| Potential Natural Vegetation of the Mississippi Alluvial Valley: Bayou Meto Basin, Arkansas, Field Atlas |
Sep 2012 |
91 pages |
| Authors:
Charles Klimas; Thomas Foti; Jody Pagan; Malcolm Williamson; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS ENVIRONMENTAL LAB
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 | Over the past three decades, extensive field studies of wetland plant communities have been conducted in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley. These field studies have been carried out for various purposes under the auspices of federal and state research programs or in conjunction with Corps of Engineers project planning efforts. In the process, a wetland site classification approach has evolved based on hydrology, soils, and geomorphic setting. The research data and ... |
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| Maintaining Multimedia Data in a Geospatial Database |
Sep 2012 |
57 pages |
| Authors:
Mitchakima D Banks; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
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| This thesis resulted from a project in which imagery was captured and automatically stored. Historical data were integrated with it and made available through the network to permit a TIVO-style replay of events anywhere within a city limit, with higher spatial and temporal resolution on hotspots. The purpose was to allow law enforcement personnel to go back in time to a location and recover imagery/video of interest in a timely ... |
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| Analysis of Cognitive Architecture in the Cultural Geography Model |
Sep 2012 |
79 pages |
| Authors:
Chin C Ong; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
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| The Cultural Geography (CG) Model is a multi-agent discrete event simulation developed by the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) Analysis Center-Monterey. The GC model seeks to enhance existing DoD efforts to model the responses of populations and social networks to operations conducted by the military in operations other than war (OOTW) and irregular warfare (IW) campaigns. The model is based on social science theories. In particular, agent decision-making ... |
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| Smart Voyage Planning Model Sensitivity Analysis Using Ocean and Atmospheric Models Including Ensemble Methods |
Sep 2012 |
202 pages |
| Authors:
Scott E Miller; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Smart Voyage Planning (SVP) has been identified as a key technology for the US Navy, capable of assisting with the fleet energy saving goals of Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) and the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO). Commercial SVP tools use weather, waves, and specific ship platform characteristic data to develop optimal transit routes that save on the order of 5% in fuel expenditures. Sensitivity analysis was conducted utilizing a ... |
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| Potential Natural Vegetation of the Mississippi Alluvial Valley: Boeuf-Tensas Basin, Arkansas, Field Atlas |
Sep 2012 |
127 pages |
| Authors:
Charles Klimas; Thomas Foti; Jody Pagan; Malcolm Williamson; R D Smith; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS ENVIRONMENTAL LAB
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| Over the past three decades, extensive field studies of wetland plant communities have been conducted in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley. These field studies have been carried out for various purposes under the auspices of federal and state research programs or in conjunction with Corps of Engineers project planning efforts. In the process, a wetland site classification approach has evolved based on hydrology, soils, and geomorphic setting. The research data and ... |
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| Most Geographic Combatant Commands Effectively Planned and Executed Disaster Relief Operations, but Improvements Could Be Made |
14 Aug 2012 |
46 pages |
| Authors:
INSPECTOR GENERAL DEPT OF DEFENSE ARLINGTON VA
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| Our objective was to evaluate the ability of the combatant commands (COCOMs) to plan and execute disaster relief operations to prevent instability in their areas of responsibility (AORs). However, we focused our fieldwork on evaluating the planning and execution of foreign disaster relief (FDR)1 operations by U.S. European (USEUCOM), Central (USCENTCOM), Southern (USSOUTHCOM), Pacific (USPACOM), and Africa (USAFRICOM) Commands to alleviate the suffering of foreign disaster victims. We also assessed ... |
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| Fine Scale Spatiotemporal Clustering of Dengue Virus Transmission in Children and Aedes aegypti in Rural Thai Villages |
Jul 2012 |
11 pages |
| Authors:
In-Kyu Yoon; Arthur Getis; Jared Aldstadt; Alan L Rothman; Darunee Tannitisupawong; Constantianus J Koenraadt; Thanyalak Fansiri; James W Jones; Amy C Morrison; Richard G Jarman; ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INST OF MEDICAL SCIENCES BANGKOK (THAILAND)
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| Based on spatiotemporal clustering of human dengue virus (DENV) infections, transmission is thought to occur at fine spatiotemporal scales by horizontal transfer of virus between humans and mosquito vectors. To define the dimensions of local transmission and quantify the factors that support it, we examined relationships between infected humans and Aedes aegypti in Thai villages. Methodology/Principal Findings: Geographic cluster investigations of 100-meter radius were conducted around DENVpositive and DENV-negative febrile ... |
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| Combating Narco-Terrorism in West Africa |
15 Jun 2012 |
88 pages |
| Authors:
Roy C Sevalia; NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV NORFOLK VA JOINT ADVANCED WARFIGHTING SCHOOL
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| Since 2001, Africa has steadily gained strategic importance to the United States' national security interests. Vital humanitarian, security, and economic interests, including long-term access to energy in West Africa, are at risk. Inadequate border and maritime security create a permissive environment for drug cartels and terrorists to operate and find safe haven. West Africa's strategic location, lack of governance, high corruption, and porous borders attract drug traffickers, international terrorists, and ... |
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| Recommendations for Making Anti-Poaching Programs More Effective in the Southern African Region through the Analysis of Key Variables Impacting Upon the Poaching of Elephants in Botswana |
08 Jun 2012 |
108 pages |
| Authors:
Jackson J Sekgwama; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| The escalation of poaching in Botswana has forced the leadership to deploy its military in addressing this problem. The use of the military against poaching has experienced multiple challenges, both at the operational and tactical levels. The military was deployed in this campaign as a quasi-political decision; it was thought to be a quick remedy to the poaching dilemma in Botswana. However, the quasi-political aspect has precluded the creation of ... |
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| What Is the Extent of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and Where Does It Derive Its Strength in the Sahelian-Saharan Region: A Case Study of Northern Mali |
08 Jun 2012 |
130 pages |
| Authors:
Mohamed Al Moustapha Toure; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| This last decade has seen the Sahelian-Saharan region being reported by the media as the new sanctuary of the terrorist group Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). Northern Mali, located in the western part of the Sahelian-Saharan region, is regularly cited as being a sanctuary for terrorists affiliated with Al Qaeda since it has one of the world's largest ungoverned spaces. The Government of Mali is attempting to develop ... |
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| Analyzing Army Reserve Unsatisfactory Participants through Logistic Regression |
08 Jun 2012 |
71 pages |
| Authors:
Brian A Davis; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| The United States Army Reserve (USAR) provides forces critical to the success of the Regular Army and to support national military strategy as an operational force. The USAR continues to confront issues associated with a volunteer force serving in a part-time status. For a variety of reasons, some USAR Soldiers are unable to attend regular Battle Assemblies and Annual Training, which results in them being labeled Unsatisfactory Participants. This thesis ... |
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| Strategy, Theory, Tactical Possibilities and the Design of Amphibious Concepts |
17 May 2012 |
61 pages |
| Authors:
James A Davis; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| The United States Marine Corps developed Operational Maneuver from the Sea in the 1980s and codified it as a Marine Corps concept in 1996. In brief, Operational Maneuver from the Sea seeks to exploit the sea as maneuver space to defeat access denial systems and exploit gaps in an adversary's defense. Forces move directly from the sea to attack land-based centers of gravity without securing a beachhead or establishing a ... |
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| Images in Health Surveillance: Tickborne Disease Vectors and Lyme Disease Clinical Diagnosis |
May 2012 |
3 pages |
| Authors:
ARMED FORCES HEALTH SURVEILLANCE CENTER SILVER SPRING MD
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| Military members who live and train in the United States and abroad are at risk for tickborne diseases. Different tick species transmit different infectious agents and have varying geographic distributions. In the U.S. tickborne diseases include Lyme disease,Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) ehrlichiosis, anaplasmosis, Powassan virus encephalitis, babesiosis, and Colorado tick fever. Tick bites are also a mode of transmission for tularemia and Q fever. |
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| The Human Touch: Geospatial Engineering Meets Local Afghans |
Apr 2012 |
3 pages |
| Authors:
Christopher J Scott; ARMY ENGINEER SCHOOL FORT LEONARD WOOD MO
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| Alpha Company, 4th Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, was responsible for four districts along Afghanistan's border with Pakistan in southern Nangarhar Province. The company inherited the mission of connecting the local population to the government, separating them from antigovernment forces, and improving economic opportunities in the 4,000-square-kilometer area. The company partnered with four district governors, five district police forces, an Afghan border patrol company, and ... |
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| The Search for Legitimacy: Interventions Under the Responsibility to Protect |
22 Mar 2012 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
Michelle L Ryan; AIR WAR COLL MAXWELL AFB AL
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| Following the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, the United Nations Secretary-General called upon the international community to prevent similar atrocities in the future. To this end, Gareth Evans and Mahmoud Sahnoun led an international effort to examine the responsibility of both a sovereign state and the international community to protect people from mass atrocities regardless of their geographic location. In so doing, Evans and Sahnoun reframed the basic notion of sovereignty, ... |
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| China's Military Transformation -- Signaling an Aggressive Global Force Projection Strategy? |
16 Mar 2012 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
Kevin F Gregory; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| There has clearly been a shift in Chinese Grand Strategy since 2000 as a result of its rapid growth. In 2003, President Hu talked of peaceful development, but Chinese history and culture, as well as the military transformation which has taken place since 2000, paint a different picture. What strategy does the PRC's historic military transformation signal, and what can be inferred from the available information about the PRC's future ... |
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| Genetic Characterization of Zika Virus Strains: Geographic Expansion of the Asian Lineage |
28 Feb 2012 |
8 pages |
| Authors:
Andrew D Haddow; Amy J Schuh; Chadwick Y Yasuda; Matthew R Kasper; Vireak Heang; Rekol Huy; Hilda Guzman; Robert B Tesh; Scott C Weaver; TEXAS UNIV MEDICAL BRANCH AT GALVESTON CENTER FOR BIODEFENSE AND EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES (CBEID)
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| Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus distributed throughout much of Africa and Asia. Infection with the virus may cause acute febrile illness that clinically resembles dengue fever. A recent study indicated the existence of three geographically distinct viral lineages; however this analysis utilized only a single viral gene. Although ZIKV has been known to circulate in both Africa and Asia since at least the 1950s, little is known about ... |
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| Cyberspace: Regional and Global Perspectives |
22 Feb 2012 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
Brett Reister; AIR WAR COLL MAXWELL AFB AL
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| As the newest war-fighting domain, cyberspace, and the authorities, roles, and responsibilities associated with it, continue to cause confusion despite concerted efforts of clarification. Significant friction exists between the geographic combatant commands, specifically responsible for operations within their theater, and the newly established United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM), the sub-unified command responsible for the global defense and operations in and through this critical domain. Acknowledging the cyberspace domain exists without ... |
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| The Geology of Yemen: An Annotated Bibliography of Yemen's Geology, Geography and Earth Science |
Jan 2012 |
386 pages |
| Authors:
Robert L Hadden; CORPS OF ENGINEERS ALEXANDRIA VA
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| A bibliography on Yemen prepared by the Army Geospatial Center (AGC) to assist the US government in understanding the geological and hydrological problems of this country, by identifying citations on geography, topography, transportation, water, medical concerns, and security. |
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| The Effect of Cigarette Taxation on Prices: An Empirical Analysis Using Local-Level Data |
Jan 2012 |
46 pages |
| Authors:
Ryan S Sullivan; Donald H Dutkowsky; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| This paper combines new, author-collected tax data with data both from the American Chamber of Commerce Researchers Association (ACCRA) cost of living index (COLI) and from the Tax Burden on Tobacco (TBT) to measure the relative effects of city, county, and state excise cigarette taxation on cigarette prices. The results indicate that a $1 increase in the state excise cigarette tax increases cigarette prices between $1.10 and $1.14, but that ... |
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| The Geopolitical Destiny of East Asia |
16 Dec 2011 |
230 pages |
| Authors:
David H Park; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| The art and science of geopolitics was developed to explain history and international relations by identifying and incorporating the roles of geography and climate in the complex adaptive organic system that is human civilization. The application of the geopolitical framework of analysis to East Asian history confirms the roles of geography and climate in influencing human decisions in that region. This study identified several broad geopolitical trends for the sub-regions ... |
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| Operational Lessons Learned in the Korean War |
01 Dec 2011 |
60 pages |
| Authors:
Dale B Woodhouse; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| More than 60 years since the outbreak of war on the Korean Peninsula, U.S. Armed Forces continue to stand by the soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines of the Republic of Korea in an effort to deter further North Korean aggression. The purpose of this monograph is to capture operational lessons learned during the Korean War that should be taken into consideration by operational planners as they prepare for future conflict ... |
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| Sensitivity Analysis of a Cognitive Architecture for the Cultural Geography Model |
Dec 2011 |
151 pages |
| Authors:
Kah H Lee; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The success of Irregular Warfare (IW) and Counterinsurgency Operations depends on the ability to influence the civilian population based on an understanding of their social and cultural backgrounds. The Cultural Geography (CG) model was developed by TRADOC Analysis Center - Monterey, to provide military commanders with a means to evaluate the impact of IW tactical operations on the civilian population. A prototype Cognitive Architecture module was added to improve the ... |
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| Trends and Implications of Climate Change for National and International Security |
Oct 2011 |
175 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| This report describes observable climate change and its consequences. It does not attempt to address the complex and controversial set of causes, nor does it offer recommendations on the possibility of changing the pace or scope of climate change. Instead, the focus is on the need to manage consequences. To that end, this report describes evidence of impacts over recent decades while recognizing uncertainty about the pace of future changes. ... |
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| Political Subculture: A Resilience Modifier |
Sep 2011 |
77 pages |
| Authors:
Gordon S Hunter; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS
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| With the number and severity of disasters seemingly on the rise, there is an increased call for enhancing resilience to mitigate the post-event costs. Resilience is widely known to revolve around the demography, geography, sociology, and economy of the area under study. What is not known is what other factors have multiplicative effects on the overall resilience of communities. One potential factor in this equation is political subculture, Dr. Daniel ... |
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| Balancing Exploration and Exploitation in Agent Learning |
Sep 2011 |
81 pages |
| Authors:
Ozkan Ozcan; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Controlling the ratio of exploration and exploitation in agent learning in dynamic environments is a continuing challenge in applying agent-learning techniques. Methods to control this ratio in a manner that mimics human behavior are required for use in the representation of human behavior in simulations, where the goal is to constrain agent-learning mechanisms in a manner similar to that observed in human cognition. The Cultural Geography (CG) model, under development ... |
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| Paradigm Change: Targeting Enemy Leadership in a Complex Environment |
10 JUN 2011 |
77 pages |
| Authors:
William H. Shoemate; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| As the United States (US) continues operations to neutralize terrorist activity and prepare its military for future hybrid threats, operations to target enemy leadership, in a counterinsurgency environment, have grown in complexity and importance. Over time, insurgent networks have adapted their evasion techniques to counter a superior technological foe. Insurgent networks are providing protected seclusion, constant surveillance, and disruption effects while gaining information superiority. Operating as a network has allowed ... |
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| Mapping Collective Identity: Territories and Boundaries of Human Terrain |
10 JUN 2011 |
103 pages |
| Authors:
Michael L. Wood; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| External borders of countries and their internal boundaries regulate how people are governed and taxed, their rights and legal authority, and the freedoms they share within their daily lives. People often form relationships based on where they live and work, their shared history, religion, culture and self identification. This research provides a process to integrate these various spatial elements that define populations and map their identities over geographic areas. When ... |
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| Performance of Municipal Crisis Management Teams - The Impact of GPS in a C4ISTAR Mission Environment |
JUN 2011 |
31 pages |
| Authors:
Helena Granlund; Rego Granlund; Nils Dahlback; SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY STOCKHOLM
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| This research investigates the impact of a geographical positioning system (GPS) on two different participant groups, university students and municipal crisis management teams. The goal is to identify differences in the work processes of teams that have access to a GPS in their command posts, compared to teams that use paper maps. A total of 132 students and 108 professionals, forming 40 teams, where tested in a simulated C4ISTAR mission ... |
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| Towards a C2 Poly-Visualization Tool: Leveraging the Power of Social-Network Analysis and GIS |
JUN 2011 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
Alexander Wassell; Marion Ceruti; Niina Haas; Kevin Adams; Sandi Lehan; Der S. Yang; SPACE AND NAVAL WARFARE SYSTEMS CENTER PACIFIC SAN DIEGO CA
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| Civil authorities and emergency managers need to collect, manage, analyze and display network and geographic information to understand better the connectivity of critical sectors of the community and their spatial relationships to physical attributes of geography and terrain, the built environment, critical infrastructures and key resources, and the proximity of segments of the population/ neighborhoods to local hazards and threats to security. A promising method for the analysis of social ... |
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| Preliminary Investigation of Profiling Tools and Methods |
Jun 2011 |
97 pages |
| Authors:
Wendy Sullivan-Kwantes; Quan Lam; Karen Richards; Andrea Hawton; Christina Powlesland; Peter Kwantes; Debbie Kerrigan-Brown; DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TORONTO (CANADA)
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| The purpose of this technical memorandum is to outline the proposed component of project 15AG: Canadian Forces (CF) Enhanced Influence Operations and the preliminary investigation of profiling tools for CF application and purposes. There are several different types of profiling, each with its various uses, unique foci, tools, methods, and skill sets. In this report, we focus on three classes of profiling: Criminal, Geographic, and Leader. A team of six ... |
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| The Need for a Revised Joint Personnel Accounting Doctrine |
22 MAY 2011 |
25 pages |
| Authors:
George A. Mitroka; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| The United States Congress recently altered the strategic direction of the Department of Defense's personnel accounting community. The Fiscal Year 2010 Budget contained a mandate that requires the yearly output rate of identifications per year to increase to 200 by 2015. In comparison, the personnel accounting community has only averaged 72 identifications per year for the last five years. The delta in the number of identifications presents a significant challenge ... |
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| Command and Control: Toward Arctic Unity of Command and Unity of Effort |
19 MAY 2011 |
63 pages |
| Authors:
Michael J. Peeler; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| This study examines issues facing the U.S. military command and control structure in the Arctic. Specifically, given recent climate changes, the resulting potential threats, and the missions set forth by the commander in chief, what is the most effective command and control structure to provide the requisite unity of command and unity of effort in the Arctic? Looking through the lens of the U.S. Army's design model this study first ... |
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| Joint Interagency Multinational Sea-Based Logistics Platforms: Utilizing Strategic Sealift to Enhance Geographic Combatant Commanders Theater Engagement Capabilities |
19 MAY 2011 |
42 pages |
| Authors:
Charles D. McDermott; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| U.S. national security depends in part on the Nation's ability to respond effectively to disasters, both at home and abroad. Recent responses have relied heavily on airlift, commercial and military, and U.S. Navy surface combatants. The per-ton cost of airlift is vastly more expensive than sealift and the operating costs of a Navy combatant can be as much as 20 times that of a strategic sealift ship. Still, planners virtually ... |
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| U.S. Northern Command's Security Role in Mexico: An Indirect Approach to Building Capacity among the Mexican Military |
04 MAY 2011 |
23 pages |
| Authors:
Clay T. Fimiani; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| The deteriorating security situation resulting from the drug war in Mexico poses significant threat to U.S. national security. As the geographic combatant command responsible for homeland security, U.S. Northern Command has a vested interest in addressing this instability. At the core of the instability in Mexico is civil and judicial institutional dysfunction, and long term security cannot be realized until this issue is addressed. However, when confronted with options for ... |
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| Intercultural Competency at the Geographic Combatant Command Level |
04 MAY 2011 |
26 pages |
| Authors:
James P. Pete; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| There has been a failure to incorporate available intercultural competency assets at the GCC level to leverage existing cultural expertise: Foreign Area Officers (FAOs), DoD Academic Teams and foreign Embassy Country Teams. Under the Defense Language Transformation Roadmap (dated January 2005), the Department of Defense has identified the requirement for intercultural competency to improve both coalition relations and operations within foreign countries. The Defense Foreign Language Steering Committee (DFLSC) has ... |
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| Managing the Arctic Thaw: A Joint Interagency Approach to a Potential Hot Spot |
04 MAY 2011 |
38 pages |
| Authors:
Patrick F. Peschka; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| The recent and continued melting of the northern Polar ice cap is not only changing the geographical environment of the Arctic region, but the political landscape as well. As such, unresolved territorial claims between the Arctic coastal states, driven by the potential for increased access to numerous natural resources, and the viability for the potential utilization of shorter shipping routes, whose ownerships are disputed, have rekindled `old fires' amongst nations ... |
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| Using Geography and Geographic Information Systems to Create and Operate Self Sustaining Forward Operating Bases |
May 2011 |
18 pages |
| Authors:
Terrence D Martin; ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS RESEARCH INST INC REDLANDS CA
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| Sustainable Expeditionary Site Selection Requirements: Mission Data Set, Solar Density, Wind Density, Biomass Resources, Geothermal Resources, Hydro Resources, and Tidal Resources. Key Points: Climate Change cause and effects are geographically predictable; In other words, sustainability is a geographically organized problem in space and time; GIS is a tool for managing geographically organized problems; Where and how to deploy are geographic problems; GIS technology is already deployed (CJMTK, GeoBase, Expeditionary Site ... |
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| Defense Infrastructure: DOD Used Available Guidance in Its Decision to Discontinue Commissary Operations at NAS Brunswick, but Criteria Needs Clarification |
20 APR 2011 |
24 pages |
| Authors:
Marc J. Schwartz; Jacqueline S. McColl; Charles W. Perdue; Richard S. Powelson; Hia Quach; Michael Willems; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| The Navy considered the governing DOD instruction for continuing commissary operations at NAS Brunswick after the installation closes. The Navy concluded that the NAS Brunswick commissary met some elements of the general criteria,2 but did not meet the economic criteria, based on its interpretation of the DOD instruction. Under the general criteria, the Navy considered the mission and personnel factors and concluded that there will be an active-duty mission and ... |
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| Ethnic Violence, Impact on Afghanistan |
08 Apr 2011 |
38 pages |
| Authors:
Robert Hanley; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Violence has always been a part of the Afghan way of life. Despite beliefs that ethnic differences are the sole factors in triggering violence, there is no single cause of violence in Afghanistan's complex situation. This paper considers such issues as geography, regional and historical factors, ethnic make-up -- along with religious, political, economic, and social considerations. It concludes that ethnicity is not the only factor causing violence in Afghanistan, ... |
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| Biometric Challenges for Future Deployments: A Study of the Impact of Geography, Climate, Culture, and Social Conditions on the Effective Collection of Biometrics |
Apr 2011 |
67 pages |
| Authors:
Paul C Clark; Heather S Gregg; Cynthia E Irvine; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA CENTER FOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY STUDIES AND RESEARCH
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| In February 2008, the Deputy Secretary of Defense signed a DoD Directive that established the Secretary of the Army as the DoD Executive Agent for DoD biometrics. The directive also indicated the importance of biometrics as a fully integrated enabling technology intended to support military operations. Even before that directive was signed, biometrics was being used extensively in a range of military operations. Despite its success, there has been little ... |
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| The New Geography: The Map, The Satellite, and The Computer |
23 Mar 2011 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
Kirby E Watson; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Geopolitics is a theory that describes the relationship between politics and territory. Geopolitics is a form of foreign policy analysis that seeks to understand, explain, and predict international political behavior in terms of geographic variables, such as the geographic location of the country or countries in question, size of the countries involved, climate of the region the countries are in, topography of the region, demography of the region, and natural ... |
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| National Character vs. National Security: Conflict in the Making? |
01 Mar 2011 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
Christopher R Colbert; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| From the very early years of the American Revolution, the Founding Fathers knew that the struggle to define and hold true to a national character would set the course of the future of the United States. Indeed, laid bare in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, the conceiving documents of the Nation, are the seeds of conflict between the ideals of national character and national security. As a result, ... |
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| Brazil and the United States: The Need for Strategic Engagement (Strategic Forum, Number 266, March 2011) |
MAR 2011 |
17 pages |
| Authors:
Luigi R. Einaudi; NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV WASHINGTON DC INST FOR NATIONAL STRATEGIC STUDIES
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| Brazil's economic performance, political stability, and cultural vitality ensure that Brasilia's foreign and defense policies will help shape global as well as regional politics in the decades ahead. More than a Latin American or even Third World leader, Brazil has become an autonomous global power. U.S. relations with Brazil have evolved from an alliance during and immediately after World War II to skeptical distance today. Distrust is exacerbated by outmoded ... |
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| Winning Insurgent War: Back to Basics |
Jan 2011 |
542 pages |
| Authors:
Geoff Demarest; FOREIGN MILITARY STUDIES OFFICE (ARMY) FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| Dr. Demarest's book gives students and practitioners a pragmatic start point rooted in the classic principles of war and simultaneously in the jurisprudential principles of impunity and culpability -- concepts that apply across the entire plane of human conflict. Demarest reminds us that success in warfare requires control of land, and so an empirical knowledge of geography, both physical and human (if the two could actually be separated) is vital. ... |
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| The effect of social contexts on network response to emergencies |
Jan 2011 |
7 pages |
| Authors:
Yu-Ru Lin; David Lazer; HARVARD UNIV CAMBRIDGE MA
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| We study how social communication behaviors change when the population encounters unfamiliar conditions, which has potential to provide insights into improving resource management in response to emergencies and crises, as well as to offer new perspective on information propagation. Using anonymous billing records of 10 million mobile phone subscribers in a western European country from 2007 to 2009, we compare call activity in the immediate aftermath of a set of ... |
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| Ending the Iraq Mission |
Jan 2011 |
4 pages |
| Authors:
Chase A Hasbrouck; ARMY SIGNAL CENTER AND FORT GORDON GA
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| Longfellow famously wrote, Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending. On 23 April 2011, the 62nd Expeditionary Signal Battalion began writing its own ending as the final ESB deployment in support of U.S. Forces-Iraq s communications requirements. As the first 100 days of the deployment draws to a close, it s instructive to look back and determine the lessons learned. |
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| STEP Status Tool for the Environmental Program |
Jun 2010 |
19 pages |
| Authors:
ARMY JOINT MUNITIONS COMMAND ROCK ISLAND IL
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| Agenda: Decision Sciences Inc. (DSI): Background, Customers. Status Tool For The Environmental Program (STEP) for JMC. What is STEP? Why STEP? Timeline, Roles & Responsibilities, Main Page, Functional Elements, Project Detail Page, Reports Page, Next Generation Possibilities: Geographic Information System (GIS) Mapping, Dashboard Technology. STEP (Status Tool for the Environmental Program) is a secure dynamic web basd application for Army Environmental Requirements. it racks and standardizes all environmental program requirements. ... |
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| Assessing Military Use of Training Areas Using a Geographic Information System |
May 2010 |
47 pages |
| Authors:
Arthur W Hazebrook; ARMY GARRISON FORT HUNTER LIGGETT CA
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| Fort Hunter Liggett (FHL) is the nation's largest U.S. Army Reserve Command training installation and is the eighth largest Army facility in the continental United States. FHL is a part of the Combat Support Training Center (CSTC) complex of USARC/IMCOM properties and strives to be the premier training site in the western United States. |
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| Middle Eastern Geographies of World War I |
28 Apr 2010 |
85 pages |
| Authors:
James G Riely; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| Military history demonstrates the vital role that geography plays in the planning, execution, and results of any conflict. This project espouses a comprehensive notion of geography that encompasses both physical and human contextual characteristics, as well as the relationships that exist between the two. Theorists Carl von Clausewitz and Antoine de Jomini include geography in their discussions on strategy and tactics, and they challenge military leaders to understand its effects ... |
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