| Interagency Adrift |
05 MAY 2006 |
24 pages |
| Authors:
G. S. McConnell; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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 | Critics continue to advocate solutions to the interagency (IA) processes and outcomes they deem ineffective. Examples of IA shortcomings include reconstruction and stability operations in Afghanistan and Iraq and the failed government response and recovery support for Hurricane Katrina. This paper asserts that it is the parent organization or system of the IA, the national security establishment (NSE), that is ineffective. Through a systems approach, the paper identifies the operating ... |
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| Provincial Reconstruction Teams: Afghanistan vs. Iraq -- Should We Have a Standard Model? |
01 MAY 2006 |
20 pages |
| Authors:
John D. Drolet; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| As the war in Iraq begins its fourth year of existence, the security situation has demonstrated remarkable progress. Within this more stable environment, the need for long-term nation building is emerging. With the birth of a new government built on democratic principles, there is a significant requirement for assistance in the creation of institutions that will be enduring. One such interagency tool for providing this assistance is the creation of ... |
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| U.S. Policy on the International Criminal Court (ICC): Lead, Follow or Get Out of the Way |
01 MAY 2006 |
28 pages |
| Authors:
Diana A. Raynor; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| This paper reviews the history, structure, role and responsibilities of the ICC, and then discusses US policy and the main objections the United States has to the ICC. It outlines and discusses three possible courses of action for the United States in regards to the ICC. The paper concludes with a recommended course of action for the United States to take that is in concert with its position as the ... |
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| Identification - Friend or Foe? The Strategic Uses and Future Implications of the Revolutionary New ID Technologies |
26 APR 2006 |
31 pages |
| Authors:
Richard K. Pruett; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Recent developments in identification (ID) technologies are likely to have a revolutionary impact on American society and the manner by which it wages war. The good news is that broader and more creative use of the new ID technologies could enable coalition forces to achieve dramatic victories in the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) by targeting directly and effectively a critical requirement of most insurgencies: the insurgents' anonymity. The bad ... |
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| National Emergency Preparedness and Response: Improving for Incidents of National Significance |
25 APR 2006 |
19 pages |
| Authors:
Christopher M. Clayton; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The national emergency management system has need of significant improvement in its contingency planning and early consolidation of effort and coordination between federal, state, and local agencies for Incidents of National Significance. This improvement should be supported with the understanding that "federalizing" a response is appropriate only under the direst of circumstances. More appropriately, the Department of Defense (DoD), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the states need to ... |
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| Defense Programs and Budget Risk |
14 APR 2006 |
28 pages |
| Authors:
Mark D. Troutman; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The 2006 QDR calls for an investment in diverse capabilities to confront a broad range of national security in the twenty first century. US national security documents require the services to maintain a position of supremacy as they build these capabilities. Therefore the Defense Department has set before itself a requirement to modernize a large conventional force structure engaged in ongoing combat operations while simultaneously developing deeper capabilities to counter ... |
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| Developing Joint Information Operations Warriors |
13 APR 2006 |
20 pages |
| Authors:
James A. Pickle; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The Department of Defense (DoD) has recognized the importance of information operations (IO), particularly in light of continual technological improvements. Positive direction has been given by the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Staff, but the responsibility to organize, train, and equip remains with the Services and allows for different interpretations. The goal of IO is to maintain information superiority and, thereby, decision superiority. While influence operations ... |
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| The Rise of China and America's Grand Strategic Riposte |
11 APR 2006 |
27 pages |
| Authors:
Brennan T. Byrne; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| In making the case for an American grand strategy, this paper attempts to offer firstly a look at China's exceptional "Peaceful Rise" most ably demonstrated by its phenomenal economic growth since the country's "opening up" in 1978. Secondly, this paper will detail what is purported to be China's "grand strategy" for rising to great power status while attempting concurrently to engender a multipolar world order more conducive to Beijing's desires. ... |
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| Strategic Planning by the Chairmen, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1990 to 2005 |
APR 2006 |
37 pages |
| Authors:
RIchard Meinhart; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Military leaders at many levels have used strategic planning in various ways to position their organizations to respond to the demands of the current situation, while simultaneously focusing on future challenges. This Letort Paper examines how four Chairmen Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1990 to 2005 used a strategic planning system to enable them to meet their statutory responsibilities specified in Title 10 US Code and respond to the ever-changing ... |
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| Advancing Noise Robust Automatic Speech Recognition for Command and Control Applications |
31 MAR 2006 |
29 pages |
| Authors:
James D. Bass; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| This is a technical assessment paper intended for use by engineers and research scientist working on the development and integration of Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR), it will cover the state of speech and recognition technologies with emphasis on noise robust command and control (C2) application. The reliable elimination of the keyboard and mouse in mounted and un-mounted C2 systems has been a desire of systems developers and requirements writers since ... |
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| Performance Based Logistics: A Path to Reduced Reliance on Contractor Technical Support for Weapon Systems in the Field |
31 MAR 2006 |
31 pages |
| Authors:
Shane T. Openshaw; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| This paper examines the effect that Performance Based Logistics (PBL) arrangements will have on the number of contractors required to deploy for technical support of weapon systems. The paper reviews the historical use of contractors on the battlefield and analyzes recent trends in deployed contractor support, focusing specifically on contractors providing technical support for weapon systems. The paper reviews the policies of the Department of Defense (DoD) and the US ... |
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| Rebuilding Iraq: Holistic Synchronization Plan is the Key |
31 MAR 2006 |
35 pages |
| Authors:
III Harrell Leon L.; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| This paper examines the processes that are an integral part of planning for the successful reconstruction of Iraq. The United States is spending billions of dollars on the Iraqi reconstruction effort. This effort consists of both restoring damaged areas and improving existing services to meet minimum standards. However, the resources slated for reconstruction will not last forever, and priorities will have to be established with regard to what ultimately gets ... |
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| The Department of Defense's Role in Disaster Recovery |
31 MAR 2006 |
29 pages |
| Authors:
Mark R. Arn; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| During a recent speech to the American public in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, President George W. Bush announced, "It is now clear that a challenge on this scale requires greater federal authority and a broader role for the armed forces -- the institution of our government capable of massive logistical operations on a moment's notice." This paper will examine the historical role of the armed forces in disaster management, ... |
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| United States Space Policy -- A Policy We Got Right...So Far |
26 MAR 2006 |
16 pages |
| Authors:
David Hagg; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Since the race to place a man on the moon was won, the United States has enjoyed a dominant advantage in space, both economically and militarily. From that time, practically every administration pursued policies and programs that ensured dominance of space. This was possible because only the wealthiest countries could afford space technologies and access. Now, even commercial companies (both foreign and U.S. owned) have access to space capabilities. The ... |
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| Integrity Failures: A Strategic Leader Problem |
22 MAR 2006 |
14 pages |
| Authors:
James A. Muskopf; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The Army has an integrity problem that is often overlooked. Yet when it surfaces, it has unwanted strategic implications. Various examples of integrity issues that have been dealt with by strategic leaders prove the implications of the problem. Other examples that appear to be acceptable, and thus have few or no consequences, give latitude for future unacceptable and more severe inappropriate behavior. Strategically, the implications of immoral and unethical behavior ... |
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| The Military Profession: What Happens When Values Collide |
22 MAR 2006 |
27 pages |
| Authors:
Joseph J. Frazier; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The United States Military continues to stress the importance of values for all who don the uniform in voluntary military service. However values training and education has taken a back seat to the demands and operational tempo of current military operations. This is a formula for disaster when new generations of volunteers from American society join the military with different values morals and ethical development. This paper explores the problem ... |
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| Nuclear Strategy with the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran |
22 MAR 2006 |
20 pages |
| Authors:
David M. Blackburn; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The bad relationship between the United States and Iran began in 1979 when radical students stormed the United States Embassy in Tehran and took hostages. The hostage standoff lasted 444 days; and surely the crisis helped President Carter lose his reelection bid. In President George W. Bush's 2002 State of the Union address he named Iran as one of the nations in the "axis of evil." In December 2002 Russia ... |
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| Iraq: How We May Lose the War We Won |
18 MAR 2006 |
28 pages |
| Authors:
Stephen E. Castlen; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| This paper describes the pre-Iraqi War goals of the United States and the present U.S. goals and strategy relative to that country. The paper then analyzes whether those original policy goals were met and what other goals must be achieved to declare "mission accomplished" in Iraq. It also examines trends in opinion among America's politicians, press, and public with regard to the war to evaluate America's collective will to "stay ... |
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| Policy Implications for NGOS and Contractors in Permissive and Non-Permissive Environments |
18 MAR 2006 |
21 pages |
| Authors:
Daniel G. Mitchell; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| According to United States (U.S.) security strategy policy and military doctrine nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and commercial contractors are vital partners in accomplishing national security and military objectives. Contractors partner with the military and other U.S. agencies to provide security logistics nation-building and administrative duties during peacekeeping and combat operations. NGOs are vital for the U.S. and United Nations (U.N.) when conducting relief and reconstruction operations. Recent operations provide case studies ... |
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| Winning the War of Ideas: Assessing the Effectiveness of Public Diplomacy |
16 MAR 2006 |
21 pages |
| Authors:
Michael P. Wadsworth; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The National Strategy for Combating Terrorism calls for the United States to act on four fronts to stop terrorist attacks. The fourth front, acting to diminish the underlying conditions that terrorists seek to exploit, establishes an objective to wage a war of ideas to eliminate the conditions and ideologies that promote terrorism. However, recent U.S. attempts at waging a war of ideas have rallied support in the Arab and Muslim ... |
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| U.S.-Japan Security Alliance Welcoming a New Japan |
15 MAR 2006 |
35 pages |
| Authors:
Timothy C. Barkdoll; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The stability of the Asia-Pacific region is of critical importance to the national interests of both Japan and the United States. This stability is now challenged by new threats associated with North Korea Taiwan and China. The U.S.-Japan security alliance has evolved as the cornerstone of regional stability and remains the best mechanism by which the world's two leading economies can pursue overlapping national interests. Recently the U.S. and Japanese ... |
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| Transformational Leadership An Imperative for Army Reserve Readiness in the 21st Century |
15 MAR 2006 |
22 pages |
| Authors:
David E. Chesser; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The U.S. Army Reserve will face significant challenges over the next decade as it attempts to transform itself into an Expeditionary Force and simultaneously support the Global War on Terrorism. The accelerated pace of change brought about by the Army's transformation efforts and a protracted war on terrorism will more than ever challenge the Army Reserve officer corps. Developing leaders with the visionary and motivational skills that are key elements ... |
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| U.S. Army Recruiting for the Global War on Terror and Beyond |
15 MAR 2006 |
35 pages |
| Authors:
Robert A. Sinkler; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The current Army strategic recruiting environment is undergoing significant change in nine major areas. The current recruit population (Millennial Generation) the parents of the recruit population the increase in global terrorism and military conflict cyberspace and the advancement of information technologies and dissemination globalization the segregation of America politicization of the recruiting effort execution of war and sustained economic growth and prosperity are all having a significant impact on Army ... |
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| After Gaza: The Next Moves Toward Peace |
15 MAR 2006 |
23 pages |
| Authors:
Mark R. Pimpo; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Since the end of World War II, the United States has made numerous diplomatic attempts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian crisis. Each of these efforts has failed for a myriad of reasons to broker a successful peace agreement. Ariel Sharon's decision to unilaterally withdraw Israeli settlements from the Gaza Strip in August 2005 has provided an unprecedented window of opportunity to re-energize a stagnant and at times seemingly hopeless peace process. ... |
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| Assessing the New Joint Pub 5-0 Interpretation of "Center of Gravity": Will It Help or Confuse Joint Planning? |
15 MAR 2006 |
25 pages |
| Authors:
Thomas P. Galvin; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Theoreticians, doctrine writers, and warfighters alike have over the last quarter century employed Clausewitz's concept of the "Center of Gravity." By this phrase Clausewitz meant that if one identifies the enemy's "hub of power and all movement," then destroying or neutralizing it leads to the enemy's downfall. Unfortunately, the concept has been applied in many disparate ways by the U.S. joint community and the services, leading to tremendous controversy and ... |
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| National Guard State Partnership Program: Supporting U.S. Southern Command Security Cooperation Program |
15 MAR 2006 |
23 pages |
| Authors:
Raphael G. Peart; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Since 1993 the National Guard State Partnership Program (SPP) has filled a strategic vacuum created after the dissolution of the former Soviet Union. SPP has provided a meaningful extension of U.S. soft power within the region. It accomplished this by establishing strategic partnerships between National Guard units and various newly formed former Soviet countries. These partnerships provided an extension of democratic values and principles while also establishing stabilizing relationships with ... |
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| Protecting Contractors Deploying with the Force |
15 MAR 2006 |
25 pages |
| Authors:
Earl Noble; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The extensive use of contractors supporting Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom exceeded all expectations. At any given time, nearly 100,000 contract personnel deployed to perform a wide variety of activities from repairing vehicles to washing dishes to providing additional security for high-ranking personnel. This puts the number of contractors close to the number of deployed military personnel. Of paramount importance is providing adequate protection for such personnel. Clearly, commanders ... |
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| The Role of the U.S. Navy in Support of the National Strategy for Maritime Security |
15 MAR 2006 |
20 pages |
| Authors:
Peter J. Winter; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The National Strategy for Maritime Security (NSMS) is a relatively recent plan for employing America's finite assets and capabilities to secure the maritime domain from vulnerability to terrorist attacks and to enhance the nation's overall protection. The NSMS has outlined the United States' maritime security objectives as follows: (1) Prevent Terrorist Attacks and Criminal or Hostile Acts; (2) Protect Maritime-Related Population Centers and Critical Infrastructures; (3) Minimize Damage and Expedite ... |
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| Transforming Signal Support to the Theater |
15 MAR 2006 |
19 pages |
| Authors:
Molly O'Donnell; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The United States Army is transforming to meet the national security challenges of the 21st century and to remain relevant and ready. The new force structure will feature a CONUS-based force projection Army which is more modular more lethal and more deployable. A key enabler of the modular Army is the network. The ability of our forces to not only operate in a net-centric environment but to exploit it to ... |
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| Joint Force Maritime Component Commander |
15 MAR 2006 |
38 pages |
| Authors:
William G. Davis; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The Navy has been conducting joint warfare since its inception; further joint warfare and the employment of sea power is an evolutionary process. The functional maritime component to the joint force is the Joint Force Maritime Component Commander (JFMCC). JFMCC doctrine is currently under development and the Navy currently lacks a common framework for the establishment of a JFMCC. This SRP focuses on joint maritime operations and the key elements ... |
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| Should the National Response Plan Be Changed to Divide the Transportation Responsibilities under Emergency Support Function #1? Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina Show That Transportation Support for Emergency Response Needs Revision |
15 MAR 2006 |
20 pages |
| Authors:
Jr Johnson Robert P.; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The Department of Homeland Security recently released the National Response Plan (NRP) in order to "establish a comprehensive national all-hazards approach to domestic incident management across a spectrum of activities including prevention preparedness response and recovery." Within the NRP there are 15 different categories of the most likely requests for federal assistance during disaster response called Emergency Support Functions that designate lead agencies for emergency response. ESF #1 designates the ... |
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| City-Based Initiative: A Means to 21st Century Installation Readiness |
15 MAR 2006 |
24 pages |
| Authors:
Todd A. Buchs; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The readiness of our military and the performance of our military members are directly linked to the health of our defense installations and facilities. The chronic underfunding and subsequent decay of our defense installations infrastructure and facilities has led to their current poor readiness ratings and recapitalization rates. As the Department of Defense (DOD) adjusts to meet the new demands of the Global War on Terrorism new requirements will continue ... |
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| Strategic Leader as Strategic Communicator |
15 MAR 2006 |
19 pages |
| Authors:
Rebecca M. Wriggle; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| In the 21st Century, no institution or enterprise can achieve its strategic goals without engaging with and shaping the information environment. Advanced portable technologies, the 24-hour global news cycle, live cable broadcasts, web-based media, and now round-the-clock web logging have conspired to create a leadership environment unparalleled in U.S. history. This is a leadership environment defined by worldwide visibility and opportunity. In this extraordinary climate, U.S. strategic leaders set the ... |
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| Analysis of the U.S. Water Infrastructure from a Security Perspective |
15 MAR 2006 |
22 pages |
| Authors:
Paul L. Grosskruger; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The U.S. National Security Strategy for Homeland Security identifies the U.S. water infrastructure as one of the nation's critical infrastructures. Experts and several reports to Congress point out the vulnerabilities of domestic water supply and distribution systems to terrorism and the ramifications of a successful attack. Starting in the late 1990s the federal government implemented a host of actions intended to protect domestic water supplies. Despite these efforts critical vulnerabilities ... |
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| The Interagency Process--Analysis and Reform Recommendations |
15 MAR 2006 |
19 pages |
| Authors:
IV O'Neil John E.; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| What is generally stipulated among scholars government leaders and military professionals is that our current national security apparatus lacks capacity to effectively implement national strategies across the interagency. The capacity in question centers on interagency unity of effort that synchronizes diverse cultures competing interests and differing priorities of government institutions while embracing valuable expertise and experience. The National Security Council's interagency process resident in the Executive Office of the President ... |
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| The Patriot Act and Civil Liberties: A Closer Look |
15 MAR 2006 |
21 pages |
| Authors:
Howard A. Johnston; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| This paper examines the provisions of the Patriot Act which were designed to increase information sharing between intelligence and law enforcement agencies underscores the implications of their broader investigative scope with respect to our nation's civil liberties and provides recommendations to improve future versions of this legislation. The following analysis maintains that the Patriot Act, with respect to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), designed to improve and increase information ... |
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| United States Policy on Weapons in Space |
15 MAR 2006 |
21 pages |
| Authors:
Donald P. Christy; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The Space Commission Report identifies the United States' ever-growing reliance on space and space technology both militarily and economically. It outlines the vulnerabilities of its systems and warns that it must be prepared to prevent a "Space Pearl Harbor." Does this concern dictate that the next logical step is to begin the process of space weaponization? United States government space policy is under review and may alter the current "wait ... |
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| U.S. Export Controls for the Twenty First Century |
15 MAR 2006 |
25 pages |
| Authors:
Matthew T. Clarke; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Some members of the U.S. defense industrial base and foreign defense contractors have voiced concern that the U.S. Government post 9/11 has moved to expand and more rigorously enforce export control policies and procedures regulating the disclosure or export of controlled information or defense material and services to foreign entities. They argue that a major consequence of these actions is the obstruction of foreign industry's ability to compete in the ... |
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| Strategic Communication: Who Should Lead the Long War of Ideas? |
15 MAR 2006 |
33 pages |
| Authors:
Jeryl C. Ludowese; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| As the sole remaining world superpower, the United States plays a key role in securing world order. However, the costs associated with maintaining its influence, primarily through economic and military might, are mounting. The United States' challenge is to articulate a grand strategy that balances the effective use of all instruments of national power -- diplomatic, information, military, and economic -- to achieve its national objectives. While the United States ... |
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| The Future of the Ohio Class Submarine |
15 MAR 2006 |
18 pages |
| Authors:
William C. Chinworth; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The Ohio class submarine and its Trident weapons system is an engineering marvel designed to deter the aggression of the former Soviet Union by providing a credible retaliatory strike capability in the event of a nuclear attack. The deterrent effect of the Ohio class submarine was exceptionally successful. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the role of the submarine and its weapons system in national strategy is less well ... |
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| Army and Air Force Subcultures Effects on Joint Operations |
15 MAR 2006 |
25 pages |
| Authors:
Scott A. Fischer; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Joint effectiveness of U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army forces is critical to achieving national objectives in today's strategic environment. Constrained procurement budgets and unprecedented and diverse missions call for effective dialogue and synergy between land and air forces. Despite this requirement joint operations and dialogue still indicate fundamental differences and misunderstandings over 60 years after the meeting at Casablanca to restructure air-ground strategy and tactics. This project begins with ... |
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| Sun Tzu: Ancient Theories for a Strategy Against Islamic Extremism |
15 MAR 2006 |
25 pages |
| Authors:
Sean P. Rice; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Sun Tzu's theories on war are timeless to both military and civilian strategists. His theories are as relevant today as they were in 500 B.C., especially in the context of the United States' war on Islamic extremism. The conflict the nation now finds itself engaged in requires the innovative development of strategies that go beyond past conventional thought. The United States must force itself to think of ways to defeat ... |
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| Is the All-Volunteer Force Still Viable |
15 MAR 2006 |
22 pages |
| Authors:
Robert D. Carlson; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The nation faces significant challenges in using an all-volunteer force (AVF) to execute sustained worldwide high-tempo military operations (OPTEMPO) as well as provide for homeland defense. Available evidence appears to support a thesis that extensive use of military forces in a variety of roles and in a continuous cycle of deployments has considerably strained the United States Army manpower system. This study looks at the Army's force structure and examines ... |
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| Roles of Alliances and Coalitions in the War on Terrorism |
15 MAR 2006 |
27 pages |
| Authors:
Nicolae I. Ciuca; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The September 11, 2001 attacks were interpreted in different ways by individual countries and/or regional and international organizations. Many states pledged their willingness to take part in countering measures against terrorism. NATO invoked Article V, collective defense provision for the first time in its history, and other international organizations express their decision to participate within the common effort to support the campaign against terrorism. Starting in 2002, the first deployment ... |
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| Thinking Inside the Box: Growing an Aviation Maintenance Solution for the Joint Force Fight |
15 MAR 2006 |
24 pages |
| Authors:
Juan L. Arcocha; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The Department of Defense s (DOD) aviation maintenance structure is an inefficient and marginally effective relic of the Cold War. DOD and Army maintenance structures have implemented a patchwork series of reforms since the 1980s that have been partially applied, insufficiently integrated and marginally effective. Military aviation organic and support maintenance performance has slowly declined over the past twenty years. While various services continue to espouse a desire to increase ... |
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| Is Sea Based Sustainment Achievable by 2015 |
15 MAR 2006 |
22 pages |
| Authors:
Daniel L. Allen; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Seabasing is the subject of one of several Joint Integrating Concepts (JIC) that provide strategic guidance for input into the JCIDS process. The Seabasing JIC presents a vision of future operations from the sea without the benefit of port facilities. Utilizing military art and science, it describes how a commander might employ capabilities to achieve desired effects and objectives, unconstrained by current or programmed capabilities. Originally, a key component of ... |
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| Strategic Support for Effects-Based Operations (EBO) |
15 MAR 2006 |
19 pages |
| Authors:
Drew A. Turinski; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Combined Forces Command (CFC) and United States Forces Korea (USFK) are currently implementing elements of EBO within the Korean Theater. CFC and USFK have a vision to plan and conduct all operations using an end to end Effects Based planning execution and assessment process applying all elements of national power while leveraging a robust collaborative information environment and inter-agency coordination no later than August 2008. The current definition of EBO ... |
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| Does the 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review Support America's Ability to Ensure Access to Saudi Arabian Oil? |
15 MAR 2006 |
25 pages |
| Authors:
Emmett Schaill; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| In February 2006 terrorists attacked the Abqaiq oil production facility in Saudi Arabia, the largest of its kind in the world. This attack is just the most recent in a string of attacks pointing out the growing insurgency in the Kingdom and its potential to drastically cut oil supplies to the West. In 2005 Americans were reminded of their vulnerability to sudden price spikes in the price of fuel as ... |
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| Restructuring the Army National Guard for Post Conflict and Domestic Operations |
15 MAR 2006 |
20 pages |
| Authors:
Patrick M. Hamilton; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Unfolding world events including war and extensive natural disasters in the past three years demonstrate that the military element of national power is more responsive and capable than any other even though it is organized specifically for war. However we ask our combat units to transition almost immediately to post conflict reconstruction and nation building or deploy directly into a security and disaster relief environment. This is a difficult task ... |
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| The Impact of Religious and Political Affiliation on Strategic Military Decisions and Policy Recommendations |
15 MAR 2006 |
21 pages |
| Authors:
William Millonig; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| This paper analyzes the impact of a culturally homogeneous group on strategic decision making and policy recommendations. The United States military's organizational climate has shifted steadily to the right since the Viet Nam War. Today's Armed Forces are increasingly identified with conservative Christian and Republican values. This change in group dynamics can inhibit the decision making process by preventing a thorough review of relevant courses of action, in accordance with ... |
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