The Islamic Republic of Iran poses a significant threat to stability in the Middle East. Iran's nuclear program, inflammatory rhetoric, and support to militias challenge peace efforts throughout the region. America now seeks normalized relations...
Introduction by the author: "Like many book projects this one took a different direction then originally intended. I started out with the idea of writing a book on military knowledge management for military knowledge management professionals. A...
The U.S. Armed Forces has a long and rich history of expeditionary operations followed by military disengagements. A historically small U.S. military is repeating this history today in two wars that are stretching it to the limits of its personnel...
This paper will discuss the challenges which leaders at all levels face in today's army with maintaining order and discipline as it pertains to the improper relationships within the ranks. The Army's policy is that NCO's will not socialize with...
This paper will discuss the challenges that we as leaders faces in the military with maintaining good order and discipline as it pertains to improper relationships in the Army. The Army's policy states that NCO's will not socialize with lower...
The Arab Spring has demonstrated the power and potential of social mobilization and collective action as a form of political warfare in support of unconventional warfare strategies. This power and potential is not isolated to the Arab Spring or to...
This is a trascript of a 1993 interview with Sergeant Major of the Army George W Dunway (USA-ret) for the US Army museum of the noncommissioned officer sergeants major of the ARMY history book project.
Abstract: The United States Army has a mission to defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies; foreign and domestic Improper Relationships in the Army hinder mission accomplishment and destroys unit effectiveness. Seniors...
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...
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...
Transformation and the current operational pace have created less time for senior mentorship. Additionally, mentorship is so loosely defined and understood that it often is mislabeled and wrongly identified. Mentorship could be viewed as such a...
Two centuries of philosophy and war have informed the latest evolution of the definitions of strategy and operational art defined in the Department of Defense's Joint Publication 1-02. By harmonizing the relationship between strategy and...
The British Army and its allies face fundamental change as the campaigns of the past decade draw down and they reconfigure for the complex and evolving threats of the future. As Western armies transition towards geostrategic uncertainty, they must...
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...
The Army needs to implement situational ethics and modify the Character Development program for its enlisted Soldiers. There is reasonable evidence to lead me to believe that children do not learn proper ethics because of the way we currently raise...
The combat exclusion policy created in 1994 to protect women must continue to be enforced. Demanding equal opportunity in war situations is preposterous when women are hindered by physical issues, psychological concerns, and moral aspects. Military...
I believe that the methods and tactics employed in both America from 1777-1783
and the Philippines in 1898-1902 have lessons to teach us for today’s battlefield. These counterinsurgencies were very different but have similarities in what...
A particular issue of ethics in the United States Army today is the treatment of Arab and Muslim people both in the theaters of deployment and in our own country. Some of the reasons that may cause this problem are cultural differences, language,...
Fund-raisers are common in the US Army. Army Regulation 600-29 defines the acceptable types of fund-raising including the local fund-raising usually sponsored by units to raise MWR funds. In a training environment fund-raising takes on different...