This study examines the historical development of the landing craft and the roles and missions of the landing craft air cushion (LCAC). In examining the development of the modern landing craft from Gallipoli to Operation Desert Storm, a conclusion...
This study investigates the doctrinal guidance available to a corps headquarters if required to serve as a joint task force headquarters and simultaneously be required to warfight the corps. The study contends that a corps being required to...
This study addresses the viability of large scale amphibious operations within the context of the missions required of amphibious forces in today's threat environment. In the past, massive fleets carrying tens of thousands of troops characterized...
This thesis examines the intent of Iran's sea power strategy, and discovers that it is a definitive component of a coherent national security strategy of strategic deterrence designed to protect its strategic center of gravity--its oil....
The Strait of Malacca in Southeast Asia is one of the world’s most important waterways. Piracy, terrorism, and instability within the region have prompted representatives of global commerce to consider this strait dangerous to shipping. Any major...
This thesis examines military presence as an effective means of influencing conflict management/resolution in contemporary mid level conflicts. Advocated in the National Security Strategy, presence, a concept with a long naval history, has taken on...
This study investigates the feasibility of consolidating the Air Force Fighter-Bomber and the Navy Fighter-Attack pilot training tracks. Excluding Navy Carrier Qualification training, the core training in these two undergraduate fighter training...
This paper evaluates the effectiveness of United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina under LTG Rose's leadership from January 1994 to January 1995. It examines in detail, Bosnia-Herzegovina Command's (BHC) plan to...
Meeting the challenges inherent in full-spectrum operations has presented Army commanders with missions that are becoming more and more complex. As a result, the need for timely and accurate information is becoming even more critical to enable...
This study investigates the role of Special Operations Forces in the other than war environment of Haiti during Operation UPHOLD DEMOCRACY. It is specifically concerned with the potential of nonstate actors to either assist or hinder Special...
This study challenges the deliberate decision making process (DDMP) as ineffective for use by commanders in time-constrained environments. FM 101-5 (final draft), Command and Control for Commanders and Staff, 1995, currently prescribes DDMP as the...
This monograph discusses German general officer casualties in World War II with respect to possible U.S. Army general officer losses in AirLand Battle. Such losses adversely affect both command and control and morale in large unit operations. This...
Chemical weapons were introduced in World War I by the Germans in 1916, during the battle of Ypres. The military's appreciation for the effectiveness of this weapon of mass destruction has continually conflicted with society's horror of its cruel...
This is an after action report drawn up by Garrison Davidson upon his departure from CGSC addressing two potential problems with regard to the College mission that gave him concern. The first involves the College instructional mission, and the...
"Truppenfuhrung", the most important manual of the German Army, is the German Field Service Regulations. The present edition was published on October 17, 1933. This document was "secret" until November 1, 1935, when Part I was released. This is...
Contains a description of the Serbian Army's retreat from the banks of the Danube and the Timok towards the Adriatic Coast during the fall of 1914. The author is a veteran of English journalism, and personally followed the principle phases of the...
The first course map problems are reproduced in one volume which has one part of the second course at the beginning of the volume. The material for the second course is found in 4 bound volumes which have been reproduced from the damaged originals...
When the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) arrived in France in 1917, AEF authorities decided to reorganize the Army's division and higher level staffs to be more in line with their French and British counterparts. The reorganization required an...