It is dangerous to assume that in today's operating environment, a universally accepted definition of what war is, and what war is not, is readily available. While most Soldiers and policy makers claim to know war, "knowing it when they see it," is...
With information technologies increasingly shaping the environment in which U.S. military forces operate, Joint Vision 2020 and other recent DoD literature highlight the fundamental importance of achieving "decision superiority "--essentially, ...
This monograph examines the potential contribution of an airmechanized raid to operational maneuver in a NATO environment. Defining airmechanization as "the integration into the land battle of a major rotary-wing element," the monograph uses 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...
Currently, the United States finds itself in a very similar predicament to what Great Britain experienced after emerging from the First World War as she set about the governance of a growing empire during the interwar period. With the stated intent...
On 12 October 1999, the U.S. Army began a journey down a new path to innovation, when General Eric Shinseki presented his vision of Army Transformation at the 45th annual meeting of the Association of the United States Army. In this speech, General...
Evolution to Transformation in the Midst of War
The military’s business is to prepare for, fight, and win decisive victories when at War. Theories and doctrines are developed in hope that when needed, they will work flawlessly and produce fast,...
This paper compares and contrasts the intelligence collection methods of the French in Algeria from 1954-1962, US intelligence collection and interrogation methods under Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Officer Orrin DeForest in Vietnam from...
This monograph is an investigation of the mission analysis step of the Army's tactical decision-making process as it applies to operations other than war. The tactical decision-making process (TDMP) is a proven method of solving problems in combat...
The 3d Infantry Division had just returned from an extremely successful campaign in Operation Iraqi Freedom I. They had begun in the deserts of Kuwait, captured the city of Baghdad and its airport, and quelled the riotous and volatile city of...
In the Dutch army, values and standards have been incorporated in all training programs. Personnel in basic training and advanced training learn lessons that deal with military ethics. The training involves all Soldiers from the most senior to the...
Is the study of military history important? The history of the United States of America is rich with military examples of both successes and failures. One may argue that studying mistakes is futile while others will argue that we learn from our...
Noncommissioned Officers’ (NCO) limited influence in the beginning towards training, education, and upholding standards in the United States Army resulted in the disappointments in early combat action. This taught the following leaders to learn...
The necessity for military professionals to take time out of the daily schedules to study military history is paramount to the success of future operations. History has demonstrated numerous situations, conflicts and operations that leaders can...
This paper defines anthrax, describes methods of exposure, introduces the origins of the Department of Defense's mandatory Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program (A VIP), and the required dose interval. The potential threat for military exposure is...
This ethics paper looks into the Army's stance on women in combat. In the Global War on Terrorism, the battlefield is nothing like the battlefield from previous engagements. Terrorism changed the way the US military fights. Asymmetric warfare is...
The Civil War developed more duties and authorities for the NCO as battlefields spread across a divided nation and new weapons were developed that changed the face of war forever. The purpose of this research is to give you a brief history on the...
The history of the United States Army, the Signal Corps, Army Air Corps and United States Air Force is full of many interesting facts. One is the little known fact that there have been enlisted pilots serving in our ranks from the beginning of...
History is a valuable and essential asset to today’s military. Without the use of studying history, we will undoubtedly repeat our mistakes. There are numerous examples of history being a valuable tool; this paper only covers a few. In attempting...