This study reviews the current roles and capabilities of U.S. Army Military Freefall (MFF) and Underwater Operations (UWO) teams in the Special Forces Groups (Airborne), the Ranger Regiment and Battalions, and the Corps and Divisional Long Range...
This monograph examines the capability of United States Army tank companies in the defense to secure themselves against infantry attack. Stationary tank units are vulnerable to infantry using infiltration tactics, particularly in close terrain....
This study examines whether light infantry is envisioned for employment in an optimal way, specifically in an offensive role in Central Europe. The report reviews current doctrine and determines that a disconnect exists. Lower level manuals argue...
The purpose of this research project is to determine what factors led to the operational failure and destruction of the 1st and 3rd Ranger Battalions during the battle of Cisterna on 30 January 1944. Subordinate questions include: Why did...
This thesis evaluates current parachute infiltration doctrine aimed at achieving secrecy during the insertion. It also presents a new concept which uses the new ram-air, high performance type parachute. The study initially undertakes an examination...
One of the tools available to the counterinsurgent when devising a campaign is the interdiction of the insurgent’s movement of men, materiel, and money at the border. This thesis examined three case studies of border interdiction in insurgency:...
This study examines Operation SEALORDS, the capstone campaign conducted by the Brown-Water Navy in Vietnam. Specifically, this paper addresses the primary question: Was the SEALORDS campaign successful, and if so, what lessons, can be learned from...
Headquarters, U.S. Army Forces, Far East, and Eighth U.S. Army, Military History Section, Japanese Research Division
Part two of three parts, this paper compiled by a number of former officers of the Imperial Japanese Army contains five appendices consisting of appropriate excerpts from Japanese Army training manuals. Part 1 contains general discussion of the...
The purpose of this study was to provide prompt information of Japanese combat methods in Okinawa. Particular attention was given to new or accentuated land warfare trends. It was intended for troops which engaged in similar type of combat. The...
This paper studies the lines of communications (the Ho Chi Minh Trail) which went from North to South Vietnam, through Laos, during the Second Indochina War. The purpose of this paper is to study the proposal that the United States, during the...
This publication is intended to present a historical review of outstanding intelligence developments in Sixth Army during the Luzon operation. The campaign on Luzon presented situations and problems unique in the Southwest Pacific war against the...
This study explores the impacts on US Army operations should the United States decide to abide by the “Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Antipersonnel Mines and on their Destruction.” This treaty...
This study has a two fold objective: First, to evaluate the adequacy of current U. S. Army doctrine for the attack of a built-up area by a ROAD division. Second, in those areas where the present doctrine is found either inadequate or lacking, to...
This study provides an analysis of the environment and enemy which the American infantry confronted during the Korean Conflict. These elements are analyzed with respect to their effect on a potential modern conflict involving light infantry against...
This monograph discusses tactical ground reconnaissance at the National Training Center. Two previous studies of this subject revealed that the U.S. Army had a major weakness in this area. Both studies recommended changes in doctrine which would...
This study examines U.S. riverine force operations in the Vietnam War to determine why the force was established, how and why it evolved, and what significance it held for the war as a whole. This study begins with Operation Game Warden, continues...
This study attempts to determine how much each of the components of fitness; aerobic endurance, anaerobic and muscular endurance, strength, speed, coordination and flexibility are involved in the physically demanding tasks that a Ranger will most...
This monograph determines the utility of the “reconnaissance-pull” concept for division commanders. Although the term, “recon-pull” is becoming widely used by many Army leaders, analysis proves that the concept is rarely applied in...