| Honduran-U.S. Relations |
01 Feb 2010 |
24 pages |
| Authors:
Peter J Meyer; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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 | On January 27, 2010, Porfirio Lobo Sosa was inaugurated President of Honduras. Lobo assumed power after seven months of domestic political crisis and international isolation that had resulted from the June 28, 2009 ouster of President Manuel Zelaya. The political crisis has left Lobo with a number of challenges, including considerable domestic political polarization, a lack of international recognition, and a faltering economy. Nonetheless, the strength of Lobo's National Party ... |
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| Renovation of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Baghdad, Iraq |
13 Jan 2010 |
46 pages |
| Authors:
Angelina Johnston; Kevin O'Connor; Shawn Sassaman; Yogin Rawal; SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION ARLINGTON VA
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| After the fall of the Saddam Hussein regime in 2003, an important monument in Baghdad, the Iraqi Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, was looted and damaged. In 2006, the U.S. military awarded a contract under the Commander's Emergency Response Program (CERP) to fully renovate the landmark and provide the Iraqi Military Honor Unit with ceremonial uniforms. SIGIR is charged to conduct assessments of Iraq reconstruction projects funded with amounts appropriated ... |
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| U.S. Periods of War |
07 Jan 2010 |
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| Authors:
Barbara S Torreon; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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 | Many wars or conflicts in U.S. history have federally designated periods of war, dates marking their beginning and ending. These dates are important for qualification for certain veterans' pension or disability benefits. Confusion can occur because beginning and ending dates for periods of war in many nonofficial sources are often different from those given in treaties and other official sources of information, and armistice dates can be confused with termination ... |
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| The History of American Settlement at Camp Atterbury |
Jan 2010 |
176 pages |
| Authors:
Steven D Smith; Chris J Cochran; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| This report details the history of 19th and 20th century farm and community settlement within the Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, IN. It also provides a historic context for the identification, evaluation, and preservation of significant historic properties within installation boundaries. This historic context defines property types, poses research questions, and provides evaluation criteria based on the Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center's settlement history, in an effort to ... |
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| Organizing OPNAV (1970-2009). Revision 2 |
Jan 2010 |
124 pages |
| Authors:
Peter M Swartz; Michael C Markowitz; CENTER FOR NAVAL ANALYSES ALEXANDRIA VA
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| The Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) is committed to providing all U.S. Navy personnel, especially decision makers, their staffs, and the faculty and students of its educational institutions with a deeper understanding of their past. Such an understanding enables the making of more sophisticated and nuanced Navy policy decisions in the present and future. To this end, NHHC is embarking on a study of the origins and development of ... |
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| The NFP Strategic Leader |
Jan 2010 |
14 pages |
| Authors:
R Craig Bullis; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Individual self-awareness is a strategic leader's greatest asset, and the importance of efforts to enhance such awareness is clearly demonstrated by research concluding that leaders have significant effects on the competitive advantage of organizations. Organizations that ensure leader development are degrees better at mission accomplishment than those that focus their attention elsewhere. Optimizing strategic leader development efforts, therefore, is a fundamental challenge for almost all large organizations in today's environment. ... |
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| A Historical Basis for Force Requirements in Counterinsurgency |
Jan 2010 |
14 pages |
| Authors:
Steven M Goode; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Over the last eight years, one question has repeatedly come up in regard to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan: How many soldiers are enough? The question was first raised before the Iraq war started, with highly publicized disagreements between senior military leaders regarding the number of forces needed to secure Iraq after the invasion. The debate reached another peak when the ?surge? strategy was announced. It has once again ... |
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| The Cultural Imperative for Professional Military Education and Leader Development |
Jan 2010 |
13 pages |
| Authors:
Allison Abbe; Standley M Halpin; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| There is emerging agreement within the military services that culture is an important factor in irregular warfare and stability, support, transition, and reconstruction operations. Sociocultural factors affect every level of engagement in irregular warfare, from the interpersonal interactions while negotiating with local leaders, military advisers training their counterparts, to group and societal engagements during strategic communication and influence operations. The impact of these factors has been widely recognized at every ... |
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| Joint Force Quarterly. Issue 56, 1st Quarter, January 2010 |
Jan 2010 |
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| Authors:
David H Gurney; Jeffrey D Smootherman; George C Maerz; NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV WASHINGTON DC INST FOR NATIONAL STRATEGIC STUDIES
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| When Joint Force Quarterly readers see or hear the words National Defense University, they are most likely to think of the Joint Forces Staff College, the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, or perhaps the National War College. But NDU is much larger and more diversified than most realize. It is comprised of colleges, research centers, and regional centers that cover the waterfront of national defense and international security studies, ... |
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| Military Service Records and Unit Histories: A Guide to Locating Sources |
16 Dec 2009 |
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| Authors:
Julissa Gomez-Granger; Anne Leland; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| This guide provides information on locating military unit histories and individual service records of discharged, retired, and deceased military personnel. It includes contact information for military history centers, websites for additional sources of research, and a bibliography of other publications. |
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| Beyond Bombs, Bullets and Planes: Developing Airmen-Statements for the 21st Century |
11 Dec 2009 |
112 pages |
| Authors:
Christopher A Filipietz; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| In response to lessons learned, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) launched a comprehensive program, in 2009, to make all Airmen cross-culturally competent (3C). As part of this program, the USAF has included cultural training in all levels of professional military education (PME), expanded the cultural training content of pre-deployment training courses, and begun adjusting doctrine to better reflect the need for cultural considerations in planning and conducting operations. While this ... |
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| Developing Leaders for the Third Generation Singapore Army: A Training and Education Roadmap |
11 Dec 2009 |
77 pages |
| Authors:
Tiong K Tan; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| The Singapore Army is transforming towards a Third Generation fighting force to meet the challenges of the contemporary security environment. As part of this transformation, the Singapore Army needs to review the training and education roadmap of its officers to develop the adaptive leaders required for full spectrum operations. Emphasis must be given to strengthen the professional military education, and develop the intellectual capacity, military ethics, and knowledge of the ... |
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| Does the Leadership Style and Command Method of General Sir John Monash Remain Relevant to the Contemporary Commander? |
11 Dec 2009 |
108 pages |
| Authors:
Colin D Bassett; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| Leadership is an art and many leadership attributes remain timeless. This study of a successful leader is significant in that it gives us insight into a leader who has led before us, and it identifies how he mastered the art of leadership. General Sir John Monash remains one of the most highly regarded officers to have emerged from the First World War. While his extraordinary achievements have already been documented, ... |
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| The Campaign of 1777: Examination of a Turning Point Using DIME |
11 Dec 2009 |
81 pages |
| Authors:
Jason W Torgerson; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| This historical assessment of the American Revolution evaluates the significance of the Campaign of 1777. More specifically, the thesis examines whether the Campaign of 1777 was a turning point in the American Revolutionary War, or simply a natural shift in political and military strategies. The thesis defines the Campaign of 1777 as spanning January 6, 1777 through March 14, 1778. Each of the four elements of National Power -- Diplomatic, ... |
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| Howitzers on High Ground: Considerations for Artillery Employment in Southwest Asia |
03 Dec 2009 |
67 pages |
| Authors:
Joseph A Jackson; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| The current U.S. Army involvement in Afghanistan requires an expanded field artillery arsenal of weaponry and munitions. This expansion should include rockets, medium and light howitzers, and pack howitzers. These weapon systems offset the limitations that the rugged mountainous terrain of Southwest Asia and enemy tactics place on the effectiveness of aircraft and infantry. Enemy exploitation of the mountains and the environmental conditions creates a dynamic that increases the demand ... |
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| To Live Like a Pig and Die Like a Dog: Environmental Implications for World War I in East Africa |
03 Dec 2009 |
68 pages |
| Authors:
Chad B Quayle; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| This monograph examines why Great Britain and her allies proved unable to subjugate German forces in East Africa during World War I despite their significant advantages in personnel and material. Great Britain proved unable to subjugate German forces because of the British failure to account for and adapt to the effects of the local environment. The British failure to adapt their organizations and methods of warfare to accommodate the imperatives ... |
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| Agency and Structure as Determinants of Female Suicide Terrorism: A Comparative Study of Three Conflict Regions |
Dec 2009 |
172 pages |
| Authors:
Matthew P Dearing; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| This thesis addresses the following question: Why do some insurgent groups use female suicide bombers while others avoid this tactic? The thesis presents a comparative analysis of three conflict regions: Sri Lanka (1987-2009), Iraq (2003-2008), and Afghanistan (1979-1989 and 2002-2009). Afghanistan is an example of a conflict zone where the propensity for female suicide terrorism is lower than other conflict regions, such as Iraq and Sri Lanka. Strategic calculations and ... |
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| Giving Reconciliation a Chance in Sudan: Seeking an Alternative Response to the Darfur Conflict |
Dec 2009 |
70 pages |
| Authors:
Robert T Birech; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| In the Darfur region of Sudan, violent conflict between the Government of Sudan -- supported by the Janjaweed militias drawn from the Arab community, and the rebel groups drawn predominantly from the three African tribes (the Fur, Massalit, and Zaghawa) -- has been depicted largely as an Arab-African war. This conflict has witnessed massive displacements of population (with 2.7 million Internally Displaced Persons and approximately 250,000 living as refugees in ... |
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| Polish Martial Law: The Crisis of Communism |
Dec 2009 |
84 pages |
| Authors:
Tomasz Dmitrukowski; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| In the summer of 1980, Polish workers revolted against Communist corruption and Poland's failed economic system. In a wave of solidarity unprecedented in a Communist state, citizens challenged the government's authority as the legitimate decision making body. Striking workers throughout the country created the Solidarity Union. They demanded personal freedom, legalization of Solidarity, and an input into the government. Polish Communist leaders faced the choice of either executing the wishes ... |
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| Islam in America: Why U.S. Muslims are Less Likely to Radicalize Than Their European Counterparts |
Dec 2009 |
98 pages |
| Authors:
Tamara M Mayer; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Islam is the world's largest religion, and the second largest religion in the West. Conflicts over the past 30 years have brought Islam to the forefront of politics and Islamophobia to the western world. Islamic radicalism is on the rise, with the home-grown terrorist quickly becoming a new emerging threat. Although western states of France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States, all share common beliefs, values, cultures and ... |
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| KTO I KUDA? Russia, Language, and National Identity |
Dec 2009 |
46 pages |
| Authors:
Dale G Torgersen; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS
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| Language is often linked with identity. In fact, language is sometimes such a powerful force that it can transcend or replace the resilient forces of ethnic and cultural identity. However, just as language has an impressive ability to transcend ethnic and cultural barriers to unite disparate peoples, it has an equal ability to stir powerful nationalistic, ethnic, and cultural passions in groups of people who feel their language is under ... |
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| Assessing the Effectiveness of Deradicalization Programs for Islamist Extremists |
Dec 2009 |
80 pages |
| Authors:
Amanda K Johnston; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| In recent counterterrorism efforts, several states have embarked on a new approach to the problem of countering radicalization of imprisoned extremists. Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, and Singapore have all implemented ideological-based deradicalization programs that attempt to change the ideologies held by these extremists and eventually allow for their release from prison and reintegration into normal society. Many factors seen in the deradicalization process are similar to those found in disengagement ... |
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| The Dhimmi Narrative: A Comparison between the Historical and the Actual in the Context of Christian-Muslim Relations in Modern Egypt |
Dec 2009 |
124 pages |
| Authors:
Gianstefano C Martin; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS
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| Religious texts, narratives, and history often provide the template by which religious leaders and their communities of faith frame actual events in modern times. In 2007, while conducting interviews in Egypt with leading figures from the Muslim and Christian communities, the author noted frequent comparisons, both favorable and unfavorable, between the dhimmi experience lived by Christians as separate millets in the past to describe the present conditions of the sizeable ... |
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| Schools for Strategy: Teaching Strategy for 21st Century Conflict |
Nov-2009 |
72 pages |
| Authors:
Colin S Gray; ARMY WAR COLL STRATEGIC STUDIES INST CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Because strategic performance must involve the ability to decide, to command, and to lead, as well as the capacity to understand, there are practical limits to what is feasible and useful by way of formal education in strategy. The soldier who best comprehends what Sun-tzu, Clausewitz, and Thucydides intended to say is not necessarily the soldier best fitted to strategic high command. It is important to distinguish between intellect and ... |
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| The Bridging Work of Educational Informatics: Supporting Innovations across Virtual and Real-World Learning Environments |
22-Oct-2009 |
13 pages |
| Authors:
Andrew G Stricker; Toni Scribner; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL
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| The Air Force community will see growing interconnectivity between the physical world and virtual worlds to better augment and bridge formal and informal learning and decision support across a life-long continuum of service. The seams between virtual and physical systems will increasingly become ubiquitous in service to life-long learning and support of Airmen. For example, advances in informatics, the science and design of interactions between natural and artificial systems, will ... |
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| Scalable Emulation of TinyOS Applications in Heterogeneous Network Scenarios |
Oct-2009 |
11 pages |
| Authors:
Rajive Bagrodia; Yi-Tao Wang; CALIFORNIA UNIV LOS ANGELES DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
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| Simulating the behavior of sensor applications in a heterogeneous network or under diverse environmental conditions is particularly challenging. In this paper, we present the design and implementation of TiQy, a scalable framework that allows unmodified TinyOS applications to be evaluated in a diverse set of operating conditions, including heterogeneous networks. We validate TiQ against MoteLab, a physical sensor network testbed, and show that TiQ can predict the behavior of the ... |
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| Rewriting History: Historical Research With the Digital Plan |
Oct-2009 |
18 pages |
| Authors:
Molly Marshall; Lauren Scharff; AIR FORCE ACADEMY COLORADO SPRINGS CO INST FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS
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| This study examined the use of technology to enhance the educational experience. The study, which involved 28 Cadets from the United States Air Force Academy, was designed to examine the benefits of using a digital pen for note taking in the classroom. The Department of History offers a Historiography and Methods class (History 330), where cadets research historical data. The cadets plan, research and write a 5000-7000 word term paper. ... |
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| Congressional Gridlock, Town Hall Vitriol...and the Information Environment |
10-Sep-2009 |
3 pages |
| Authors:
Dennis M Murphy; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA CENTER FOR STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP
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| Speed, access to news, connectivity.... The information age, as Thomas Friedman likes to remind us, has made the world flat. From many perspectives, that's good news. You can access news from anywhere, at any time with a click of a mouse. You have the capability to watch literally hundreds of television channels, in multiple languages from the comfort of your couch. You can listen to rock, jazz, metal or classical ... |
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| Resurgent Russia in 2030. Challenge for the USAF |
Sep-2009 |
101 pages |
| Authors:
Mark Butler; Theodore C Hailes; Ronald Buckley; David Blanks; Phillip Preen; Michael Tarlton; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL
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| Russia has had a turbulent history, and those experiences have had an indelible influence on the nation as it moved from its tsarist past, through the Soviet interregnum, to its brief flirtation with democracy. These traditions and cultural pressures have instilled in the Russian psyche a belief that strives for stability and seeks strong leadership. Furthermore, Russia tends to value stability and its proclivity for strong leadership even when these ... |
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| Feasibility of Developing Academic Laboratories Using a Low-Cost Robot |
Sep-2009 |
128 pages |
| Authors:
Antonio Valle; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The objective of this research was to investigate the feasibility of developing new academic laboratories for an introductory robotics course at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) using low-cost commercially-available robots. In particular, this research used a desktop computer with Fedora 8 Linux operating system, a wireless network and the Garcia robot from Acroname Incorporated. The Garcia robot is a wheeled robot that has many onboard devices, such as encoders, infrared ... |
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| Decision Process to Identify Lessons for Transition to a Distributed (or Blended) Learning Instructional Format |
Sep-2009 |
175 pages |
| Authors:
Thomas R Graves; William R Bickley; ARMY RESEARCH INST FOR THE BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES FORT BENNING GA RESEARCH UNIT
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| The U.S. Army Infantry School, Office of the G-3, asked the Army Research Institute to evaluate the course content of 51 programs of instruction (n=2,065 lessons) for potential transition to a distributed learning instructional format. Using a mixed-method coding and analysis approach, the sample of POIs were categorized, coded, statistically analyzed, and a decision-process was developed to classify lessons into fully transitionable, partially transitionable or not transitionable groups. The thematic ... |
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| Social Awareness and Leader Influence: Development of Classroom and Web-Based Learning Interventions |
Sep-2009 |
46 pages |
| Authors:
Cody Martin; Carolyn Parish; Rose A Mueller-Hanson; Erin C Swartout; Johnathan K Nelson; Tim McGonigle; PERSONNEL DECISIONS RESEARCH INST INC ARLINGTON VA
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| This research entailed developing and testing a detailed program of instruction to help Army leaders improve their social awareness and influence skills. Based on input from Soldier subject matter experts and the behavioral sciences literature, two training programs were developed: a six-hour classroom course and a parallel web-based course. Additionally, four assessments were created: a Social Awareness and Influence Skills Self-assessment to assess self-perceptions of skills, a knowledge test to ... |
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| Learning From Our Past: How a Vietnam-Era Pacification Program Can Help Us Win in Afghanistan |
Sep-2009 |
117 pages |
| Authors:
Amy S Bumgarner; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA CENTER FOR STABILIZATION AND RECONSTRUCTION STUDIES
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| Weak, failing, failed and post-conflict states pose one of the greatest national and international security challenges of our day. The stabilization and development of faltering states is in both the short- and long-term interests of the United States because stable states pose fewer security challenges. Afghanistan is a failed state that presents security challenges on a global scale as well as a classic case study on insurgency that needs a ... |
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| Religious Education and the Prevention of Islamic Radicalization: Albania, Britain, France and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
Sep-2009 |
103 pages |
| Authors:
Ioannis Kagioglidis; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| This thesis examines the potential contribution of religious education to preventing Islamic extremism in Albania, Britain, France, and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). The existence of large Muslim populations in each of these four countries, combined with the fact that a growing number of young Muslims have become members of terrorist networks, constitutes a security threat to the whole Western world. In recent years, several terrorist incidents have ... |
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| An Analytical Approach to Educating Future IW Planners |
Sep-2009 |
82 pages |
| Authors:
Scott E Sill; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEFENSE ANALYSIS DEPT
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| This thesis examines USSOCOM's proposal to educate IW strategists / campaign planners, and compares it to the existing model utilized by SAMS for educating conventional campaign planners. SAMS is a good comparative model because the SAMS program has a proven record in conventional campaign planning. Simply put, SAMS is a success and a model for other advanced ILE programs. This comparative analysis extracts educational best practices from both approaches and ... |
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| Winning the Battle of Ideas Through Individual Resiliency: A Multi-Dimensional Approach for Countering Radicalization in the Homeland |
Sep-2009 |
163 pages |
| Authors:
Kirk J Sampson; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS
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| To defeat the terrorist threat facing the U.S., the 9/11 Commission recommended a balanced strategy to attack the terrorists and prevent recruitment, while protecting against future attack. A review of the national strategies related to counterterrorism and homeland security shows they do not provide a balanced approach. Specifically, they fail to counter the factors influencing individuals to conduct terrorism. Disruption of the radicalization process, becomes more significant, when, considering the ... |
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| Integrating Intelligence and Building Teams Within the Infantry Immersion Trainer |
Sep-2009 |
229 pages |
| Authors:
Craig R Schwetje; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA MODELING VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS AND SIMULATION (MOVES)
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| The trend of focusing on technology in technology augmented environments and practicing a set of skills in isolation needs to shift towards user-centered training with skills being integrated earlier in the training process, as long as conditions for that integration exist. The purpose of this thesis was to examine whether incorporating intelligence briefs and debriefs with a Squad Planning Operations Center (SPOC) supported by suitable technologies improved infantry training in ... |
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| The Impact of the Navy's Tuition Assistance Program on the Retention and Promotion of First-term Sailors |
24 Aug 2009 |
73 pages |
| Authors:
Stephen Mehay; Elda Pema; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC POLICY
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| This study analyzes the impact of the Navy's Tuition Assistance (TA) program on the retention and job performance of first-term Navy enlisted personnel. Prior studies analyzing the retention effect of the Navy's TA program have produced conflicting results--one study finding that participants are more likely to leave the Navy, the other study finding they are more likely to stay. Our analysis of this relationship has several advantages over the prior ... |
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| An Assessment of the Effectiveness of Computer-based Training for Newly Commissioned Surface Warfare Division Officers |
24 Aug 2009 |
119 pages |
| Authors:
William R Bowman; Alice M Crawford; Stephen Mehay; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC POLICY
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| The goal of this study was to analyze the effectiveness of the new SWOS-at-Sea training for newly commissioned surface warfare officers that was introduced in 2003. The new regime combined self-paced computer-based training (CBT) with on-the-job training (OJT) on-board an officer's ship. The study relied on a variety of analytical techniques, including a literature review of CBT and OJT training, interviews and focus groups with junior and senior surface warfare ... |
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| Enhancing Professional Military Education in the Horn of Africa the Ethiopian Defense Command & Staff College Initiative (CSL Issue Paper, Volume 13-09, August 2009) |
Aug-2009 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
Bernard F Griffard; John F Troxell; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA CENTER FOR STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP
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| Strategic planning is a way of thinking. It is a process of defining a national strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating resources (capital and people) to pursue this strategy. In today's challenging economic environment, employing the strategic planning process is critical for a nation to fully evaluate the impacts of its identified strategic ends, ways and means. Since strategic planning takes place within a constantly changing environment, it ... |
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| Guinea's 2008 Military Coup and Relations with the United States |
16-Jul-2009 |
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| Authors:
Nicolas Cook; Alexis Arieff; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Guinea is a Francophone West African country on the Atlantic coast, with a population of about 10 million. It is rich in natural resources but characterized by widespread poverty and limited socioeconomic growth and development. While Guinea has experienced regular episodes of internal political turmoil, it was considered a locus of relative stability over the past two decades. Guinea entered a new period of political uncertainty on December 23, 2008, ... |
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| Cross-Cultural Strategies for Improving the Teaching, Training, and Mentoring Skills of Military Transition Team Advisors |
Jul-2009 |
69 pages |
| Authors:
Linda Roan; Kimberly A Metcalf; Andi O'Conor; Kenneth Cushner; ECROSSCULTURE CORP BOULDER CO
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| Military doctrine currently provides guidance on various methods to train host-nation security forces (FM3-24); yet U.S. advisors typically have little training in teaching methods, particularly in a cross-cultural environment. This report presents a conceptual framework that identifies individual advisor and counterpart differences, as well as the situational and cultural factors that impact the success and failure of training, coaching, or mentoring. The report includes a comprehensive literature review and data ... |
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| Annotated Bibliography of the Army Research Institute's Training Research Supporting the Land Warrior and Ground Soldier Systems: 1998-2009 |
Jul-2009 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
Jean L Dyer; ARMY RESEARCH INST FOR THE BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES FORT BENNING GA RESEARCH UNIT
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| This annotated bibliography presents a body of research and analyses conducted by the Army Research Institute at Fort Benning, Georgia, between 1998 and 2009 on the Land Warrior (LW) system and the Ground Soldier System (GSS). These Soldier systems include a wearable computer, a global positioning system that tracks the location of everyone within the system, a helmet-mounted display, and a radio, all linked to a network. From 1998 to ... |
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| Decision Making with Digital Systems |
Jul-2009 |
103 pages |
| Authors:
David R James; Gregory A Goodwin; ARMY RESEARCH INST FOR THE BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES FORT BENNING GA
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| Access to current, accurate battlefield information via the Army Battle Command System (ABCS), is supposed to improve decision making by leaders and commanders, but some research suggests that information systems may, paradoxically, have the opposite effect by overwhelming leaders with information or by emphasizing irrelevant information. There are currently no published reports examining the impact of ABCS systems on decision-making. This report is an effort to address this important research ... |
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| Hydrogeomorphic Approach to Assessing Wetland Functions: Guidelines for Developing Regional Guidelines: Chapter 8, Developing the Assessment Protocol |
Jul-2009 |
27 pages |
| Authors:
Chris V Noble; Lili Carpenter; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS ENVIRONMENTAL LAB
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| This chapter of the Guidebook describes how to develop an Assessment Protocol, which is a chapter in all HGM Regional Guidebooks. It provides specific information necessary to develop an Assessment Protocol for a new regional guidebook using examples from existing regional guidebooks. The chapter describes how to collect data including red flag features, office and field equipment needs, plot layout, data collection procedures, and field data sheets used to collect ... |
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| The Justifications for War and Peace in World Religions. Part I: Extracts, Summaries and Comparisons of Scriptures in the Abrahamic Religions (Christianity, Islam and Judaism) |
Jul-2009 |
151 pages |
| Authors:
A W Dorn; Anne F Cation; CANADIAN FORCES COLL TORONTO (ONTARIO)
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| One of the most important decisions by any nation or armed group is when, if ever, to wage war or engage with armed force. Such life-and-death judgements are usually informed by and sometimes determined by ethical principles and religious beliefs. The world religions provide guidelines on when armed force is justified. Are the permissions and prohibitions similar among religions? The present work seeks to map out the spectrum of religious ... |
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| Ottoman Pacification of the Balkans, 1450-1650 C.E |
12-Jun-2009 |
109 pages |
| Authors:
Anthony J Rudd; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| The Ottoman Empire is often portrayed as a bloodthirsty Empire bent on conquering Europe through its military strength. From its beginnings in the 13th century until its demise in 1924, the Ottoman Empire expanded its territory over the vast expanses of the Middle East and throughout much of Southeastern Europe, the core of which it held for over 400 years. While Ottoman history is not devoid of acts of rebellion ... |
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| The Attack on the American Embassy during Tet, 1968: Factors That Turned a Tactical Victory into a Political Defeat |
12-Jun-2009 |
113 pages |
| Authors:
Robert J O'Brien; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| When the American Embassy in Saigon was attacked during the Tet Offensive, what could have made the response of the Military Police (MP) and Marine Security Guard (MSG) more effective and less negative to the media and the public? The Tet Offensive has been widely acknowledged as the turning point of the Vietnam War. On 31 January 1968, during the Tet holiday, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked over ... |
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| Technology, Concepts, and Tactics and the Islamic Way of War |
12-Jun-2009 |
81 pages |
| Authors:
Scott A Shaw; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| The main reason for the fall of the last Islamic empire was the failure of their army to adapt to modern technology, concepts, and tactics. The challenges of Islamic armies of the past are now the challenges of any modern Islamic nation attempting to modernize its army. A distinct Islamic Way of War exists throughout the history of Islam. One component of this way of war is how Islamic armies ... |
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| The Strategic Development of the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force |
12-Jun-2009 |
189 pages |
| Authors:
Rodney L Smart; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| This study examines some of the unique challenges faced by militaries in small developing states in their efforts to achieve operational excellence in the contemporary operating environment. The study focuses on the level of effectiveness the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force achieved in its initial attempt at strategic management and strategic planning. |
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Humanities and History
