In a constantly changing world threatened by the likelihood of terrorist acts, the American people need military leaders who clearly demonstrate an understanding of American core values, and who are both competent and morally focused. In order to...
This summary report on the British Home Guard concludes that the force was just as vital and an important arm of the total defense of any country as any of the other forces, such as the Army and Navy and the Civil Defence Forces. The Home Guard was...
This study provides a brief review of the role of the Department of Defense publication Soviet Military Power and a detailed analysis of Tom Gervasi's book, Soviet Military Power *The Pentagon's Propaganda Document, Annotated and Corrected. Gervasi...
This study is an examination of the procedures and techniques used by corps and division headquarters to develop air defense priorities in support of AirLand Battle. The study begins with an examination of the role of the air defender in...
The written history of most service schools can be best developed in a chronological manner due to the ongoing nature of the schools. However, the attendant problems of creating an Armyservice college from scratch requires that the initial written...
This is a history of the Marine Corps participation in the Lebanon crisis from July-October 1958. It is published to show the role of the U. S. Marine Corps in carrying out American foreign policy and the pacification of a country through a...
Cultural awareness is a force multiplier; failure to recognize this can have adverse impacts on operations. Since the first coalition troop deployments to Afghanistan after the events of 9/11, the U.S. Army has received much criticism over the lack...
This report was a representative survey of 3397 Army officers on the importance of studying military history and the need for this history in professional development.
Some noteworthy achievements of lower ranking enlisted men in peacetime often go unrecognized in spite of the commander's desire to do so because there is no existing procedure that will tangibly and appropriately recognize the exact degree of...
This document contains memorandums, organizational charts, disposition forms, and the report of the Skinner committee regarding the reorganization of the United States Command and General Staff College (the proposed reorganization of the CGSC staff...
This document announces the Commandant's policies for the conduct of the 1953-54 Examination Program as represented by the recommendations contained in a subject study. This directive is in the form of a faculty memorandum. Its goal was to analyze...
The objectives of Engineer are to inform, motivate, increase knowledge, improve performance, and provide a forum for the exchange of ideas. Views expressed are those of the authors and not those of the Department of Defense or its elements. The...
Officer education is a major component in the preparation for the next war. The Command and General Staff College (CGSC) is the Army's principal institution for educating field grade officers. War's chameleon nature sometimes denies and frustrates...
This study examines the Army's frocking policy and evaluates its impact on the job effectiveness and morale of officers. The study reviews and compares current policies of the Department of Defense and each of the Armed Services, showing an uneven...
The Civil Affairs (CA) structure the Army now knows should cease to exist. From this current structure, the best and brightest CA noncommissioned officers (NCOs) and officers should be extracted to fill the slots in the newly recommended structure....
This is a trascript of a 1993 interview with Sergeant Major of the Army George W Dunway (USA-ret) for the US Army museum of the noncommissioned officer sergeants major of the ARMY history book project.
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...
Nepal, geo-strategically located between India and China, must have appropriate relations with both countries. Prior to 2006, Nepal's monarch maintained a generally balanced approach in dealing with India and China even though in practice Nepal had...
The purpose of this monograph was to determine what tasks are critical for an aide-de-camp to perform during combat operations. Three areas provided data for this research: historical documentation, doctrinal and regulatory guidance, and...
This monograph is an analysis of the impact of organizational culture on tactical joint warfare. The merger of the Tiger Brigade with 2d Marine Division during the Persian Gulf War serves as a laboratory for this analysis. The author researched...