The purpose of this paper is to give you an overview of my personal experiences as a Noncommissioned Officer during pre-deployment and combat operations while deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom 05-07. This paper will serve as a...
Southeastern Europe is a region subject to chronic instability. Ethnic tensions, territorial disputes, and violence are recurring issues. Conflicts during the 1990s led to international interventions and a persistent US Army presence. How the...
Abstract: “A great strength of the U.S. Army is its professional noncommissioned officer (NCO) Corps”… FM 7-1. The use of NCOs in the military is nothing new. Tracing the use of NCOs back to the Roman Empire, where NCOs commanded ten Soldiers...
Is the use of profanity necessary in today’s professional Army? You could base this question on one’s personal opinion and attitude on the use of profanity. The image of a leader is either degraded or respected when Soldiers hear them using...
Terrain is a permanent and important aspect of all military operations. Today, the military study of terrain is called geospatial engineering, and it is the responsibility of engineers to maximize its effect for the tactical echelons of the Army....
This paper focuses on relationships between maneuver and counterair operations at the operational level of war. It seeks to determine key elements of air threat protection doctrine in support of operational maneuver. Its methodology first examines...
Many historians contend that the U.S. Government's first real experience in countering an insurgency came during the Philippine Insurrection of 1899; and they classify previous conflicts with the American Indians as limited 'wars of conquest.' In...
This paper is based on my experience in my transition into a Battalion Command Sergeant Major. It will cover a brief military professional background that was used to develop assessments and courses of actions for the battalion. It will also...
The purpose of this research project is to determine what factors led to the operational failure and destruction of the 1st and 3rd Ranger Battalions during the battle of Cisterna on 30 January 1944. Subordinate questions include: Why did...
The purpose of this paper is to answer the question: does the Army's force structure allow for a sufficient amount of infantry forces for the security challenges of the first decade of the 21st Century? This monograph examines the late 1990's Army...
The purpose of this paper is to answer the question "Is the U.S. Army's emphasis on the mechanized infantry force the right infantry force for today's environment"? The aim is to provide scrutiny to the current structure of the army's mechanized...
The Rhodesian African Rifles overcame profoundly divisive racial and tribal differences among its members because a transcendent "regimental culture" superseded the disparate cultures of its individual soldiers and officers. The RAR's culture grew...
The Rhodesian African Rifles overcame profoundly divisive racial and tribal differences among its members because a transcendent "regimental culture" superseded the disparate cultures of its individual soldiers and officers. The RAR's culture grew...
Corps are the Army's largest tactical units, the instruments with which higher echelons of command conduct maneuver at the operational level (FM 100-5, Operations, May 1986). The corps staff is the principal planning and coordinating agency upon...
This paper examines the impact that safe areas had on the UN peace operation, on the opposing factions, and on the overall course of the war. Ironically, the very safe area measures that were initially conceptualized to relieve the suffering of the...
The study addresses a few selected instances of the use of liaison by French, German and American forces as a foundation for the expression of the writer's opinion and discussion of certain recommendations.
The Army Recruiting Command holds recruiters to the highest standards. Recruiters are expected to live the Army values and enforce them in their daily duties. This paper will shed light on an ethical dilemma which the Command is faced with on a...
Early on Sunday, 7 December 1941, the air and naval forces of the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked the U.S. Pacific Fleet at anchor in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) recorded the day as “a date which will live in...
The United States Army's vision of the conventional battlefield of the early 21st century is one characterized by increased lethality, greatly expanded dimensions, and significantly increased dispersion of units. It puts a premium on forces being...