Nearly twenty years ago, as a new student in the Army's Command and General Staff Officer's College, Infantry Branch officers introduced to me the relatively newly codified doctrinal term "center of gravity." Throughout the "best year of our lives"...
"It is essential that we take a hard look at ourselves to
ensure we understand what we have been through
over the past nine years, how we have changed and
how we must adapt to succeed in an era of persistent
conflict."
"Our intent is to take a...
Center for the Army Profession and Ethic (CAPE), Combined Arms Center. Combined Arms Center
The Army Profession Campaign is an Army initiative to inspire and engage our Soldiers and Civilians in an introspective analysis and professional dialog to make our Profession stronger. The Campaign renews our collective commitment to the Army, its...
My primary research question is: can social networks assist analysts fight terrorism? My secondary research questions are as follows. First, how does social networking create linkages? Second, how have social networks been used to solve small...
This is our tenth edition of the CGSC Foundation News and it comes during a very busy time in the life of the Foundation. Note that our logo on the cover celebrates our fifth year of support to the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. We've...
* From the Chairman
* CEO's Corner
* Q&A with the Deputy Commandant
* 5-Star Generals Commemorative Coin Update
* The Five-Star Generals of Fort Leavenworth
* Simons Center Report
* 'Bull' Simons book project update
* CFC report
* Report from the...
Communicating official messages to soldiers within the United States Army is an endeavor that leaders at every level have conducted since the inception of the organization. Army doctrine links communication to leadership via the terminological...
Strategic communication policy directly affects U.S. national interests. The United States is doing a poor job of promoting its messages around the world. Global opinion polls have shown a sharp drop in support for the United States over the past...
Security concerns over the growing capability of Cyber Warfare are in the forefront of national policy and security discussions. In order to enable a realistic discussion of the topic this thesis seeks to analyze demonstrated Cyber Warfare...
The purpose of this monograph is to examine whether the Principles of War, as defined within the U.S. military's Joint Publication 3-0, Joint Operations, can be applied to cyber war. Since 2005, the U.S. military recognized cyber conflict as a new...
Non-Governmental Organizations, research and academic institutions, charities, and international organization efforts to track and monitor activities and conditions in high-risk settings provide uniquely useful indicators and warning of possible...
On February 11, 2011, Egypt entered a new epoch of its history. The Egyptian people supported by the Egyptian Armed Forces (EAF) succeeded in toppling the 30-year rule of the former President Mubarak. Unlike the militaries of Syria, Libya, and...
For many years, the U.S. Army recognized the need to share information or lessons gained from training and actual combat operations. During World War II and the Korean War, the Army published “combat bulletins” in an attempt to share combat...
Social media has become an additional element within the operational environment within which nearly anyone with an Internet connection can participate. The speed at which participants can add content, truthful or not, to that battle space has...
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), made up of six monarchies geographically adjacent within the Arabian Gulf area, invited both the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the Kingdom of Morocco into its organization in May 2011. The timing coincided with...
With a 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastating the country of Haiti in January 2010, the U.S. military along with various organizations from countries around the world responded by providing assistance to the island nation. The mission of the Joint...
In this March 2011 interview MAJ David Acosta, Information Operations (IO), outlines the communications strategy he and his unit, Headquarters 1st Armor Division used in Iraq from 2009 through 2010. MAJ Acosta discusses the key pillars to the...
In this interview, Major JeanPaul Guerard, US Army, talks about his deployment to Iraq as a Military Police Officer in March 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Guerard discusses his personal experience with deployment and the challenges he...
MAJ Steven Wallace served with as a platoon leader, adjutant (S1), executive officer (XO) and company commander with the 82nd Airborne Division in various areas in Afghanistan during 2002-2003 and again in 2006-2007 in support of Operation Enduring...
In December 2010, spontaneous protests began in Tunisia following the self-immolation of a Tunisian citizen, who was upset after having his vegetable cart seized by Tunisian police. Wide spread demonstrations followed in the capital city of Tunis....