The death of three Soldiers stained the first Stryker Brigade’s first combat mission in a tragic accident in Al Dulya, Iraq. Following the accident, the battalion conducted an inquiry that lead to the implementations that some say needed...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Essayons, originally published as the Fort Leonard Wood Guidon in 1966 then as the Guidon from 1966 to 1987. Became Essayons in 1988 and remained that way until 1999 when it reverted back to Guidon. It has been and continues to be a record of...
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...
The current U.S. Army operating concept prominently includes stability operations built on the core competency of wide area security. Stability operations secure national goals for military action by establishing the conditions for lasting peace...
Sun Tzu asserts that success is not winning every battle fought, but subduing the enemy's will without fighting. Nevertheless, modern military thought fails to distinguish an enemy's will-to-fight from their means to do so, limiting the ways...
Napoleon Bonaparte lost over 300,000 men in the Therian Peninsula combating the British Army and Navy, along with their Spanish and Portuguese allies, in the savage conventional and unconventional Peninsular War. This very important sub-theater of...
Ahora que nos vamos de Irak, ¿qué aprendimos? Coronel Graig A. Collier, Ejército de EUA; El 19 de agosto de 2010, la última unidad de combate -- 4a Brigada Stryker de la 2a División de Infantería -- salió de Irak cuando la Operación Iraqi...
Guerra moderna, derecho moderno y doctrina del ejército: ¿Nos mantenemos al mismo paso que el siglo XXI? Oficial Técnico Richard J. Butler (R), Ejército de los EE.UU.
Jus post bellum: la importancia de los juicios de los crímenes de...
La reacción a la democracia boliviana: evitar los errores cometidos respecto a Cuba. Dra. Waltraud Queiser Morales; Durante más de 50 años, la política del Gobierno de los EE.UU. ha sido la de promover la democracia en América Latina. La...
Thesis: It is extremely important for military professionals to take time out to learn about military history. Learning from the past can assist leaders in making informed decisions for future combat operations. Abstract: It is extremely important...
NCO History Papers: In 2003 the Sergeants Major course introduced a new NCO history lesson. The lesson requires each student to pick a topic relating to NCO history and develop it during the course. Each student delivers a number of short briefings...
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...
Phase III Operation Iraqi Freedom has shown our military’s propensity to focus on major combat operations (MCO) often at the expense of post-MCO security and reconstruction. Without clear doctrinal guidance of how to establish effective security...
Battle successes have been many for non-commission officers (NCO). Individuals that have had the most accomplished successes have been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor (CMH). In looking at some of these Medal of Honor awardees, it gives a...
Considered the first documented commitment of a Western-style army facing a nation-wide insurgency, the Peninsular War deserves a critical examination of French pacification methods. In spite of a severe defeat, the Grande Armee achieved success...
The Department of the Army decided to re-structure the combat divisions into modular, brigade units in order to better address the difficulty inherent in fighting a long war on terrorism, while simultaneously providing combat units to OIF and OEF...
A.T. Mahan's 1890 book The Influence of Sea Power on History presented a theory of sea power that proclaimed the capital ship-centered battle fleet essential to any great maritime nation's long-term prosperity. Mahan also formulated a beguilingly...