The problem addressed in this thesis is whether the forward air control portion of the Tactical Air Control System (TACS) can be a viable force in a projected NATO-Warsaw Pact conflict given existing equipment and manning. Areas addressed included...
In the field of military personnel management, there is a need for an improved computerized model as a method of controlling personnel turnover. Such a model should provide the following: (1) Display gain/loss data and a monthly accounting of...
The purpose of this paper is to recommend a method to implement RETO. This method entails an Army managed, contractor assisted, application of Instructional System Development concepts and principles to solve the problem of curriculum management....
This thesis addresses the roles and missions of U.S. Army airborne, ranger, and specia1 forces in rapid reaction contingency operations. The study focuses on the requirements for and the missions appropriate for each of these elite units within the...
This study first examines the postulated characteristics of the modern battlefield and then proposes several close air support skill and knowledge requirements based upon the expected battlefield characteristics. The study next investigates the...
In the past fifteen years Soviet ground forces have dramatically increased their conventional military power to the point where they have become the most heavily armed force in the world. The United States Army has responded to these increases in...
Today's USAF air-to-air combat forces must be prepared to gain and maintain air superiority quickly with minimum losses. Considering the numerical superiority and rapidly advancing quality of the threat, this requirement places a high premium on a...
Results obtained from field experiments and computerized combat simulation models are among the most important sources of data used by combat developers with data concerning human interactions with new equipment, new tactics and new training...
This thesis provides a comparative policy-process perspective of Vietnam intervention. It is comparative in the sense that the Eisenhower administration's policy process in the 1954 Indochina crisis is used as a basis to compare the Johnson...
This thesis is a comprehensive study of tactical voice communications traffic engineering. It proposes an outlined traffic engineering procedure to configure the field army common user voice network as efficiently as requirements and limited assets...
The purpose of this paper is to determine the political-military relationship between the Truman Administration and General of the Army Douglas MacArthur during the Korean War. Particular attention was directed to those factors resulting in the...
The primary purpose of this study was to examine the historical evolution of news censorship in the United States, the current military information policy in Vietnam, and media performance in reporting selected crisis combat events of the Vietnam...
The purpose of this thesis is to determine a tactical concept for securing land lines of communication (LLOC) useable by US military advisors to an underdeveloped nation engaged in fighting an insurgency. In considering the problem, the following...
Recent historiography has almost universally denounced the tactical prowess of the American Expeditionary Force. However, a detailed analysis of the performance of the 42nd Division’s 165th Infantry Regiment tells a surprisingly different story....
The scope of this thesis is to define an appropriate alignment and force integration of National Guard Special Forces in the transformation of Special Forces into the new Enhanced Special Forces Group. The current force alignment is relevant to...
The purpose of this study is to develop a more definitive doctrine for the conduct of populace and resources control activities by a ROAD infantry division assigned an internal defense mission. Internal defense is a term coined to supplant the...
This thesis examines one are of signal operations: the technical problem of day-to-day control of the electrical and electronic communication systems of the field army. The nature and extent of this problem is formulated by analyzing the...
Economic and political trends over the last several years have combined to make available combat power a truly scarce resource in this nation, perhaps for the first time since World War II. The trend toward increasing resource constraints can be...
The problem of obtaining the required manpower for the U.S. Army without a draft, precipitated numerous changes in the U.S. Army Recruiting Command. Among these changes was the introduction, in mid-fiscal year 1974, of Captains as Recruiting Area...
The purpose of this research is to determine what force is best suited for corps rear area security in a mid-intensity war in Europe. The three forces examined are the armored cavalry regiment; the corps reserve force and the military police...