The United States Army continues to execute counterinsurgency operations in support of the Global War on Terror in Afghanistan. However, inculcating a counterinsurgency ethos into the Army continues to be a challenge. The Army’s reward system,...
Valor awards have been approved and presented for service, not heroism, during our nations fight in the Global War on Terror. Is this ethically correct? Is a valor award intended to serve this purpose? I don’t believe so. I believe the valor...
Non-Commissioned Officers (NCO) face many ethical decisions when recommending soldiers for military awards. There are numerous circumstances when our NCOs have been faced with two Soldiers that deserve commendation and the commands guidance is to...
The objectives of Engineer are to inform, motivate, increase knowledge, improve performance, and provide a forum for the exchange of ideas. Views ex-pressed are those of the authors and not those of the Department of Defense or its elements. The...
The attitudes toward fear of death and dying among Army officers are of military importance because of their potential influence upon abilities to cope with the responsibilities of leadership. Previous studies have indicated that fears in of dying...
La seducción de la victoria rápida: lecciones de la lucha de Perú contra el Sendero Luminoso. Mayor Michael L. Burgoyne, Ejército de EUA; Catorce años después de que una poderosa rebelión sembrara miedo y destrucción en todo Perú, el...
El precepto moral latente en el FM 3-24, Counterinsurgency. Teniente Coronel Celestino Pérez, Jr., Ejército de EUA, Doctor de Filosofía; La doctrina del Ejército de hoy en día describe una nueva era de "conflicto persistente" en el cual los...
SFC Smith’s heroism saved approximately 100 American Soldiers and prevented the Republican Guard from over running the aid station and the Task Force headquarters less than a half a mile away. In doing this, he became the latest recipient of the...
Wright, Donald P., 1964-; Afghan Study Team, [et al.]
Forward from David H. Petraeus: Since 2001, the US Army in Afghanistan has been conducting complex operations in a difficult, often dangerous environment. Living in isolated outposts and working under austere conditions, US Soldiers have carried...
Wright, Donald P., ed.; Afghan Study Team, [et al.]
Forward from David H. Petraeus: Since 2001, the US Army in Afghanistan has been conducting complex operations in a difficult, often dangerous environment. Living in isolated outposts and working under austere conditions, US Soldiers have carried...
This monograph explores the role of cohesion and morale on unit effectiveness in a culturally and racially heterogeneous environment, whether these elements can be nurtured and maintained within this environment, and what the means are for doing...
Las operaciones de información como elemento disuasivo para el conflicto armado. Coronel (jubilado) Blane R. Clark, Ejército de EUA; Las operaciones de información (OI) proporcionan opciones flexibles y no letales a nuestros comandantes. El...
The Medal of Honor is the nation's highest military award for bravery. It is awarded by the President in the name of Congress. For this reason, it is often referred to as the Congressional Medal of Honor. Since it was first awarded in 1863, the...
Beginning in 2009, the United States and many of its NATO-ISAF partners dramatically raised their levels of effort in Afghanistan. The "Afghan Surge," as it came to be known, was most evident in the number of additional US and allied troops that...
A contrainsurgência e além: a operacionalização do aumento do emprego de civis. General Stephen L. Danner, Coronel Wendul G. Hagler II e Tenente-Coronel North K. Charles, da Guarda Nacional do Estado de Missouri; Os Estados Unidos não foram...
Forças Mecanizadas na Guerra Irregular. Major Irvin Oliver, Exército dos EUA; Conforme o Exército desenvolve seu caminho para enfrentar o que o General George W. Casey chamou de uma “era de conflito persistente”, torna-se mais evidente que...
Bravo Battery 3-7 FA was a six-howitzer firing battery with approximately 85 Soldiers assigned to the unit. We received orders for a combat deployment to Operation Enduring Freedom-V (OEF-V). Initially, the Battery’s mission was to separate into...
This paper addresses the issue of senior noncommissioned officers managing a fair unit awards program. The two traps that are easy to fall into in this task and that we will address at length are first, "the good old boy" system where only those...