Up until the 1960s the grip and influence of colonial Europe all but covered the continent of Africa. One by one African countries began the long, difficult struggle of breaking this grip and moved, often violently, toward independence....
The United States existence is not directly based on its military but rather
(arguably) its economy; the United States was formed on principals and ideas but in
modern history our national power is derived from our economy. The economics in...
The U.S. intervention in Cuba in 1906, commonly referred to as the Second Intervention, began on September 28, 1906 with the resignation of the Cuban president and his cabinet and ended on January 28, 1909 when the U.S. relinquished control of the...
Whether a success or a failure, a counterinsurgency is always influenced by a mixture of politics, the media, and public opinion. The United States was involved in a successful counterinsurgency during 1898-1902. I will attempt to reveal how the...
The U.S. has been repeatedly unprepared to execute its primary mission at the outbreak of hostilities. Use two examples to identify the root factors affecting the U.S. military’s readiness to perform its primary function during the initial stages...
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 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...
The subject of cyberterrorism has become a topic of increasing importance to both the U.S. government and military. Offensive cyber capabilities provide a means to mitigate risk to U.S. systems that depend on the Internet to conduct business. In...
The purpose of the monograph is to explore the trends in retention during the last fifteen years during an era of persistent conflict. Frequent deployments influence soldiers' retention decisions. Based on extensive research from surveys, focus...
In 2009, Lt. Gen. Thomas G. Miller, Commander, First Army, directed the development and implementation of an improved method to train and certify deploying units. Lieutenant General Miller directed First Army's operations and training support units...
Non-Governmental Organizations, research and academic institutions, charities, and international organization efforts to track and monitor activities and conditions in high-risk settings provide uniquely useful indicators and warning of possible...
This Civil Affairs document describes the employment conditions and exchanges, wages/hours/working conditions, labor legislation and policies, labor and employers' organizations, industrial relations, cooperative movement, and social insurance in...
These studies of training and leader development, and doctrinal and combat developments subjects provide historical perspective to support the Command’s mission of preparing the Army for war and charting its future. This is a study of the...
The purpose of this monograph is to explore what part of the emerging concept of Effects-Based Operations is relevant to the way the Italian Army is heading towards the future. Specifically, given the experience of the Italian Army in stability and...
Headquarters, Army Ground Forces, Office of the Commanding General
This is a brief report covering the world-wide activities of Army Ground Forces from its organization in March 1942 to the surrender of Japan. The table of contents includes: the American ground soldier; building the ground Army in the United...
Long before the dust settled on European battlefields in World War II, the U.S. Army had to face the difficult tasks of occupying and governing war-torn Germany. Its leaders and troops were called upon to deal with a series of complex challenges in...
This publication delineates requirements and considerations for joint patient movement in the Health Service Support (HSS) system as well as HSS aspects of joint patient movement planning, special operations, and military operations other than war....