The U.S. Armed Forces needs a new organization capable of remaining competitive in an ever-expanding global information environment, adapting to reach both illiterate and technologically-savvy audiences of the 21st Century, developing information...
Brings together all available information on the Japanese recruiting and replacement system. Covers conscription, call-up and officer procurement. Discusses the territorial organization of the Japanese Army, replacement systems, divisional and...
Department of the Army, Office of the Chief of Military History
In wars involving vast land masses in which the available manpower of a nation is severely taxed it may be expedient and necessary to use "volunteer" forces. It is gathered from this treatise that the basic mistake of the planners was that no...
It is time to rethink the ethics of the military draft. In our all-volunteer force today, the ranks of the military are filled in two ways: either by patriotic citizens committing themselves to service to their country, or by individuals taking...
Audie Murphy is one of the most respected, remembered, and honored soldiers in the history of the United States Army. When you think: of military heroes throughout the 229 years of the Army, you only think: about a score of outstanding patriots....
Calendar Year 2009 was an eventful year. Five major developments dominated the activities at the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy: 1) the successful change of command in June from COL Donald Gentry to CSM Raymond Chandler, III; 2) the realignment...
With the growing unpopularity of the war in Iraq, Americans are once again discussing the draft. Congressman Charles Rangel has argued that we need the draft to fill the ranks or force disengagement from Iraq and prevent entry into unnecessary...
Prior to 1950, the Army restricted the service of blacks to limited roles in a racially segregated Army. During World War II, black America fought for an increased combat role, believing that contributions on the battlefield would lead to increased...
This monograph examines the origins of the concept of conveying the intentions of the commander to subordinates from its initial appearance in Army doctrine in 1905 until the present day. While many believe they understand the genesis of this...
India is grappling with its current and future geostrategic role, which ranges from acting as a regional security provider in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), to assuming the role of a world economic and military power. What role India pursues will...
Following the fall of the Taliban government in Afghanistan in late 2001, members of the former regime and Al-Qaeda found refuge in Waziristan. Waziristan is a tribal area in Pakistan located along the border with Afghanistan whose majority ethnic...
The issues confronted by Britain and the U.S. early in the last century regarding their emerging air power capabilities were hotly debated, and the final decisions for the creation of independent Air Forces was made based on several factors, not...
Discusses organizational issues within the German Army and high command during the second World War. Covers pre-war conditions, the organization branch of the army and its relation to the Wehrmacht High Command, pre-war organizational tasks and...
In this combat lessons document, topics include information on leadership, replacement orientation, river crossing suggestions, the story and song of Rodger Young, patrol pointers, how not to patrol, photo-orientation methods, engineering...
This paper sets out to develop the necessity for a communications zone suitable of a defending force of 360,000 during the initial phase of an airborne attack via Alaska on the Continental Unites States. It will also show how this organization...
It's our pleasure to bring you this sixth edition of the CGSC Foundation News. In this edition we honor Gen. Ann Dunwoody's "first" and highlight some of the many activities and successes the Foundation has had in supporting the College. We also...
Seventh Army; Watt, Jewell K.; Gunnell, Rex C.; Hawkins, Hirschle H.
The history of the Seventh Army was written to trace the development from its inception on June 11, 1946 to its inactivation March 15, 1947. An attempt has been made to confine the narrative to key developments as well as major problems and...
The title of this study affords only an approximate indication of its scope. It is a historical and critical description of a German organization, the Army Administration, which had no exact counterpart in any of the Allied armies. In addition to...
The purpose of this study is to further test the reliability of certain concepts which are rather widely held, including the NP (neuropsychiatric) casualty rate correlating positively with the battle casualty rate, and the VD rate corelating...