This research project is designed to examine the available evidence concerning what will be the probable effective engagement range(s) for the tube launched, optically tracked, wire-command link (TOW) antitank guided missile system in the defense...
After serving as executive officer of 2nd Battalion, 18th Field Artillery Regiment in Operation Iraqi Freedom I where his unit reduced captured enemy ammunition and trained the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps, Lieutenant Colonel Paul Yingling returned to...
French Algeria and British Northern Ireland: Legitimacy and the Rule of Law in Low-Intensity Conflict. Lieutenant Colonel James D. Campbell, Maine Army National Guard; During the late 1950s, after a ruthless counterterrorism campaign in Algeria,...
A significant ethical dilemma resurfaced among some military healthcare professionals following terrorist attacks against America on September 11, 2001 and the United States' declaration of war on terrorism. Many military medical professionals...
6 June 1944 was one of the most tragic days in American military history. On that day, referred to as D-Day, the largest invasion force ever assembled approached the beaches of Normandy. A decisive moment in World War II, the force was composed of...
Choudhri, Israr A.; Purnell, Kristine A.; Robertson, Steven R.; Shimbeza, Simon; Isler, Michael P.
Thesis Statement: American policies in Afghanistan led to the tragic events that took place in the United States on the morning of September 11, 2001. Discussion: In its Cold War struggle against Stalinism, the United States organized a civil war...
The role of government leaders is to serve their constituents. The American people expect bipartisanship in Congress. The lack of it results in decisions made due to the allegiance to their party. When our elected leaders are more loyal to their...
The United States military's death toll reached 3,000 at the end of the 2006 year and the Iraqi government executed Saddam Hussein. November elections ousted Republican leaders from both the House and the Senate and led to the subsequent...
The realty of the War on Terror is that innocent people are going to get hurt. This is inevitable. As some groups argue the right of the terrorism that we capture, who is attending for the right of those 3,000 souls that lost their lives on 9/11. I...
From July 2006 through July 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Bryan Jones served as the assistant operations officer for the 336th Transportation Group - the unit charged with running theater transportation from its base in Camp...
In this interview MAJ Walker discusses her deployment as the brigade automation officer for the 4th Brigade Combat Team (BCT) out of Fort Stewart, Georgia in 2005. MAJ Walker had a challenge because with a very limited staff of soldiers she had to...
In this interview MAJ Burke discusses his voluntary deployment to Iraq from November 2004 until November 2005 as the brigade personnel officer (S1) for the 18th Aviation Brigade. MAJ Burke's task force was composed of over 3,000 active duty,...
In command of Charlie Company, 4th Engineer Battalion - part of 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division - in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom through July 2003, Major James Schreiner and his unit entered Iraq six days after the onset of the ground...
In this the second of two interviews with Major Carlos Goveo reference his two separate Operation Iraqi Freedom deployments, he discusses his October 2005 through October 2006 tour as the operations officer for 1st Battalion, 58th Aviation Regiment...
The two-maneuver battalion design of the modular brigade combat team (BCT) was intended to be as lethal as pre-modularity Army of Excellence brigades while creating as many BCTs as possible. The troop density required for conducting stability...
Except for participation in World War II when naval infantry units were formed to assist in the protection of the strategic flanks of the Red Army, naval infantry had not been part of the Soviet military force structure until 24 July 1964. On that...
For over four years during World War I, Lieutenant Colonel (Later Major General) Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck, commander of the German Schutztruppe led the men of the British East African Expeditionary Force on a chase over some of the most...
The U.S. dependence on foreign oil is a national security concern. The Department of Defense is the largest federal government consumer of oil and the Army plays a significant role in reducing consumption. To do this, the Army must reduce fuel...
Report of the Commanding General, Sphinx Detachment. This report constitutes a detailed analysis of the results obtained during the joint air-ground tests at Camp Hood, Texas. This area was selected due to similarity of the geological formation to...