U.S. military, Department of State, and Iraqi officials face many challenges moving a unified Iraq forward. This paper attempts to answer a critical question: Can local Iraqi grassroots councils facilitate a strategic endstate like achieving...
Military officials often utilize the PMESII-PT acronym (Political, Military, Economic, Social, Information, Infrastructure, Physical Environment, and Time) as an analytical start point to assess an operational environment. However, the linear...
American policy in Afghanistan has evolved since the initial engagement of U.S. forces in Afghanistan. It has become increasingly clear that strategic focus must include a plan to concentrate upon and continue development of a stable and secure...
Unable to deploy with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment - part of 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division - due to an illness when the unit went to Iraq in early 2004, Major Doug Walter eventually rejoined his comrades in country in July and became...
Engineer NCOs have played important roles throughout the Army’s history. This was evident during the World Wars of the Twentieth Century. Many engineers distinguished themselves during these conflicts. Some of these NCOs were recognized for their...
In March 2004, Captain Jeff Jager joined 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment at Forward Operating Base Normandy in Iraq and, in early November, was sent over to Marine Regimental Combat Team 7 as the officer in charge of a liaison team "to assist...
Strategic documents and policies, from the United States National Security Strategy down to the SOUTHCOM Commander's Posture Statement to Congress, recognize the role of economic development and liberalized trade in promoting global and regional...
This is the history of the Second Chemical Mortar Battalion in the European Theatre. It has been taken from the unit journal and written especially for both the former and present members of the battalion. Though it would be impossible to cover...
This is our seventh edition of the CGSC Foundation News and it has been one of our toughest editions to put together. So many great things are happening in the Foundation and at the College we have a hard time doing justice to it all with the space...