The dominance of the U.S. Army’s conventional capabilities has forced our adversaries to generate asymmetric techniques in order to marginalize our advantages. One technique they may pursue is to target our extensive use of information...
This research discusses the challenges of providing timely distribution of supplies during hurricane relief operations due to the lack of a designated national in-transit visibility (ITV) system. Historical lessons learned from the hurricane that...
Burford, Robert L.; Hutchison, Wylie; Wingfield III, Rufus; Dostie, Eric; Lewis, Loma
The Army is undergoing change. The Army is transforming into a lighter, more readily deployable and efficient fighting force. These changes are evident when one takes into consideration the vast amount of electronic advancements made within the...
The United States has now invaded Iraq on two separate occasions. These invasions offer some interesting similarities such as occurring on nearly the same terrain with similar equipment and against Iraqi forces under the leadership of Saddam...
The purpose of this paper is to comment on how well soldiers, Noncommissioned Officers, and officers of the S3, 37th Transportation Command, responded to the commands first and possibly the last mission of its kind in direct support of Operation...
The shift in U.S. defense strategy and the transformation of the Army must be matched by a similar transformation in logistics. The Service-centric, hierarchical logistical organizations that relied upon requisitions and historical consumption...
This group interview took place on 26 September 2008 at Fort Gordon, Georgia, and included a disparate group of Army officers, all attending the Signal S6 course, who were sharing their experiences during the Global War on Terrorism. Captain Albert...
This group interview took place on 26 September 2008 at Fort Gordon, Georgia, and included a disparate group of Army officers, all attending the Signal S6 course, who were sharing their experiences during the Global War on Terrorism. Captain...
This group interview took place on 26 September 2008 at Fort Gordon, Georgia, and included a disparate group of Army officers, all attending the Signal S6 course, who were sharing their experiences during the Global War on Terrorism. Captain Chris...
This group interview took place on 26 September 2008 at Fort Gordon, Georgia, and included a disparate group of Army officers, all attending the Signal S6 course, who were sharing their experiences during the Global War on Terrorism. Captain Joy C....
This group interview took place on 26 September 2008 at Fort Gordon, Georgia, and included a disparate group of Army officers, all attending the Signal S6 course, who were sharing their experiences during the Global War on Terrorism. Captain Keith...
This group interview took place on 26 September 2008 at Fort Gordon, Georgia, and included a disparate group of Army officers, all attending the Signal S6 course, who were sharing their experiences during the Global War on Terrorism. Captain Rick...
As the army organizes to fight the current Global War on Terrorism and other enemies in the 21st Century, logisticians will need the capabilities to keep pace with the high technology of the modern battlefield. Under the Army's Modularity campaign,...
This thesis conducts an analysis of the United States Army’s changes in tactical logistics organizations and doctrine from 1999 to 2006 and compares them against published literature to determine if changes made have been revolutionary in nature...
When GEN McKiernan and LTG Wallace began planning operations in Iraq, they were able to draw upon a pool of graduates from the School for Advanced Military Studies (SAMS). Unlike the operational planning, there was no pool of trained logistics...
The purpose of this monograph is to examine how the Army should best structure the logistical elements of its new Airborne Brigade Combat Team (BCT) to support Joint Forcible Entry Operations (JFEO). With the Army’s current focus on becoming a...
The purpose of this monograph is to analyze the employment of fires brigades (FiB) in the global war on terror and determine if fires brigades are being utilized fully and in their doctrinal role. The US Army developed FiBs to replace the previous...
For my professional experience paper, I have chosen to write about my time at the Battle Command Training Center (BCTC) at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. My intent is to provide information on my role as a First Sergeant for one of the premier Army...
The project examined the necessity, and value in assigning knowledge management officers to Army tactical units. Ancillary, supporting research, focused on decision-making, battle command and Army knowledge management. A qualitative methodology,...
From January 2003 until January 2004 Lieutenant Colonel Walker was 225th Forward Support Battalion Commander during OIF II. He details the types of communications equipment his unit employed while in northern Iraq. He explains the need for secure...