Sun Tzu asserts that success is not winning every battle fought, but subduing the enemy's will without fighting. Nevertheless, modern military thought fails to distinguish an enemy's will-to-fight from their means to do so, limiting the ways...
Cultural understanding and foreign language are and will remain essential skills for Army personnel. An understanding of cultural and language is just as critical as the enemy order of combat. Cultural understanding is required both to defeat enemy...
The First Rhode Island regiment was the first all-Black unit in America. The regiment assembled into service in July of that year they numbered 197 Black enlisted men commanded by white officers. The regiment saw further service, including...
This paper will cover significant contributions made by Black NCOs from the American Revolution to the Civil War, focusing on the First Rhode Island regiment, Blacks who participated on either side during the War of 1812, and the Buffalo Soldiers.
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Guidon came into being as a weekly publication in 1966 under the title Fort Leonard Wood Guidon. Between 1966 and 1987 the title was simplified to Guidon before becoming Essayons in 1988. The name reverted back to Guidon in 1999. It has been...
This student monograph traces the early writings of B. H. Liddell Hart in order to establish a basis for evaluating his continuing relevance as theorist of war. Particular attention is given to that dimension of war now called the operational...
In 742, a predominantly Turko-Mongolian steppe nomadic tribe known today as the Uyghurs migrated eastward from eastern Turkey towards the oases of modern-day Xinjiang province of China; they have remained there for the last 1,268 years. Throughout...
Following the fall of the Taliban government in Afghanistan in late 2001, members of the former regime and Al-Qaeda found refuge in Waziristan. Waziristan is a tribal area in Pakistan located along the border with Afghanistan whose majority ethnic...
In accordance with historical records, Asian-American military service dates back to the 19th century. On July 23, 1863, Chinese-American William Ah Hang became one of the first Asian-American to enlist in the U.S. Navy during the American Civil...
This thesis investigates the operational and tactical procedures in counterinsurgency warfare developed by General George Crook while commanding U.S. Army forces in southwest and the northern plains. This work includes a brief introduction of...
The cases compiled look at a variety of issues; the power to declare war, the right the establish military government, temporary allegiance of inhabitants, territorial extent, territory militarily occupied and enemy territory, the effect of...
The United States entered the Spanish American War almost three years after the war's beginning. Ultimately, the war liberated Cuba from Spain and the US proved its newly found war-fighting capabilities.
Historians have given several accounts on...
In order to understand the origin of the Buffalo Soldier NCO, it is necessary to first understand how the NCO Corps was formed. The origin of the NCO Corps began with the birth of the nation in 1775 as part of the Continental Army (Fisch and Wright...
It is essential for the NCO to study past campaigns, successes and failures to develop effective
campaign strategies. Each Military Campaign requires full spectrum planning and analysis of the
environment to ensure swift and resounding victory...
Cathcart, Jeff; Fonville, John; Jackson, Gregory; Kalinofski, Gary
Thesis statement. Airborne operations continue to be a viable combat tool as evidenced by Operation Just Cause.
Discussion. The U.S. Army is quickly becoming a CONUS based
force. Requirements in the future will demand the rapid
deployment of...
During the second Reconstruction, the 101st Airborne played an important historical part during school integration during 1957. This action is a precursor to our Army’s ever-changing roles and presents a distraction from the primary war-fighting...
Throughout History and humanities unrelenting desire to engage in constant self-destructive wars to gain the upper hand on natural resources and gain power many things have changed to include tactics, weaponry, and ideology. Although we fight...
There are arguments among writers who are interested in military that military history is not of importance to Military professionals. This paper shows that it is indeed important for Military leaders to study and learn some facts on Military...
My first trip to Iraq was around April 05. We landed at Bagram air base; just to the north of Baghdad. Up to about this time, the focus of my unit’s mission had been to hunt down the remaining generals and assorted high level officials of Saddam...