This monograph directly addresses design, and incorporates elements of Engineering Design Theory to the codified, social act of campaign creation using art, science, and craft. The monograph gives a definition of design and discusses the...
Globalization has changed many security, economic, political, and social conditions that shape world behavior; which in turn has produced a new paradigm for warfare that is fundamentally different from the industrial aged warfare paradigm that the...
In Jamestown, the first American colony, noncommissioned officers were part of American military culture. The need for the noncommissioned officer was realized as the entire town formed a company or a militia, which ultimately would split into...
This thesis will use a comparative study of the German Storm trooper battalions and the Canadian trench raiders in order to examine the dynamics of the World War I battlefield, the role of military culture in adaptation in order to acknowledge and...
As the military continues transformation and focuses on capabilities-based organizations to meet guidance provided in the National Security Strategy and The Quadrennial Defense Review, the Army is in position to redefine operational maneuver. Army...
The US Army intelligence community, recognizing the urban combat challenge, is revising intelligence techniques to provide analysts with a better methodology for urban combat. This paper examines current techniques for analysis and determines if...
From the end of the Vietnam War until Operation Enduring Freedom, the United States military did not engage in significant counterinsurgency (COIN) operations. The decline in the U.S military’s experience in this area is evident in the fidelity...
Non-Commissioned Officers have gained more duties and responsibilities though time. Due to
the nature of support and stability operations and asymmetric warfare this trend will continue.
The Army increased these responsibilities due to changing...
The 2001 terrorist attacks in New York have changed the United States forever. An attack of this magnitude hadn’t been seen in this country since the attack on Pearl Harbor precipitating America’s entry into World War II. Similarly, the attacks...
History, theory and doctrine affect the evolution of military tactics on the
battlefield. Continuous changes to tactics arise with the modernization of weaponry
throughout the last century. The United States will continue to place the military...
Throughout the years of civilization there have been many wars that have defined our
method of operation yet that method has not been refined. Same rules and regulations
have set the United States aside from any other country, specifically Iraq...
COIN or counterinsurgency is an effective tactic to counteract an insurgency campaign. Insurgency and counterinsurgency operations have been waged long before recorded history. The United States initiated counterinsurgency operations in the...
The evolution of the Noncommissioned Officer Corps has greatly improved the quality of our armed forces today. The NCO Corps’ responsibility has grown from the Revolutionary War with Barron Von Stuben’s Regulation for the Good Order and...
The Noncommissioned Officers (NCO) are the backbone of the Army and the reason why our Army is the best trained and most respected in the world. The NCO has been around since the beginning of the Continental Army in 1775. This paper will show how...
The first NCO school was the 2nd Constabulary Brigade’s school located in Munich, Germany. It had its first class enrolled on June 30, 1947. Then the 2nd Constabulary functions were overtaken by the US Seventh Army Noncommissioned Officers...
The noncommissioned officer in today’s army has a colorful and distinguished history. Whether it be our own United States Army or any of the numerous Armies of the world, stories of heroism and unchallenged courage in face of peril are numerous....
Throughout history the American Army has played an important role. From the very first American NCO in 1775 to present day, missions of the Army have been accomplished with the blood, sweat and tears of the NCO.
The focus of this work will be the...
The United States Army was officially formed on 14 June 1775. The Continental Congress created the Continental Army with Militia Units around the Boston, Massachusetts area. George Washington of Virginia was appointed as its commanding general. It...