The USAF Wild Weasel mission was born in 1965 during the Vietnam conflict. The purpose of the mission was to counter the serious radar-directed threats that were decimating the US fighter arsenal. While the current F-4G Wild Weasel aircraft has...
This paper discusses the failure of the British at Gallipoli as being caused by government interference in planning the military operations of the campaign.
This paper includes a narrative giving in brief the strategical objectives of the Gallipoli expedition and setting forth the causes for the failure of the expedition. (This is the best viewing copy available of the document)
On the opening day of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive of World War I, the newly-created United States 79th Division was templated to advance nine kilometers through German-controlled terrain. However, the advance through the first four kilometers,...
For the first time since its establishment as a nation, and following four successive victories against various Arab conventional armies between 1948 and 1973, Israel was forced to withdraw militarily from south Lebanon in May 2000. This thesis...
Noncommissioned Officer history is an important and intricate part of history in the United States Army. All students at the United States Army Sergeants Major Academy are required to write about some form of NCO history hence, I choose to write...
In September of 1944, Major General Leonard T. Gerow, the V Corps commander was relieved of command in combat to return to the United States and testify before the Army's Investigation Board on Pearl Harbor. The board eventually found General Gerow...
This monograph examines a looming gap in the Army's inventory. After April 1997 a strategically deployable airdroppable lightweight armored vehicle to support early entry forces will not exist. The decisions to terminate the Armored Gun System...
Counterinsurgency is the most common conflict that America engages in. From the Mexican-American War to the Philippine Insurrection and small wars of the early 1900s, the U.S. Army Medical Department (AMEDD) focused on sanitation, hygiene programs...
Military professionals should study past military experiences. The actions or inactions of past military engagements/battles, both losses and victories, are keys to the success of future conflicts. If military professionals do not take the time out...
With rapid technological and strategic changes that the military is facing today, getting a good understanding of what is happening today, without searching the past, might be an extraordinary challenge. The Past as Prologue expresses the necessity...
The roles, duties, and responsibilities of the non-commissioned officer (NCO) have seen some drastic changes over the course of time. The curriculum of the NCO education system must incorporate the study of military history. It is important for...
Why does war have utility? Why do we as Soldiers need to study military history? It seems to me that the knowledge of military history teaches us about Honor, sacrifice and the inevitability of combat…just to name a few. “Historical...
General Richard O’Connor was the British VIII Corps commander in Normandy 1944. Previously he forged an outstanding reputation as a large unit commander in the desert of North Africa and this form suggests his command in Northwest Europe would be...
Did the German G.H.Q. make the proper use of the means at their disposal to ascertain the location and disposition of the British Expeditionary Force previous to the initial contact with it on the battlefield!
The United States Army recently released a white paper on Concepts for the Objective Force. This force will be capable of simultaneous engagement by air-ground maneuver elements at operational and tactical distances by employing future advanced...
As the U.S. Army transforms, in terms of (1) a lighter, more rapidly deployable force and (2) its doctrine, significant criticism has been cast as to the effectiveness and relevance of attack helicopters. Critics of attack aviation have raised...
Throughout the history of warfare soldiers wrote an untold number of books about their experiences in combat. Very few people drew about those experiences. Bill Mauldin was one of those few who not only put into pictures what people tried to do...
The object of these notes is to standardize the construction of obstacles throughout the American Expeditionary Forces and to limit the patterns taught and used.