This monograph examines the SBCT intelligence structure to determine if it is adequately resourced to conduct operations under a corps headquarters serving as a Joint Task Force Headquarters without a dedicated division level fusion cell. This...
The study takes a comprehensive look at the reasons behind the recent Army decision to transfer the Stryker from contractor logistics support (CLS) to organic (Soldier) sustainment support. Using a case study approach with the Stryker, the thesis...
Thesis Statement: The organization of the STRYKER Infantry has allowed our forces in the current AOR to be successful on today’s modern battlefield.
The Stryker fulfills the Army’s current requirement for transformation. The design enables...
In the years since Operation Desert Storm, there has been a significant restructuring of the United States Army that has had an enormous impact on the structure of the cavalry at brigade level and above. It began by ensuring the existence of a...
Many authors have begun to write that the heavy force has no role in the future contemporary operating environment – especially where internal political-militia groups rely on guerrilla tactics. The US heavy force is an integral part of...
Dooley, Scott R.; Humphrey, Mark; Jindrich, Edward S.; Williams, Edward J.
Today, the Department of Defense (DOD) places a greater emphasis on joint war fighting than at any other time in its history. Fighting together as a joint force is not new concept as the United States Army and Marine Corps share battle space, and...
Since 2003 the Pennsylvania National Guard has deployed over 10,000 troops in support of the war on terrorism. The 112th IN sent approximately 160 of those Soldiers. Everyone in the unit expected to be deployed as a whole by late 2005. In late 2004...
Poindexter, Taylor; Vap, Torrey; Wallace, Kendra; Unnone, David; Stafford, Charles
As the world’s technology increases and the enemy changes the method in which he chooses to engage the United States Army, we must continue to evolve in our methodology of modern day warfare. This requires us to constantly transform the Army,...
The current U.S. Army Transformation process has experienced several changes due to operational commitments in the Global War on Terror (GWOT) and different perceptions about required military capabilities among political and military authorities....
As an enabler to the most dominant land force in the world, engineers allow maneuver forces to close with and destroy the enemy. The concept of assured mobility uses a framework to increase situational understanding and results in a greater freedom...
The former commander of 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment during its transformation to a Stryker unit, Colonel Emmett Schaill deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from September 2004 through June 2005 as the deputy commanding officer...
Thesis Statement: The current transformation of the mechanized infantry is imperative in order to succeed on today's modern battlefield.
Since 1776, the Army has often exercised the operational doctrine of employing elements smaller than a...
Major Jeffrey Witt served as a plans officer for logistics plans at the Multinational Brigade-Northwest headquarters in the Nineveh, Irbil and Dahuk Provinces of Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Witt describes in the interview some of...
The Army of tomorrow must be more deployable and capable of meeting future threats across the full spectrum of war. Essential to this transformation is the Army's new Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT). This thesis examines the SBCTs role in Army...
This thesis compares the operational requirements of OIF with the SBCT infantry company MTOE design. The problem is determining why SBCT infantry company commanders are modifying their MTOE organization while deployed to OIF. To address the problem...
My experience paper covers the complex challenges of Logistical support in Mosul Iraq.
I was 1SG of Headquarters Company 2nd Battalion 3rd Infantry Regiment I advised the Commander and supervised the Battalion supply trains. Our Stryker Battalion...
The following pages, illustrate the Army STRYKER transformation from the
eyes of the 1SG of the first STRYKER Rifle Company in the world. You will know how
this unit developed its initial SOPs from scratch and the major challenges that lay...
Major Rob Arnold returned from his deployment with Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) and joined the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team as the military police plans officer in January 2004. In August 2005, Arnold deployed with the 172nd as the...
Lieutenant Colonel John Norris served as commander of 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry, a newly formed Stryker unit, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2004 and 2005. He begins by talking about how enjoyable and challenging it was to stand up a...
These proceedings are the third volume to be published in a series generated by the annual military history symposium sponsored by the US Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC). This year's symposium, hosted by the Combat Studies Institute,...