Does the Department of Defense's strategic mobility program meet the needs of operational commanders? More importantly, what challenges do operational commanders face because of the inability to project certain capabilities? This monograph argues...
Multinational operations under the direction of both the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the European Union (EU) have become the norm rather than the exception. In the light of an emerging partnership between both organizations, the...
Warrant Officers are the Army's technical experts, and provide commanders with detailed information in their area of expertise. The traditional Warrant Officer path is very narrow and focused, however the Army has recently begun offering broadening...
In 2009, conflict, violence and the fear of governmental persecution caused over forty-three million people worldwide, equivalent to the population of Canada, to leave their homes and seek safety elsewhere. Twenty-seven million displaced within...
Today’s Military leaders succeed because of their knowledge of military history and lessons learned. Unsuccessful military leaders did not take the time to study military history or were unable to incorporate the lessons learned into their...
This is a transcript of a 1994 interview with William A. Connelly, Sergeant Major of the ARMY, conducted for the Sergeant major of the ARMY history project.
Coleman, Thomas W.; Wright, Donald E.; Chambers, William B.; Thomas, Jacqueline D.; Juscak, Pavol
The Costly Victory at Iwo Jima Allowed United States Airpower to Conduct Strategic And Effective Bombing of the Japanese Mainland…. During World War II the United States launched a high-level bombing operation against Japan. After the capture of...
The terrorist attacks on 9/11 underscored the vulnerability of the U.S. homeland. In response to those attacks and to protect the homeland, U.S. policy-makers created the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), responsible for homeland security, and...
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...
This research project was designed to answer the question of whether there is a need to have a pool of Joint Operation Planning and Execution System (JOPES) operators. The question stems from the researcher’s personal experience as a JOPES...
The Overlord operation is a widely-studied episode in military history. Often overlooked is a little known U.S. operation designed to overcome logistical problems in the Overlord plan. For the first 90 days of combat the Overlord operation would...
Since 1991, there has been a significant drop in the number of amphibious ships, a change in the forcible entry concept and a singular military and fiscal focus on the land wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The current state of amphibious assault...
The U.S. Navy is building Virginia class submarines, and recently completed the conversion of four Ohio class submarines from Trident Ballistic Missile Submarines (SSBN's) to Guided Missile Submarines (SSGN's). The Virginia class is the first...
Over the last two decades, the United States Army has funded boards, panels, and studies that have recommended an emphasis on cognitive development training over technical training. This research reviews the current Reserve Officers Training Corp...
The Department of Defense (DoD) has depended on different space-based assets as critical components to battlefield operations. As technology has evolved, space-based assets have become the eyes and ears of the military. Unfortunately, these assets...
The current layered and bifurcated approach to homeland security and defense is insufficient for combating future threats to the nation. This monograph describes a new approach to homeland security and defense. Broadly speaking, this new approach,...
Records the role of Armor in assaulting the Normandy beaches and expanding the beachhead; and also to present conclusions and recommendations relative to such employment.
Should the US Army allocate an Advanced Military Studies Program (AMSP) graduate to the Brigade Combat Team’s plans cell in light of a decade of doctrinal changes and modularity? This monograph analyzes a decade’s worth of change in the US...