This study examines the ability of the current Unified Command System to provide unity of command and thereby obtain unity of effort in multi-service operations. After a brief review of the doctrinal underpinnings of the current system two...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Guidon came into being as a weekly publication in 1966 under the title Fort Leonard Wood Guidon. Between 1966 and 1987 the title was simplified to Guidon before becoming Essayons in 1988. The name reverted back to Guidon in 1999. It has been...
This monograph examines the role of policy in guidance of the British, the Soviet and the U.S.-NATO wars in Afghanistan. Set in the context of Afghanistan’s history and its socio-cultural environment, the study critically analyzes the negative...
Historians have largely agreed that Pemberton should shoulder the blame for the poor Confederate performance during the Vicksburg campaign. General consensus exists among American Civil War historians that Pemberton proved a confused, indecisive,...
This monograph proposes an answer to the question: Can the current tactical mission risk analysis process adequately support the doctrine tenet of versatility? The conclusion is that true versatility in unfamiliar operations may require a more...
The purpose of this monograph is to determine the applicability of the New York Police Department’s (NYPD) COMPSTAT crime control model to restoring order in Iraq. The Iraqi Police Service (IPS) performs similar police functions to those executed...
The U.S. Marine Corps faces great challenges as it participates in the Long War. To enhance its chances of success in this war, the Marine Corps must institutionalize the importance of cultural awareness in military operations by adopting a...
Joint military doctrine has yet to bridge the gap between lessons learned from U.S. domestic disaster relief and application for international disaster relief. The National Response Framework stresses the need for a response architecture...
The successful formation and employment of the USCT regiments during the Civil War depended on many factors. The soldiers themselves were highly motivated to succeed. Victory in the war meant permanent freedom for themselves, and their families....
The security force framework devised for prosecuting a counterinsurgency campaign is essential. A security framework identifies roles and responsibilities for the different organizations that comprise the overall counterinsurgent force. Part of...
The Army of the future will assume an increasing role in force projection through the conduct of peacetime contingency operations. In preparation to accomplish these crisis-oriented, time-sensitive missions, soldiers and units will have to maintain...
This monograph investigates the consistent presence of change as a decisive factor in the history of warfare. It asserts that the phenomenon of change, in and of itself, can be an important contributor to battlefield success. Change can be realized...
Since its establishment as a state Israel's geo-political circumstance demands that the small nation state adapt to an ever changing threat environment. Israeli defense policy traditionally consisted of deterrence through a dominant military...
In Stability and Reconstruction Operations (SRO), most recently typified by the Global War on Terror (GWOT) the US faces environments that require large and inexpensive forces that can operate effectively in protracted low-intensity environments....
"Our host is wearing a suit. I guess that’s appropriate. This must be a big day for him. Soldiers have come all the way from America to his village’s clinic. Mama Msangi hadn’t dressed up. I’m sure she had worn the same thing she wears...
The encroachment of state borders in the name of conflict intervention in the post-cold war era is becoming increasingly common as first world nations’ seek to cease the suffering imposed because of war. Arguably, any such intrusion under a...
This study of military professionalism was conducted by the US Army War College at the direction of the Chief of Staff. The study began on 21 April 1970, and this report was submitted to the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel on 30...
This thesis examines the value of keeping an expert in the field of aviation maintenance, the aviation logistician, in the Army's list of officer specialties. The evidence indicates that there is a need for expertise in the aviation maintenance...
The beginning of the 20th century marked a departure point for the United States (U.S.) in several ways. Technological and scientific advances that would continue to influence the U.S. for decades occurred with seeming regularity. For the citizens...