What is Water boarding? Is it an effective interrogation technique used by military forces throughout the world since the 1500s? Or is it cruel and unusual punishment that amounts to torture? There has been much recent controversy surrounding water...
This study will look at how the U.S. deliberately used education as part of its counterinsurgency strategy in the Philippines to pacify anti-occupation violence and assimilate the archipelago under American governance. In doing so, this study...
This monograph explores the role of Coast Guard law enforcement detachments (LEDETs) abroad in the post-Cold War, post-9/11 strategic security environment. Drawing on the work of National Defense University and Thomas Barnett, the author finds that...
Translation of a Japanese document concerning principles of river crossing for the Japanese Army. Discusses characteristics of large rivers in an anticipated theater of operation, practical steps and methods for a successful and swift river...
The United States declared drugs to be a clear and present danger to the country and proceeded to wage a war on them that was both justified and temporarily successful from 1970 through 1990. Although not prepared for this mission at first, the...
These are the Panama Canal Department Regulations for 1937. Sections are as follows: general, enlisted men, enlisted men (foreign service), training, recreation, military police, buildings and grounds, supplies and equipment, transportation, fiscal...
Coast Guard personnel are often in positions where contact with persons with infectious and communicable disease is unavoidable. When boarding a vessel of alien migrants; transporting ill or injured persons; or cleaning up human waste, blood, or...
Techniques used to gather actionable intelligence to achieve mission success were used
during the Spanish American war and the Philippine Insurrection. Until a recent
executive order signed by President Obama banning water boarding and...
This qualitative thesis examines the Coast Guard's historic participation in special operations and a potential national requirement for designated Coast Guard special operations forces. Some observers have rejected the label, “Global War on...
The purpose of this research is to determine if the Fire Scout unmanned aerial system (UAS) is an effective mission multiplier for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). The U.S. Navy relies heavily on unmanned systems, such as the Fire Scout UAS, to...
As a force projection power, it is critical for the United States to retain the capability to introduce rapidly, credible and sustainable forces into theaters around the world. Maritime pre-positioned forces (MPF) are a key component supporting...
The purpose of this monograph is to propose a solution to the problem of piracy off Somalia and in the Gulf of Aden. This report provides a historical background of piracy and more specifically, the history and the "roots" of Somali piracy. Of most...
This study deals with providing force protection for the Navy’s future, minimally manned surface combatants. Following the attack on the USS Cole, force protection became the Navy’s primary warfare concern. In order to add experience and...
To provide a coordinated training plan for the introduction of Tactical Fire Direction System (TACFIRE) into the Army inventory. This training plan covers resident training at CONARC service schools, advanced individual training, and CONARC support...
USS HUE CITY (CG 66) deployed August 1, 2004 for the North Arabian Gulf in defense of Operation Enduring Freedom. We arrived on station and assumed the duty as JTF 53, under which we were responsible for the Iraqi oil terminals ABOT and KABOT, the...
The purpose of this paper is to examine an ethical dilemma facing the United States Army, torture interrogations. The following question will set the conditions for understanding how this problem is an ethical dilemma for me. Does the United States...
The purpose of this paper is to examine an ethical dilemma facing the United States Army, torture interrogations. The following question will set the conditions for understanding how this problem is an ethical dilemma for me. Does the United States...
As the Headquarters Service Company First Sergeant of 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), I was responsible for the out-processing, palletization, and departure of over 300 assigned and attached personnel. A thorough out-processing...