The United States Army recently released a white paper on Concepts for the Objective Force. This force will be capable of simultaneous engagement by air-ground maneuver elements at operational and tactical distances by employing future advanced...
Colonial Americans adapted European traditions and practices to mold the responsibilities of noncommissioned officers. They also brought militia traditions that allowed Colonial NCOs to exercise initiative. These traditions continue today, but...
US military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan caused the U.S. Government to reassess its interagency capabilities. In the wake of these conflicts, Congress held hearings in order to determine the strengths and weaknesses of the interagency process...
The objectives of Engineer are to inform, motivate, increase knowledge, improve performance, and provide a forum for the exchange of ideas. Views ex-pressed are those of the authors and not those of the Department of Defense or its elements. 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...
Under the Army's Force XXI campaign, the Army has redesigned the heavy division for the 21st century, aptly naming it Division XXI. In designing Division XXI, the Army made a key decision to radically alter the way logistics will be conducted at...
This history was designed for the Army. Its objective is to give an account of what was done from the point of view of the command preparing the history, including a candid and factual account of difficulties, mistakes, and how they could have been...
MAJ Drew Phillips served as a historian attached to the 82nd Airborne Division during 2007 in Bagram, Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In this May 2009 interview, MAJ Phillips discusses the lack of any kind of...
Military and political savvy professionals understand that logistics contributes to the successful execution of military operations. Publications include numerous cases of logistics failures, and more often, logistics failures appear more than...
This monograph determines the role and current posture of the United States Army, and specifically its intelligence corps, in Department of Defense (DoD) Intelligence Community (IC) implementation and execution of Intelligence Campaign Planning...
Theory and doctrine Warfighting's moral domain. Lieutenant Colonel Antulio J. Echevarria II, US Army, and Major Jacob D. Biever, US Army Blending maneuver and attrition. Colonel Lamar Tooke, US Army, Retired Revamping...
This United States Army Sergeants Majors Academy Personal Experience Paper will detail the building, completion and implementation of the first set of fully functional ―Leadership Reaction and Training Courses‖ (LRTC) established in present day...
The written history of most service schools can be best developed in a chronological manner due to the ongoing nature of the schools. However, the attendant problems of creating an Armyservice college from scratch requires that the initial written...
My ethics paper on "The Army's Ethical Dilemma Regarding Sexual Orientation" will force leaders to put aside their differences and think about what direction the Army is headed regarding this subject matter. This paper will attempt to encourage...
The United States has had limited success battling insurgency over the last thirty years because the Army’s training and doctrine was based on a Cold War scenario. Since the conclusion of the Vietnam War, the United States Army’s training and...
The treatment of POWs from the end of WW II to today has made the Geneva Conventions on the Treatment of Prisoners of War irrelevant. The reason for complying with Army regulations and the Geneva Conventions are very clear. The law for POWs sets...
As far back as the inception of our nation, our U.S military has participated in Combined Force Operations. This type of operation has been performed or conducted for various reasons and under different circumstances surrounding each conflict. In...
Thesis: The previous and current technology used on today’s battlefields has proven insufficient in systems, to enable effective communication between U.S. and Coalition forces.
Throughout history, interoperability has been a challenge for U.S....
Thesis: The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) plan provides critical opportunities to enhance the Army’s Transformation process during Global Posturing. Abstract: The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) plan provides critical...
This paper’s objective is to determine if Veterans of the United States are receiving enough benefits to assist them after their career in the military, and for some, after their deployments.
Because of changes in the world, changes in the enemy,...