The army and society Selective service-1948.Secretary of the Army Kenneth C. Royall ROTC: an academic focus. Major George A. Joulwan, US Army The army and society. Lieutenant Colonel Frederic J. Brown,...
The National Guard’s primary mission has evolved from the state protection to federal support, and its units have undergone its most widespread transformation and reconstruction in history. This temporary transformation will continue through...
The United States Army’s transformation from the Army of Excellence design to the Modular design had profound changes for the corps organization. Armored cavalry regiments under the Army of Excellence design provided reconnaissance and security...
Hartzog, William W.; Brouse, Steve, 1960-; Dabrowski, John R. (John Raymond); US Army Military History Institute. Oral History Branch,; Army War College (U.S.)
This oral history transcript is a part of the academic year 2004, US Army War College/US Army Military History Institute's Senior Officer Oral History Program, prepared under the auspices of the Institute's Oral History Branch.
General Hartzog was...
This study focuses on tactical airpower in south Vietnam between 1961-1968. Some of the issues examined are command and control of airpower, the use of airpower at the tactical and the operational-strategic level of war, the role of helicopters,...
Foreword by Roderick M. Cox: In 1979, the Combat Studies Institute published the first of the Leavenworth Papers. The series afforded the CGSC Faculty the opportunity to present their scholarship to the professional military community seeking to...
Beginning in the Korea War, through Vietnam and continuing with the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, US forces have been involved in combat typified by close, sharp actions - often without the doctrinally prescribed firepower to support the...
General Scales and his team wrote Certain Victory to provide both the public and the military a clear picture of the Army's role in the Gulf War. The breadth and speed of Desert Storm operations left many participants unaware of the larger context...
This essay discusses the weaknesses of Global Positioning System (GPS) use in combat, and in particular its susceptibility to Electronic Warfare (EW). Jamming a radio signal has been a successful component of EW for decades, dating back to the...
The United States Air Force (USAF) faces a fiscally constrained environment today and will likely become even more constrained in the near future. With a reduced budget and important programs and critical functions that require funding, the USAF...
Thomas, Luther; Hamilton, Neal; Hunt, Harold; Peavy, Kevin; Weis, Daniel
The role of the Reserve Components (RC) is to support the Active Component in times of war and national emergencies. They do this by supplying the Active Component with trained, well-equipped units and soldiers (CALL 92-2). Reserve Component...
This study of military professionalism was conducted by the US Army War College at the direction of the Chief of Staff. The study began on 21 April 1970, and this report was submitted to the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel on 30...
This study investigates strategic intelligence failures of the pre-Vietnam and pre-9/11 time periods. The monograph presents PEMISI (political, economic, military, information, societal, and intelligence) environmental analyses of both time periods...