Special Operation Forces have used the core elements of information operations successfully on the field of battle for a great many years. Their focus on the management and enforcement of operational security, as well as the use of psychological...
This paper discusses the ethical dilemma that confronted a battalion chain of command when a Sergeant Fire team leader received a driving under the influence citation the night before the battalion deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom....
This is one of a series published by the U.S. Army Center of Military History. They were written by officers who held responsible positions in the Cambodian, Laotian, and South Vietnamese armed forces during the war in Indochina. The document...
Pacification is the military, political, economic, and social process of establishing or reestablishing local government responsive to and involving the participation of the people. It includes the provision of sustained, credible territorial...
Born out of a necessity to accomplish my unit’s mission and living by the words “Lead by Example”, I experienced the fight against terrorism from both a First Sergeant and Door-gunners view. For a year I bounced between First Sergeant duties...
Many of the world’s Arabic nations view our attempts at nation-building as U.S. democratic imperialism and dangerous adventurism that destabilizes countries and political regions. In light of our current ongoing difficulties in Iraq and our...
We’ve read many books about military history, and heard many stories about military history, but what have we learned? We cannot expect the enemy to stop and wait for us to prepare ourselves for war. They have read the same books we have, and can...
The 22d Mobile Public Affairs Detachment deployed to Iraq December 2004 to November 2005 to provide public affairs support to Task Force Liberty in north-central Iraq. The detachment conducted missions throughout its area of operations to collect...
Recent years have seen the US, UK and other ISAF and Coalition nations enmeshed in protracted, complex and intense campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan. Resilient and highly adaptable opponents have operated asymmetrically, and amongst the people, to...
In recent years the contemporary operational environment has increasingly included multinational operations, which have fault lines in understanding and visualizing the common operational picture. These fault lines are typically associated with...
The Four Party Joint Military Team (FPJMT) was established two months after the signing of the Paris Agreement in January 1973. The purpose of the FPJMT was to negotiate the implementation of Article 8(b) of the Agreement which called for...
The concept of winning wars when outnumbered is critical to United States doctrine in the 1980s and 1990s. As the product of domestic and allied force structuring, our most dangerous enemy has developed a clear cut superiority in mass. That...
This thesis examines the requirements of the land force commander for timely intelligence of the battlefield when engaged in combat operations with a highly mobile enemy. The capabilities of the organic Army agencies and USAF Tactical...
This monograph examines a looming gap in the Army's inventory. After April 1997 a strategically deployable airdroppable lightweight armored vehicle to support early entry forces will not exist. The decisions to terminate the Armored Gun System...
This monograph defines the meaning of the operational raid and demonstrates that raids conducted during the American Civil War were effective methods in achieving limited operational and strategic goals. Current service and joint doctrine and the...
This study analyzes the centralized operations and intelligence fusion functions in an equipment system known as the United States European Command's Theater Missile Defense Coordination Cell. Under the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization...
Most of those who comment on Iran's attempt to influence Iraqi Shia, do so without considering the historical and cultural connection between these two peoples. The research presented directs its attention to the Iranian motives and capabilities...
In October 1993, the Quick Reaction Force Headquarters in Mogadishu, Somalia observed, "convoys are more vulnerable to attack than ground maneuver forces and should be planned and executed as a combat operation." During the period from 1993 to...
Thompson, DeWitt, Hauck, Herman A., Dunlap, Nicholas
This study in four volumes covers the Army peacetime supply distribution system in the zone of the interior from the reception of all supplies procured or used by the Army through allocation (or classification) and storage to final issue or...
This study investigated the commander's impact on preventing disease during military conflicts. During the course of U.S. military history only 20 percent of all hospital admissions resulted from combat injuries, while the other 80 percent resulted...