This study analyzes the Peruvian Maoist Shining Path insurgency and its association with illegal drug traffickers to determine if United States Army elements deployed to the region, could have a positive impact on the Peruvian Government's fight...
This study assesses the adequacy of the Army Command and Control Systems with respect to the significant increases in mobility, lethality, and capabilities of advanced weapons systems. Command and control becomes increasingly important in...
This study examines and analyzes the current status of the Marine Expeditionary Unit Special Operations Capable, or MEU(SOC) program. A detailed analysis was conducted of each of the 21 missions for validity and relevance as MEU(SOC) missions. The...
This study examines Army Family Support Groups (FSGs). The focus of the research is on FSG leadership and whether the Army should hire paid FSG coordinators or continue to use volunteer leaders. The study demonstrates that FSGs are beneficial to...
This study examines current U.S. Army attack helicopter doctrine, tactics, techniques, and procedures (DTTP) to determine their adequacy in supporting the full range of attack helicopter employment in the multi-polar environment of the New World...
This study examines the counterintelligence and security programs of the Manhattan Project, the United States acquisition of the atomic bomb, using the Department of Defense's Acquisition Systems Protection Program (ASPP) methodology. Using the...
This study examines the factors that cause or contribute to the overloading of dismounted combat soldiers in the Army of the 1990's. This examination considers the body of literature on the subject, primarily post-World War Two, to identify what...
This study examines the generalship of the French Commander-in-Chief in Indochina, General Henri E. Navarre, during the battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954. This thesis employs a model of generalship from the United States Army doctrinal publication,...
This study focuses on how commitment among army officers, having between five and fifteen years of commissioned service, may be impacted as a consequence of the army's current drawdown. It was hypothesized that officer commitment would decline as a...
This study investigates the ability of a U.S. Army corps staff to nominate appropriate non-strategic nuclear targets. The staff is investigated as to its manning, training, and equipment to nominate targets for Air Force and Navy delivered nuclear...
This study investigates the applicability of Total Quality Management (TQM) to highway operations functions in a truck battalion. Although the Army's senior leadership has embraced the use of TQM, it has been used primarily at the installation...
This study investigates the capabilities of the United States Government to collect and analyze economic intelligence for possible use by U.S. corporations. Focusing predominantly on the U.S. Intelligence Community it reviews the missions,...
This study investigates the effectiveness of current Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD) doctrine in relation to U.S. Army doctrine of air maneuver. The thesis’ main focus is Corps and Division level SEAD operations in support of...
This study investigates the heavy division command group's role, functional requirements, organization, and operation during combat operations. The thesis draws on five sources of information: historical references, doctrinal literature, current...
This study investigates the impact of Confederate naval mine warfare against the operations of the U.S. Navy during the Civil War. Mine warfare was a cost effective method for the Confederacy to defend its long coastline and inland waterways. A...
This study investigates the need for a U.S. flag merchant marine. Parameters used are those functions of a merchant marine enunciated by President Roosevelt in 1935: (1) protection of U.S. commerce from unfair foreign trade practices; (2)...
This study investigates the policy decision of whether or not to disarm the various Somali clan factions during Operation Restore Hope (December 1992 - May 1993). With reference to the Command and General Staff College supplement to the model of...
This study investigates the role and effectiveness of the United States military in national efforts to counter the trafficking of illegal drugs into the country. It focuses on the effects of active duty forces in interdicting narcotics traffic...
This study investigates the role of the Army in combating moonshiners in the mountainous South during Reconstruction. The military committed numerous detachments across the South to aid U.S. marshals and revenue agents in eliminating stills. This...
This study investigates the role played by VII Corps' World War II Cavalry Group, the 4th Cavalry Group, in the European Theater of Operations. The thesis seeks to determine if the group executed its doctrinal mission during the war. Prior to and...