This monograph examines battalion commander and staff performance in conducting the tactical decision making process. The National Training Center and the Joint Readiness Training Center continue to report battalion commanders and staff have...
This paper will briefly express what happened with 2nd Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment and Hawk Company, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, during the deployment to Operation Iraqi Freedom. You will receive informative information...
This monograph examines the most effective theater positioning of a US Forces operational commander in a conflict conducted in 2O1O. The monograph first defines who it is who practices operational command (differentiating between operational level...
Leadership is an art and many leadership attributes remain timeless; this study of a successful leader is significant because it provides an insight to a leader that has led and commanded before us and identifies how he mastered the art of...
This monograph examines the exercise of staff control by the chiefs of staff at those headquarters either fighting or supporting warfare at the operational level. It is important for those commanders tasked to plan for warfare at the operational...
My personal experience paper is a snap shot of my experiences while serving as a First Sergeant for Bravo Company Forward Support Battalion on the frontlines of the battlefield of Afghanistan. My theme for this paper is coveralls in combat; I have...
Purpose of study is to examine on a limited scope the development of the policies governing FAC operations which resulted in two diametrical combat situations; to associate elements of these situations and the questions which they bring up with the...
This qualitative inquiry was a naturalistic exploration of participants' perception or understanding of their intuitive decisionmaking processes. A bounded case study explored how a purposeful sampling of U.S. Armed Forces officers−primarily U.S....
The Ukrainian Army is in a transition period which requires flexible, adaptive leadership with a contemporary vision. The problem of improving unit effectiveness is now very topical, because old leadership does not correspond to modern requirements...
Since 1925, Iranian governments purposefully shaped the Iranian national identity in an attempt to socially prioritize membership in nationalist and religious social groups, over others such as ethnicity or profession. Further, successive Iranian...
In the war against JAPAN relatively few prisoners have been taken. However, the quantity of captured documents of military importance has steadily increased. Their numbers have grown as the Allied forces have turned the tide and progressed from...
This study uses an historical analysis of German pre-World War II tactical command and control doctrine and documented field experience from the intense fighting on the Eastern Front, November 1942 - March 1943, to identify tactical command and...
The intent of this paper is to provide the reader a look into my personal experience as a deployed Noncommissioned Officer in Operation Iraqi Freedom. I will discuss six months post mobilization training, the actual tour and subsequent extension in...
This study examines the issue of span of control for an operational commander. The operational commander is required by joint and Army doctrine to organize his forces. In order to do so, he must understand the limits of his span of control when...
Battalion command is one of the most challenging, rewarding, and professionally satisfying opportunities that you are ever likely to experience. this contains suggestions that should assist you as you assume command. they are not ail-inclusive, nor...
While serving as Chief of the 484th Terminal Control Pre-Mobilization Soldier Readiness Processing Team, established soon after 9/11, I spearheaded a team effort which identified shortfalls in combat readiness, troops deployment and mobilization...
This paper examines the location of the operational commander on the battlefield during the 20th century. It focuses on where he could be found during the fight, the techniques he used to develop and issue orders, and how he insured his...
8 July 2004, during a Combat Logistic Patrol heading north on the Samara bypass, my unit reacted to a detonated Improvise Explosive Device and another unexploded device in close proximity, which rendered four casualties to include my Battalion...
This monograph discusses the implications of learning organization theory on leadership, primarily at the operational level. Learning organization theory is a popular methodology for enhancing the operations of complex organizations. Of particular...