Would you be inclined to follow a military leader who the Army has proven to be in violation, policy, or regulation because he/she violated military ethics? Non-commissioned officers struggle with military ethics while they support the command in...
World War II laid the foundations for a ‘special relationship’ between the UK and US, with security being its primary purpose. Since the end of that war, the threat of Soviet expansion caused it to deepen. Time changed the balance of the...
World War I, also known as the First World War, the Great War, the War of the Nations and the War to End All Wars, was a world conflict occurring from 1914 to 1919. The Allies on one side and the Central Powers on the other fought the war. No...
With USSOCOM assuming the role as supported command in the Global War on Terror, Army Special Forces will no doubt to play a primary role in that effort. The unspoken assumption seems to be that America's new, unconventional foe will best be...
With the transition from the Army of Excellence logistics structure to the single logistics command and control of the modular force logistics concept, the traditional command relationship between logistics organizations and the maneuver forces...
With the Nation in a state of unlimited emergency, the undersigned submits the attached report covering the period from his assignments as Chief of Staff on September 1, 1939 to July of, 1941.
With the Iraqi National Joint Operations Center (NJOC) from June 2005 through February 2006, Major Paul Struck served as the support operations officer and, in this capacity, worked to "bring the Iraqi police and military at the national level to...
With the commencement of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), the U.S. military entered a new age of combat. Taking the battle directly to the terrorists and insurgents in their home countries, the military has suddenly found itself operating in a...
With the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact, NATO member nations have begun reducing the size of their military forces. Therefore, NATO is faced with responding to crises situations with considerably smaller forces available. To...
With a 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastating the country of Haiti in January 2010, the U.S. military along with various organizations from countries around the world responded by providing assistance to the island nation. The mission of the Joint...
William Bainbridge Ethics Papers:
In 1994 the commandant of the Sergeants Major Academy, Col Fredrick Van Horn created the William E. Bainbridge Chair of Ethics in the Sergeants Major Course. In reality this amounted to the introduction of a...
While the Persian Gulf War confirmed the political and strategic utility of using ballistic missiles as a terror weapon, the effect of ballistic missiles on tactical operations has received much less attention. Despite growing evidence of...
While the nature of war does not change, the conduct and methods available to wage and win wars does. This appears to be the case with respect to hybrid war, an evolving type of war that the United States may soon face. The definition of hybrid war...
While recovering back in the US from five gunshot wounds incurred during an April 2003 firefight in Afghanistan, Major Gregory Trahan had to relinquish command of his company (which was still in theater) and was planning, upon returning to duty, to...
While assigned as First Sergeant (1SG) of Headquarter and Headquarters Battery (HHB) 17 Field Artillery Brigade (FAB), we were in the final stages of our re-intrigration and regeneration training upon returning from Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) I,...
When you look at a Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) you think of them as a leader, mentor, and the ones who set and enforce the standards. However, this is not always the truth. Most NCOs are leaders, but there are those select few who manage to...
When war erupted in the American colonies in 1775 at Lexington and Concord, the British Empire was logistically unprepared. Neither the army nor the supporting administration in Great Britain could comprehend the nature of their opponent or the...
When the United States declared war on Kaiser Wilhelm's government on April 6, 1917, the U.S. Army underwent a profound growth and transformation to conduct combat operations against the German Imperial Army. Since the U.S. Army grew from 125,000...
When the 98th Division (Institutional Training) deployed to Iraq in 2004-2005, Major General James R. Helmly was the chief of Army Reserve and commanding general of United States Army Reserve Command. In this interview, focusing on the 98th's...