This monograph examines current Army written doctrine to determine if it adequately incorporates risk. AirLand Battle Doctrine, as written, requires prudent risk taking and an atmosphere to support it. In order for the written doctrine concerning...
The Army is currently replacing the outdated Dragon medium antiarmor missile with the much more capable Javelin man-portable antiarmor missile. The new missile is a tremendous improvement over the old system, not merely a small step but a leap in...
This study is concerned only with the landing of airborne fighting forces in an area occupied or controlled by an enemy and with the subsequent tactical commitment of those forces in conventional ground combat. Contents include German airborne...
Containing instructions on the methods of laying out, constructing, defending, and attacking intrenchments, with the general outlines also of the arrangement, the attack and defence of permanent fortifications.
Consequences are not strong enough to guide soldiers with ethical dilemmas. Ethics is a value of moral principles, rules, or standards that guides life-making decisions. What makes us decide to do one action over the other?
Does third party military intervention help or hurt an incumbent government during an insurgency? This study attempts to answer this question by testing prevailing military theories of counterinsurgency in the context of third party intervention...
This publication is intended to serve as a text to be
used in the instruction at the Command and General Staff School. Its main purpose is to present to the students the principles which should guide the commander of an independent force the size...
The development and evolution of military tactics is a never ending process. Throughout history military leaders have and must continue change or alter their tactics using lessons learned from previous battles and using the technology available to...
Promotions to the rank of Sergeant Major and Command Sergeant Major have is competitive. Senior leaders should reflect the highest physical standards for their subordinates. Army leadership from the top down continues to stress taking care of...
This is a transcript of an oral history interview with SGM Ada L. Mercado-Morales. It is dated: February 27, 1989. The audio version of this interview is also available through this archive.
SGM Mercado talks about joining the service, her time in...
This monograph examines the implications for planning and conducting strike operations to achieve preemption of threats within the fundamentally altered post-Cold War security environment. The underlying premise is that doctrine and tactics based...
What is success in war? Who defines success? A review of past theorists such as Sun Tzu, Thucydides, Jomini and Clausewitz along with modern scholars such as William Martel, Azar Gat, and J. Boone Bartholomees produces a model for understanding...
This paper presents the history of chemical warfare in the German Army in World War II and covers tactical and strategical concepts, administrative and operational control, facilities and equipment, plans for use, military intelligence on the...
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It is important for military professional to take time out of the busy schedules to study military history. If so, why? Why not? In your analysis, be sure to provide at least three examples from issues discussed in H100 that support your...
Looks at search and rescue, giving detailed information on search and recovery operations and what air personnel can do to increase odds of survival and rescue. Produced by U. S. Army Section, Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG).
Determining the causes of insurgency is important to military studies and social sciences because of the pervasiveness of insurgency and its impact on regional stability and governmental legitimacy. The moderating influences of the Cold War are...
Through learning and enhanced capacity to learn faster than its adversaries, a military organization increases its chances for success within an increasing complex and chaotic environment. The complex and chaotic nature of military conflicts...
The following pages are written with the idea of furnishing the members of the Army School of the Line and Staff College a guide in the solution of field problems in fortification. These problems are such that any line officer might be called upon...