The purpose of this monograph is to justify the change in staff structure for Army brigades in order to mitigate the complexity of the Peace Operations environment. With peace operations increasing in frequency, Brigade Combat Teams (BCTs) will...
This manual is a guide to the medical officer and noncommissioned officer concerned with instructing medical department enlisted personnel. Its arrangement will help the instructor organize his own presentation of subject matter. The illustrations...
Some decision makers and analysts believe that increased networking and technological advances have increased a commander 's span of control, thus allowing for an elimination of the US Army 's corps echelon of command. Aside from span of control...
The creation of the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in 2003 was a monumental, yet incomplete organizational step towards integrating border protection operations. Customs and Border Protection is constantly improving integration and unity of...
This document provides an account of the Palestine campaign. Chapters include background and information on Egypt and the Suez Canal, the desert of Sinai, Palestine, Gaza, trench warfare, Nebi Samwil, Jerusalem, Junction Station and Ludd, the...
This text is designed as a review in mathematics for all personnel planning to attend one of the general or specialist courses offered by the Field Artillery School.
This monograph addresses the perplexing issue of ensuring US security strategy is coherently mated with emerging defense doctrines. America’s current security strategy, “engagement,” is inherently dynamic in nature. Consequently, it has...
This study presents an evaluation of the use of linear programming in maximizing aircrew combat readiness by optimizing allocation of training sorties based on current training requirements and individual aircrew capabilities. The research focuses...
This handbook provides guidance for commanders, staff officers, battery officers, and other personnel in planning and executing airmobile artillery operations. The techniques are applicable to all artillery units that can be transported tactically...
Textbook originally prepared for use by the cadets at the United States Military Academy. In this text the author has endeavored to explain and illustrate in technical detail a number of the important engineering principles underlying the design of...
This monograph studies the meaning behind the infamous Clausewitzian concept of the trinity. He uses this concept to describe the essence of warfare in book one of his treatise “On War”. This concept permeates his discussion of warfare...
This monograph analyzes the three major Civil War campaigns of 1864 in regard to several of the precepts of military theory. It uses the Wilderness, Petersburg, and Atlanta Campaigns, which moved the United States of America into the era of modern...
This monograph posits that the state must structure the delivery of public goods in a sequential and hierarchical basis with safety and security and rule of law providing a foundation upon which the state builds delivery of all other public goods...
This monograph posits that military practitioners have a theoretical and doctrinal gap in understanding operational art. This threatens to separate tactical action from strategic purpose resulting in battlefield success that is orphaned by...
The American part in the Buna-Sanananda campaign, in which Australian and American troops defeated "the invincible Imperial Army" of Japan, is the subject of this pamphlet. This campaign took place simultaneously with the action on Guadalcanal.