| A Strategy of Tactics: Population-centric COIN and the Army |
Oct-2009 |
14 pages |
| Authors:
Gian P Gentile; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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 | Population-centric counterinsurgency (COIN) has become the American Army's new way of war. The principles and ideas that emerged out of the Army's counterinsurgency field manual (FM), FM 3-24, published in late 2006, have become transcendent. The field manual has moved beyond simple Army doctrine for countering insurgencies to become the defining characteristic of the Army's new way of war. In the American Army today, everyone is a counterinsurgent. It is ... |
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| Initial Evaluation of a U.S. Army Training Need: Soldier Skills to Develop, Enhance, and Support Local Level Host-Nation Governance |
Sep-2009 |
53 pages |
| Authors:
Scott B Shadrick; Jeffrey E Fite; John T Breidert; James W Lussler; ARMY RESEARCH INST FOR THE BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES ARLINGTON VA
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| During recent interviews with U.S. Army commanders, researchers from the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences learned of a critical requirement for training to support missions aimed at developing and supporting legitimate host-nation governance (HNG). Unfortunately, such training is not currently available. Therefore, the primary purposes of this report were to document the Army's need for governance-related training and provide a tool to aid upcoming efforts ... |
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| Social Awareness and Leader Influence: Development of Classroom and Web-Based Learning Interventions |
Sep-2009 |
46 pages |
| Authors:
Cody Martin; Carolyn Parish; Rose A Mueller-Hanson; Erin C Swartout; Johnathan K Nelson; Tim McGonigle; PERSONNEL DECISIONS RESEARCH INST INC ARLINGTON VA
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| This research entailed developing and testing a detailed program of instruction to help Army leaders improve their social awareness and influence skills. Based on input from Soldier subject matter experts and the behavioral sciences literature, two training programs were developed: a six-hour classroom course and a parallel web-based course. Additionally, four assessments were created: a Social Awareness and Influence Skills Self-assessment to assess self-perceptions of skills, a knowledge test to ... |
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| Afghanistan: Post-Taliban Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy |
14-Aug-2009 |
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| Authors:
Kenneth Katzman; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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 | Upon taking office, the Obama Administration faced a deteriorating security environment in Afghanistan, despite a build-up of U.S. forces there in preceding years, including an expanding militant presence in some areas, increasing numbers of civilian and military deaths, Afghan and international disillusionment with corruption in the government of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, and the infiltration of Taliban militants from safe havens in Pakistan. Building on assessments completed in the latter ... |
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| Enabling Robust C2 Systems through Evolvable Human-in-the-Loop Data Fusion |
Jun-2009 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
Eric Carlson; Emilie Roth; Jonathan Pfautz; Gerald Powell; Sean Guarino; Samuel Mahoney; Ted Fichtl; Mike Farry; CHARLES RIVER ANALYTICS INC CAMBRIDGE MA
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| Data fusion systems are being increasingly used to support military planning, decision making, and command and control functions in general. Typically, these systems are designed around the current capabilities of particular data collectors (e.g., sensors) and available processing algorithms. These algorithms incorporate an ontology that reflects the designer's perception of key concepts in the world (e.g., types of threats, classes of vehicles to be tracked) and how these can be ... |
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| Improving Plan Adaptation Process Through Semantic Technologies |
Jun-2009 |
14 pages |
| Authors:
Gennady R Staskevich; Joseph A Carozzoni; AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB ROME NY INFORMATION DIRECTORATE
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| Advancements in technology have significantly impacted the methods and tactics of modern military operations, thereby significantly shortening the window of opportunity to act. The plan development process takes up a significant portion of the available time and has a direct impact on effectiveness of the response. We postulate that the plan development process can be improved and shortened by leveraging the semantic technologies to improve the adaptation of human experiences ... |
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| The Collins Center Update. Volume 11, Issue 3, April-June 2009 |
Jun-2009 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
John Auger; Dennis M Murphy; Kevin J Cogan; William O Waddell; James Kievit; Bernard E Griffard; John A Mowchan; 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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| Information Engagement to Garner Public Support: TTPs from World War II |
14-May-2009 |
51 pages |
| Authors:
Kathleen B Farren; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| There are many critics who have concluded that the US Government has not successfully conducted communication with its public during the current, persistent conflict, but perhaps one of the earliest was Ted Koppel. In 2001, responding to a question from Martin Kalbas to how successful the government is in conveying its message to the American people, Koppel said, 'Not very good at all.' More recently [2007], Secretary of Defense Robert ... |
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| Armed Cartel Incursions From Mexico: Best Options For Prevention And Response |
04-May-2009 |
22 pages |
| Authors:
Davin E Rieke; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| As violence continues to increase in Mexico, and the value of supply lines between the U.S. and Mexico increase in importance to drug cartels, the need for a plan to deal with these groups forcing their way into the U.S. increases. The only entity able to match weapons and tactics with the former special-forces members of several cartel private armies is the Department of Defense. The purpose of this paper ... |
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| Stability in Russia's Chechnya and Other Regions of the North Caucasus: Recent Developments |
03-Apr-2009 |
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| Authors:
Jim Nichol; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| In recent years, major terrorist attacks have abated in Russia's North Caucasus-a border area between the Black and Caspian Seas that includes the formerly breakaway Chechnya and other ethnic-based regions-although small-scale attacks reportedly continue. Previous major terrorist attacks included the June 2004 raid on security offices in the town of Nazran (in Ingushetia), where nearly 100 security personnel and civilians were killed, and the September 2004 attack at the Beslan ... |
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| Rogue States and Deterrence Strategy |
02-Apr-2009 |
42 pages |
| Authors:
Scott A Enold; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| To effectively engage rogue states who have proliferated nuclear weapons or weapons of mass destruction or are attempting to proliferate them, the United States must develop and implement an effective policy designed to persuade, pursue and punish those governments and regimes. The United States government must possess extreme tactics and measures. Preemptive targeting must be available if rogue states or actors utilize nuclear terror tactics to seek political gains or ... |
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| Tal Afar and Ar Ramadi: Grass Roots Reconstruction (Military Review, March-April 2009) |
Apr-2009 |
8 pages |
| Authors:
Chad Pillai; ARMY COMBINED ARMS CENTER FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| American strategy for Iraq consists of three basic tenets: clear, hold, and build. U.S. ground forces have been successful in clearing and holding key areas in Iraq; however, the last tenet, build, as of February 2007 has been the most complicated to implement. Army Field Manual (FM) 3-0, Operations, states that ground forces should conduct stability operations to establish civil security and control, restore essential services, support local governance, and ... |
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| A MAGTF Solution for MARSOC |
Apr-2009 |
33 pages |
| Authors:
Stephen V Fiscus; MARINE CORPS UNIV QUANTICO VA
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| THESIS: This study seeks to demonstrate that the strength of a Marine Corps force contribution to USSOCOM is not in the duplication of existing Special Operations Forces (SOF) structure and capabilities, but in the development and employment of a force that is based upon the unique strengths of time-tested applied Marine warfighting doctrine and philosophy, specifically; the Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF). DISCUSSION: Since the successful integration and employment of ... |
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| Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: Instability in the Middle East |
31-Mar-2009 |
47 pages |
| Authors:
Brian H Cunningham; MARINE CORPS COMMAND AND STAFF COLL QUANTICO VA
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| The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps threatens the United States' national interests and stability within the Middle East because the IRGC controls Iran's nuclear program and sponsors terrorism. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini formed the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in 1979 to protect his regime against external and domestic threats. The IRGC has opposed U.S. policies in the Middle East since the IRGC's founding in 1979. The IRGC controls the Iranian nuclear ... |
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| Russian Operational Art in the Russo-Georgian War of 2008 |
25-Mar-2009 |
46 pages |
| Authors:
Donovan; George T Jr; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| This paper is about the Russian military's use of operational art to achieve its strategic objectives during the Russo-Georgian War of August 2008. In this brief war, the Russian military, in a quick and decisive campaign, overwhelmed Georgian forces to gain control of two breakaway republics, destroyed much of Georgia's armed forces on land and sea, and caused NATO to reconsider its offer of membership to Georgia. This study focuses ... |
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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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| Tactics in Counterinsurgency |
Mar-2009 |
305 pages |
| Authors:
ARMY INFANTRY SCHOOL FORT BENNING GA
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| This manual gives the US Army a common language, concept, and purpose to fight and achieve success in a counterinsurgency. COIN is a complex subset of warfare that encompasses all military, paramilitary, political, economic, psychological, and civic actions taken by a government to defeat an insurgency at the company, battalion, and brigade levels. To do this, the manual merges traditional approaches to COIN with the realities of the current operational ... |
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| Dragon's Claws: The Improvised Explosive Device (IED) as a Weapon of Strategic Influence |
Mar-2009 |
111 pages |
| Authors:
James K Martin; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The purpose of this research is to identify how the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) is being used as a weapon of strategic influence by insurgent groups in Iraq. It is intended to explore how individual IED events, as well as an IED campaign, achieve strategic influence. This thesis will examine how immediate and cumulative effects of IED attacks achieve strategic goals politically, economically, socially and militarily. Particular goals will vary ... |
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| Time Critical Conventional Strike from Strategic Standoff |
Mar-2009 |
102 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| This Executive Summary and the attached appendices provide an unclassified overview of the Task Force analysis, findings and recommendations. For a more detailed understanding of this material, we refer the reader to the classified version of the full report. The U.S. strategic deterrence and strike environment has changed as our adversaries and their tactics have changed. Terrorists and rogue nations as well as future potential peers are well aware that ... |
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| The United States Marine Corps and Fourth Generation of Warfare: A Square Peg in an Unidentifiable Hole |
20-Feb-2009 |
20 pages |
| Authors:
Stanley E Bednar; MARINE CORPS COMBAT DEVELOPMENT COMMAND QUANTICO VA
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| The United States Marine Corps is evolving itself into inadequacy. For the past 60+ years, since midway through World War II, the Marine Corps has sought to become a maneuver warfare force, an ideal concept for third generation warfare. Recent world conflicts, however, have reverted to an earlier form of warfare characterized by asymmetric, population based tactics and strategies, and the loss of legitimacy of nation state powers. For the ... |
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| MV-22 Osprey: More than Marine Air's Medium-Lift Replacement |
20-Feb-2009 |
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| Authors:
D W Pope; MARINE CORPS COMMAND AND STAFF COLL QUANTICO VA
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| The MV-22 Osprey brings new challenges and possibilities to Marine Corps aviation operations. Because of its unique capabilities, the Osprey has the possibility to develop into a versatile, utility-type role with an expanded mission-essential task list, rather than serving solely as the new medium lift assault support platform. However, the escort role must be addressed in order to better employ the Osprey as an assault support platform. It is up ... |
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| Integration of Psychology into Intelligence Production |
20-Jan-2009 |
9 pages |
| Authors:
Andrew Oracz; UNIV OF MILITARY INTELLIGENCE FORT HUACHUCA AZ
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| The current intelligence preparation of the battlefield procedure is an exhaustive and meticulous task of evaluating every aspect of the battlefield and attempting to deduce an enemy's course of action based on previously disseminated information regarding his doctrine and tactics. In evaluating the enemy, we often fail to look at the core of his nature. Insurgents do not strictly follow any particular doctrine to prevent themselves from being locked into ... |
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| Reorganizing the Tank Battalion TOW and Scout Platoons |
05-Jan-2009 |
12 pages |
| Authors:
S D Gobin; MARINE CORPS COMBAT DEVELOPMENT COMMAND QUANTICO VA
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| Now more than ever, the modern battlefield has changed how the Marine Corps organizes, equips, trains, and fights. Small unit leaders are relying on their creativity and ingenuity to meet these unique challenges. Specifically, TOW and scout platoon commanders are rethinking the organization and employment of their units. Currently, tank battalions? TOW and scout platoons are organized under the Headquarters and Service Company. The Marine Corps should organize the TOW ... |
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| An Ethical Governor for Constraining Lethal Action in an Autonomous System |
Jan-2009 |
9 pages |
| Authors:
Patrick Ulam; Ronald C Arkin; Brittany Duncan; GEORGIA INST OF TECH ATLANTA MOBILE ROBOT LAB
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| The design, prototype implementation, and demonstration of an ethical governor capable of restricting lethal action of an autonomous system in a manner consistent with the Laws of War and Rules of Engagement is presented. |
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| Back to Basics: A Study of the Second Lebanon War and Operation CAST LEAD |
Jan-2009 |
156 pages |
| Authors:
Scott C Farquhar; Matt M Matthews; Penny L Mellies; Abe F Marrero; Michael D Snyder; ARMY COMBINED ARMS CENTER FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| The Israeli incursions into Lebanon in mid-2006 and into Gaza in late 2008/early-2009 are important studies in contrasts. During the first, often termed the Second Lebanon War, Hezbollah fought Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) seeking hostage rescue and retribution to a bloody standstill. During the second, Hamas enjoyed far less success against the same forces avowedly in pursuit of only self-defense. These and other differences notwithstanding, the two conflicts are both ... |
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| An Analysis of Non-Traditional Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (NTISR) for the Future of Naval Aviation |
Jan-2009 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
Christopher S Hewlett; MARINE CORPS UNIV QUANTICO VA
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| TITLE: An analysis of Non-Traditional Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (NTISR) for the future of Naval Aviation. AUTHOR: Lieutenant Commander Christopher S. Hewlett, USN THESIS: Emerging small war environments and irregular warfare engagements have created a new requirement for military aviation intelligence asset utilization. Presently, minimal doctrine exists for integration of the vast majority of existing and emerging capabilities into the standard intelligence collection process. Despite the numerous technological advances, there ... |
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| The Application of Doctrinal Language to Mission Statements in Low Intensity Environments |
Jan-2009 |
15 pages |
| Authors:
Lapinsky; MARINE CORPS UNIV QUANTICO VA
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| Conduct a presence patrol in order to maintain stability in the area may say a great many things to your average squad leader, but it does not tell him his mission. Maneuver warfare requires decentralized command, and hence mission tactics are central from the practical perspective of considering how to apply doctrine to action. While certainly this means commanders should avoid specifying some details of how the mission must be ... |
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| From F/A to F or A: Training Hornet Aviators to New Levels |
Jan-2009 |
26 pages |
| Authors:
Dustin Lee; MARINE CORPS COMMAND AND STAFF COLL QUANTICO VA
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| F/A-18 aircrew are currently being asked to maintain proficiency in more mission areas than the current technology allows for. The F/A-18 is a capable dual mission aircraft, however the pilot of the F/A-18 requires significantly more training time than is currently allotted/available to deliver the full capabilities of the platform during combat. As aircrew take on more missions, their success rates, both in air-to-air and air-to-ground combat has continued to ... |
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| Plan Validation Using DES and Agent-based Simulation |
Dec-2008 |
115 pages |
| Authors:
Teck H Wong; Kim S Ong; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Military plan validation is typically a long-drawn process requiring planners to validate their plans using anticipated scenarios or through military exercises. While military exercises provide realistic simulation of the plan, it is often the most expensive way of validating a plan. On the other hand, although using anticipated scenarios is relatively cheaper, the robustness of the validated plans is dependent on the extensiveness of the scenarios that they are validated ... |
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| Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1): Sleep, Fatigue, and Aviator Performance Study |
Dec-2008 |
123 pages |
| Authors:
Pamelyn L Maynard; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course conducted at the Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) command in Yuma, Arizona is considered the capstone of Marine aviation training. Concerned about its high aviation incident rate, MAWTS-1 leadership asked the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) to assess whether student sleep is a contributing factor. In a baseline study at MAWTS-1, the students were found to be chronically sleep deprived. Six ... |
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| Defense Against Rocket Attacks in the Presence of False Cues |
Dec-2008 |
99 pages |
| Authors:
Lior Harari; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Rocket attacks on civilian and military targets, from both Hezbollah (South Lebanon) and Hamas (Gaza strip) have been causing a major operational problem for the Israeli Defense Force for over two decades. In recent years, U.S. forces have faced similar attacks in Afghanistan and Iraq against both remote military outposts and in the heart of Baghdad (Green zone). The insurgents are using mortars and short-range rockets, whose launch platforms have ... |
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| On Some Markovian Salvo Combat Models |
Dec-2008 |
79 pages |
| Authors:
Say B Neo; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| In this thesis, we present Markov-based probability models for two important problems related to current combat situations: fire allocating of salvos against multiple targets, and Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) attacks on convoys transporting supply and troops. For the fire allocation problem, we suggest a certain shooting tactics, called Persistent Shooting, and explore the effect of various engagement parameters using a discrete time Markov chain. We consider the scenario where a ... |
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| Population Analysis: A Methodology for Understanding Populations in COIN Environments |
Dec-2008 |
93 pages |
| Authors:
Mark C Burke; Eric C Self; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| This thesis outlines a methodology for use by tactical operators to better understand the dynamics of the population whose support they are attempting to gain. In turn, these operators (Army soldiers, Marines, Special Forces, SEALs, Civil Affairs, etc.) can use this information to more effectively develop strategy, plan operations, and conduct tactical missions. Our methodology provides a heuristic model, called the 3 x 5 P.I.G.S.P.E.E.R. Model, that can be applied ... |
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| Corrugated QWIP for Tactical Army Applications |
Dec-2008 |
9 pages |
| Authors:
Kwong-Kit Choi; David P Forrai; Darrel W Endres; John J O'Neill; ARMY RESEARCH LAB ADELPHI MD
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| L-3 Communications Cincinnati Electronics (CE), the Army Research Laboratory (ARL), and the Army Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD) have been developing the corrugated quantum well infrared photodetector (C-QWIP) technology for applications in tactical LWIR imaging. The C-QWIP was invented at ARL and shows promise to overcome some of the limitations in commercially available QWIPs. The CQWIP uses micro mirrors on the detector to turn the polarization of the ... |
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| The Joint Operating Environment (JOE): Challenges and Implications for the Future Joint Force |
25-Nov-2008 |
57 pages |
| Authors:
UNITED STATES JOINT FORCES COMMAND NORFOLK VA
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| Predictions about the future are always risky. No one has a crystal ball. If we do not try to forecast the future, we will be caught off guard as we strive to protect America. The Joint Operating Environment (JOE) is our historically informed, forward-looking effort to discern the challenges we will face at the operational level of war, and to determine their implications. We recognize the future will not be ... |
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| Developing Security Force Assistance: Lessons from Foreign Internal Defense |
18-Nov-2008 |
56 pages |
| Authors:
Thomas R Matelski; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| Developing Security Force Assistance: Lessons from Foreign Internal Defense by MAJ Thomas R. Matelski. U.S. Army, 55 pages. As the United States Army continues to fight the spread of radical religious terrorism and transnational actors, there has been a realization that there is a need for development of an indirect approach as a complement to major combat operations (MCOs). The concept of Security Force Assistance (SFA) was born out of ... |
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| Strategy for the Long Haul CSBA: The US Marine Corps, Fleet Marine Forces for the 21st Century |
03-Nov-2008 |
109 pages |
| Authors:
Dakota L Wood; CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND BUDGETARY ASSESSMENTS WASHINGTON DC
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| During the 1920s and 1930s, even as it was engaged in a series of small wars, the Marine Corps dedicated itself to solving the Gallipoli problem: how to conduct amphibious assaults against a heavily defended shore. To do so, the Corps had to develop new concepts of operation, tactics and techniques, equipment, and organizations that enabled it to apply combat power against the enemy more effectively. The most daunting tactical ... |
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| Job Oriented Training Handleiding voor Luchtdoelartillerie (Job Oriented Training: Instructors Manual Air Defense) |
Nov-2008 |
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| Authors:
A H Hulst; T J van der Muller; D Coetsier; TNO DEFENCE SECURITY AND SAFETY SOESTERBERG (NETHERLANDS)
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| This document provides an instructors manual for the application of Job Oriented Training in air defense classes. Job Oriented Training implies that, from day one, students are confronted with a series of realistic scenarios that gradually increase in complexity. There is no part-task training: from the very beginning the students perform the integral tasks; i.e. they first analyze their commander's order and the current situation and then create tactical plans. ... |
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| Prototype Development of Low-Cost, Augmented Reality Trainer for Crew Service Weapons |
01-Sep-2008 |
83 pages |
| Authors:
Nathan Conger; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| A significant emerging threat to coalition forces in littoral regions is from small craft such as jet skis, fast patrol boats, and speedboats. These craft, when armed, are categorized as Fast Inshore Attack Craft (FIAC), and their arsenal can contain an array of weapons to include suicide bombs, crew-served weapons, anti-tank or ship missiles, and torpedoes. While these craft often have crude weapon technologies, they use an asymmetric tactic of ... |
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| Small Boat and Swarm Defense: A Gap Study |
01-Sep-2008 |
87 pages |
| Authors:
Andre Tiwari; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| United States Naval forces conducting straits transits face a host of unique force protection challenges. Traffic density is often high, with many ferries, fishing and pleasure boats, and large cargo ships maneuvering in a small area. Although the Rules of Engagement (ROE) will generally designate query and warning ranges, International law and freedom of navigation allow vessels to operate in very close proximity to warships. Small vessels are often difficult ... |
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| Schweinfurt Raids and the Pause in Daylight Strategic Bombing |
13 JUN 2008 |
96 pages |
| Authors:
Greg A. Grabow; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| Avid readers of WWII air combat will find the Eighth AAF's strategic bombing mission #84 (the Schweinfurt-Regensburg raid on August 17th, 1943) and mission #115 (the Schweinfurt raid on October 14th, 1943) to be tremendous setbacks to the daylight strategic bombing campaign of Germany. As a result of the heavy losses the Luftwaffe inflicted upon Eighth Bomber Command's heavy bombers, the daylight strategic bombing campaign was halted for over four ... |
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| Turkey and PKK Terrorism |
01-Jun-2008 |
83 pages |
| Authors:
Tevfik Zehni; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| In this thesis, Turkey's struggle against PKK terrorism is analyzed to find an answer to the main research question of this thesis: Why has Turkey not overcome the PKK and its terrorism after thirty years of struggle? To accomplish this, two subquestions are asked. The first sub-question deals with the perceptions and consequences of terrorism. Consequently, the thesis seeks a comprehensive understanding the motivations of both PKK cadres and Turkish ... |
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| Preparing the Strategic Sergeant for War in a Flat World: Challenges in the Application of Ethics and the Rules of Engagement (ROE) in Joint/Multinational/Multicultural Operations |
20-May-2008 |
83 pages |
| Authors:
Peter A Newall; NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV NORFOLK VA JOINT FORCES STAFF COLL
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| The strategic impact of decisions made, and actions taken, by junior leaders in Iraq and Afghanistan are well documented. In light of these impacts senior leaders continue to struggle with strategic communications and training required to insure Soldiers on today's battlefield share a common set of values and understand how to apply them in combat. Junior leaders are faced with increasing conflict between the moral standards of multi-cultural operations and ... |
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| Latin American Instability: A Major Threat To The US |
04-Apr-2008 |
104 pages |
| Authors:
Stewart A Hammons; NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV NORFOLK VA JOINT FORCES STAFF COLL
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| Latin America is a neighbor to the US within the western hemisphere. The close proximity and the economic reliance between the US and Latin America make its development essential to our national interests of security and prosperity. Traditionally Latin America has faced political, economic, and social instability that threatens not just a single country but the entire region. Any one or a combination has the capability to destabilize not just ... |
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| History of Fuel Cell R&D at Fort Belvoir, Virginia |
01 APR 2008 |
18 pages |
| Authors:
Walter G. Taschek; ARMY POWER DIV FORT BELVOIR VA POWER TECHNOLOGY BRANCH
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| Fuel cell R&D in the United States before 1958 was minimal but, with the advent of Sputnik, interest in fuel cells exploded. While NASA pursued fuel cells for space applications, Army Labs at Fort Monmouth and Fort Belvoir pursued air breathing fuel cells for tactical and ground applications. By the mid 1960's, both Army Labs had strong efforts and each had staffs of over eight researchers directed at fuel cell ... |
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| Afghanistan and Opium - Can the US Military Do More |
21 MAR 2008 |
33 pages |
| Authors:
Richard G. Kaiser; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| It is all too clear that there is a linkage between Afghanistan's drug lords and the Taliban and other anti-government extremists. Public statements indicate that this has been recognized strategic levels, but the linkage has not truly been acknowledged at the operational and tactical level. As a result, US military forces have provided relatively limited support to counter-narcotics efforts. There are frequent misconceptions about the ability of US forces to ... |
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| Strategic Defense Against a Larger Power |
19 MAR 2008 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
Vladimer Chachibaia; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The great Prussian military theorist Carl von Clausewitz defines war as "An act of force to compel our enemy to do our will." Following Clausewitz's line of reasoning, war is a contest of wills between two adversaries, both trying to impose their will on the other. Since the beginning of the 20th century, technological achievements have changed conventional warfare in many ways. Not long ago, two adversarial countries needed years ... |
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| Branding: A Strategy for Manning an All-Volunteer Army |
12 MAR 2008 |
39 pages |
| Authors:
John M. Keeter; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The Army needs to develop a long-term manning strategy to address recruiting, and retaining, an all-volunteer force in challenging environmental conditions. Current short-term tactics such as relaxing entry standards will have long-term consequences. The ability to man the Army and realize the vision of a "quality" force is challenged not only by the impacts of a protracted war on the attitudes of the youth, and their influencers, but also by ... |
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| Targeting Civilians with Indiscriminate Violence |
01-Mar-2008 |
107 pages |
| Authors:
Piotr Gastal; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Terrorist violence against innocent people in Iraq continues despite the determination of Coalition and Iraqi forces to stop it. This thesis examines the relationship between a terrorist organization's strategy of using indiscriminate violence to attack the civilian population and its operational success. Specifically, the tactic to be examined is that of the al Qaeda in Iraq, which has attacked civilians with indiscriminate violence (in the context of the insurgency) since ... |
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| Increasing Combat Aircraft Survivability Through Coherent Self-Protection Jammers |
01-Mar-2008 |
90 pages |
| Authors:
Soner Oezer; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
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| When the battlefields were within the visual range, the objective of deception tactics in warfare was to deceive the human senses. In the battlefield of electromagnetic spectrum, the objective of deception is to deceive the sensors of the enemy weapon systems. The survivability of the aircraft operating in hostile environment is of prime importance to the mission planner. If the aircraft can deny its location information to the tracking radar ... |
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