Leonard Wood served as a Military Governor in Cuba from 1898 (Santiago) and 1899 to 1902, later as the Military Governor of the Moro Province in the Philippines from 1903 to 1906, and eventually as Governor General for the Philippines until his...
The key to future success is learning and using our past to our advantage. It is crucial for Noncommissioned Officers to study past military history. The study of past military history can be used to assist in the planning of future combat...
The United States military, as with any professional organization that is dedicated to be successful must reshape, restructure, reorganized, and transform in order to remain effective. The rationale and dynamic forces behind the initiation of...
The Transformation of the United States Army has taken place many times throughout our short history. The Army has continued to change itself into a deadlier and more efficient force with each of these transformations. This study will discuss the...
Thesis Paragraph: With our strategist and overwhelming military superiority, the U.S. armed forces secured a quick and decisive victory in Iraq using conventional warfare tactics. After which, we struggled to secure victory against guerrillas who...
The Army after the Civil War was a victim of the times. The public had developed a dislike for the Army after they experienced the discipline required to be a soldier and treatment necessary to ensure discipline and good order. Additionally, many...
This study documents the history of the 9th and 10th Cavalry during the Spanish-American War. This study's focus is on employment and deployment of the 9th and 10th Cavalry during the Battles of Las Gasimas and San Juan Hill (Kettle Hill). The 9th...
One of the most profound evolutions of the National Guard occurred following the release of the 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review. It redefined the role of the National Guard from a strategic reserve to an operational reserve. This leadership...
This study will look at how the U.S. deliberately used education as part of its counterinsurgency strategy in the Philippines to pacify anti-occupation violence and assimilate the archipelago under American governance. In doing so, this study...
When Islamic Jihadists conducted terrorist operations against the United States at the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. on September 11, 2001, it shook this nation to its very core. These terrorist actions...
The term counterinsurgency has become a media buzzword; it has come to define the US Army’s role in the War on Terror. The enemy is no longer an extremist, an Iraqi, or an Afghani, he’s an insurgent. The United States has been involved in...
The U.S. Army conducted its initial counterinsurgency in the Philippines from 1898 to 1913
as part of the United States’ expansion into Asia. While the publicized goal was to liberate the
Filipinos from Spain as part of the Spanish-American War,...
Prior to the beginning of the Spanish-American war, the Army was composed of twenty-six thousand regulars. The small army would be able to perform limited operations while the nation mobilized a larger force. Individual soldiers had trained well,...
The first black men officially recognized as soldiers in the United States were slaves. Their unit was the 1 st Regiment of South Carolina Volunteers. The Union created the regiment as an experiment in November 1862. The theory at that time was...
Throughout history and currently today, the United States has had to practice the policy of chastisement to defeat insurgents and the policy of attraction to win over the loyalty of the local populace. American forces must constantly change...
The United States entered the Spanish American War almost three years after the war's beginning. Ultimately, the war liberated Cuba from Spain and the US proved its newly found war-fighting capabilities.
Historians have given several accounts on...
Whether a success or a failure, a counterinsurgency is always influenced by a mixture of politics, the media, and public opinion. The United States was involved in a successful counterinsurgency during 1898-1902. I will attempt to reveal how the...
In all conflicts there are war crimes and atrocities committed, however, there are fewer in modern times than conflicts of the past. Throughout the 20th century, war crimes and atrocities were committed by different countries at war. Historical and...
International Law of war and the Geneva Convention prohibit crimes and atrocities, yet they continue and guilty nations are rarely held accountable. Abstract: This paper shows that throughout history armed forces continue to commit atrocities and...