U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations
The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations chose to examine the Department of Defense (the Department, DOD) foreign language program's "transformation" efforts to improve language skills, regional expertise, and cultural...
The procurement of medium and high altitude UAS has dramatically increased since 1988. The DOD now spends billions of dollars annually to research, test, develop and procure medium and high altitude UAS for all military services. In an effort to...
The US Army Reserve Component (RC), consisting of both the Army National Guard (ARNG) and United States Army Reserve (USAR), has evolved significantly in the wake of 9/11. More specifically, the Army RC has transformed from a strategic to an...
US Army land navigation systems primarily rely on GPS-enabled technologies. The US Army has developed and integrated precision position, navigation, and timing systems into every aspect of operations from land navigation and unit position tracking...
Publication of Another Crossroads? Professional Military Education Two Decades After the Goldwater-Nichols Act and the Skelton Panel by the House Armed Service Committee calls into question the ability of our current Joint Professional Military...
The 16th Quarterly Report from the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction SIGIR. 2008 will be a "Year of Transfer" in Iraq, bringing with it the continued evolution of the U. S. program. This evolution means that the Government of Iraq...
The United Nations (UN) intervention in Timor-Leste in 1999-2005 has been critically acclaimed as a “model” peacekeeping operation. By temporarily assuming sovereign powers on behalf of Timor-Leste, the UN Transitional Authority in East Timor...
Contractors now approach a 1:1 ratio on the modern battlefield since the Bosnia War. In 1992, contractor use was the choice of last resort, now contractors are a viable and necessary option on the battlefield. The steady decrease of military...
Operation Desert Storm was fought with an immature counter-TBM weapons system, without joint or service AMD doctrine, and without the benefit of joint training. Twelve years later Army AMD forces took to the battlefield once again as part of a...
Governs research, development and acquisition and Life Cycle Management (LCM) of Army materiel to satisfy approved Army requirements, and applies to major systems, non major systems, highly sensitive clarified acquisition programs, automated...
Stabilization is essential to set the conditions for strategic success in post-major combat operations environments. A great deal of effort is expended in planning and executing combat operations. However, surprisingly less effort goes into the...
The purpose of the study will address the legal restrictions placed on Title-10 military intelligence support to civilian authorities within the United States conducting counterdrug and counterterrorism operations. The National Defense Strategy...
The purpose of this monograph was to illuminate information as both a resource and a process that deserves structured, coherent management at the unit level. The thesis is that lack of such management contributes to needless friction that degrades...
This monograph examines the current state of Coast Guard Professional Military Education (PME) to identify areas for improvement to ensure Coast Guard officers have the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities to operate in an increasingly...
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...
This publication sets forth the guidelines and procedures for operating the Combat Support Agency Assessment System (CSAAS), a uniform system for reporting to the Secretary of Defense, the commanders of the unified and specified commands, and the...
A key requirement of military forces following major hostilities is to reestablish security. Lasting security can only be achieved with the restoration of civil authority, the reestablishment of the rule of law, and the institutions that uphold the...
This regulation establishes the policies and assigns responsibilities for the management of information resources and information technology (IT). It applies to IT contained in command and control (C2) systems, intelligence systems, business...
Woodall, Brian; Harrington, Larry; Young, Winston; Hunter, Annette; Schaefer, Frederick
Thesis: The increased use of civilians in combat may put more Soldiers on the battlefield; however, the contracting process is inefficient and costly. Abstract: The attack on the -United States on September 11, 2001 has forced the nation to...
History illustrates that without unity of command and a mechanism to enable unity of effort, achieving strategic and regional objectives is rare. AFRICOM, a newly established Combatant Command, faces innumerable challenges within the continent of...