This monograph analyzes the events that led to South Carolinas' uncommon democratic unification following the bitter partisan fighting of the American Revolution. From the study, the author identified common threads in events, or ideals that...
The concept and practice of using information as a tool in military operations to support political objectives has gained increased notoriety and emphasis within U.S. political and military arenas over the course of the last decade. Two particular...
This paper compares and contrasts the intelligence collection methods of the French in Algeria from 1954-1962, US intelligence collection and interrogation methods under Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Officer Orrin DeForest in Vietnam from...
Since the horrific attacks of September 11, 2001, the nation has seen the largest expansion and reorganization of government since the National Security Act of 1947, transforming the nation’s homeland security system around, amongst other things,...
It has been said that experience will always win over strength. Nothing is more true to the fact than the Non-Commissioned officer (NCO) during the Korean War. It would not be just experience that would lead to great success of the NCO, but many...
“No one is more professional than I. I am the Noncommissioned Officer, a leader of soldiers” (NCO Creed,). Wikipedia defines the non-commissioned officer as, “also known as an NCO or Noncom, is an enlisted member of an armed force who has...
The importance of having an understanding of history is paramount to building a productive military organization and key to developing leaders at all levels. In addition, capturing current personal accounts as well as publishing biographies of...
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The Essayons, originally published as the Fort Leonard Wood Guidon in 1966 then as the Guidon from 1966 to 1987. Became Essayons in 1988 and remained that way until 1999 when it reverted back to Guidon. It has been and continues to be a record of...
In this interview MSG Portish of the Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC, 38th Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB) located at Joint Base Balad (JBB) discusses the importance of understanding the contracting procedures embedded in the food service...
In this interview, COL Jay Jerrils shares his experiences as the Camp Victory (Baghdad, Iraq) Mayor. He describes his duties involving regular interaction with civilian contractors and Air Force engineer staff in maintaining the base life support...
This study is a result of research and personal interviews with officers of the First Division. The paper describes the methods used for evacuation of prisoners in the Meuse Argonne offensive, revealing that the division used expediency and...
Using a methodology consisting of identifying the policy and associated strategy for the initial Afghanistan war period compared to the policy and associated strategy for the current Afghanistan war, the study identifies strategic composition...
The United States declared drugs to be a clear and present danger to the country and proceeded to wage a war on them that was both justified and temporarily successful from 1970 through 1990. Although not prepared for this mission at first, the...
What caused the agricultural manpower shortage in World War II? Historians have proffered a variety of explanations that attribute linear causality to a handful of independent variables. No scholar, however, has attempted to study the manpower...
This monograph examines the abilities of armies to train themselves while actually fighting a war. Modern doctrine as expressed in FM 100-5 and TRADOC PAM 525-S tacitly assumes that the U.S. Army's peacetime training is adequate for any conflict...
This monograph focuses on the possibility of defeating any and all enemies with an information-intensive force. Clearly, no one currently possesses this capability. However, in the intermediate and long-term, such a force may be within the reach of...
This monograph addresses a perceived imbalance in U.S. Army tactical force structure between technical means of intelligence collection and non-technical means, specifically interrogators. It proposes to provide a judgment on whether or not, in...
This monograph describes the evolution of logistics management at the operational level since the end of the Second World War. Examining the history of how the Department of Defense has organized itself at the operational level to manage logistics...
This monograph asserts that phasing as a tenet of operational art has outlived its usefulness. Phasing as a component of campaign design worked effectively in the industrial age of symmetrical opponents, but has lost its usefulness in the...