This project examines the military ramifications of the emerging revolution in military affairs and the changing strategic environment. Assessing two strategic approaches, Joint Vision 2010 (evolutionary force design) and a rising advocacy of...
By reducing the logistics footprint through the creation of an agile infrastructure, one of the six tenets of focused logistics, DOD anticipates having surplus funds that can be reprogrammed into other areas. This study investigates the potential...
This study examines what changes need to be made in U.S. strategy, policy, and programs in order to prevent a nuclear attack on its space-based assets. The study was inspired by an event, which occurred during the Army After Next Winter Wargame...
This study analyzes the conditions that need to be met in order for Israel to return the Golan Heights to Syria while maintaining its security. Those conditions are: Israel and Syria must overcome history and politics; Israel must get asymmetrical...
The vision of the future battlefield is one of great uncertainty and complexity. Since the world is a dynamic and turbulent place, operations may cover the full spectrum of other than war to full war. The army will need an organizational strategy...
This study examines the political-military insights offered by the Punitive Expedition into Mexico, 10 March 1916 to 5 February 1917. This thesis uncovers these insights by examining how Major General Frederick Funston, commander of the United...
This study investigates the effectiveness of naval aircraft carrier intelligence support to the units of the 10th Mountain Division during its transit to Haiti to participate in Operations RESTORE DEMOCRACY and UPHOLD DEMOCRACY. The study reviews...
This thesis is a historical analysis of Brigadier General St. John R. Liddell and his division during the Battle of Chickamauga. Liddell's Division was an ad hoc unit, formed just prior to the battle. During the battle, the unit was involved in...
This study examines variables of restructure of U.S. Army Reserve Components (RC), consisting of Army National Guard (ARNG) and United States Army Reserves (USAR), as compared to the model adopted in 1995-1997 by the Army Reserve of Canada. The...
The debate over the service of black Americans in the U.S. Army centered around three questions: Could they serve? Would they be allowed to serve? And, if allowed, in what capacity would they serve? This is similar to modern debates about the...
This thesis focuses on the Army's infantry in Kansas during the development of the American frontier during the years from the Civil War until 1880. Infantry companies were the mainstay of the frontier Army during these years of westward expansion...
This thesis examines the intent of Iran's sea power strategy, and discovers that it is a definitive component of a coherent national security strategy of strategic deterrence designed to protect its strategic center of gravity--its oil....
During the Civil War, there were no joint commands with all service components unified under the same commander, with few exceptions. Instead, the command and control structure was based on close cooperation between the services, which was termed...
This study analyzes the decisions of Lieutenant General Frederick Franks during the planning and execution of the ground campaign of Desert Storm. Franks has been criticized for being consumed with the synchronization of his multi-division attack...
This thesis examines military presence as an effective means of influencing conflict management/resolution in contemporary mid level conflicts. Advocated in the National Security Strategy, presence, a concept with a long naval history, has taken on...
This study investigates the current proficiency of media skills required for Military Police junior leaders to perform missions in any environment. Currently, junior noncommissioned and company grade officer professional development courses do not...
This study investigates the causes of the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka from a civilizational point of view using as a base line the studies by Dr. Samuel P. Huntington. Sri Lanka, a large island in the Indian Ocean, has been engulfed by a...
This thesis in an assessment of attack helicopter gunnery training and the adequacy of that training as the Army fields the AH-64D Longbow attack helicopter starting in 1997. The problem confronted by this study is both institutional and unit...
This study assesses the Colombian opium and heroin production threat to the U.S. since it was first perceived in about l990. It compares and contrasts the production of heroin to that of cocaine, including the cultivation, processing and...
This study investigates how well CGSC incorporates space into its curriculum. With the advent of DESERT STORM, space technology has emerged as an important force multiplier. This study examines whether CGSC has ensured that students receive an...