This study explores the impacts on US Army operations should the United States decide to abide by the “Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Antipersonnel Mines and on their Destruction.” This treaty...
This monograph addresses existing shortcomings in the principles for employment of scatterable and remotely delivered mines. Such mines, part of an overall revolution in the conduct of land mine warfare, are an integral component of the deep, close...
This monograph looks at the current state of the divisional engineer capability in both the heavy and light U.S. Army divisions. Its intent is to determine whether or not the divisional engineers are sufficiently capable of dealing with the...
Detailed report of the actions taken by the U.S. Navy and their part in the evacuation of troops and equipment from Iwo Jima beginning in February 1945. Includes preliminary actions, narrative of evacuation, ordnance used, damage to units, lists of...
This study examines the countermobility support requirement relevance for echelons brigade and below from the time period of Army of Excellence and Force XXI through the form of a comparative analysis. The thesis begins with an overview of...
This study addresses the feasibility of executing joint deep air operations in a dense anti-aircraft environment. It identifies some proven tactics and techniques for use in these operations, placing particular emphasis on night operations...
This monograph examines whether the United States' unilateral ban on conventional anti-personnel mines will significantly impair the effectiveness of US Army countermobility operation. Land mines and mine warfare play critical roles in US...
The full spectrum doctrine of the U.S. Army places additional emphasis on engineer units to support offensive, defensive, stability, and civil support operations, yet organic engineer capability was reduced in the BCTs. This thesis attempts to...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Essayons, originally published as the Fort Leonard Wood Guidon in 1966 then as the Guidon from 1966 to 1987. Became Essayons in 1988 and remained that way until 1999 when it reverted back to Guidon. It has been and continues to be a record of...
Military writers believe that future warfare is about to undergo fundamental change. Due to extremely sophisticated intelligent weapons and the lack of economic resources, countries are moving away from mass conscripted draftee armies toward...
This study identifies essential civil support tasks to aid tactical units, specifically Brigade Combat Teams and Combined Arms Battalions, with Civil Support Operations. Civil Support Operations, an element of full spectrum operations, has four...
This monograph discusses the usefulness of a theory concerning only a small sector of ground combat. Using obstacles as a point of discussion, it seeks to determine how far down the benefits of theory apply. The paper begins by examining the...
This monograph analyzes the ability of two proposed engineer organizations to adequately support the future Force XXI Division. Examinations of four historical case studies determine engineer support requirements for division operations. The U.S....
This monograph proposes an alternative design concept for the future divisional Armored Engineer Battalion. The research hypothesis is that an Armored Engineer Battalion organized around core battlefield missions would be more effective in...
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...