This treatise deals primarily with American artillery and includes such data, description, etc., as can be given in one volume of reasonable size and still cover the history of development, the design and manufacture of a modern great seacoast gun...
This text is intended to present the general characteristics of existing field artillery weapons in a manner not too highly technical to be understood without an examination of the materiel under discussion.
Every leader in today’s military must and should study military history to some extent. Future mistakes could be limited, but never totally avoided by studying the past mistakes of our military leaders. Could today’s insurgence of American...
Throughout history of the modern era, dozens of generals have gained notoriety for a variety of individual traits some beneficial and some indifferent. Furthermore, the foundation of military leadership and innovation changed considerably from...
The American Civil War; World Wars I & II; the Vietnam War; the Cold War and Operation Iraqi Freedom were all fought for a reason with a goal in mind – Victory. Military history defines wars by their key players and their outcomes. Although...
With the United States enemies increasing in numbers daily the need to fight campaigns as individual fighting forces is becoming extinct. The President of the United States has seen that the fighting forces of America are a much stronger adversary...
Approximately 180,000 African-Americans comprising 163 units served in the Union Army during the Civil War, and many more African-Americans served in the Union Navy. Both free Africans-Americans and runaway slaves joined the fight. It was said that...
The history of our Army dates back to the great noncommissioned officers and their accomplishments. We don't always hear about the stories and roles that they have played in the history of our Army. A lot of heroic noncommissioned officers received...
From the Civil War through the ongoing conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, the military and the media have had a dynamic connection that has changed throughout history. This relationship has been changed mainly by technology, while other changes...
The Global War on Terrorism, specifically Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, is still a relatively new type of warfare; the war is being fought on a non-linear battlefield and the enemy is constantly changing their tactics and...
There is no doubt that it is important for Noncommissioned Officers to study history. It is vitally important not to just study world history but the history of the United States. Beginning from the Revolutionary War where this nation was founded...
Throughout history, the United States Army has conducted a wide range of military operations here at home and on distant soil. Today, the American and Coalition forces are dealing with some of the same successes and failures Presidents Lincoln and...
Stewart, Roger D. ; Avila, Alex; Cattin, Tommie; Hokianga, Patrick; Smalls, James
Thesis Statement. Despite the best intentions of the
Geneva Conventions to instill humanitarian principles amongst nations
at war, the treaties had a minimal effect on the treatment of American
Prisoners of War during World War II (WW II), the...
This essay will analyze the correlation between history, theory, and the doctrine of military tactics during the Civil and Mexican War. Then it will further argue what the Army would have been like if the changes hadn’t occurred.
In 1775, the United States Army began with the Continental Army. This Army was not a replica of the British Army but more of a blending other armies including the French, Prussian and British. The history of the Non Commissioned Officer is a long...
The history of the United States Army and of the noncommissioned officer began in 1775, with the birth of the Continental Army. The development of a strong NCO Corps helped sustain the Continental Army through severe hardships to final victory....
The Freedmen’s Bureau established on March 03, 1865 in order to address all matters concerning refuges and freed slaves (Freed Men) within the reconstruction of the Southern States. The official title of the act is “The Bureau of Refugees,...
African American Warriors before the revolutionary war and through every war to the present. The freedoms we enjoy today are only possible because of the sacrifices of the soldiers who have and continue to serve this great Nation in war and in...