| 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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| Education of Operational Art |
06 Dec 2012 |
75 pages |
| Authors:
Anthony Gore; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| With the introduction of new capstone doctrine, the U.S. Army should invest more time in the formal education of future leaders. This study demonstrates the importance of operational art, the theory used to develop campaigns and major operations in the pursuit of strategic objectives. As a theory guiding the planning and execution of campaigns and major operations, the education of officers in operational art needs more emphasis within the generating ... |
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| United States Army Aviation Organizational Changes |
06 Dec 2012 |
66 pages |
| Authors:
David Law; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| The primary goal of this study is to determine the factors that led to organizational changes in the helicopter section of U.S. Army Aviation. The study of changes in Army Aviation force structure is historically important. While Army Aviation should develop its organizational structure based on future requirements, the past often provides insights for a vision of the future. The author uses the case study method to compare Army Aviation ... |
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| The Sunni Spring: Counter-Attack in the War for Islamic Civilization |
06 Dec 2012 |
40 pages |
| Authors:
Pearse R Marschner; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| This monograph examines the Arab Spring in light of the past half century of efforts in transnational Arab identity formation, and thus considers its links to Arab Nationalism and Pan-Islamism. With a focus on Syria and the sectarian nature of that conflict, the monograph considers the Arab Spring in juxtaposition to the widely-held notions of Shia revival and Shia Crescent. It then speculates on what may be happening at the ... |
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| Basing and Operational Reach |
06 Dec 2012 |
86 pages |
| Authors:
III Parker William J; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| Basing is a critical component of American warfare, and the expeditionary posture of the U.S. military poses challenges to operational planners and logisticians alike. Force projection is a key requirement for the U.S. Army, and the use of basing directly speaks to its success. From the iron mountains of Operation Desert Storm, to forward operating bases along the zone of separation in Bosnia-Herzegovina, to forward logistics bases and combat outposts ... |
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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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| Fully Burdened Cost of Retrograde, Redeployment, Reconstitution, and Reset and Analysis of Alternatives (FBCR4 & AoA): New Model to Formulate Strategic Decisions for Deployed Ground Vehicle Equipment |
05 Nov 2012 |
146 pages |
| Authors:
Jonathan P Farrar; John P Lloyd; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC POLICY
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| The retrograde cost for Afghanistan is complex and involves many uncertainties, yet it is a part of military operations when nations go to war. This report introduces the fully burdened cost of retrograde, redeployment, reconstitution, and reset and analysis of alternatives (FBCR4 & AoA) as an estimating tool that can be used to analyze many of the different variables included in bringing equipment home. The tool can be tailored for ... |
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| The War Powers Resolution: After Thirty-Eight Years |
24 Sep 2012 |
89 pages |
| Authors:
Richard F Grimmett; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Under the Constitution, the war powers are divided between Congress and the President. Congress has the power to declare war and raise and support the armed forces (Article I, section 8), while the President is Commander-in-Chief (Article II, section 2). The Commander-in-Chief role gives the President power to utilize the armed forces to repel attacks against the United States, but there has long been controversy over whether he is constitutionally ... |
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| Maintaining the Critical Balance: The United States, NATO, and the European Security Equilibrium in the Post-Cold War Operating Environment |
08 Jun 2012 |
168 pages |
| Authors:
Joseph J Russo; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| Faced with geo-political dynamics which were temporarily suppressed during the Cold War, Europeans are again witnessing the confluence of economic instability, ethnic and religious tension, empowerment of a resurgent and influential Germany, and renewed anti-Western sentiment in the wake of disputed Russian elections. These factors are compounded by the emergence of an unstable arrangement of developing nation states, nonstate actors, ethnic discord, economic instability and terrorism, previously managed and contained ... |
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| Redefining Joint Fires Service Functions to Better Support Joint Force Operations |
Jun 2012 |
119 pages |
| Authors:
Stephen A Wertz; NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV NORFOLK VA JOINT ADVANCED WARFIGHTING SCHOOL
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| The decisions made in the National Security Act of 1947, and the service functions assigned in Executive Order 9877, forced the Army and Air Force to become interdependent when planning and executing fires. The Air Force is the primary executor of operational and tactical aerial fires in support of the Army, while the Army is the primary executor of ground-based air and missile defense fires in support of Air Force-led ... |
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| The Need to Ensure Training Readiness in the Total Force |
31 May 2012 |
85 pages |
| Authors:
Rex Hall; NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV NORFOLK VA JOINT ADVANCED WARFIGHTING SCHOOL
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| The last time the draft provided augmentation to the active force was in 1973. Since then, the active force has become increasingly dependent upon the reserve components for augmentation. The evolution to a fully-integrated reserve component has been painful at times. From the Spanish-American War though the war in Vietnam, the United States relied partly on the draft to generate manpower for the forces that would go to war. After ... |
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| Avoiding a Hollow Force: Force Planning with Any Budget |
30 May 2012 |
86 pages |
| Authors:
Jr Whittenberger William W; NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV NORFOLK VA JOINT ADVANCED WARFIGHTING SCHOOL
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| The United States military has experienced a predictable cycle in force structure development that leads to a hollow force after substantial budgetary reductions. The author's thesis is that by better understanding the system used to develop military force structure, and by appreciating relevant historical examples, the military can institute measures to achieve balance in national security and to break that cycle. The research method for this thesis involved an examination ... |
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| Leadership Principles for the New ADP 6-22 |
17 May 2012 |
49 pages |
| Authors:
Gregory W McLean; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| What can we learn from past leaders that is important enough to be included in the new Army Doctrine Publication (ADP) 6-22? The leadership principles that the Army has used to date are inadequate. This monograph reviews some of the most revered generals in U.S. military history to determine their leadership principles and the commonalities among them as leaders. The Army is in a state of transition after 10 years ... |
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| The American Way of Warfare |
17 May 2012 |
45 pages |
| Authors:
Chad M Nangle; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| During the past several decades, numerous authors have written on the subject of an American way of war. These include works by Russell Weigley, Max Boot, and Brian Linn. The apparent differences among these works have stimulated debate among military scholars as to what constitutes the American way of war. These debates and the accepted validity of apparently differing accounts of the American way of war highlight how difficult it ... |
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| The Unintended Consequences of Killing Civilians |
17 May 2012 |
61 pages |
| Authors:
Sherry K Oehler; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| Mistreatment of civilians not party to a large-scale, violent conflict is not new. The perceived lack of empathy for civilians (historically and presently) points to ambiguities about who the enemy is, rules of engagement, as well as the ongoing debate about the nature of military intervention in internal conflicts. In addition, examples of violence against civilians during the current war in the Middle East emphasize changes that have occurred within ... |
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| The Evolution of Centralized Operational Logistics |
17 May 2012 |
51 pages |
| Authors:
Christine D Roney; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| This monograph describes the evolution of logistics management at the operational level since the end of the Second World War. Examining how the Department of Defense has organized itself at the operational level to manage logistics over the last 50 years will allow sustainment planners to implement the optimal level of centralization in future conflicts. Since World War II, the American military has increasingly centralized the management of logistics to ... |
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| Net-Centric Sustainment and Operational Reach on the Modern Battlefield |
17 May 2012 |
72 pages |
| Authors:
Jon A Lust; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| In 1996, Joint Vision 2010 (JV2010) established a template for transforming the armed forces that continues to define sustainment transformation within the U.S. Army, while the publication of Network Centric Warfare in 1999 provided the theoretical framework for applying the concept of information superiority within the realm of warfare. The theory of network centric warfare (NCW) arose from the study of complexity, and promised the ability to achieve JV2010's concept ... |
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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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| War Powers Litigation Initiated by Members of Congress Since the Enactment of the War Powers Resolution |
17 Feb 2012 |
20 pages |
| Authors:
Michael J Garcia; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution confers on Congress the power to declare War. Modern Presidents, however, have contended that they do not need congressional authorization to use force. Partly in response to that contention, and because of widespread concern that Congress had allowed its war power to atrophy in the Korean and Vietnam conflicts, Congress in 1973 enacted the War Powers Resolution (WPR). Among other things, the WPR ... |
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| Counter Electrical Generation and Distribution: An Assessment for Global Strike in 2035 |
15 Feb 2012 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
Ansel L Hills; AIR WAR COLL MAXWELL AFB AL
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| The Chief of Staff of the Air Force charged the 2012 Air War College Blue Horizon Program to explore the impacts of technological advances on the Air Force's ability to conduct Global Strike in 2035. This paper investigates whether the Air Force should pursue weapons that would allow the President of the United States to rapidly disrupt electrical generation and distribution (EG&D) systems for the purpose of achieving strategic ends. ... |
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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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| The Iranian Century: The Tension between Iran and the Gulf States |
Dec 2011 |
83 pages |
| Authors:
Yousef H Al Kaabi; Khaled M Al Kaabi; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEFENSE ANALYSIS DEPT
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| The Arabian Gulf plays a significant role in the world because of its oil wealth. During the last 30 years, three wars have taken place in the region, resulting in regional and global instability: the Iran-Iraq war, the Persian Gulf War of 1990-1991, and the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. The fall of Iraq made Iran a more powerful player in the region, and as a domination strategy, Iran ... |
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| Chinese Lessons from Other Peoples' Wars |
Nov 2011 |
339 pages |
| Authors:
Andrew Scobell; David Lai; Roy Kamphausen; ARMY WAR COLL STRATEGIC STUDIES INST CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The annual Conference on the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) took place at the U.S. Army War College (USAWC), in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on October 22-24, 2010.1 The topic for this year's conference was the PLA's lessons from Other People's Wars. Participants at the conference sought to discern what lessons the PLA has been learning from the strategic and operational experiences of the armed forces of other countries during the past ... |
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| Don't Break the Bank with COIN: Re-setting U.S. Defense Strategy after Iraq and Afghanistan |
25 Oct 2011 |
28 pages |
| Authors:
Sean R Liedman; HARVARD UNIV CAMBRIDGE MA
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| First, I will examine the fiscal costs of executing the Iraq and Afghanistan COIN campaigns. Additionally, I will look at the opportunity costs -- what elements of the existing national defense strategy the United States had to forego or curtail to marshal the necessary resources to execute those COIN campaigns. Secondly, I will attempt to make the case that in light of the looming economic trends for the United States, ... |
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| The National Reconnaissance Office at 50 years: A Brief History |
Sep 2011 |
29 pages |
| Authors:
Bruce Berkowitz; NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE CHANTILLY VA
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| The history of the National Reconnaissance Office is a story of how opportunity, necessity, and determination converged to produce an intelligence organization unlike any that had come before. In the late 1950s, rocket and sensor technologies were just reaching a level of maturity so that they could assist the United States in facing the most challenging national security problem of the age: how to analyze Soviet military forces and avert ... |
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| Application of the Terrestar Satellite Constellation to the Global Initiative for Tracking Special and Nonproliferation Material |
Sep 2011 |
101 pages |
| Authors:
Richard M Camarena; Andrew L Carcich; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| In an era distinguished by innovative communication technologies capable of linking with geosynchronous satellites, while being small enough to fit into a pocket of clothing, the modern battlefield commander and warfighter can know the precise location of surrounding friendly forces. This concept of communication involving satellites provides for a new tier of situational awareness in combat and noncombat environments, dating as far back as the Persian Gulf War. This tool ... |
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| Neuroinflammatory Pathobiology in Gulf War Illness: Characterization with an Animal Model |
Aug 2011 |
13 pages |
| Authors:
Stephen M Lasley; James P O'Callaghan; Diane B Miller; ILLINOIS UNIV AT CHICAGO
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| Gulf War Illness (GWI) is a multi-symptom disorder with features characteristic of sickness behavior, including cognitive impairment, fatigue, depression, sleep disruption, and gastrointestinal and dermatological problems. Sickness behavior, a normal manifestation of an inflammatory response due to infection or injury, resolves when homeostasis is restored, but in GWI the symptoms persist, findings suggestive of a heightened or chronic neuroimmune/neuroinflammatory disorder. The expression of proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines are the basis ... |
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| Trial of Naltrexone and Dextromethorphan for Gulf War Veterans Illnesses |
Jul 2011 |
6 pages |
| Authors:
William J Meggs; Kori L Brewer; Allison Mainhart; EAST CAROLINA UNIV GREENVILLE NC
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| Approval to begin the study from the Department of Defense Institutional Review Board was finally obtained in February 2011, after TWO years of rewriting and revising. Immediately thereafter, we began to screen patients to participate in the study. It became immediately obvious that the exclusion criteria of the Kansas case definition of Gulf War Illness, while appropriate 20 years ago, was too strict in excluding those with a list of ... |
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| The Gulf Cooperation Council and the Challenges of Establishing an Integrated Capability for Upholding Security |
JUN 2011 |
81 pages |
| Authors:
Sami F. Al-Motairy; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS
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| The Gulf Cooperation Council's abysmal performance during the last 30 years clearly demonstrates that the member-states of this alliance remain unprepared to seriously commit themselves to the establishment of a credible joint defense force able to facilitate the goal of collective security for which the GCC was established in the first place. This thesis seeks explanations as to why the GCC has made little progress in establishing mechanisms to provide ... |
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| Mission Incomplete: The U.S. Army's Unsuccessful Implementation of Stability Operations in Iraq |
JUN 2011 |
73 pages |
| Authors:
Daniel L. Kosters; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS
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| The United States Army has struggled to implement the stability operations doctrine of its counterinsurgency strategy in Iraq. Despite the emphasis on stability operations in strategic guidance documents and written Army field manuals, they continue to evade the Army as a major priority. This thesis seeks to answer the following question: Why has the Army, as an organization, had such a difficult time implementing stability operations? The thesis also attempts ... |
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| Applying Lessons of Trust in Future Command Arrangements |
19 MAY 2011 |
44 pages |
| Authors:
Robert V. Lankford; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| This monograph elucidates lessons of trust learned through the study of historical command relationships between soldier and airman. The monograph highlights the need to apply lessons learned from these case studies to today's operating environment. The case studies examined are as follows: Generals Bradley and Quesada in Worl War II, Generals Schwarzkopf and Horner in Operation Desert Storm, and Generals Clark and Short in Operation Allied Force. The first case ... |
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| Adapting Clausewitz to the Information Age: How Traditional News Media and Social Networking are Combining to Expand the Triangle |
04 MAY 2011 |
26 pages |
| Authors:
David E. Violand; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| While advancing technology has not altered the intangible attributes that define war's nature, it has changed and expanded the tangible contexts that contain those intangible attributes. As such, Clausewitz's triangle is no longer sufficient by itself to account for evolving information conduits and the tangible players who influence and direct that flow. This paper redefines the term "media" to include both traditional global news media and individual persons who, being ... |
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| The National Security Strategy: Development and Implementation in a New Era |
12 Apr 2011 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
Kurt J Pinkerton; TEXAS UNIV AT AUSTIN
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| Since our nation's origin, the U.S. government has struggled with the development and implementation of a national security strategy. Throughout the decades, U.S. security policy appears to have been shaped by significant global events rather than by forethought on national security concerns. Throughout U.S. history, there have been three significant changes towards national security affairs. The National Security Act of 1947, the Goldwater/Nichols Act of 1986, and the establishment of ... |
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| Joint Distribution: Two Decades of Change |
05 Apr 2011 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
James B Stanford; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The unforeseen requirements associated with sustaining U.S. forces in OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF), OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM (OEF), and now OPERATION NEW DAWN, have triggered significant adaptations in joint distribution across all levels of war. While the events since 2001 highlight significant change in the logistics system, the evolution of joint distribution traces back to 1989. The joint distribution community has affected change in the strategic through tactical levels of logistics, ... |
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| Mental Health Impact of the Iraq and Afghanistan Conflicts: A Review of U.S. Research, Service Provision, and Programmatic Responses |
Apr 2011 |
11 pages |
| Authors:
Timothy S Wells; Shannon C Miller; Amy B Adler; Charles C Engel; Tyler C Smith; John A Fairbank; NAVAL HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER SAN DIEGO CA DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CENTER FOR DEPLOYMENT HEALTH RESEARCH
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| Although documentation that war inflicts psychological casualties dates back to the American Civil War, most research began after the Vietnam conflict, when studies focused primarily on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). With ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, there has been significant research to illuminate the epidemiology of war-related psychological casualties. Significant findings include an appreciation for the role combat plays in the development of mental disorders, including PTSD, depression, alcohol ... |
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| Controlling the Beast Within. The Key to Success on 21st-Century Battlefields |
JAN 2011 |
12 pages |
| Authors:
Douglas A. Pryer; ARMY COMBINED ARMS CENTER FORT LEAVENWORTH KS MILITARY REVIEW
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| "What do I want you to do!?" the gravel-voiced brigade commander roared. "I want you to kill them!" It was 14 November 1997, and the 3rd Brigade of the 4th Infantry Division (the "Iron Brigade") was taking part in an "Advanced Warfighter Experiment" at Fort Hood, Texas. The purpose of the exercise was to validate the Army's "Force XXI" concept. Via computer simulation, the division was testing the effectiveness of ... |
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| PAC-3: The Evolution of a System from Concept to Deployment |
Jan 2011 |
3 pages |
| Authors:
Sharon W Lang; ARMY SPACE AND MISSILE DEFENSE COMMAND/ARMY FORCES STRATEGIC COMMAND PETERSON AFB CO
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| As we mark the 20th anniversary of Operation Desert Storm, it is fitting to focus upon the theater and one of USASMDC/ARSTRAT's contributions to the fight. As the nation prepared for war in 1990, no systems specifically designed for TMD were available. The nearest solution was the Patriot anti-tactical ballistic missile capability 2, designed by the U.S. Army Missile Command. Developed to counter the growing threat of tactical ballistic missiles, ... |
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| Other People's Wars: PLA Lessons from Foreign Conflicts |
2011 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
Daniel Alderman; Joe Narus; NATIONAL BUREAU OF ASIAN RESEARCH SEATTLE WA
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| The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has not fought in a major war since 1979, but has studied the lessons of modern foreign conflicts from throughout the world. In some cases, those lessons have resulted in observable changes to the PLA's strategic, tactical, or operational posture. Conversely, what lessons from foreign conflicts the PLA has chosen not to explore may be equally illuminating for contemporary PLA watchers as they seek ... |
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| Treatment of Memory Impairment and Sensorimotor Deficits in an Animal Model for the Gulf War Veterans Illnesses |
SEP 2010 |
12 pages |
| Authors:
MOHAMED B. ABOU-DONIA; DUKE UNIV DURHAM NC
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| The main goal of this project is to investigate the use of flupirtine to protect and/or treat the Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses (GWVI) in an animal model. Many of the Persian Gulf War (PGW) veterans have complained of illnesses, known as the GWI affecting the nervous and the musculoskeletal systems (Institute of Medicine 1995). The symptoms include chronic fatigue, muscle pain, forgetfulness, and inability to concentrate. During the war, American ... |
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| Structural MRI and Cognitive Correlates in Pest-control Personnel from Gulf War I |
Apr-2009 |
35 pages |
| Authors:
Kimberly Sullivan; BOSTON UNIV MA
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| Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitors including organophosphate (OP) pesticides are known to produce chronic neurological symptoms at sufficient exposure levels. Our previous study of cognitive functioning in pest-control personnel from the GWI, found that military pesticide applicators classified as higher pesticide-exposed reported significantly more health symptoms and performed less well on objective cognitive testing than the lower-exposed veterans. It is the goal of this follow-up neuroimaging study to identify the relationships between ... |
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| Shaping the Air Force Narrative for the 21st Century |
Apr-2009 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
John V Bartoli; AIR COMMAND AND STAFF COLL MAXWELL AFB AL
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| As the Air Force matured and grew increasingly more sophisticated, primarily spurred by enormous technological innovation, its unreproachable identity continued to flourish in the public mind. Air Force relationships with traditional media, though never warm, were nonetheless reasonably collegial, but more importantly, practical. The military's experiences with the media during the Vietnam War drove cautious tolerance left of outright disdain among the services and ushered in three and half decades ... |
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| The Retrograde of United States Military Equipment Out of Iraq |
09-Mar-2009 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
Michael A Armstead; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The United States military has been in Iraq since its initial invasion in March of 2003 to commence Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). Since that time units have deployed and redeployed in a continuous chain. With each deployment, units have brought in and, in most cases, left their equipment in theater. In addition, countless contractors have brought in and/or purchased equipment in Iraq to accomplish their mission. This mixing of deployed ... |
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| Army Aviation -- Back to Its Roots |
03-Mar-2009 |
44 pages |
| Authors:
Russell Stinger; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| U.S. Army Aviation was borne of necessity to expand the ground forces' battle space to the third dimension. The first aviators were a part of ground units, and the close fight in Vietnam fostered an air-ground team seamlessly integrated in the close fight. An incremental growth in mission corresponded to improvements in technology and capability. The increasingly complex aircraft and threat environment drove specialization of training, and a need to ... |
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| The Capabilities That Medium-Armored Forces Bring to the Full Spectrum of Operations |
Jan-2009 |
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| Authors:
Susan Woodward; RAND ARROYO CENTER SANTA MONICA CA
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 | Medium-armored forces are central to the U.S. Army's vision of the Future Force, expected to combine the agility of light infantry with the greater lethality and survivability of heavy units through the Future Combat System (FCS). FCS is a networked family of systems designed to achieve information superiority on the battlefield. While the U.S. Army develops FCS, it is fielding Stryker brigade combat teams, medium-armored forces that give the current ... |
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| US Interventions Abroad: A Renaissance of the Powell Doctrine? |
Jan-2009 |
16 pages |
| Authors:
Alexander Wolf; FEDERAL ARMED FORCES UNIV (FAF) MUNICH (GERMANY)
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| This article addresses the question of when and under what circumstances we may expect foreign interventions under the Obama administration. By chronicling the doctrinal premises of U.S. intervention policy during the interwar years (1990-2001) and during the administration of George W. Bush (2001-2008), the article will demonstrate that the smart power approach of the Obama administration suggests continuity over radical change. Despite a liberal humanitarian orientation that in principle should ... |
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| How Should the Joint Force Handle the Command and Control of Unmanned Aircraft Systems? |
18-Nov-2008 |
59 pages |
| Authors:
Scott R Cerone; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| The purpose of this monograph is to formulate an improvement to, and highlight deficiencies in, the current command and control of unmanned aircraft systems (UASs). The monograph consists of four sections. Section 1 describes the difficulty associated with classifying aircraft and defines key terms associated with UAVs. Section 2 examines the historical circumstances that precipitated the centralization of the command and control of air power in the U.S. military. This ... |
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| The Use of Foreign-Flagged or Foreign-Owned Shipping in U.S. Military Sealift: Risks for the Combatant Commander |
30-Oct-2008 |
29 pages |
| Authors:
Douglas R Kramer; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| Sealift will inevitably be a major component of transporting U.S. military forces to overseas deployments. Of particular concern for the future is the decline in the number of active U.S. mariners, and that many U.S. shipping lines are now foreign-owned as well. For a number of reasons, the U.S. has used foreign-flagged shipping in the largest deployments, including Desert Shield/Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Foreign-flagged shipping poses risks in ... |
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| Randomized Trial of an Environmental Medicine Approach to Gulf War Veterans' Illness |
Oct-2008 |
9 pages |
| Authors:
William J Meggs; EAST CAROLINA UNIV GREENVILLE NC
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| The purpose of the research is to study the efficacy of an environmental medicine approach to Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses. The hypothesis to be tested is these illnesses result from a maladaptation to the chemical environment to which we are all exposed, as described by Selye and Randolph. The approach is to house ill veterans in an environmental control unit, to start them on a rotation diet after a brief ... |
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| Do the Metrics Make the Mission? |
01-Sep-2008 |
95 pages |
| Authors:
Anthony W Like; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Since Saddam Hussein took power in 1979, Iraq has engaged in wars with Iran and Kuwait and in two wars with the United States. The years between the wars with the United States, 1991-2003, were characterized by economic sanctions that destroyed the social fabric the wars had missed. In 2003, after major combat operations were complete, the United Nations created the United Nations Assist Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) to prop ... |
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| Combined Arms Warfare in the 21st Century: Maximizing the Capability of U.S. Army Future Combat System Equipped Brigade Combat Teams to Conduct Combined Arms Operations |
13 JUN 2008 |
178 pages |
| Authors:
James W. Reed; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| The U.S. Army's first Future Combat System (FCS) equipped Brigade Combat Team (BCT) becomes fully operational in 2015. Concern for the possibility of combined arms capability gaps between planned FCS capacities and those required to defeat the expected 2015 dominant threat model -- the Extremist Guerrilla Army -- led to a study of combined arms operations (CAW). The author explores the nature of CAW, and through the use of synchronization ... |
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