Young Soldiers at Fort Drum are facing financial problems steaming from the distance they are housed from post. I will address the ethical problem the chain of command (COC) is facing. I will examine the problem and will discuss different courses...
You will soon know a little bit of the Soldiers preparation, suffering, and events before a combat jump. A reading that would give each and everyone a glance about the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment combat Jump in Rio Hato, Panama, during the...
You could say Ethics is nothing more than looking at a problem, determining if it's wrong, and then making the right decision based on our values. So what is the right thing to do in an ethical situation? We all posses our own set of ethics so...
You can’t pick up an Army Times paper and not read about a Soldier found guilty for wearing an award or decoration he did not earn. This issue is happening across the services and these false heroes think they may get away with it. Some research...
You are well trained and motivated. Ready to take on any mission. If you are in the medical community as I am, this usually means patient care. However, Operation Iraqi Freedom expanded our mission well beyond doctrinal guidelines and even went so...
You are about to read a brief comparison and contrast of the war against Germany during World War II (WW II) and The Philippine-American War and how they compare to the War on Terror since September 11, 2001. In war or conflict we have to consider...
You and a close friend return to your unit from travel and while filling out travel claims you notice that your friend has claimed porter fees and cab fare that he didn't incur. When you ask him he tells you, "don't worry, they don't require...
Years of U.S. Army involvement in conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have underscored the complexity of contemporary operating environments. This complexity within the current operating environment requires U.S. Army leaders not to make simple...
Years ago, the newly appointed General Counsel for USPACCOM described an ethical dilemma best when he said, “…it’s not about right vs. wrong; it’s about right vs. right, or wrong vs. wrong.” The essence is that of choosing the best right...
Written as a textbook for the General Service School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, this volume contains lectures on military government, American military government in Germany, and the four military governments in Mexico, one of which is a...
Writings and communications of General DePuy. In three parts, part I covers the pre-Tradoc years, 1954-1973, part II the Tradoc years 1974-77, and part III, retirement years, 1978-91. In the seventeen years between General DePuy's creation of...
World War II was the largest and most violent armed conflict in the history of mankind. However, the half century that now separates us from that conflict has exacted its toll on our collective knowledge. While World War II continues to absorb the...
World War II U.S. Army corps commanders were the orchestrators of combat, the men responsible for coordinating the fighting power and tactical deployment of divisions. Twenty-two U.S. Army corps were actively engaged in combat operations during...
World War II saw the development of airborne operations and airborne warfare to the point where an airborne operation- that is, the forces and techniques of which it is composed and their use- could be looked upon as an additional weapons system of...
World War II laid the foundations for a ‘special relationship’ between the UK and US, with security being its primary purpose. Since the end of that war, the threat of Soviet expansion caused it to deepen. Time changed the balance of the...
World War I, also known as the First World War, the Great War, the War of the Nations and the War to End All Wars, was a world conflict occurring from 1914 to 1919. The Allies on one side and the Central Powers on the other fought the war. No...
World War I was fought from 1914 to 1918 and noncommissioned officers (NCOs) played a critical role in defeating the Central powers. Many events led to U.S. involvement in WWI and the U.S. declared war on Germany on 6 April 1917 and had troops on...
World War I represents the first time that the United States Army Medical Department successfully supported a mass army overseas. The system established served as a model for those used in subsequent wars. By studying the support for the American...