In 2009, Lt. Gen. Thomas G. Miller, Commander, First Army, directed the development and implementation of an improved method to train and certify deploying units. Lieutenant General Miller directed First Army's operations and training support units...
Professionalism, technology, and social changes have greatly affected our military whether it is in the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corp or the Coast Guard. But what currently has the biggest challenge are the new regulation/laws coming in...
The study of historical military conflicts and battles educates military leaders and professionals with lessons learned, that allows those lessons to be applied by the Leadership to the modern battlefield environment.. This can be demonstrated in...
As the world population grows and the United States of America (U.S.A.) being a safe harbor for those in need and distress of all cultures, races, and religions, so must the United States military transform with these changes. The United States...
The role of the NCO is very important in today’s battlefield and with the changes in the way battles are fought NCOs must be empowered with more authority. Along with this, NCOs must receive the training and education to evolve with the ever...
Counterinsurgency missions demand complete cooperation between the State Department and the Department of Defense agencies, when the interactions are focused towards developing the political and economic outcome of a nation that requires...
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a respiratory disease that affects
the lungs and digestive system. The disease has been reported in Asia, Europe and North America . China put the rest of the world at risk and covered up the problem of...
The challenges of full spectrum operations in a future contemporary operational environment have led to the ever-increasing empowerment of the American Noncommissioned Officer over time. Due to the shift in the Army’s operational concept,...
There have been stories of courageous deeds and battles through military history. History teaches soldiers to analyze. History offers us a storehouse of information on how the military behaves and also helps us evaluate ourselves in peacetime. The...
This paper chronicles the history of the Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) Corps through time. It discusses the development of the duties and responsibilities of the NCO through history and relates those duties and responsibilities with the vital role...
Each time the United States was drawn into a major conflict, it was at the low point of our military band of excellence. This was evident when Pearl Harbor occurred on December 7th 1941 and again during the attacks on the Pentagon and the World...
Major armies have been fighting insurgents for hundreds of years, a variety of counterinsurgency operations have taken place to thwart enemies of the state. Of the many counterinsurgencies the US Army (Army) we will compare two, ‘The War of the...
Actionable Intelligence is a term that may not be recognizable, although it is
widely used in the business world and more significantly in the military. “1Having the
necessary information available in order to deal with a situation at hand”, is...
The American Automotive Industry, once the envy of the world, is now reduced to just another government sponsored program. We know that the country is going through some extremely difficult economic times. Unemployment running nationally at 9.5%...
Counterinsurgency is the key component piece to winning wars.
Counterinsurgency campaigns have been conducted by the American military dating as
far back as the American Indian wars. It’s been found to be the tipping point when
overcoming the...
Military professionals are very busy in today’s active world, but not studying history, would be like leaving a hole in your armor for the enemy to exploit. With every Soldier being a warrior, each must be able to shoot, move, and communicate....
As mighty and powerful as the United States Army is, it always seems to find its self
in the middle of a nation building operation. One would think that a military as strong as
the United States would go and accomplish the strategic mission and...
Entering Mogadishu with the expectation that it would remove General
Aidid from power, and aiding the starving civilian population, went against
many Americans belief that being part of a humanitarian crisis during a civil
war was a good idea.
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Is it important for military professionals to take time out of their busy schedules to study history? As leaders in both the past and present have realized, the past serves as a predictor of the present and the future. Successful leaders are able...
The following report is divided into three principal chapters dealing with (A) background information, (B) the money and credit system in 1939-40, and (C) the period following the German invasion of 1941. Chapter A gives a short review of the...