Within the UN, the "Mogadishu Line" is a reference to the failed UN mission in Somalia in 1992-1993, intended to mark the limit of UN peacekeeping capabilities. The UN/African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has been so disastrous that more...
With the current fielding of the AH-64 Apache and the Light Helicopter (LH) on the horizon, Army aviation will possess some of the finest tools of war ever known to mankind. To capitalize on our quality equipment, we must develop sound doctrine...
With the current changes in world structure, alliances and the reduction in the size of the armed forces of the U.S., operational art and AirLand Battle become increasingly important as concepts. FM 100-5, Operations, published in 1986, establishes...
Baumann, Robert F.; Gawrych, George W.; Kretchnik, Walter E.
With the aid of a generous grant from the US Institute of Peace, Robert Baumann, George Gawrych, and Walter Kretchik were able to access and examine relevant documents, interview numerous participants, and visit US and NATO forces in Bosnia. As a...
When the Army transformed to a brigade centric force, ground forces gained the tactical capabilities and flexibility promised. What the Army lost was the role and purpose of the division. Administrative, training, and expeditionary task executed by...
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...
Using qualitative methods, this thesis summarizes the present capability of the attack helicopter to operate effectively in a battlefield environment characterized by intense, sophisticated air defense. Given the demonstrated survivability, options...
United States military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan demonstrate that adversaries are likely to persist in seeking advantage through asymmetric warfare. Within this context, emerging doctrine on Network Centric Warfare (NCW) and Effects Based...
Turkey and an Army Forward. Lieutenant Colonal Patrick Warren, U.S. Army Europe, and Major Michael Morrissey, U.S. Army Europe; As part of a joint force positioned in central Europe, forward-deployed U.S. Army forces are needed to provide a...
Trends in international relations indicate that the United States must prepare to support friendly nations in repelling internal and external threats by assisting them in undertaking essential political, social, and economic reform. At the same...
Today's Joint Task Force (JTF) Commander is the single uniformed military service commander most likely to be concerned with prosecuting joint military operations during the decade of the nineties. His ability to successfully command and control...
Today’s Army has gone through some incredible transformations since the end of the Cold War. Since then, the Army has struggled with Force XXI concepts, and more recently, the concept of the “Prototype Brigade.” This monograph examines other...
Today's Army faces an environment much different from that which it prepared for in the Cold War. Massed armor battles, for which the Army was trained and equipped, have become much less likely while involvement in smaller and more limited conflict...
To request you sign the decision paper at Tab A requesting the Commandant to sign the letter to General Kerwin on the field artillery requirements for searchlights.
Throughout the twentieth century, the U.S. Army has periodically reviewed the structure and organization of its primary combat unit, the division. Since 1939, the Army has conducted at least eleven such reviews with associated testing and...