The purpose of this study is to determine the suitability of using an evolutionary acquisition strategy in joint acquisition programs for command and control systems. The policies of the Office of the Secretary of Defense and of the Joint Logistics...
Office of the Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Intelligence
From the introduction: "Spain and Portugal are strategically important because of the geographical relation of the Iberian peninsula to Gibraltar, North Africa, and the western Mediterranean. Of primary significance are transportation facilities....
This paper briefly discusses the administration of the National Guard unit, and in more detail, the office of the instructor. While both are considerably standardized by the National Guard Bureau forms and routine, the author endeavors to cover the...
The objective of this study is to orientate officers who are not familiar with school directive data pertaining to Reserve Officers' Training Corps Duty. Also, to relate their dual function: first as an instructor for the training of the students,...
Historical Record Branch, Office of Technical Information
This is a historical and statistical summary of the New York Port of Embarkation during 1941. It contains both movements of personnel (by water) and movements of freight (outbound and inbound by Army Transport Service). The principal purpose of the...
On 29 April 1975, Operation Frequent Wind was executed, and 1373 American citizens, 5595 Vietnamese and Third Country Nationals were successfully evacuated by helicopter from the American Embassy Saigon and the DAO compound. Status of events,...
The three sections of this document discuss political, economic and social issues in Korea. Political topics include government politics and legal and public safety. Economic issues reveal information on natural resources, industry, commerce, and...
The three sections of this document include information on political (administrative, departmental, political parties and personalities, interzone activities, and foreign affairs), economic (agriculture/forestry/fisheries, commerce/finance,...
General Headquarters, United States Army Forces, Pacific
U.S. military activities in Korea included political, economic, and social involvement. In the political spectrum, government, legalities, and public safety are described. Economic topics included natural resources, commerce and industry, and...
United States. American Expeditionary Forces. General Staff, G-5., United States War Dept.
The following provisional machine gun firing manual, 1917, is published by the General Headquarters American Expeditionary Force for the information and guidance of units equipped with Hotchkiss and Browning machine guns.
This study discusses that due to the geographical, climate conditions and the absence of roads, the American wheeled vehicle is unsuited for general use in Central America for combat conditions for supply and evacuation purposes.
This document is a study of the supply and evacuation of the British forces during their advance into Syria between September 19th, 1918, and October 31st, 1918. The paper discusses the advance of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, the Sinai Desert,...
Paper discusses supply, supporting bases, shipping procurement, supply by air, loading of supplies and the need for an adequate amount of service troops for amphibious operations. It looks to World War II as a model and concludes that future wars...
Compares the status report system and the straight requisitioning method in the supply of overseas commands during wartime. Prior to World War II, supply was by requisition exception for controlled or regulated items. In January 1942, Class I and...
The purpose of this study is to discuss the organization, methods and means employed by the British Expeditionary Forces in France, with reference to supply, from the time of mobilization to the Battle of the Marne; including the principles...
The international community intervened repeatedly in Somalia since the central government fell in 1991. These interventions failed to produce a stable, elected government. Instead, over the last 20 years Somalis faced famine, terrorism, sexual...
Since the passage of the National Security Act of 1947, Congress has tried to correct the recurring problem of fractured command authority and poor cooperation between the services. Changes in 1958 and the recent Defense Reorganization Act of 1986...
Contains basic instruction used by infantry, artillery, and aviation for both the offensive and defensive tactics as employed by the Germans in July 1918.
This study analyzes the Chinese Red Army from 1927 to 1936 to determine how the Red Army survived attacks from external military forces and also successfully overcame the threats to its existence posed by changing Chinese Communist Party (CCP)...
This study analyzes the Chinese Red Army from 1927 to 1936 to determine how the Red Army survived attacks from external military forces and also successfully overcame the threats to its existence posed by changing Chinese Communist Party (CCP)...