In charge of the 439th Military Police Detachment and deployed in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM from November 2003 to January 2005, Army Reserve Lieutenant Colonel Wayne Sylvester, while in country, ran the Baghdad-area detention facility...
From January through December 2006, Major Daniel Segura served as the operations officer in Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan's CJ7 engineer directorate, deploying as an individual to fill a joint manning document position. In this, his second of...
Major Doug Watkins served as the brigade judge advocate for the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division in Taji, Iraq, from December 2005 through December 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Upon arriving in Iraq, Watkins went...
From November 2004 through July 2005, Major Jeff Buck served as aide-de-camp to the commanding general of Task Force 134, which was responsible for theater-level detainee operations in the country of Iraq and had oversight of the facilities of Abu...
Major Tim Kreuttner deployed to Iraq in March 2004 as the commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division in support of stability operations during OIF II. He concentrated his unit's training on...
This paper is a study of the operations of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, of the British Army, in the Palestine and Syria, under the command of General Sir Edmund H. H. Allenby, K. C. B., G. C. M. G., from 19 September to 31 October 1918, with...
This paper discusses the Boer defensive position at the Battle of Paardeberg. The activities of the Boer and British forces during February 1900 are explained. Topics include the terrain surrounding the battle site, concealment and cover,...
This paper contains an analysis and criticism of the Russian armed forces defense at Liaoyang. Topics include the principles of surprise and concentration.
The study presents a general account of the problems confronting the British from the standpoint of supply during their advance into Palestine to October, 1917. Also discussed is the manner in which they solved these problems as well as the lessons...
This study asks in what fundamentals did the tactical methods of the French XX Corps in the action of 18-23 July, 1918, differ from the present doctrine of the Command and General Staff School. Several topics include surprise, technique, artillery,...
This paper discusses the Trans-Siberian Railway, its capacity at the beginning of the Japanese-Russo War, 1904, and its probable influence in the war. Topics include the carrying capacity of the railway, construction, the inadequacy of railroad...
This paper gives a comparison between the Russian and Japanese services at the Battle of Liao-yang. Topics include Russian and Japanese communications, general supply, transport, supply troops, lines of communication, and supply at the battle of...
This study shows the development of General Allenby’s estimate and plan for the attack and capture of the Gaza-Beersheba line in early July, 1917. Topics include British and Turkish forces (their situations at that time, combat strength,...
This study asks the question why were the Russians defeated in the Battle of the Yalu. Topics include the Russian position, composition and strength of the Russian forces, training and equipment of the Russian forces, Russian detachments,...
This study compares the Japanese and Russian forces’ employment of infantry at the Battle of the Liaoyang. Topics and headings include regiments, organization, physical conditions, mentality and spirit, arms and equipment, training, leadership,...
This paper discusses the operations of the Russo-Japanese War. Topics include the theater of operations, location and strength of opposing forces at the outbreak of the war, movements and dispositions of opposing forces prior to the Battle of the...
This document gives a comparison between the Russian and Japanese artillery during the Russo-Japanese War. Topics include the employment and military operations of the forces, positions and divisions, organization by eastern and western sections,...
This paper describes the Russian forces’ plans for operations during the Russo-Japanese War. Topics include the Trans-Siberian Railway (and its important influence on Russian strategy throughout the war), early events and plans, strategical...
This study considers the service of supply of the Japanese Second Army and the opposing Russian forces in the Japanese advance to Liaoyang. Some attention is given to basic factors which affect supply of all forces in the theater of operations, the...
This study contains a narration of the operation at Montdidier and discusses the topics of surprise, tactics, liaison, and armament. Based on a digest of "Montdidier" by Colonel A. Grasset.