Major Pat Wentz was nearing the end of his tenure teaching ROTC at Niagara University when he volunteered to deploy as an individual augmentee, allowing him to attend the Command and General Staff College post deployment. Wentz was deployed from...
This monograph answers the question “What must an encircled unit be provided and do in order to successfully hold?” Following the end of the Cold War and the subsequent drawdown, the United States adopted a military strategy of force...
This study is an historical analysis of how encirclement and envelopment operations are important to current U.S. Army doctrine as professed in FM 100-5, Operations. The basic tenets of AirLand Battle, how doctrine is a guide for commonality within...
INTRODUCTION: This self-paced lesson is designed to make you aware of the ease in which one falls Into bad listening habits and the difficult, concerted effort one must make to Increase the efficiency In his/her listening ability. We are born into...
Security concerns over the growing capability of Cyber Warfare are in the forefront of national policy and security discussions. In order to enable a realistic discussion of the topic this thesis seeks to analyze demonstrated Cyber Warfare...
The United States declared drugs to be a clear and present danger to the country and proceeded to wage a war on them that was both justified and temporarily successful from 1970 through 1990. Although not prepared for this mission at first, the...
This monograph explores the validity of Colonel John A. Warden III's strategic airpower theory as various nations, including the U.S., enter a Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) based on the rapid advancements in information technologies, and the...
Research Question: how will U.S. national security policy be affected by terrorist exploitation of the Internet and related information technologies? Information operations are nothing new; they have been used in military operations throughout the...
High profile cyber attacks against Estonia and Georgia have brought the subject of cyber security from the realm of internet magazines to main stream media outlets. The cyber attacks advanced the perceptions of animosity between the Russian...
This monograph investigates US Army potential to operate in a toxic urban environment. The monograph begins by demonstrating the increasing likelihood of urban operations precipitated by global urbanization. Joined with the rapidly growing...
A historical case study concerning the Israeli Army's response to the Palestinian "Intifada" or uprising in the late 1980's and early 1990's provides instructive planning considerations for likely future application of U.S. military force in an...
Doherty, Daniel A. (Daniel Allen); Reed, George E., 1958-,; Dabrowski, John R. (John Raymond); US Army Military History Institute. Oral History Branch.; Army War College (U.S.)
This oral history is a part of the academic year 1999, US Army War College/US Army Military History Institute's Senior Officer Oral History Program, prepared under the auspices of the Institute's Oral History Branch.
Background on the Criminal...
A classics scholar, New York City district attorney and U.S. Marine Corps reservist, Colonel Matthew Bogdanos volunteered for active duty after September 11, 2001, and joined the hunt for terrorists in Afghanistan and Iraq. He is, however, perhaps...
From March through August 2003 as part of the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) - and member of the first DCMA team to enter Iraq - Lieutenant Commander Colin O'Brien served as the administrative contracting officer on several task orders...
Major Justin Brown assumed command of Apache Troop, 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment just before the unit's deployment to Operation Iraqi Freedom in April 2003. In this interview, he recounts his experiences in Iraq, particularly those...
Staff Class, Department of Military Art, Army Service Schools
Consists of a series of papers written by various members of the staff class in the Army Staff College course in historical research for a conference dated 30 March 1915. Topics include food problems in England, Belgium, France, and Germany,...
TRANSCRIPT: General Petraeus on the way ahead in Iraq. General David H. Petraeus, U.S. Army; "Hard but not hopeless": The new commander of Multi-National Forces-Iraq assesses the war and previews the way ahead.
Cause for hope: economic revitalization in Iraq. Paul Brinkley, Deputy under Secretary of Defense for Business Transformation; An interagency initiative, the Task Force for Business and Stabilization Operations is helping to quell insurgent...
PURPOSE. "This regulation prescribes policies and procedures relating to the : Military Pay Administration Quality Assurance Program,
hereinafter referred to as the " Quality Assurance Program," or "this program," in implementation of AR:11-37.
This research paper is designed to briefly outline the origin of the U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer (CPO). This paper will also discuss notable Chief Petty Officers through history and the "Chief' in today's Navy.