TRADOC is a relevant and essential organization in today’s Army. No other organization performs the functions that TRADOC accomplishes. Unfortunately, TRADOC is not operating as effective as it could be. Its process lines, or lines of command and...
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said it best, “If an alliance of the world’s greatest democracies cannot summon the will to get the job done in a mission that we agree is morally and just and vital to our security, then our citizens may begin...
The statements “History always repeats itself” and “we never learn from history” can lead a person to believe that the recording of history is not necessary. Similar events happen throughout the course of our lives and it is important to...
Karl Marx, or one of his disciples, was correct in making the rather astute observation that “history never repeats itself”, it is equally true that it often gives that impression. The military force is aimed at serving as the vigilant vanguard...
This history essay will discuss the role of the Noncommissioned officer in the Mexican American War and the outbreak of the American Civil Wars. We know the old cliché “history repeats itself”, to the contrary military history does not repeat...
History speaks for itself, the more you know about military history the more successful you will be in battle. Taking the time from your busy schedule to study military history it really paid off when you are in the battlefield. Don’t take for...
Army leaders can learn valuable lessons from history. Understanding successes and
failures of past counterinsurgency campaigns is a critical element in planning current and future
operations of this kind. The Philippine insurrection and the United...
McIntosh, Damian G.; Bensimon, Julio C.; Russelburg , Timothy S.; Busma, Scott G.
Abstract: This Haines Research Paper examines the relevance of the central European Allies and their support in the global war on terrorism. We will first examine the changing faces of the Allies of central Europe and NATO (North Atlantic Treaty...
Thesis: It is important that military professionals take time to study military history. It is
through the study of military history that professionals can apply lessons learned from the past.
Through the study of Sam Watkins’ memoirs, Emery...
Military history prepares the Soldiers of today for the enemy they may face tomorrow. Understanding the past can create a better-trained and informed fighting force than ever before. George Washington faced the task of fighting a better trained,...
Throughout history, militaries have been confronted with insurgencies when occupying or assisting in foreign lands. The history of these insurgencies have many similarities and should be analyzed in assisting in how we deal with present day...
The Department of Defense (DoD) has long recognized the need for interservice cooperation in warfighting and has been slowly evolving to structure, train, and equip the forces to facilitate this joint cooperation. Today, joint cooperation is even...
In 2008 the Army declared that the current demand for forces in Iraq and Afghanistan was unsustainable--this thesis asks if this is a fair and accurate assessment. The Army developed the Army Force Generation Model in response to a condition of...
The War of the Triple Alliance, fought from 1864 to 1870 between Paraguay and the Triple Alliance of Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, was a Latin American regional war that spiraled out of control to become one of the bloodiest international...
Strategic communication is a relatively new and currently evolving concept in the U.S. military, and it is currently not widely understood what role, if any, leaders at the tactical level have in it. In order to determine what role tactical-level...
This monograph examines the use of Foreign Internal Defense (FID) and Unconventional Warfare (UW) as the primary means of preventing global insurgency. The paper is broken into four sections. The History section gives a basic background of Special...
Exercising the strength of America’s military requires the capability to project people, equipment, and supplies across the globe. The credible threat of military action demands the ability to thrust that power at will, with the necessary...
Within the literature on Systemic Operational Design, discourse is generally treated as a mechanical communicative process. The monograph presents alternative ways to consider discourse, the implications of this for theory of Systemic Operational...
In 1954 the French Armed Forces began a campaign in Algeria against the insurgent Front de Liberation Nationale (FLN) which had started a bloody uprising against French sovereignty. Initially, the French military did not have a viable...
This monograph examines the SBCT intelligence structure to determine if it is adequately resourced to conduct operations under a corps headquarters serving as a Joint Task Force Headquarters without a dedicated division level fusion cell. This...