With the U.S. high domestic consumption of illicit drugs, a relationship has formed between transnational gangs and powerful Latin American drug cartels. The ineffectiveness of the war on drugs, along with the high cost of such a program, begs the...
With the attacks of September 11th, by a transnational, global, terrorist network, the full danger of this new security threat was revealed. The initial response of the United States Government to this threat resulted in the birth of the Global War...
With the Army needing Soldiers for its war effort and gangs seeing the Army as a vital training and expansion tool, the issue presents an ethical dilemma for the Army. Should the Army vigorously find and separate active gang members from the Army,...
With the advent of Field Manual (FM) 3-24, Counterinsurgency, a debate has arisen concerning the manual's origins and its applicability to today's insurgencies. Critics, such as Colonel Gian Gentile, claim that the manual is overly influenced by...
With the 720th Military Police Battalion during its June 2003 to March 2004 deployment to Tikrit, Iraq, Lieutenant Colonel Frank Rangel served as the executive officer. For his second tour, from June 2004 to February 2005, Rangel was executive...
Winner of the “Excellence in JC4I-IO Writing Award” competition sponsored by the Armed Forces Electronics Association (AFCEA) for 2007-2008 Class 08-01. Accepting the rule of law as one of multiple logical centers of gravity at a local level is...
When President Woodrow Wilson ordered approximately 150,000 National Guardsmen to the southern border in 1916, the United States was on the verge of all-out war with Mexico. The rapid mobilization and deployment of the Guard forces broke the rapid...
What were the conditions that lead to the selection of the Gallipoli Peninsula as the landing place for the allied British and French forces; how were the landing beaches determined; what landings were undertaken; what factors aided or hindered...
What began as a humanitarian operation, soon evolved into a crisis at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. A crisis that was unforeseen and no one could even imagine. After months of political decision- making, and slow progress, the refugees became impatient....
We are at war! The Army must attain and retain every Soldier possible to fight the war on terrorism. However, are our leaders making ethically correct decisions for the good of the Army? If the Army is to remain the world's best and most lethal...
Volume I contains data on enemy personnel and unit strengths and a listing of accepted units for the current month. Volume II contains information on retroactive strength, infiltration, and infrastructure for all the months prior to the current...
Violence perpetrated by Mexican drug trafficking organizations (DTOs) increased dramatically in 2006 and continued to rise dramatically through early 2009. During this same period, Mexican DTO infiltration of U.S. cities skyrocketed. The increase...
Using histories, after action reports, interviews, and doctrinal manuals this study examines intelligence requirements for support to domestic civil authorities in civil disturbance operations and evaluates the adequacy of tactical intelligence...
US and German security strategies portray future warfare as coalition warfare. Thus, successful military operations depend on assured interoperability of coalition forces. This paper asks for the state of interoperability between German Forces in...
Today's Army and American Soldier are without a doubt the greatest in the world. However, the continuing War on Terrorism is placing a huge strain on our Forces. I feel one of the biggest dilemmas facing the United States Army today is the...
Today, many analysts predict China’s growing economy and military strength will eventually create a peer competitor for the United States (US). Others fear China’s globally expanding influence will threaten US national security interests and...
To standardize procedures to be; followed by command, supply, and transportation activities in the preparation and movement of
units to overseas commands. All action prescribed herein will be accomplished as expeditiously as possible commensurate...