As the 21st Century dawns, warfare is in the midst of revolutionary change. Information Age warfare characterized by knowledge, speed, and precision is slowly supplanting Industrial Age war and its reliance on mass. The advent of precision...
Thesis: Even though peacekeeping operations are fast becoming the precursor to America’s involvement in the development of a sovereign nation’s desire to democratize their society within. What went right, wrong and what should have happened to...
This paper explores the relationship between the Egyptian military and U.S. security assistance forces, and examines long term U.S. interests in Egypt. The author proposes a novel course of action, "active inaction," as a method of addressing the...
MAJ Chris Barker served as the Joint intelligence (J2) operations officer with a Joint Special Operations Task Force (JSOTF) in Baghdad, Iraq during 2003 and the intelligence training officer and the executive officer (XO) of a Military Transition...
The purpose of the study is to determine whether a regional headquarters concept would improve the National Guard’s ability to accomplish Homeland Defense and Civil Support with greater efficiency and effectiveness. In order to make that...
The Interim Brigade Combat Team was designed to allow the Army to rapidly deploy a lethal and survivable force into contingency areas across the entire spectrum of conflict. With the IBCT, the Army plans to fill the gap between capability and...
Does the Department of Defense's strategic mobility program meet the needs of operational commanders? More importantly, what challenges do operational commanders face because of the inability to project certain capabilities? This monograph argues...
Current defense budget climate indicates that each Service within the Department of Defense (DOD) can expect substantial reductions. The challenge facing DOD is how to reduce its budget while being engaged in counter-insurgency and stability...
This monograph explores the possibility of consolidating common civil augmentation functions at the Department of Defense level in order to facilitate a more efficient, responsive military. Specifically, the report examines the logistic functions...
In the wake of the Cold War, the U.S. Army increasingly finds its institutional focus shifting away from preparing for sustained mechanized land combat. This trend serves the Army’s immediate operational needs and addresses its perceived need to...
Controlling the Beast Within: The Key to Success on 21st-Century Battlefields. Major Douglas A. Pryer, U.S. Army, Ethical behavior contributes more to mission success than battlefield technology, armored vehicles, gunnery, or weapons ranges....
Seeing Red: Creating a Red-Team Capability for the Blue Force. Colonel Gregory Fontenot, U.S. Army, Retired; Red teaming, a structured process executed by trained and practiced team members, is uniquely suited to...
This document was prepared during the 1961-62 Regular Course at CGSC and was a critical, yet brief, analysis of combat in the (then) current environment- a study of combat as it was being fought. The authors discuss the relativity of combat, an...
Anytime the use of US Armed Forces in support of civil authorities is considered, government and military leaders, pundits, and citizens reflexively turn to the Posse Comitatus Act for guidance. Since 9/11, the US Armed Forces face an increased...
Volume II of II, this volume serves as an introduction to the study of the Arab-Israeli crisis from the socio-political, historical and military points of view. It takes for its starting point a definition of the crisis as the conflict of two...
MAJ Robert Hellner served as the brigade logistics officer (S4) with the 82nd Engineer Battalion, 1st Infantry Division during 2004 and 2005 in Tikrit, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this May 2009 interview, MAJ Hellner...
MAJ Kenny Kuniyuki served as the company commander and G2 targeting officer with a military intelligence (MI) company in 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion (STB) during 2006 and 2007 in Diyala Province in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom...