This paper will introduce to you the sequence of events that took the 659TH Forward Support Company to Afghanistan and then to Saudi Arabia in route to Iraq, in order to support Special Operations Units. This unit was able to change their day to...
This response to a request regarding land warfare mobility tries to examine and develop technological, doctrinal and organizational concepts required to significantly improve land warfare mobility. The study concentrates on improving the land...
This letter is a response to General Howze's solicitation of thoughts and ideas on the expansion of aviation capabilities and resources. The document contains information on operational and organizational concepts for Army aviation (1969-1975).
The United States Army is transforming into a lighter force while simultaneously becoming involved in a growing worldwide spectrum of joint operations. The problem is that future warfare may not permit the marshalling of large fixed-wing air...
In an address to the 2d command class at the Fort Leavenworth C&GS School, Brig. Gen. D. O. Hickey discusses the tools and potentials of emerging science and technology.
Training Soldiers and deploying with them on a mission has been the most rewarding part of my military career. As Noncommissioned Officers we must train our Soldiers and ensure they are prepared to fight and win wars. In December of 1999, my...
This paper is an historical study of the strategy, tactics, and weapons employed by Israel, Egypt, and Syria in the battle for air superiority from 1967 through 1973. The study is developed chronologically beginning with the 1967 War, through the...
Operation Desert Storm was one of the most successful military campaigns in United States history. Coalition air forces, led by the United States, waged an intense air campaign designed to weaken the Iraqi army prior to commencement of the ground...
Military writers believe that future warfare is about to undergo fundamental change. Due to extremely sophisticated intelligent weapons and the lack of economic resources, countries are moving away from mass conscripted draftee armies toward...
Edited and condensed minutes of the Army Ground Forces Ordnance Conference held during the period of March 1-5, 1948. Discussions involve the principles of ordnance troop service, Officers Reserve Corps training, National Guard training, problems...
This newsletter emphasizes Army and Marine Corps efforts as joint or coalition forces. These professional journal articles focus on joint teams integrating logistics support to the warfighter. Topics include supply operations for Operations Iraqi...
Baird, Maria A.J.; Baker, Wayne E.; Johnson, Michael B.; Shawlinski, Robert S.
The United States military has been at the forefront of the development of artificial intelligence and other new technologies. Artificial intelligence is a necessity in today’s military. The continuing development of artificial intelligence is a...
The full spectrum doctrine of the U.S. Army places additional emphasis on engineer units to support offensive, defensive, stability, and civil support operations, yet organic engineer capability was reduced in the BCTs. This thesis attempts to...
The People's Republic of China (PRC) has improved its surface-to-surface missile capabilities over the last decade by acquiring foreign missile technology. Despite bans on the importation of missile-related items, the People's Liberation Army (PLA)...
This thesis demonstrates that Army Aviation can perform many functions during Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT). It will address how helicopters can provide support to the MOUT commander on a routine basis in an environment characterized...
Army commanders on the battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan lead their forces using a computer-enhanced communications network allowing them to stay connected with dispersed elements and maintain a high level of situation awareness (SA) of their...
This study analyzes the Army's doctrinal definition of the battlefield framework through examination of British operations against the Italians in North Africa during the period, June 1940 through February 1941. This example illustrates how...
Globally, potential adversaries are building ever more complex, stronger, and deeper fortifications which are largely immune to the current United States weapons inventory. Advanced construction and design techniques coupled with technological...
The unplanned significance of Iraq's relocateable ballistic missiles (the Al-Abbas and Al-Hussain) disrupted the campaign tempo of Desert Storm. Consuming 40 percent of air sorties and many of the special operating forces, there is a definite need...