What could have made the Military Police (MP) and Marine Security Guard (MSG) response more effective, averting negative media coverage and public opinion? The Tet Offensive has been widely acknowledged as the turning point of the United States...
Successful civil-military relations pose an enduring dilemma for the professional officer. When civil-military relations fail, the negative implications are far reaching. Professional officers who understand their role within the structure...
As CNN's senior Baghdad correspondent, Jane Arraf was embedded with the U.S. Army's 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment (Task Force 2-2) during that unit's participation in Operation Phantom Fury (Al Fajr): the November 2004 combined-joint assault...
Recently, the Chief of Staff of the Army stated that the United States Army must successfully wield new information technologies to ensure land force dominance into the twenty-first century. Currently, the Army is developing an Information...
Owning our army ethic. MAJ Chris Case, U.S. Army; Major Bob Underwood, U.S. Army; and Colonel Sean T. Hannah, Ph.D., U.S. Army; The Army's ethic must reconcile possible tensions between action and duty by providing guidance for both why we fight...
The Military-Media Relationship: A Dysfunctional Marriage? Thom Shanker and Major General Mark Hertling, U.S. Army: In the information age, the first casualty of war is often trust--between those who fight the wars and those who report them. A...
The military and the media are two important organizations critical to sustaining a democratic state. This study throws light on the media's perception of themselves as a neutral and powerful voice of the masses that often sees the military and her...
Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) Media-Military Relations Panel (known as the Sidle Panel) was created at the request of the Chairman, General John W. Vessey, Jr., who asked that a panel of experts be convened to make...
Wartime correspondents are a valid and critical aspect to obtaining the overall picture of war and military conflicts. This paper examined the roles of embedded and unilateral reporters during wartime and answers the two questions; how do the media...