Scott Martin; Randall Fogg; John Welton; Kimberly Darrough; Dayron Vargas
World War I ranks high among disasters to have afflicted mankind. Within World War I, the Battle of Verdun was the longest and most costly in life (Livesey 66). However, even with the loss of 542,000 men, the Battle of Verdun was the turning point...
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...
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is becoming an important topic for military leaders as the two wars in Afghanistan and Iraq continue. The diagnosis of PTSD in Soldiers returning from the battlefields is increasing at an alarming rate. Despite...
Anybody, at any time, under any circumstance is capable of doing the wrong thing.
Ethics and Army values build the foundation for solid relationships and units. The example that each leader sets has a greater impact on a Soldier than any acronym...
This paper analyzes the root factors affecting America’s military readiness to perform its primary functions during the initial stages of conflict by focusing on two historical events: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the World Trade...
This paper is how I view Ethics and how we as Soldiers and as members of society conduct ourselves in everyday living. As Soldiers we are expected by our government to be law abiding citizens and to always present mature and disciplined behavior....
MSG Gary I. Gordon, a native of Lincoln, Maine, and an Army Ranger distinguished himself as a great American Hero in Mogadishu, Somalia. He was an individual, and a soldier turned hero. This paper will explore the events that lead to MSG Gordon...
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 purpose of this research was to identify how important direct service benefits are to mid-career U.S. Army officer decisions to continue serving in the Army on active duty. The problem this research effort focused on was understanding how...
This monograph examines the effect of allowing women into the infantry in the U.S. Army. It focuses on aspects of the moral domain - cohesion, bonding, morale and stress. It attempts to answer the question: Will small level infantry unit (i.e....
The end of the Cold War changed the international security environment. It created an international environment plagued by wide spread human rights violations, the proliferation of violence, and an increase in the potential use of weapons of mass...
Manual provides operational guidance for Army counterintelligence personnel and outlines standard investigative procedures for employment by counterintelligence elements and units in the United States Army in both war and peacetime.
Thesis Sentence: Over time, intelligence-gathering techniques have proven to be valuable and questionable methods of the ability to obtain intelligence information about the enemy. ABSTRACT:
The question of interrogation techniques used by the...
As a nation actively involved in the Global War on Terrorism, Cultural Awareness is a delicate subject that can and will change world and popular opinion of the United States of America and the Armed Forces. Past failures to understand different...
“By personal study of history and the art and science of leadership, one understands
what worked and what did not. In a letter to his son on the eve of D-Day, George S. Patton
wrote: “To be a successful soldier you must know history. Read it...
Field artillery field manual (1940) which contains reference data of special value to field artillery personnel in the theater of operations, or references to authorized training literature containing these data.
This paper covers my one year tour in Iraq as a First Sergeant of a medical company in the 296th Brigade Support Battalion of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division. It will start with the first month in Kuwait. The second phase was the...
On 20 July 2004, an incident occurred in Iraq that has changed my life forever. This was the day that my company suffered its only combat death. However, the ramifications of that day had far reaching impacts on my unit that were still unfolding...