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...
This study is a resource Soldiers can use to help prepare for a deployment to Afghanistan by creating a self-development plan using technology supported tools. First, the study identifies some types of knowledge technology supported tools can...
This monograph examines how the task force commander and executive officer can enhance the training and professional development of the battalion coordinating staff. The National Training Center continues to report that task force staffs continue...
My personal experience paper will demonstrate how leaders who have touched my life during different military assignments and deployments have shaped my military career. It will also show how I utilized what I learned from those leaders when I...
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 monograph examines the role of contemporary media, especially television, in the Middle East and the United States. The object is to highlight similarities and differences, with an eye to selective comparative analysis. To preclude voluminous...
This document gives insight into the organization of the POW camp system. It discusses prisoner of war labor, food, clothing, medical service and hygiene, Russian treatment of POWs, attitudes of German prisoners of war, propaganda, cultural work,...
In locating the site for a defensive firing line, it must be divided into three sections : firing line, immediate support and reserves. In doing this several opposing factors should be taken into consideration and their relative importance judged...
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...
In Army, we are taught the value of customs and courtesies. The salute is one of the oldest that we adhere to. We have gotten away for the custom of saluting the flag at reveille and retreat. We have ignored the music and opted to continue our...
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...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Essayons, originally published as the Fort Leonard Wood Guidon in 1966 then as the Guidon from 1966 to 1987. Became Essayons in 1988 and remained that way until 1999 when it reverted back to Guidon. It has been and continues to be a record of...
This research study examines the 7/7 London bombings, the Murrah building attack by Timothy McVeigh, and the Japanese religious terrorist group Aum Shinrikyo. The three groups are analyzed against the recognized forms of human rights, as defined by...
Japan's pacifist identity and security practices have deep roots with the atomic bomb. The victims experiences and Japan's preferences in dealing with the memories distinguishes their nation and allows them security opportunities that other nations...
Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, and his Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, Mrs. Victoria Clarke, initiated the embedded news media program. The intent was for the public to see directly through the media what happened at the...
This monograph is attempted provocation an intellectual dare from the author to the reader to think about how the Army views risk taking by its tactical leaders. More specifically, this monograph attempts to answer whether the Army's capstone...
This document describes a lecture delivered at the Command and General Staff School on Fort Leavenworth, Kansas in October 1942. It is a 'psychological study' and evaluation into the Japanese warrior: "This is our enemy. It will be wise for us to...
Discusses events involved in the occupation of Norway on April 9, 1940. Details German operations during the three to five years preceding the occupation, events immediately before the occupation, the German memorandum to Norway, operations on...
Remarks by General Colin Powell (ret), former Secretary, U.S. Department of State to the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. Ft. Leavenworth, KS As delivered on Tuesday, April 29, 2008. Transcript by Federal News Service Washington, DC....
First Place Winner of the MacArthur Military Leadership Writing Competition for the CGSC Class 2009-02. True leaders create meaning out of difficult events or relationships, while others may be devastated or even defeated by them. Leaders come out...