This monograph explores the validity of current United States Army Doctrine as it relates to enabling the future United States Army Objective Force in achieving the qualities outlined in the 2001 Objective Force White Paper as the Army begins its...
The purpose of this monograph is to understand how China's culture affects the way it behaves internationally. By reviewing lessons from recent Chinese history and prevailing philosophies, we can see that China has succeeded in their goal of...
With the rise of Al Qaeda and like-minded militant groups, there have been many discussions and misrepresentations of the term Islamic way of warfare. It is important to understand that anything, to be qualified as Islamic, has to have a reference...
An effective financial system is essential to economic development. US Army doctrine acknowledges that military forces play an important role in supporting economic stabilization and infrastructure development. A specific task is to support the...
This monograph analyzes doctrine relating to the creation of Commander's Critical Information Requirements (CCIR) and its role in providing direction to units in combat. It compares doctrine to theory to assess it's doctrine's applicability in the...
The Department of Defense must establish specially trained and selected advisory teams that immerse themselves in the country for 2-3 years, and who work at the regional, country and unit level, provide the cultural understanding and regional...
There have been stories of courageous deeds and battles through military history. History teaches soldiers to analyze. History offers us a storehouse of information on how the military behaves and also helps us evaluate ourselves in peacetime. The...
In my essay I would like to present my ethical values as a Soldier as well my last consideration about situation which happened during our military operation in Afghanistan. Many times in life we inflict ourselves question: how to behave, how to...
As the commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 82nd Airborne Division, during the major combat phase of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Major Timothy Atkins was tasked with a wide range of administrative and logistical responsibilities...
Since the seventeenth century, Sir Isaac Newton’s laws of motion have had tremendous impact on the Western world’s mind-sets for understanding nature as predictable and orderly. Consequently, Western strategic culture has been based on a linear...
Surrendering the Initiative?: C2 on the Digitized Battlefield. Captain Jim Dunivan, U.S. Army; On the battlefield leaders make decisions in the midst of great uncertainty, demonstrating adaptability, independence, and creativity as they plan...
Systemic operational design: learning and adapting in complex missions. Brigadier General Huba Wass de Czege, U.S. Army, Retired; Complexity on the modern battlefield demands a new professional culture that embraces collaborative adaptation in...
In organizing the maneuvers the location of a camp suitable for a large concentration of troops received the first consideration; in which connection it was apparent that a central position with reference to the geographical boundaries of the...
A solid grasp of military history is crucial to the development of leaders at all levels of the Army. Military professionals must take the time to study military history to gain invaluable facts and data of previous wars and conflicts. It is...
The history of the noncommissioned officer between 1925 and 1945 was a time of great turbulence, not only in the responsibility, but also in the authority of noncommissioned officers. The time between World War I and World War II saw a huge...
The Army is a values-based institution and as a diverse people from our society voluntarily enlists; the Army with all its technology is unable to detect and identify people, with domestic violence characteristics, not meant to serve in the Army....
The Army is a values based institution. When diverse people from our society voluntarily enlists into the Army, the Army with all its technology and innovation is unable to detect or identify people with domestic violence characteristics, who...
Learning from our past has become routine in today’s military. The creation of the Center for Lessons Learned dedicates many resources to the cataloging of our successes and failures. These lessons can be used as references for what to do and...