Increases in operation tempo since September 11, 2001 have resulted in elevated rates of post traumatic stress (PTS) and reduced levels of physical fitness across the U.S. Army. This thesis sought to identify a relationship between the elevated PTS...
On 1 June 2009, the United States Navy expanded its Perform-To-Serve (PTS) program to include all Sailors with less than 14 years of service in pay grades of E1 to E6. Implementation of this retention and force-shaping tool ensures the right...
This manual is a definitive source of unclassified information on Soviet ground forces and their interaction with other services in combined arms warfare, including ground forces, military personnel, training, division organization, and equipment...
The U.S. Army Officer Corps is composed of officers with varying backgrounds, education, experience, commissioning source, and resources required to produce those officers. The Army has invested varying resources depending on the officer and...
The following study is a composite of the opinions, ideas, and memories of five German officers who helped shape the course of the war in the West- three from OB West, one from OKW, and one from A Gp B. There are commentaries by Bodo Zimmerman,...
Operations Plans by the commander of Ambibious Group Nine, A.D. Struble, for the Transport Squadron Thirteen for the landing on Luzon, Philippines in 1945.
The objectives of Engineer are to inform, motivate, increase knowledge, improve performance, and provide a forum for the exchange of ideas. Views expressed are those of the authors and not those of the Department of Defense or its elements. The...
Cursory study of war gaming quickly reveals that one of its central problems is the conflict between the requirement of realism in play and the need for rapid and simple assessment techniques. This thesis investigates war gaming methodologies with...
The purpose of this guide is to present the essential tactical, technical and recognition data on weapons and equipment employed in the armies and security forces of the Communist countries of Eastern Europe. This volume discusses trucks, tractors,...
The United States Army medical system is currently facing some of its biggest medical concerns it has ever faced in over forty years. The ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are producing a high rate of injuries to our Soldiers. We will examine...
Today, personnel protecting equipment and state-to-the-art medical support are saving more Soldiers’ life as better-than-ever. As a result the wounded to dead ratio increased in the same proportion and is for the Operation Iraqi Freedom at 7 to...
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...
This document provides the daily summary of enemy intelligence, estimate of the enemy situation, and other miscellaneous information from on the ground, air, and navy in the Pacific Theater (May 1944).
Periodic summary of enemy trends. Looks at ground issues in Bougainville, New Britain, New Guinea and the Philippines, air issues with air operations and air strength, and Navy issues concerning naval forces, merchant shipping and barge activity.
The relationship of events in time is the essence of history. Chronology: 1941-1945 establishes the sequence of events from the time the first bombs on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 until the instrument of surrender was signed aboard the USS...