This paper discusses the need for USSTRATCOM to organize and support the information operation capabilities of the different combatant commands. This paper is the 2003 C4I Award Winner and was originally written for the Command and General Staff...
It is clear from recent experiences in Afghanistan and Iraq that the United States must expect to encounter significant challenges in its future stabilization and reconstruction efforts -- efforts that seek to ensure stability, democracy, human...
Major Scott Allen served in the United States Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, from October 2006 through December 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, he talks about the completely unexpected nature of his assignment, the...
MAJ Michael Gomez served as the night Joint Operations Center (JOC) chief with the 7th Special Forces Group(Airborne) (SFG) in Bagram, Afghanistan during 2008 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In this April 2010 interview, MAJ Gomez...
LCDR Julio Sanchez served as a cryptology officer with the US Navy in Iraq and Afghanistan during 2008 and 2009 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In this April 2010 interview, LCDR Sanchez discusses...
MAJ Thomas Fuller served with the 5th Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (SFG) in Kabul and Bagram, Afghanistan during 2002 and 2003, and with the 2nd Battalion, 20th SFG in Herat, Afghanistan during 2006 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom...
In this interview MAJ William Hogan discusses his deployment to Afghanistan as the operations officer (S3) for a provincial reconstruction team (PRT). MAJ Hogan discusses how the PRT came together at Camp Atterbury, Indiana prior to deployment and...
MAJ Marvin Brown served as the deputy division personnel officer (G1) and deputy coalition joint personnel officer (CJ1) with the 101st Airborne Division at Bagram Airbase, Afghanistan during 2008 and 2009 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom...
Lieutenant Commander Rick Timms served as the aircraft and mission commander onboard an EP-3 as part of a detachment from VQ-1 based out of Naval Support Activity Bahrain in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) in 2001. The US Navy had...
In 2001-02, Lieutenant Colonel Mike Lwin served as operations officer for the Pacific Command PSYOP battalion - an element of the 4th PSYOP Group at Fort Bragg, North Carolina - that has since been renamed the 5th PSYOP Battalion, the unit that at...
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...
This study reviews the current roles and capabilities of U.S. Army Military Freefall (MFF) and Underwater Operations (UWO) teams in the Special Forces Groups (Airborne), the Ranger Regiment and Battalions, and the Corps and Divisional Long Range...
The United States imposed an embargo on Cuba in 1959. Has the time come for the United States to lift the 44-year-old embargo? The embargo on Cuba was part of America's cold war strategy against the Soviet Union; imposed on the basis that Cuba was...
This study chronicles and evaluates the evolution of military-media relations to determine whether the Persian Gulf War public affairs policies were a compromise between Vietnam and Grenada policy experiences. It provides new insights into the...
This thesis discusses the suitability of using Special operations Forces to supplement present interdiction operations in the Andean Ridge. The study begins with a background and description of the present problem of cocaine in the United States....
This study examines the advisability of U.S. military nation-building exercises (MNBEs) in Peru, specifically active component engineer deployment for training (DFT) and reserve component “Fuertes Caminos” (FC) exercises. It examines...
This study assesses the utility of specialized units for Operations Other Than War (OOTW) as opposed to relying on conventionally trained Army units. The assessment is based upon three major sources. First, the thesis determines if there is...
The 75th Ranger Regiment is currently developing a new operational and organizational plan (O&O) in order to adapt to future threats and operational environments. To maximize the potential of its Rangers in the Army's Future Force. One of the major...
The Civil Affairs (CA) structure the Army now knows should cease to exist. From this current structure, the best and brightest CA noncommissioned officers (NCOs) and officers should be extracted to fill the slots in the newly recommended structure....
Currently, reorganization of the Army under the Unit of Action/Unit of Employment (UA/UE) concept has focused exclusively on the mechanics of conversion. This thesis argues that the process must begin with an appreciation of the Army's identity as...