The United States Army Chemical School provides radiological training to lieutenants and captains in the Chemical Officer Basic Course (CBOLC) and the Chemical Captain’s Career Course (CMC3). Most of the radiological terminal learning objectives...
The primary question of this thesis is "Does the People's Liberation Army's (PLA) armament acquisition plan support their military strategy." The four subordinate questions are: What is the PLA's military strategy? What have they purchased from...
Sustainable peace in the Western Balkans still remains to be desired. Ethnic impatience and nationalistic extremism are still strong and capable of ruining the peace achieved. Further engagement of the International Community is critical to...
de Sola Pool, Ithiel; Fowler, Gordon; McGrath, Peter; Peterson, Richard
The overall purpose of this study was to access the trustworthiness and reliability of the inputs from district advisors of the U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV) to the Hamlet Evaluation System (HES) and to suggest ways of improving...
The current U.S. Army Transformation process has experienced several changes due to operational commitments in the Global War on Terror (GWOT) and different perceptions about required military capabilities among political and military authorities....
In the contemporary environment of Global War on Terror, there is a growing perception of a linkage between Islamic teachings and terrorism. The purpose of this thesis is to examine the vulnerability of Islamic doctrine and teachings to...
This thesis identifies air base ground defense issues which arose during US Air Force involvement in the Vietnam Conflict from November 1964 until January 1973. After identification of these air base ground defense issues, six active duty US Air...
This monograph began as an investigation to determine if either Effects-Based Operations (EBO) or Systemic Operational Design (SOD) should replace the traditional Military Decision-Making Process (MDMP). It soon became clear that the approaches do...
Current U.S. military doctrine identifies the “center of gravity” (COG) as one of the key elements in theater and operational design planning. Since Karl von Clausewitz formalized the COG concept in On War, military planners have used it as a...
There's not any doubt that oil is a finite resource and that the United States relies heavily on oil for homeland security, defense security, and economic security. Every facet of the American lifestyle is dependent on oil. The United States...
The United States has attempted for several decades to assist in the modernization of armies in the Middle East. These armies are rich in tradition and heritage of medieval and pre-modern Islamic armies. Islamic armies possess an ability to...
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...
Cost, consumption, and accessibility issues surrounding foreign petroleum have driven the Department of Defense to develop and publish an energy strategy founded on reduction, diversification, and affordability. Federal environmental mandates,...
This study assesses the evolution of foreign area expertise in the U.S. armed forces during the twentieth century. It focuses on the development of foreign area officer (FAO) programs as the services adapted to incremental requirements for regional...
"This 1976 manual describes fire support used to engage surface targets during all types of oeprations with a focus on the modern battlefield, where the ratio of combat power will initially favor the enemy. Although all fire support systems are...
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...
The thesis addresses the development of the current Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF). This topic was chosen because the international community, in consultation with the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, has established 2014...
From at least 1995 until 2001 the Army Reserve Troop Program Unit (TPU) shortage of Army Promotion List (APL) company grade officers has increased. It will continue to increase under the existing status quo. Several factors contribute to this...
Leadership is an art and many leadership attributes remain timeless; this study of a successful leader is significant because it provides an insight to a leader that has led and commanded before us and identifies how he mastered the art of...