The Infantry was successful throughout American history by the use of other branches of service to achieve victory in battle. This theory has been proven throughout time over the last 230 years of conflict. The Infantry cannot survive in battle...
The Joint Non-Kinetic Effects Model (JNEM) is a computer based simulation for training Division and Corps Commanders and Staffs in a manner that accurately replicates the complexities of interacting with civilian populations. The model replicates...
This study examines the coordination of the Joint Phase 0 shaping activities that take place as part of Central Command theater engagement. The focus is on horizontal synchronization across staff elements and vertical synchronization through...
Several recent targeting studies have fundamentally shaken the Air Force to its core by challenging the service's ability to employ precision munitions. The erosion of the targeting skill sets occurred gradually. Protracted low-intensity conflict...
The military application of the network centric concept is framed by Network Centric Warfare (NCW) which is an emerging operational concept based on the stated vision of future warfare in Joint Vision 2020. In the Information Age, does Network...
U.S. Army NCOs were critical to the successful intelligence operations of CJTF-1 01 in Regional Command--East during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM IX. Their responsibilities ranged from training, deploying, caring for, and redeploying their Soldiers...
The U.S. Army conducted its initial counterinsurgency in the Philippines from 1898 to 1913
as part of the United States’ expansion into Asia. While the publicized goal was to liberate the
Filipinos from Spain as part of the Spanish-American War,...
This volume of papers begins with one of the central strategic issues facing the country--the lack of operational, deployable civilians. Many studies on ideal solutions to grow civilian capacity gather dust on credenzas. Until this utopian ideal is...
Recent debate has spread throughout the Army about the Role of the Unit Ministry Team (UMT) in Civil Military Operations (CMO)/Civil Affairs (CA), as it pertains to Religious Leader Engagement (RLE). Moreover, integrating the UMTs into the...
Every time you were able to go "out-of-the-wire" and comeback with all your soldiers alive you had a good day. This is what I will remember most about Iraq and the Military Iraq Transition Team (MiTT) that I was a part of during OIF 5-6. Every MiTT...
The United States Army is currently at a major crossroads with respect to training. Experiences from the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, the introduction of Army Field Manual 3-0, Operations, and its equal importance placed on offensive...
Rules of Engagement (ROE) in Iraq are to protect coalition forces from insurgents. Some incidents escalated to a point where vehicles were shot in the engine, disabling the vehicle, others shot through the window, killing everyone inside. With...
Communicating official messages to soldiers within the United States Army is an endeavor that leaders at every level have conducted since the inception of the organization. Army doctrine links communication to leadership via the terminological...
This paper will cover the ethical behavior standards expected of Army service members as outlined in FM 1, The Army field manual, regulatory directive and guidance section pertaining to the Soldier’s Creed, Warrior Ethos, and Army Values in...
In this edition of the Center for Army Lessons Learned (CALL) Special Operations newsletter, we will examine the special operations forces (SOF) perspective of irregular warfare (IW) at the operational and tactical levels through a selection of...
Staff Sergeant Steven Jackson was a Reserve Component soldier who reenlisted on his fiftieth birthday in 2003 after a sixteen-year break in service. After a valuable predeployment train-up at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, he mobilized at Fort Bragg, North...
The purpose of this monograph is to provide operational commanders and staff with a glimpse of the potential of non-lethal power of culture. This monograph suggests that it maybe possible to weaponize culture, specifically through the use of...
Actionable intelligence is information that can ultimately influence decisions or lead to kinetic or non-kinetic operations against targets. The attacks against the United States on 11 September 2001 (9/11), revealed that despite the ability of our...
Following protracted campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, the British Army must restructure for the future amidst significant financial restrictions. Since 9/11, the character of warfare appears to have shifted; theories of hybrid warfare are...
In the years after invading Iraq and Afghanistan, the US military realized that it had a problem: How does a military force set the economic conditions for security success? This problem was certainly not novel--the military had confronted it...