With the commencement of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), the U.S. military entered a new age of combat. Taking the battle directly to the terrorists and insurgents in their home countries, the military has suddenly found itself operating in a...
This study investigates the integration of Afro-Americans into the United States Army. On July 26, 1948, President Harry S. Truman signed and issued Executive Order 9981 mandating equal treatment and opportunity for all personnel in the U.S. Armed...
From at least 1995 until 2001 the Army Reserve Troop Program Unit (TPU) shortage of Army Promotion List (APL) company grade officers has increased. It will continue to increase under the existing status quo. Several factors contribute to this...
Since 11 September 2001, Americans have asked why America is hated by Arab Muslims. Analysts have offered a variety of explanations but few have identified the basis for this growing anti-American sentiment throughout the Arab Muslim world. This...
The current U.S. Army operating concept prominently includes stability operations built on the core competency of wide area security. Stability operations secure national goals for military action by establishing the conditions for lasting peace...
Some of our senior command leadership is lacking in ethics and it is to be abhorred. Many Soldiers look up to these individuals and hold them at a very high standard. The senior leader is someone that is revered. They are in the position where the...
Conventional war history at times has been criticized as non-analytical account in which
a famous author provides only chronological events of military general and battles.
However, examination of the current military studies reveals that current...
Thesis: Homosexuals should be allowed in the military because they are American citizens.
Sexual preference should not determine the individual right to serve in the military. Abstract:
There has been a huge debate whether homosexuality would...
The Army has a problem with fraternization. This problem compromises authority, discipline, and morale of the organization. Furthermore, this everlasting problem needs to be continuously monitored. “Ethics is described as action one takes to...
The intention of this paper is to look at three areas of the Army that have been an ethical dilemma with me since I joined the Army over twenty years ago. I remember well the first 14 weeks of my Army experience with my drill sergeant yelling and...
When we want to know what are the ethical problems in the Army today we should look to the young privates especially ones that are new citizens. Our young Soldiers are very educated today and tend to ask the why question more and more. They are...
The purpose of this paper is to examine the challenges of making ethical decisions while serving in the military and government. As Soldiers, our number one priority is to support our nation even at its weakest point. We can do this by making the...
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...
The Republic of Mali since 1961 has been experiencing insurgency carried out by an ethnic group called Touareg in its northern regions, lying in the Sahara valley. That situation has significantly impaired the security, stability and development of...
This study investigates the concept of national responsibility as it relates to providing logistics to nations participating in coalition operations. This concept is the cornerstone of current NATO logistics doctrine. However, recent NATO...
Military effectiveness is a common goal among military forces. But it is an ill defined concept. Two divergent theories cover the ground of military effectiveness. One looks at the interaction of social structures, whereas the other looks at the...
The purpose of this research is to demonstrate how personnel policies in support of the operational force have affected the ability of majors to attend Intermediate Level Education (ILE), evident by the growing backlog of majors waiting to attend...
This paper will highlight the opposing view for the future of the NCO Corps. I will prove to you that discriminating polices like restricting women to non-combat roles is sexist and biased which undermines the mutual respect for both NCO sexes....
Since the change in the Department of Defense (DOD) Policy in 1993 on homosexuals serving in the Armed Forces the Army has faced numerous ethical challenges. With the conception of the Army Values in 1998 the Army has struggled to instill all of...
The purpose of this thesis is to examine if the United States government considered the voluntary services of World War I African American combat soldiers during the interwar years and determined them to be combat multipliers for future conflicts....