This monograph examines the Soviet experience in Afghanistan (1979-1988) in terms of Soviet Army tactics and organization for combat. Throughout the decade of the 1970's, U.S. perceptions of Soviet ground force tactics stressed a general lack of...
Today's Joint Task Force (JTF) Commander is the single uniformed military service commander most likely to be concerned with prosecuting joint military operations during the decade of the nineties. His ability to successfully command and control...
Since the passage of the National Security Act of 1947, Congress has tried to correct the recurring problem of fractured command authority and poor cooperation between the services. Changes in 1958 and the recent Defense Reorganization Act of 1986...
Since its inception, the National Training Center (NTC) has provided extensive information on recurring unit weaknesses. One of these is the inability of the task force tactical operations center (TOC) to accomplish its command and control...
The purpose of this paper is to consider whether or not a need still exists for Artillery Fired Atomic Projectiles (AFAPs). Many opinions exist concerning this question. The range of opinions extend from staunch support for AFAPs to complete...
This monograph will examine the economic realities of the present to substantiate the importance of the Pacific Rim to the United States' well-being; document the U.S. Army's role in American experiences in this part of the world; review our...
JCS Pub 2 charges all services to “prepare for war and operations short of war”. The U.S. Army has further defined operations short of war as military involvement in low intensity conflict. While the Army has made some effort at improving its...
For the past 40 years, the two U.S. Army corps in Europe have planned for the defense of the Inter-German Border. This defensive orientation has evolved into a science of delay with the hope of eventual counterattack and ultimate restoration of the...
This study is an examination of the impact of battle death in a cohesive unit. The American soldier will fight on a future battlefield that is extended, lethal, and isolated. To operate effectively he will be dispersed in small, cohesive military...
This monograph deals with decision making in contingency operations. It begins with the observation that contingency operations are the most frequent method by which the United States projects power worldwide. Studying three areas which appear to...
This monograph discusses an often forgotten aspect of low-intensity conflict (LIC), tactical airpower. LIC is an environment, not a mission, and as such is often misunderstood. The US view of conflict is primarily Eurocentric and the subtleties of...
This monograph is written in three parts. The first part discusses the history and development of the terminal strike controller, specifically the Forward Air Controller (FAC) and the Air Liaison Officer (ALO). There have been many substantive...
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...
The purpose or this monograph is to evaluate the current capability of Soviet motor rifle and tank battalion commanders. Since the end or World War II, the Soviets have frequently reorganized their ground forces, each time combining arms at lower...
Recent conflicts have provided valuable glimpses at the lethality of the modern battlefield and the vulnerability of ground troops to air attack. The 1973 Yom Kippur War, the 1982 Lebanese War in the Bekaa Valley and the War in the Falklands...
Since World War I, the field artillery has been faced with a dilemma: the delivery of immediately responsive close support fires vs. the delivery of massed artillery fires to destroy or neutralize interdiction and counterfire targets. The first...
The monograph examines the position held by the Air Force that a single manager of all aviation assets -- an Air Component Commander -- is required for the effective and efficient employment of joint aviation. This concept of an Air Component...
Is "command and control" a single concept, or two separate concepts -- command, and control -- which have inherent conflicts on the tactical battlefield? The concepts of command and control will be examined by using doctrinal definitions and...
How do the commander, executive officer, operations officer, and command sergeant major interact most effectively during continuous battlefield operations - is there a better way? Command and control of the battalion/task force is a frequently...
Ground, water, and air methods of invasion add flexibility and strength to the United States' offensive capability. This monograph is designed to examine the current feasibility of large scale joint amphibious operations. It seeks to answer two...