On 26 July 1950 American soldiers from 2-7 Cavalry fired on civilians near No Gun Ri, South Korea. These civilians remained trapped under a bridge between North Korean and American forces for three days. In September 1999, the Associated Press (AP)...
On March 23, 2003, the 507th Maintenance Company (originally from Ft. Bliss, TX) while on convoy to An Nasiriyah in support of Iraqi Freedom, received enemy fire killing 11 soldiers as well as the capture of seven Soldiers. Many factors led to this...
Dependence on technological superiority should prompt many questions. What if the Army cannot use the Global Positioning System (GPS) data or it is degraded? Are the troops trained to operate when GPS systems are degraded? What about the precision...
This monograph attempts to answer the question: How should the Army adapt to sudden supply network change? Unexpected catastrophic have significant implications for the strategic-level support provided by the national economic base to the U.S....
This monograph seeks to define what a Decision Support System (DSS) is to the military decision-maker, suggest some evaluation criteria, and propose a sample decision-making aid. It examines the current doctrinal or academic work in that arena. The...
Military leaders need to have accurate and useable battlefield intelligence to be able to fight and win in any war. Over the course of history the methods used to collect this information have take on many forms; from the simple field interview to...
This study investigates the joint command relationship known as combatant command (COCOM). Combatant command is the command authority vested in the United States Unified and Specified Commanders (CINCs) by the Goldwater-Nichols Department of...
As the Army prepares the new FM 100-5 this monograph analyzes chapter two of the current draft, the theory of operational art. The latest draft FM 100-5 has failed to create a common understanding, and therefore cannot serve as doctrine. There are...
While Algeria was facing internal security issues with illegal Islamist armed groups in the 1990s, some Sahelian-Saharan states were reducing their institutional presence in their border region with Algeria. Mali was demilitarizing its northern...
All too often we run into the issue of a senior leader expressing his or her religious beliefs in a forum or a manner that others, subordinate to him or her, finds offensive. This not only brings to mind my initial question but also maybe more...
The contemporary operational environment (COE) has necessitated many changes in the way that American forces prepare for and conduct war. The problem, however, is that most of these changes do not adequately address the role that survivability...
The purpose of this study is to arrive at a logical answer to the question propounded, by a review of the outstanding uses of our forces during the World War and by a consideration of the leading thought throughout the major nations of the world on...
This study examines the role of the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force in combating the illegal drug trade in view of the harmful effects narco trafficking is having on the nation. It compares and contrasts the different counterdrug models used by...
This study begins by examining the pressures which might lead to a U. S. deployment of military force to Bosnia-Hercegovina. Concluding that U.S. military forces might well find themselves committed to Bosnia without an appropriate mission, the...
Study of the organization of the Army of the Potomac and of the Peninsula campaign with emphasis covering McClellan's reliance on his secret service for military information.
What kind of policy can the United States and the international community pursue that increases the likelihood that stability emerges in failed and failing states? I develop a theory of state-building to guide decision makers. The theory states...
This monograph examines the doctrinal employment of the attack helicopter battalion (ATKHB) in heavy division reconnaissance and counterreconnaissance operations. The term 'reconnaissance and counterreconnaissance battle' is reemerging as a...
For the first time since its establishment as a nation, and following four successive victories against various Arab conventional armies between 1948 and 1973, Israel was forced to withdraw militarily from south Lebanon in May 2000. This thesis...