This thesis explored the impact of the Army junior officer development model upon combat effectiveness. The research hypothesis was junior officers do not receive sufficient experiential development prior to implementation as direct leaders, which...
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...
In 2009 Norway released a strategy for a comprehensive approach in Afghanistan, emphasizing the need for improved civil-military cooperation. This paper explores the possible impact of the strategy on interagency unity of effort (UoE). Factors...
Though the job of the enlisted Soldier of the past did not require a higher education, today’s Soldier is more technical. This document shows the contrast between the importances of education in the Officer’s career path versus the emerging...
Baldonado, Frederick P.; Blore, Andrew W.; Jones, Walton; Phelps, Rufus III; Richards, Walter L.
We will discuss in this paper the Noncommissioned Officers Education System (NCOES) and the fact that it needs a serious overhaul. The NCOES needs to power down the POIs so that noncommissioned officers are learning ahead rather than behind or at...
Today’s Army faces many ethical problems. Army Recruiting has long suffered through allegations and investigations of recruiter improprieties. Recruiter improprieties are illegal or immoral acts committed by recruiters to enlist known unqualified...
Contrary to popular belief, killing the enemy is not a major factor in winning the counterinsurgency fight in Afghanistan. The major factors in achieving strategic success in counterinsurgency are to provide security for the populace, building...
The history of the NCO in the American Army since 1945 has had a direct correlation to the advancement of weapons utilized in battle during the same time frame. Automatic weapons have made a significant technological advancement in the last half...
This article will capture the evolution of enlisted soldier education, from its inception at the birth of the Continental Army through our present day system. This evolution was an extremely slow process that came about because of the...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Essayons, originally published as the Fort Leonard Wood Guidon in 1966 then as the Guidon from 1966 to 1987. Became Essayons in 1988 and remained that way until 1999 when it reverted back to Guidon. It has been and continues to be a record of...
India faces formidable challenges in meeting its energy needs and providing adequate and varied energy of desired quality to users in a sustainable manner and at reasonable costs. With a population in excess of one billion, India needs economic...
Congress governs the United States Armed Forces by writing laws for the Department of Defense (DoD) to implement. In 1993, Congress passed a federal law banning homosexuality in the armed forces. The DoD created a policy to implement the law, but...
Cultural awareness is a critical shortfall identified by senior Army leaders. The current training of cultural awareness at the tactical level is limited and geared toward data collection and not application. In order to be an enhancement to...
The National Defense Strategy of the United States continues to place ever greater importance on the practice of building the capacity of partner nations. The role of the United States military in this endeavor will continue to grow for the...
This thesis explores the applicability of current US counterinsurgency doctrine in Joint Publication 3-24, Field Manual 3-24 and Field Manual 3-24.2 to the Lebanese Hizballah and Taliban insurgencies. In particular, this thesis examines the Cold...
The purpose of this research was to obtain a historically rooted understanding of the development, application, and adaptation of the British COIN approach--one from which the US has borrowed heavily. It focuses upon those factors which interfere...
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) is implementing a strategy to ensure its viability into the future, known as Future 35. The strategy focuses on two overarching themes of organizational reform and capability renewal. The strategy was developed...
The most critical component to theater opening and distribution is the strategic-to-operational seam. Covering this seam are four U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) deployment and distribution capabilities. These capabilities include the...
As with a local insurgency, the Global War on Terror requires the US and her allies to win the support of neutral, wavering and hostile audiences in addition to defeating an enemy. At the tactical and operational levels of war, those audiences...
Many authors have begun to write that the heavy force has no role in the future contemporary operating environment – especially where internal political-militia groups rely on guerrilla tactics. The US heavy force is an integral part of...