| Diversity within the Joint Team: Understanding the Different Operational Perspectives of the Army and Air Force |
06 Dec 2012 |
58 pages |
| Authors:
Ryan L Hill; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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 | Proceeding from the means and ways they use to overcome the problems within their specific domains, the Army and Air Force have developed different operational perspectives. The differences would not matter if each service branch conducted operations independently. However, to be effective on the modern battlefield, the two services must fight as one team. Unfortunately, the views of the two branches have been contentious from the beginning and have had ... |
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| What is the Role of Heavy Armor in the Army of 2020? |
06 Dec 2012 |
61 pages |
| Authors:
Elliott L Rogers; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| With operations in Iraq complete and the transition out of Afghanistan ongoing, what is the role of the heavy armor force in the Army of 2020? Although several senior leaders have stated that armor will play a significant role in the future, none have articulated what that role will be. As the Army deals with force reduction and economic constraints, it also must prepare a future fighting force to succeed ... |
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| Manned Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance: Strategic, Tactical . . . Both? |
Dec 2012 |
20 pages |
| Authors:
Tyler Morton; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL AIR FORCE RESEARCH INST
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| The Obama administration's desire to rebalance the United States global focus to the Western Pacific and East Asia has serious ramifications for the manned airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) community. That force, historically steeped in strategic-level intelligence collection, has become through the exigencies of the counterinsurgency conflicts of the early twenty-first century the world's finest supplier of tactical-level intelligence. The US Air Force's arsenal of manned airborne ISR assets ... |
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| U.S. Army War College Key Strategic Issues List (KSIL) 2012-2013 |
Aug 2012 |
52 pages |
| Authors:
Jr Jordan Louis H; Steven Metz; Robert J Howell; David Connelly; Jeff Melody; John Surdu; Karla Brischke; Donald Cranz; John Gailliard; Brian C Proctor; ARMY WAR COLL STRATEGIC STUDIES INST CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The Key Strategic Issues List (KSIL) is published annually for the purpose of making students and other researchers aware of strategic topics that are, or are likely to become, of special importance to the U.S. Army. The list is a compilation of input from the faculty at the Strategic Studies Institute, the U.S. Army War College, the U.S. Army's senior leadership, as well as from civilian and military defense experts. ... |
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| Effect of Heat on Wounded Warriors in Ground Combat Vehicles: Insights from the Army Medical Community, and the Simulation of a Novel Method for Soldier Thermal Control |
Aug 2012 |
9 pages |
| Authors:
Nathan Tison; Robert E Smith; ARMY TANK AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER WARREN MI
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| Ground combat vehicles can operate in regions characterized by various types and severities of injuries ? resulting from improvised explosive devices (IEDs), gunfire or heat illness ? as well as extreme climates such as desert environments. Because of the wounded warrior's compromised physical condition, their thermal surroundings within the vehicle is especially important. This paper presents insights gleaned from the Army medical community, as well as a simple study of ... |
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| Land Combat Study of an Army Infantry Division 2003-2009 |
26 Jun 2012 |
22 pages |
| Authors:
Paul Y Kim; Brian C Kok; Jeffrey L Thomas; Charles W Hoge; Lyndon A Riviere; WALTER REED ARMY INST OF RESEARCH SILVER SPRING MD
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| Throughout the course of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, numerous studies have demonstrated the adverse mental and behavioral health effects on veterans. This report compiles data from multiple time-points between 2003 and 2009 to demonstrate behavioral and mental health trends across these years. Mental health rates increased between 2003 and 2008, but dropped in 2009. Alcohol misuse decreased between 2003 and 2009, but substance abuse increased through 2008. The ... |
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| Brigade Modernization Command |
20 Jun 2012 |
10 pages |
| Authors:
ARMY TRAINING AND DOCTRINE COMMAND FORT EUSTIS VA ARMY CAPABILITIES INTEGRATION CENTER
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| PURPOSE: Educate audience on Network Integration Evaluations and the Agile process and what it is doing for the Army, focusing on Mission Command and how it is operationalized during the semiannual NIEs. AGENDA: The Capabilities Integration Agile Process and the Network Integration Evaluation, The Capabilities Integration Agile Process, The Capabilities Integration Agile Process Simultaneous Plan, Prepare, Execute, Assess, Unified Land Operations, Mission Command, Operations Process, The Warfighting Functions, Network Baseline ... |
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| Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder: A Tale of Strategic Context and Operational Art in Iraq, 2004-2008 |
17 May 2012 |
76 pages |
| Authors:
Shawn M Bault; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| In January 2007, President of the United States George W. Bush announced a strategy called the New Way Forward in Iraq, a departure from the National Strategy for Victory in Iraq announced only thirteen months previous. Additionally, President Bush approved the deployment of five additional combat brigades in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The so-called surge, as it became known, increased American troop levels by 30,000 and was thought to ... |
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| United States Army's Current Capability to Conduct Combined Arms Maneuver |
17 May 2012 |
58 pages |
| Authors:
Gordon A Richardson; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| The U.S. Army is concluding its responsibilities in the Global War on Terrorism in Afghanistan and Iraq by conducting Counterinsurgency Operations now doctrinally associated with Wide Area Security (WAS). This monograph explores whether the U.S. Army is prepared for Combined Arms Maneuver (CAM) as an integral part of its Unified Land Operations. The author argues that the U.S. Army is currently not ready to successfully deploy and execute Major Combat ... |
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| Army Aviation and Unified Land Operations: Renewing Army Aviation's Role and Doctrine to Dominate the Third Dimension of Land Warfare |
17 May 2012 |
57 pages |
| Authors:
Richard A Martin; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| Much has changed in the U.S. Army over the last decade. Transforming to a modular, brigade-centric force included a transition of operating concepts as well. Just as ground maneuver brigades transformed to be more versatile, adaptable, agile, deployable and tailorable, so too, did Army Aviation. The Combat Aviation Brigade embodies many of the lessons learned yet represents many of the same mistakes made throughout the history of Army Aviation. As ... |
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| The Joint Air Component Coordination Element: Middleman or an Effective Airpower Broker? |
04 May 2012 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
James C Cooper; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| While the Joint Air Component Coordination Element (JACCE) was initially an ad hoc organization designed to bridge the coordination gap between the Joint Force Land Component Commander's (JFLCC) fielded subordinates and geographically separated supporting Joint Force Air Component Commander (JFACC), it is now a formally entrenched part of both Joint and United States Air Force (USAF) doctrine. However, the collective experience gained employing the JACCE during both Operations IRAQI FREEDOM ... |
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| Pervasive Agility and Agile Fires in Support of Decisive Action |
29 Mar 2012 |
58 pages |
| Authors:
Timothy W Bush; TEXAS UNIV AT AUSTIN LYNDON B JOHNSON SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
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| With the end of our commitment in Iraq and as we begin the drawdown of forces in Afghanistan, the Nation, the Department of Defense, and the Army are beginning a strategic transition from fighting and winning current wars to preparing for the challenges beyond them. Simultaneously, the U.S. Government faces a fiscal and budgetary crisis that will shape the strategic landscape and inform our preparations for future conflicts. Addressing the ... |
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| Army Water Sustainment: An Analysis of Capabilities and Capacities |
22 Mar 2012 |
38 pages |
| Authors:
Thomas P Murphy; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| For the Army, access to water is fundamental to ensure unit readiness and preparedness to execute effective combat operations. Clean, potable water enables commanders to achieve military success in support of campaign and political objectives. Planners in general and logisticians specifically, at every level, must understand and analyze the Army s capability and capacity to purify and distribute water, in order to implement the Tenets of Unified Land Operations successfully. ... |
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| Report to Congress on the Review of Laws, Policies and Regulations Restricting the Service of Female Members in the U.S. Armed Forces |
Feb 2012 |
29 pages |
| Authors:
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (PERSONNEL AND READINESS) WASHINGTON DC
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| The Department of Defense (DoD) submits this report to meet the requirements of Section 535 of the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (FY11 NDAA). The Department has conducted the required review of all gender-restricting policies. This extensive review resulted in the following vision statement: The Department of Defense is committed to removing all barriers that would prevent Service members from rising to the highest level ... |
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| Predictors of Risk and Resilience for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Ground Combat Marines: Methods of the Marine Resiliency Study |
Jan 2012 |
12 pages |
| Authors:
Dewleen G Baker; William P Nash; Brett T Litz; Mark A Geyer; Victoria B Risbrough; Caroline M Nievergelt; Daniel T O'Connor; Gerald E Larson; Nicholas J Schork; Jennifer J Vasterling; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION ATLANTA GA
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| The Marine Resiliency Study (MRS) is a prospective study of factors predictive of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among approximately 2,600 Marines in 4 battalions deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan. We describe the MRS design and predeployment participant characteristics. Starting in 2008, our research team conducted structured clinical interviews on Marine bases and collected data 4 times: at predeployment and at 1 week, 3 months, and 6 months postdeployment. Integrated with ... |
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| The Nett Warrior System: A Case Study for the Acquisition of Soldier Systems |
15 Dec 2011 |
130 pages |
| Authors:
Joseph L Rosen; Jason W Walsh; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC POLICY
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| This project provides an analysis of the Army's acquisition of the Nett Warrior (NW) soldier system. Its objectives are to document the legacy of the system and provide an overview of how acquisition strategy has adapted with respect to key acquisition elements since its inception on September 8, 1993. The product is a document that provides an analysis of the actions taken and the obstacles encountered and how the warfighters, ... |
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| Comparing the Efficacy of Airpower and Heavy Ground Power |
01 Dec 2011 |
59 pages |
| Authors:
Andrew C Caggiano; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| America's current financial strains necessitate an investigation into the effectiveness and efficiency of our fighting forces. This monograph explores the history of technology, theory, and doctrine in heavy ground combat power and air power to determine whether one force component is more efficient and effective than the other. The author first constructs a model to compare and contrast the characteristics, functions, roles, and missions associated with each force component. Next, ... |
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| Air Command and Control in Small Wars |
01 Dec 2011 |
62 pages |
| Authors:
Mark R Heusinkveld; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| There has been much discussion about the best use of air power in small wars, specifically with regard to current operations in Afghanistan. Coalition air forces involved in Operation Enduring Freedom use the same command and control (C2) structure doctrinally established for all types of operations: centralized control and decentralized execution. Is there a better way to structure air power in small wars? The small wars fought by the French ... |
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| BG J. Franklin Bell and the Practice of Operational Art in the Philippines, 1901-1902 |
01 Dec 2011 |
59 pages |
| Authors:
Brian E McCarthy; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| U.S. Army commanders seek to balance the requirements to conduct offensive, defensive, and stability operations simultaneously. Within this framework, commanders also have had to balance the conduct of traditional military actions and nonmilitary activities. To do all this effectively, commanders employ operational art. The forthcoming Army Doctrinal Publication, Unified Land Operations presents the principle that operational art is the connection between strategic objectives and tactical actions, and provides a common ... |
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| Unified Land Operations |
Oct 2011 |
29 pages |
| Authors:
ARMY COMBINED ARMS CENTER FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| Army Doctrine Publication (ADP) 3-0 is one of the Army s two capstone doctrine publications; the other is Field Manual (FM) 1, The Army. ADP 3-0 presents overarching doctrinal guidance and direction for conducting operations. (See figure 1 on pages iv and v.) It constitutes the Army s view of how it conducts prompt and sustained operations on land and sets the foundation for developing the other principles, tactics, techniques, ... |
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| Improving Aerosol and Visibility Forecasting Capabilities Using Current and Future Generations of Satellite Observations |
30 Sep 2011 |
11 pages |
| Authors:
Jianglong Zhang; NORTH DAKOTA UNIV GRAND FORKS DEPT OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
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| The study of atmospheric aerosols is important because of their effects on air quality, climate change and atmospheric circulation. Aerosols reflect and absorb light which can severely reduce visibility during episodes of heavy loading, and thus, aerosols directly impact air, sea, and land operations for the DOD. Additionally, the widespread use of advanced electro-optical (EO) systems requires the accurate characterization and prediction of aerosol optical properties on both regional and ... |
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| Not Again! 20th Century Hollow Force Lessons Learned for the 21st Century Military |
17 JUN 2011 |
80 pages |
| Authors:
Russell C. Burton; NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV NORFOLK VA JOINT ADVANCED WARFIGHTING SCHOOL
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| This paper investigates the problem of how United States Department of Defense (DoD) planners should organize the U.S. military, specifically the ground combat elements of the Army and Marine Corps, to meet near-to-mid term security challenges in a fiscally sustainable way. The post-Cold War force structure of the Armed Forces requires more to be spent on defense than two generations ago; yet it is III-suited to manage the challenges of ... |
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| Military Review. Volume 91, Number 3, May-June 2011 |
Jun 2011 |
100 pages |
| Authors:
ARMY COMBINED ARMS CENTER FORT LEAVENWORTH KS MILITARY REVIEW
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| FEATURED ARTICLES: The Year 2012: South Korea s Resumption of Wartime Operational Control by Lieutenant Colonel James M. Minnich, U.S. Army; Maintaining the Combat Edge by Major General Michael S. Tucker, U.S. Army, with Major Jason P. Conroy, U.S. Army; Preparing Soldiers to Help Foreign Partners Meet 21st Century Challenges by Brigadier General Edward P. Donnelly, U.S. Army, and Lieutenant Colonel Robert Maginnis, U.S. Army, Retired; The Fight for the ... |
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| Gates' West Point Speech: Returning to Rumsfeld's Vision of Future Warfare? |
25 May 2011 |
24 pages |
| Authors:
Ricky J Nussio; CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES WASHINGTON DC
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| During the recent decade, the U.S. Army primarily operated in the counterinsurgency environment following relatively short conventional combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. With the current number of failed states in the world and the likelihood of more, military analysts predict an increase in the potential of conducting more military stability operations versus conventional military operations. The Secretary of Defense recently commented on the lack of potential need or desire ... |
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| How Changes in Survivability and Lethality Affect Performance in a L400 Setting |
May 2011 |
27 pages |
| Authors:
Luke Finlay; DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION EDINBURGH (AUSTRALIA) LAND OPERATIONS DIV
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| We investigate how changes in both survivability and lethality of vehicle options, in a Land 400 setting, a ect mission performance. To do this, we construct a quadratic linear regression model with the survivability and lethality as two predictors and various measures of e ectiveness as the result. This is done over two separate wargame cases with di erent vehicle options. |
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| Central Asian Security Trends: Views from Europe and Russia |
APR 2011 |
95 pages |
| Authors:
Stephen J. Blank; ARMY WAR COLL STRATEGIC STUDIES INST CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The papers collected in this volume pertain to Central Asia. Indeed, they offer us two foreign views of the strategic situation evolving there-a Russian and a French analysis. For obvious reasons: the war in Afghanistan, proximity to major global actors, large energy holdings, and for less obvious reason, i.e., the possibility that domestic instability in one or more of these states could spread to other Muslim states as we now ... |
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| The Army's Space Provider |
Jan 2011 |
6 pages |
| Authors:
Richard P Formica; ARMY SPACE AND MISSILE DEFENSE COMMAND/ARMY FORCES STRATEGIC COMMAND PETERSON AFB CO
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| In this issue of the Army Space Journal, I will share a slightly edited version of my recent testimony to the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces in May. My purpose was to inform the Senate about the Army as a user of space capabilities; to summarize the Army s space strategy and policy; and to discuss the space capabilities provided by the Army. I think it s important ... |
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| GM-TARDEC Vehicle Intelligence Collaboration Meeting |
16 DEC 2010 |
16 pages |
| Authors:
Andrea Simon; ARMY TANK AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER WARREN MI
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| TARDEC Overview |
21 OCT 2010 |
22 pages |
| Authors:
Jennifer Hitchcock; ARMY TANK AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER WARREN MI
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| The mission of TARDEC is to provide full life-cycle engineering support and is provider-of-first-choice for all DOD ground combat and combat support vehicle systems. It develops and integrates the right technology solutions to improve Current Force effectiveness and provide superior capabilities for the Future Force. |
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| How Does Geoscience Support Marine Corps Operations? [interview], Episode 60 of the Armed with Science Series (Podcast) |
24 MAR 2010 |
1 pages |
| Authors:
Bob Freeman; Kari Hubler; NAVAL METEOROLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CENTER GULFPORT MS
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| Who ensures that Marines can conduct the full gamut of military operations on land, in the air and on the sea? Geoscientists, of course! In this podcast, Marine Corps Master Sgt. Kari Hubler, a 17-year veteran of the Marine Corps' meteorology and oceanography community, explains how all forecasting is based on gathering data, analyzing the environment to determine what physical processes are affecting it, and then forecasting how those variables ... |
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| China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities - Background and Issues for Congress |
23-Nov-2009 |
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| Authors:
Ronald O'Rourke; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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 | In the debate over future U.S. defense spending, including deliberations taking place in the current Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), a key issue is how much emphasis to place on programs for countering improved Chinese military forces in coming years. Observers disagree on the issue, with some arguing that such programs should receive significant emphasis, others arguing that they should receive relatively little, and still others taking an intermediate position. The ... |
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| China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities - Background and Issues for Congress |
21-Oct-2009 |
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| Authors:
Ronald O'Rourke; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| In the debate over future U.S. defense spending, including deliberations taking place in the current Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), a key issue is how much emphasis to place on programs for countering improved Chinese military forces in coming years. Observers disagree on the issue, with some arguing that such programs should receive significant emphasis, others arguing that they should receive relatively little, and still others taking an intermediate position. The ... |
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| Geospatially Enabling Battle Command: the Common Ground JCTD |
10-Jun-2009 |
21 pages |
| Authors:
Steven A Grant; EUROPEAN RESEARCH OFFICE LONDON (UNITED KINGDOM) ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER
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| Control of Small Robot Squads in Complex Adversarial Environments: a Review |
Jun-2009 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
Alexander Kott; STUART YOUNG; ARMY RESEARCH LAB ADELPHI MD
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| While a number of excellent review articles on military robots have appeared in existing literature, this paper focuses on a distinct sub-space of related problems: small military robots organized into moderately sized squads, operating in a ground combat environment. Specifically, we consider the following: Command of practical small robots, comparable to current generation, small unmanned ground vehicles (e.g., Pac,Bots) with limited computing and sensor payload, as opposed to larger vehicle-sized ... |
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| The Collins Center Update. Volume 11, Issue 3, April-June 2009 |
Jun-2009 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
James Kievit; John Auger; Dennis M Murphy; Bernard E Griffard; John A Mowchan; William O Waddell; Kevin J Cogan; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA CENTER FOR STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP
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| This Issue contains the following articles: 1) Unified Quest 2009; 2) Talking the Talk: Why Warfighters Don't Understand Information Operations; 3) U.S. Army Central 2009 Land Forces Symposium: Land Forces' Challenges in a Full Spectrum Environment; 4) Allied Rapid Reaction Corps Public Affairs Symposium; 5) The Militarization of the Collective Security Treaty Organization; 6) Presentations on Command and Control. |
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| Operation Anaconda. Lessons for Joint Operations |
Mar-2009 |
74 pages |
| Authors:
Hans Binnendijk; Michael Baranick; Richard L Kugler; NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV WASHINGTON DC CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY AND NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY
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| Operation Anaconda, conducted in the Shahikot Valley of Afghanistan during early March 2002, was a complex battle fought in rugged mountainous terrain under difficult conditions. The battle ended as an American victory at the cost of eight U.S. military personnel killed and more than 50 wounded. But the difficult early stages of the battle provide insights for thinking about how to organize, train, and equip U.S. forces for future joint ... |
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| Understanding Airpower: Bonfire of the Fallacies |
Mar 2009 |
85 pages |
| Authors:
Colin S Gray; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL AIR FORCE RESEARCH INST
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| Dr. Colin Gray recognizes that there will always be defense debates. He also believes that some of the frequently contested debating terrain can and need to be clarified and settled. In this study, this noted strategic scholar addresses assumptions and conventionally held ideas about airpower that are wrong. Professor Gray identifies and discusses nine fallacies: (1) the USAF should abandon large-scale regular warfare; (2) airpower is inherently a strategic weapon; ... |
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| The Collocation Policy: A Useful Personnel Assignment Policy for Those Who Don't Understand Counterinsurgencies |
20-Feb-2009 |
19 pages |
| Authors:
C L McCutchan; MARINE CORPS COMMAND AND STAFF COLL QUANTICO VA
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| I enlisted as a track vehicle mechanic, so, to be honest with you, I never really expected to ever have to fire my weapon. This simple statement by a female soldier who found herself engaging the enemy at close range while patrolling the streets of Ramadi, Iraq, with Marines in 2004, signifies all that is wrong with the current policy on the assignment of service women. Since 1994, the DoD-wide ... |
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| Training Small Unit Leaders and Teams |
Feb-2009 |
67 pages |
| Authors:
Amanda N Gesselman; Kenneth L Evans; Bruce W Knerr; ARMY RESEARCH INST FOR THE BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES FORT BENNING GA RESEARCH UNIT
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| This report summarizes a 3-year U.S. Army Research Institute (ARI) research program in the area of small unit leader and team training. The program encompassed 27 separate lines of investigation across five broad areas. The new and emerging systems section covers reduced exposure firing with the Land Warrior system, Land Warrior's training impact, Warfighting Experimentation Lab, the battlefield information requirements of squad leaders, interactive methods to train digital map displays, ... |
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| The Multipurpose Black Hawk Utility Helicopter: Rotary-wing Versatility Required for U.S. Marine Corps Enhanced Company Operations |
Jan-2009 |
40 pages |
| Authors:
Wade J Dunford; MARINE CORPS UNIV QUANTICO VA
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| The Marine Corps is known for its employment of combined-arms warfighting and task-organizes its forces as a Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF). The MAGTF concept includes, just as the name implies, a balance of air and ground forces organized under one commander, tailored in size and capabilities based on a specific mission. The MAGTF is designed to rapidly deploy by air, land, or sea and provides forces to naval, joint, ... |
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| Resurrecting the Icon: The Enduring Relevance of Clausewitz's On War |
Jan-2009 |
16 pages |
| Authors:
Nikolas Gardner; AIR WAR COLL MAXWELL AFB AL
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| For students of strategy, Carl von Clausewitz has long been a polarizing figure. Notwithstanding their rather different interpretations of On War, soldiers, statesmen, and scholars such as Moltke the Elder, General Colin Powell, and Sir Michael Howard have praised its insights and elevated it to the forefront of the strategic canon. Their enthusiasm has been matched by the hostility of writers like Sir Basil H. Liddell Hart, Sir John Keegan, ... |
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| Efficient Employment of Adaptive Sensor |
Dec-2008 |
39 pages |
| Authors:
Lee K Kiang; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| We consider a sensor that is subject to false-positive and false-negative errors. The sensor searches for stationary threat objects such as ballistic missile launchers or improvised explosive devices. The objects are located in a certain area of interest, which is divided into area-cells. The area-cells are defined such that each one of them may contain, at most, one threat object. The task of the sensor is to determine if an ... |
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| The Land Warrior Soldier System: A Case Study for the Acquisition of Soldier Systems |
Dec-2008 |
345 pages |
| Authors:
Clifton; Nile L Jr; Douglas W Copeland; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| This project provides an analysis of the Army's acquisition of the Land Warrior (LW) Soldier System. Its objectives are to document the history of the LW and provide an overview of the program to establish the components of both its development and deployment and its associated business and management characteristics. The product is a document that provides an analysis of the actions taken and the obstacles encountered and how the ... |
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| China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities - Background and Issues for Congress |
08-Oct-2008 |
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| Authors:
Ronald O'Rourke; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Concern has grown in Congress and elsewhere since the 1990s about China's military modernization. Several of the U.S. Navy's most expensive acquisition programs, as well as Navy initiatives for homeporting ships and for training sailors, are for developing or maintaining capabilities that could be useful or critical in countering improved Chinese mantime military capabilities in coming years. The issue for Congress addressed in this report is: How should China's military ... |
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| Acquisition of a Static Human Target in Complex Terrain: Study of Perceptual Learning Utilizing Virtual Environments |
01-Sep-2008 |
105 pages |
| Authors:
Robert L Kammerzell; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Soldiers conducting ground operations must visually detect various dynamic and static threats. While enemy utilization of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) is a constant danger, there is also the requirement to detect the insurgent sniper threat. The U.S. Army has long identified enemy sniper activity as one of great importance to both our individual soldier's survivability and unit operational effectiveness. Specifically, the soldier's visual system and perceptual skills are immediately tasked ... |
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| EINSTein Goes to War: A Primer on Ground Combat Models |
01-Sep-2008 |
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| Authors:
Christopher P Fredlake; Kai Wang; CENTER FOR NAVAL ANALYSES ALEXANDRIA VA
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| In this CNA Information Memorandum (CIM), we present a primer on ground combat models with a brief history of combat modeling, a survey of some recent models used by the Department of Defense (DoD). Because many DoD combat models use Lanchester-type equations in their attrition calculations; we discuss examples of Lanchester-type equations and their limitations. The second part of the report focuses on a multiagent-based model, EINSTein (or Enhanced ISAAC ... |
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| Resistance to Paradigm Change: Potential Crisis for the U.S. Army and the All-Volunteer Force |
22-May-2008 |
51 pages |
| Authors:
Michael J Johnson; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| The U.S. Army's ability to meet current demands for land combat power in the execution of the National Military Strategy has reached a critical stage. For the first time the All-Volunteer Force must sustain a lengthy conflict with significant amounts of ground combat power. This paper examines the ability of the All-Volunteer Force to meet the manpower needs of the U.S. Army. There are significant issues with the All-Volunteer Force ... |
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| The Integration of all Fleet Air Arm Helicopters into Joint Helicopter Command |
04-Apr-2008 |
75 pages |
| Authors:
Louis Wilson-Chalon; NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV NORFOLK VA JOINT FORCES STAFF COLL
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| The 1998 Strategic Defence Review established the need for a new joint command, Joint Helicopter Command, responsible for the integration and deployment of all battlefield field helicopters from the three British Armed Forces. Although this has ensured coherency during helicopter deployment, there remains insufficient numbers available resulting in a 38 per cent shortfall of this valuable asset and significant force multiplier. This sets the stage for the next evolution of ... |
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| A Balance of Power-Army Transformation and Modernization in an Era of Persistent Conflict |
04-Apr-2008 |
87 pages |
| Authors:
Matthew S Kinkead; NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV NORFOLK VA JOINT FORCES STAFF COLL
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| The enduring mission of the U.S. Army is to provide ready forces and land force capabilities to the Combatant Commanders in support of the National Security Strategy, the National Defense Strategy and the National Military Strategy. The purpose of this paper is to ascertain if the U.S. Army transformation and modernization efforts are truly nested with the higher level security strategies, and likewise if these two initiatives are essential to ... |
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| Army Logistics Transformation: A Key Component of Military Strategic Responsiveness |
25 MAR 2008 |
33 pages |
| Authors:
David B. Gaffney; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| History has shown that a nation that lacks strategic responsiveness lessens its strategic influence in the international community and increases its strategic risk of attack. Over 8 years ago former Army Chief of Staff (CSA), General Eric Shinseki recognized the potential strategic risk of the nation because of the Army's limited strategic responsiveness. In his 1999 Army vision, he set a course to improve strategic responsiveness through transformation of the ... |
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