In this first of two interviews, Major Jeffrey Holmes discusses his deployment to Guantanamo Bay (GTMO), Cuba, as the training officer with the 300th Military Police (MP) Brigade from November 2002 through September 2003 in support of the Global...
In this second of two interviews, Major David Creasman discusses his deployment in the Ramadi area of Iraq as the intelligence officer for the division artillery (DIVARTY) of the 82nd Airborne Division from 2003 through 2004. A major challenge he...
Lieutenant Colonel Wes Gillman was the commander of 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry, which is part of 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He deployed in January 2003 and redeployed in August 2003. Before...
The following is part three of a three-part interview with Major Jim McDermott, during the totality of which he discusses his two Operation Iraqi Freedom deployments - the first in 2003 as commander of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry,...
Major Steve Murphy was the Alpha Troop commander of 6th Squadron, 6th Cavalry, part of the 11th Aviation Regiment, and deployed for combat operations during Operation Iraqi Freedom in March 2003. In this interview, he discusses his role and...
This interview with United States Air Force (USAF) Security Police Major Jason Beers covers his deployment as commander of a 240-person base security unit - the 586th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron - located near Um Qasr at Camp Bucca in...
Lieutenant Colonel Michael Gabel deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom as the 11th Aviation Regiment's fire support officer from January through June 2003, and then transitioned in theater to become operations officer for the 41st Field...
From February 2004 through February 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Bruce Scott served as a battle captain/assistant operations officer and, later, commander of a Chinook helicopter company for 1st Battalion, 244th Command...
Major Nicole Stanford served as the assistant operations officer for the 311th Military Intelligence Battalion and commander of that battalion's Alpha Company in Kuwait and Iraq from February 2003 through January 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi...
Major Alan Wesenberg, US Air Force, deployed as a flight commander of a 12-aircraft air expeditionary force (AEF) element of the 492nd Fighter Squadron form March to June 2004. Flying F-15Es from Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom, to...
On 9/11, Major Tim Shaffer was the commander of Headquarters Battery, 4th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery, part of the 1st Cavalry Division based at Fort Hood, Texas, and in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks - in support of Operation...
An assistant operations officer with the 75th Field Artillery Brigade, Major Kevin Brown deployed to Operation IRAQI FREEDOM with his unit, which became the command and control element for the 75th Exploitation Task Force (XTF), charged with...
This paper is a study of the Japanese estimate of the Russian Army made prior to the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War. Based on General Fujii’s writings, he was able to predict the powers and limitations of the Russian Army as demonstrated in...
Prior to 11 September 2001, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) posed a serious threat to Central Asian stability. The IMU, a militant fundamentalist Islamic group, declared that its goal was to overthrow the Central Asian governments and...
This thesis investigates ways to contend with Carl von Clausewitz's center of gravity concept. It describes the concept's importance and the alarming degree of confusion regarding its application. The thesis describes the use of knowledge...
In Africa, the effect of the proliferation of SALW continues to impact negatively on the socioeconomic development particularly within the GLHA subregion. Since 2000, several initiatives on the matter have been developed. Foremost among the...
Africa has recently become strategically important to the US and China, mainly for economic reasons. The US and China, the leading consumers of oil in the world, have devised strategies to secure and expand their interests, especially the quest for...
The purpose of this thesis is to determine whether or not the Army is effectively and adequately employing innovative (IP-based) knowledge management (KM) tools to manage the knowledge of information technology (IT) development, acquisition, and...
One of the tools available to the counterinsurgent when devising a campaign is the interdiction of the insurgent’s movement of men, materiel, and money at the border. This thesis examined three case studies of border interdiction in insurgency:...
The United States (US) has conducted nation building in nearly every conflict in which it has been involved. Some of these endeavors, such as Japan and Germany, were successful. Others have been less so. Although the reasons for success or failure...