenges are detailed and analyzed in order to conclude if a peace between the government...
This study examines the need to change the field artillery's four standard tactical missions because of the U.S. Army's evolution to Force XXI operations. Currently the field artillery organizes field artillery for combat and assigns a tactical...
This thesis investigates the current code 4 shipping method used when moving household goods from the continental United States to overseas locations. The investigation includes a comparison with the commercial industry method. A review of the DOD...
This study traces the development of Special Forces (SF) missions from the OSS in 1944 to the present to determine how the doctrinal missions evolved. Five specific operations/events are examined; including the Jedburghs and Operational Groups in...
This study investigates the effectiveness of the Army system for preserving unit heritage. Heritage is valuable to units and the Army, and given the cyclical nature of the size and organizational structure, the Army requires an effective...
This monograph examines the doctrinal and acquisition focus of Force XXI in light of the projected future strategic environment. Despite its conceptual overtones, Force XXI is currently physically manifested in both a doctrinal publication and in...
This monograph examines the validity of the comparison between the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam conflict and the ongoing war on drugs. With the implosion of Soviet-styled communism, many Americans have come to view illicit drug use and the...
This monograph is an assessment of the performance of the Iraqi Army in selected major operations from 1941 to 1988. Focused primarily at the operational level, this study first describes the Iraqi Army's performance in an abbreviated 1941 conflict...
This monograph discusses the fundamental functions of operational art and assesses how well they are addressed by current doctrine. Its focus is upon operational art as applied to conventional warfare: that zone where the theater of operations...
This monograph examines the applicability of the operational art practiced by land commander to air campaign planning. It focuses on the role of U.S. Army Air Defense systems in operational maneuver and particularly seeks to determine if the same...
Strategic mobility has evolved for hundreds of years, most famously characterized by Nathan Bedford Forrest’s words about when to get there and with how much. Not until the application of the railroad to military needs, did any large scale...
The current heavy brigade command and control (C2) system has become very complex. The brigade headquarters may not be capable of making timely and accurate decisions, or of successfully supervising the resulting operations. It may be too large to...
This monograph is written in three parts. The first part discusses the history and development of the terminal strike controller, specifically the Forward Air Controller (FAC) and the Air Liaison Officer (ALO). There have been many substantive...
This monograph examines the proposed doctrinal command and control interface between the heavy division and the forward Corps Support Battalion, a newly proposed multifunctional battalion. The purpose is to determine if the prescribed interface...
The challenge of adapting to emerging technologies is difficult and important to future success on the battlefield. One area in which recent technological advancements have influenced military operations is electronic warfare. This study examines...
Seeks to determine the effect upon the College of the planned reorganization of the Department of the Army with the establishment of the U.S. Army Combat Developments command.
Gives a lecture, instructions, and combat exercises related to dictated and verbal orders. Contains said orders, solutions and conclusions. This curriculum was used by the Command and General Staff School in the 1926/27 school year.
This document contains a series of lectures and conferences addressing the class of 1926-1927, CGSS and GSS. Topics range from field fortifications, tactics and techniques of antiaircraft artillery, the employment of chemicals in an attack, signal...
Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2, American Forces in Germany, 1918-1923
An account of the American participation in the occupation of the Rhineland, Germany. Continued from volumes I and II covering 1920-1921. Chapters include the political and economic situation in unoccupied Germany as well as the occupied zone,...
When the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) arrived in France in 1917, AEF authorities decided to reorganize the Army's division and higher level staffs to be more in line with their French and British counterparts. The reorganization required an...