During DESERT STORM, Army Aviation established that it has matured as a combat arm. When employed in close combat, aviation is deadly and decisive. Aviation forces can deliver decided combat power to formidable operational depths, poising itself as...
Research conducted on the impacts of C3 force integration is reported. An introduction is provided into the numerous challenges facing the Army division level Signal officer in the 1990s. The challenges emerge from the consecutive modernization of...
This thesis investigates the question: Will Close Air Support (CAS) in the year 2000 be as close as CAS today? Today's CAS is dependent upon the ground commander's perception of the situation, and focuses primarily on forces beyond the commander's...
This study compares four vehicles as possible candidates for a command and control vehicle for use by the Light Cavalry Regiment employed in support of a contingency corps. The need for a new command and control vehicle is based on the premise that...
This study investigates whether it is feasible for national service projects to dovetail with military peacetime contingency missions so that the All-Volunteer Force can enhance its capabilities by supporting national service. Although peacetime...
Per the 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), the U.S. Navy intends to increase its presence in the Pacific Ocean. Unfortunately, the size of the Pacific means that U.S-based ships spend a smaller proportion of each deployment available in...
This study, using the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) as an illustrative case, investigates whether terrorism has been used to achieve political goals. The study is important because if terrorism has been used in this manner successfully,...
This thesis determines whether there is an operational requirement to maintain a forward-based aircraft carrier in the Asia-Pacific region. Written as a strategic paper, it presents broad operational requirements in a changing world, by examining...
Given the Director of Central Intelligence's (DCI) necessity to allocate Intelligence Community assets, including military intelligence assets; and, given the DCI's responsibility to determine the Intelligence Community's priorities to meet future...
This study investigates how well the potential of space technology is incorporated by the Army into its warfighting doctrine. The study examines the potential benefits of space systems for the military, focusing on Communications, Navigation,...
This study concludes that the Air Attack Team Regiment (AATR), as a part of the corps aviation brigade, is the option that provides the Army with the best utilization of the A-10. The AATR combines the two main elements of a highly successful...
Regardless of military occupational specialty or pay grade, every Marine must be fully prepared to perform as a rifleman in a combat situation. This thesis studied three critical parameters which significantly influence the effectiveness of the...
This study examines the capability of an armored division to be sustained, relying only on its organic assets, in a five day deep operation that requires the division to maneuver seventy-five kilometers forward of the FLOT. This investigation...
Over the period from 1961 to 1963 the Government of Vietnam Introduced the Strategic Hamlet Program which was designed to be the central part of a comprehensive plan to pacify South Vietnam. Pacification was to be achieved by isolating the rural...
The evolution of U.S.-Japanese bilateral ground exercises has been characterized by progressive development but also by continual opposition from various segments of Japanese society and government. While many factors have influenced the evolution...
This study is an examination of four areas, historical U.S. tank development, U.S. national military strategy, Army doctrine, and technical design considerations, that have had an impact on the design of U.S. Army tanks. The aim of this study is to...
This study is a historical analysis of the political growth, development, and influence of a former Chief of Staff of the Army, General George C. Marshall, during the period 1 September 1939 to 6 December 1941. These first two years of General...
The modernization of the United States airborne forces is long overdue. As the Army transitions from a European-based forward deployed force to a "versatile, deployable and lethal" Army, the role of the airborne forces must increase. Unfortunately,...
This thesis examines the impact on medical units caused by the proliferation of lasers on today's battlefields; it demonstrates that a significant number of casualties are possible and shows the need for more rigorous modeling to quantify and...
In 1989 the Secretary of Defense directed that DoD would fully support the President's National Drug Strategy which identified the illegal trafficking of drugs as a matter of national security. To support that effort, the Army Counternarcotics Plan...