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Don't Just Hear, Listen: The Criticality of Accepting Local Nationals' Priorities in Stability Operations
From the Abstract: "This monograph suggests an explanation for the US-led international coalition's challenges during their stabilization efforts in Afghanistan between 2003 and 2018. The theory of a hierarchy of needs argues that lower-level needs must be sufficiently provided before addressing higher-level needs. Consequently, from the local population's perspective, security needs are subordinate to basic physiological needs. However, the intervening forces implemented a Shape-Clear-Hold-Build-Transition approach, which prioritized security over everything else. A possible solution to that dilemma is to address both needs simultaneously rather than sequentially. The study used qualitative data analysis and examined eighty-two interviews with American and Afghan officials, conducted by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR). The results indicate that a phased approach focused on 'security first' had no impact or a negative impact on stabilization efforts' outcomes. At the same time, attempts that simultaneously addressed security and reconstruction, based on an understanding of locals' needs and their priorities, consistently led to better and longer-lasting results. More research is necessary to validate the suggested theoretical construct. However, assuming the findings hold true, the author's conclusions offer possible improvements to designing, planning, and implementing future stability operations."
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. School of Advanced Military Studies
Prokoph, Martin
2021-05-20
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Battle for the Far North: An Analysis of Threats to Canadian Arctic Sovereignty
From the Thesis Abstract: "In 2019, the Government of Canada released the Arctic and Northern Policy Framework, to include associated International and Safety, Security, and Defence chapters. This new policy represents a shift in perspective towards the Arctic from 'use it or lose it' to a 'soft security' framework. This study consists of a content analysis of Canadian, Russian, and Chinese Arctic and defense policies, with a view to identifying threats to Canadian Arctic sovereignty and any gaps in existing Canadian Arctic and defense policy. As traditional and emerging threats, Russia and China each present unique challenges to Canadian Arctic sovereignty. A nine ways of seeing analysis was conducted to frame the contemporary Arctic environment, followed by a review of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats that influence Canadian Arctic sovereignty is presented to provide recommendations on how Canada can secure its hold on its Arctic territory amidst boundary disputes and increased interest from non-Arctic states."
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
Day, Tim
2020-06-12
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Rise of the Liberation Tigers: Conventional Operations in the Sri Lankan Civil War, 1990-2001
From the Thesis Abstract: "The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), which fought to establish a separate state for the Tamil minority of Sri Lanka until its annihilation in May 2009, developed impressive combat capabilities within a short time mostly without state sponsorship or the mass mobilization of the Tamil civilian population. The LTTE built its force structure with child fighters and crafted a secular cult of martyrdom that enabled it to raise a suicide bomber corps. In the early 1990s, the LTTE began to upgrade from a guerrilla force into an infantry force and formulated doctrine to destroy the bases of the Sri Lankan security forces. It later integrated its growing firepower to create a nascent combined-arms capability. The Tigers measured their success in tenns of their ability to fight the security forces, not in territory or control over people. By the end of the decade, they reached their high watermark after defeating a Sri Lanka Army division. The example of the LTTE challenges orthodox understanding of how nonstate armed groups generate combat power. Although the LTTE no longer exists, its example suggests that similar armed groups could emerge elsewhere, under the right conditions, to threaten the stability of other governments in the developing world."
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. School of Advanced Military Studies
Rodrigo, Nisala A.
2019-11-04
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Brigade Cavalry Squadrons in Operation Iraqi Freedom
From the Thesis Abstract: "In 2003 the Army began converting to a modular force initiating the most far reaching transformation of the Army's operational forces since World War II. Modularity established the Brigade Combat Team structure that included a cavalry squadron. This marked the first time that an organic reconnaissance element existed at the brigade echelon. The modularization of the Army began simultaneously as the insurgency in Iraq rose in the aftermath of the US invasion in early 2003. Operation Iraqi Freedom was to be the proving ground for the Brigade Combat Team and the new cavalry force. This thesis is a study on the employment of brigade cavalry squadrons during Operation Iraqi Freedom. The study utilizes 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment as a case study to highlight the evolution of the role of cavalry through the squadron's role as a division cavalry squadron during Operation Desert Storm through three different campaigns during Operation Iraqi Freedom as both a division cavalry squadron and brigade cavalry squadron. Utilizing cavalry doctrine, an analysis of the modularity process, and the operations conducted in Iraq this thesis will show the shift in the role of cavalry from a reconnaissance and security force to a reconnaissance force. Analyzing the employment of brigade cavalry during Operation Iraqi Freedom contributes to the history of the cavalry and identifies lessons learned for the doctrine, organization, and use of brigade cavalry in the future."
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
Crooks, Michael J.
2019-06-14
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Major General George Gordon Meade and the Philosophy of Mission Command at the Battle of Gettysburg
From the Thesis Abstract: "This research studies Meade's leadership during the Battle of Gettysburg through the lens of the Army's 2019 leadership doctrine, specifically the philosophy of mission command. Gettysburg was Meade's first battle as commander of the Union Army of the Potomac and occurred only three days after he assumed command. This paper explains the Army doctrine on the philosophy of mission command from the March 28, 2014 version of ADRP [Army Doctrine Reference Publication] 6-0 which contains change two. It then assesses Meade's leadership during each of the three days of battle and how it enabled his corps commanders. Each of these days provided Meade with different and difficult problems. While acknowledging that the philosophy of mission command was not Army doctrine or formally codified for several more decades, the analysis of Meade's leadership during Gettysburg shows that he led in a matter that resembles modern doctrine. This historical example can be useful when envisioning leadership in a communications degraded environment."
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
Bassett, Gregory A.
2019-06-14
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Ideological Gulf: Barriers That Hinder Black Officer Participation in Combat Arms Branches of the United States Army
From the Thesis Abstract: "The United States Army is arguably just as socialistic as it is a meritocracy. Social and cultural factors such race, gender, and ethnicities are largely irrelevant and, at times, replaced by artifacts that contribute to the sustainment of the meritocracy as an ideology. Although the Army functions as a progressive and hierarchical system of merit, the aforementioned sociocultural variables are cloaked beneath a common uniform and insignia. The problem writ large is twofold: one, there are social implications that correspond with the wearing of a military uniform and its insignia; and two, the history of black people in America, with respect to race relations, is instrumental in the racial disparity of black officers in the combat arms branches of the Army. The researcher's goal is to answer the question: do ideological barriers prevent black officers from volunteering to serve in the combat arms branches of the Army? If so, what are they and what should senior Army leaders do to address this issue?"
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
Caldwell, Trivius G.
2019-06-14
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1759 Campaign for Quebec City: A Historical Wargame of the French and Indian War
From the Thesis Abstract: "The British campaign to capture the French fortress city of Quebec in 1759 led to the decisive battle of the French and Indian War, and paved the way for British domination of North America for the next twenty years. While the ultimate battle on the Plains of Abraham is known to most scholars, the campaign along the St. Lawrence River that led up to the battle provides many lessons of operational level leadership that are still relevant today: maneuvering forces and securing lines of operation, integrating land and naval forces in joint operations, massing forces at the decisive point, simultaneity in operations, and the strategic use of key terrain. This paper provides the historical basis and rationale for the modeling decisions made by the researcher in the development of this wargame. Players will take on the roles of the Army Commanders, both learning the historical details of the campaign, and immersing players in the commanders' decision making process. The wargame enables players to make decisions consistent with the information and capabilities available to the commanders during the campaign, and thereby allows them to gain an understanding as to why the campaign unfolded the way it did."
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
Henderson, Joseph A.
2019-06-14
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Blazing Skies
From the Thesis Abstract: "This wargame thesis seeks to answer the question: 'Can Air and Missile Defense (AMD) concepts be effectively modeled to educate junior Air Defense Artillery (ADA) officers and senior non-air defense officers on the basic employment of AMD and its cost trade-offs in a competitive wargame?' Many wargames focus heavily on air to air combat or air support of ground units, but few focus on air and missile defense beyond the most abstract level. Joint and Army design and mission planning concepts informed game structure and goals while AMD doctrine provided guidelines for tactical decisions. Research into a variety of different games provided mechanics and elements that enabled these concepts to be woven together to support 14A individual critical tasks using the Time-Space-Assets-Resolution (TSAR) model. Research using open source intelligence, such as 'Jane's Defense', informed threat data and modeling. This wargame enhances understanding though a God's eye view of the air environment to demonstrate AMD concepts at the tactical, operational, and strategic levels."
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
Jackson, David A.
2019-06-14
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United States Army Civil Affairs: An Analysis of Doctrine, Organization, and Training in Modern Civil Affairs
From the Thesis Abstract: "Civil Affairs (CA), organized under a US Army Reserve (USAR) headquarters, previously provided adequate, skilled, specially trained capabilities supporting the conventional Army and Army Special Operations Forces (ARSOF) as a part of the US Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) organic force structure. The multi-component organization of USASOC until 2006 allowed tailored force packages to fill critical, rotational, enduring global GPF and SOF requirements. This task- organization allowed US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM)/USASOC to maintain proponency of CA as a 'special operation' while leveraging the vast resources and functional specialties found in the USAR CA community. The organization of the total CA force was simple, functional, and effective. In the current organizational structure, CA capabilities provided by the Army differ depending on the component from which they originate. Significant training deficiencies and discrepancies exist that separate the Active force from the Reserve force. The Reserve lacks the robust foundational training provided to the Active force. The USAR remains well-postured to return to a multi-component USASOC structure and immediately assume operational missions and oversight of the entirety of CA forces."
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
Flynn, Mark A., Jr.
2019-06-14
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Joint Reception Staging Onward Movement and Integration (JRSOI): The Commanders Role in Integration
From the Thesis Abstract: "The US Army's Joint Reception Staging Onward movement and Integration (JRSOI) operations were perfected during World War II and provided Allied Forces the ability to amass overwhelming combat power on Axis Forces during Operation Overlord. The study follows VII Corps and Major General J. Lawton Collins during the winter of 1944 as he prepares the corps for the amphibious assault on Utah Beach in England. Major General Collins conducts multiple iterations of JRSOI throughout the Operation Overlord campaign while simultaneously conducting tactical operations to meet mission objectives. The case study investigates Major General Collins integrations of VII Corps in England in the winter of 1944 until D-Day and examines the JRSOI operations during the days following D-Day as VII Corps attempts to generate combat power to move inland to capture the city of Cherbourg, France on 26 June 1944."
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
Isreal, Elias M.
2019-06-14
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Autonomous Weapons: The Future Behind Us
From the Thesis Abstract: "Militaries have long used weapons with varying degrees of autonomy. However, recent technology advances have made possible more capable autonomous weapons, sparking calls by civil society groups and discussions in the United Nations (UN) on banning autonomous weapons. This thesis identifies potential military uses of autonomous weapons and makes prediction on their use through 2030. This is accomplished by analyzing past and present uses of autonomous weapons, ongoing technology developments, and developing an ontology for defining and describe autonomous weapons."
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
Noyes, Matthew
2019-06-14
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How the United States Can Reinforce India as a Counterbalance to China in the Indian Ocean Region from a Military Standpoint
From the Thesis Abstract: "Security of the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) is of vital geo-strategic and geo-economic importance to the world. China is gradually seeking to control the region. Although the United States must act to balance China's actions, it cannot do so alone, and India is its most natural partner in the region. This study analyzes how the United States can influence the rebalancing of power in the region by answering the primary research question, 'Given that India represents a counterbalance to China in the IOR, how can the United States reinforce that counterbalance from a military standpoint?' Offering recommendations for this question required an understanding of the United States' strategic intentions in the region and the military situation in the region. A qualitative analysis of China's and India's military capabilities, limitations, and activities examined the military situation. The analysis and results confirmed that the United States should support India to become a more credible military deterrent and expand United States-India defense and security cooperation in the IOR."
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
Talone, Andrew J.
2019-06-14
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Learning Agility - Preparing Leaders to Fight and Win in a Complex World
From the Thesis Abstract: "The implicit role of the Maneuver Captains Career Course (MCCC) is preparing leaders to command at the tip of the spear. These leaders employ their skills where experience, judgment, problem solving, and critical and creative thinking come face-to-face with the enemy. This study uses descriptive research and the grounded theories approaches to achieve a qualitative analysis of how the Army currently develops learning agility within the broader framework of leader development at the MCCC. Specifically, this study uses the MCCC, as a part of the Armor and Infantry Officer's professional military education program, to analyze an organization that intentionally seeks to develop mental agility through efforts at the institutional, operational, and individual level. Using the Korn and Ferry Five Factors of Learning Agility, this study will qualitatively assess the curriculum and organizational efforts that contribute to the development of learning agility. Broadly, the research finds that the MCCC serves as a model organization for enhancing learning agility and developing leaders, with small opportunities to further increase effectiveness across leader development domains. The recommendations are intended to further optimize leader and leadership development across the maneuver force."
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
Stilwell, Kyle D.
2019-06-14
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Discarding the Mongol Way of War: A Geostrategic Analysis of the Mongol Expeditions to Conquer Japan
From the Thesis Abstract: "The Yuan Dynasty (1271 to 1368) commissioned two expeditions to Japan in 1274 and 1281. These limited-liability campaigns aimed to subjugate the insular island nation as a vassal to the Yuan Dynasty, a 'khanate' of the Mongol Empire. Despite the great resource potential of Japan, its subjugation was not a vital security interest for the dynasty. As a result, the expeditions were not aligned with the dynasty's strategic imperatives which included maintaining its territorial integrity, enforcing regional stability, and protecting the legitimacy of Kubilai's claim as 'khan' of the Mongol Empire. These strategic priorities necessitated the investment of the preponderance of the dynasty's critical financial, material, and human capital resources in the pursuance of vital national interests rather than the peripheral interests associated with the expeditions to Japan. These strategic resource allocation decisions, coupled with the unique requirements of governing a massive agrarian population in China, deprived the expeditions of the warfighting capabilities required to employ the Mongol way of war. As a result, Yuan Dynasty's war against Japan ended in abject failure."
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
Schultz, Matthew J.
2019-06-14
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Strategic Shaping Capability of the Amphibious Force: The Case for Capital Ship Status for the Amphibious Fleet
From the Thesis Abstract: "US Navy amphibious ship shortfalls threaten the ability of maritime forces to meet current and future operational requirements. The post-Cold War era is characterized by a marked increase in the use of Amphibious Ready Groups with embarked Marine Expeditionary Units as the preferred crisis and contingency response force. Despite this trend, resource prioritization to the amphibious fleet is lacking when compared to current capital ship vessel programs. The increasingly contested nature of the global commons places United States power projection capabilities at risk. The current and future operating environment requires capacity that exceeds the amphibious ship inventory. Amphibious forces provide operational flexibility and directly support strategic shaping activities. A renewed focus on modernizing and maintaining the amphibious fleet is required to achieve the objectives outlined in current and emerging operating concepts and support national strategic interests."
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
Geiger, James M., III
2019-06-14
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Preventing Toxic Leadership Through Professional Military Education
From the Thesis Abstract: "Toxic leadership continues to plague the U.S. Army and other services, even though there are multiple publications written on leadership expectations. This thesis asks, if through the education at CGSOC [Command and General Staff Officer's Course], toxic leadership can be mitigated in the future Field Grade Officers. To do so this thesis uses the toxic triangle as a methodology to analyze a case study of a former Battalion Commander that was relieved of command after a 15-6 investigation deemed them a toxic leader and they created a negative command climate. This thesis makes two recommendations to help mitigate toxic leadership with education through CGSOC. First, a larger portion of the curriculum of CGSOC should focus on toxic leadership, the followers and environments that support it by integrating elements of the toxic triangle. Second, is to expand leadership doctrine to include a more in depth discussion on toxic leadership and how it effects organizations, to include examples. This thesis closes with a discussion on obstacles hindering the use of the toxic triangle in CGSOC."
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
Anderson, John A.
2019-06-14
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Post-Cold War Submarine Force Changes
From the Thesis Abstract: "This thesis addresses how the United States and the United Kingdom submarine force changed after the end of the Cold War in 1991. Specifically, this thesis examines reduction in the number of platforms, personnel, and funding of each nation's submarine force to that of their respective navies and armed forces over the next decade. This research identifies the changes to the submarine mission because of the changing international landscape and the personnel and funding reductions along with the introduction of the Tomahawk missile to each submarine fleet. Additionally, the fall of the Soviet Union introduced more changes to each country's submarine force including the cancellation of the expensive 'Seawolf' class attack submarine in favor of the cheaper 'Virginia' class, the elimination of diesel submarines from the Royal Navy, and the constraints placed by the START treaty [Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty] on ballistic missile submarines. Analysis of how and why these two countries changed their respective submarine forces following the end of the Cold War provides understanding of the reasons and basis for the size, composition, and use of each nation's submarine fleet. This understanding offers guidance for future decisions for military leaders involving submarines."
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
Branley, Justin M.
2019-06-14
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Characteristics of Servant Leadership Can Complement the Army Leadership Requirements
From the Thesis Abstract: "Within the current complex operating environment, the Army needs leaders who can care for their Soldiers by prioritizing their personal and professional developmental needs as a means of accomplishing the mission and improving the organization. Servant Leadership, a theory developed in the 1960s by Robert Greenleaf, could be a way of providing a style of leadership that places the focus on the subordinates. This thesis explores how the process of U.S. Army leadership development might be improved if Servant Leadership characteristics were integrated into the Army Leadership Requirements Model (ALRM). The case studies of Jesus Christ and Southwest Airlines demonstrating and applying Servant Leadership characteristics were used as evidence to support the incorporation of Servant Leadership characteristics into ALRM."
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
Uddin, Shahin
2019-06-14
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Legacy of Ashes: The US Army and the Destruction of San Francisco
From the Thesis Abstract: "In the early morning of 18 April 1906, a massive earthquake struck the San Francisco Bay Area. The initial tremor was estimated at a 7.9 Moment Magnitude, leading to a conflagration that destroyed thousands of buildings, hundreds of millions of dollars of property, and led to the deaths of an estimated 3,000 individuals. In the hours following the earthquake a joint military force led by Brigadier General Frederick Funston of the US Army Department of California mobilized to provide security, firefighting, and disaster relief. The Army's actions during the crisis were fraught with legal and practical problems, ultimately leading to the unnecessary destruction of tens of millions of dollars of property and untold civilian casualties. This study proposes that military leadership in firefighting and security efforts were culpable for the unnecessary loss of property and human life during the crisis, while the humanitarian and medical relief efforts were critical in the recovery of the city following the conflagration. The thesis attempts to close the gap between civilian and military scholarship on this event and concludes with implications for Defense Support to Civil Authorities (DSCA) missions in the modern era."
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
Alfsen, Erik C.
2019-06-14
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'Army Training, Sir!': The Impact of the World War I Experience on the Evolution of Training Doctrine in the U.S. Army
From the Thesis Abstract: "The American Army's mobilization for World War I was fraught with difficulties, resulting in a number of failings that produced a capable but flawed expeditionary force. The traditional interpretation of the army's training during that conflict was that it was lackluster as it produced combat units that lacked critical capabilities. However, the experience of learning how to train and how to write training doctrine produced positive results that have largely gone overlooked by historians. This study examines the status of training in the pre-war army, to include both existing doctrine and institutional management organizations. It then chronicles the wartime experience and traces the evolution of training doctrine and practices during the war. It concludes by looking at the immediate post-war years to determine what lasting impacts the wartime experiences had on training doctrine and management. Overall, this study concludes that the training effort during World War I had significant long-term benefits for the army, as it produced the foundation of the army's training practices through World War II."
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
Hope, Gregory C.
2019-06-14
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Developing Understanding and Wielding Influence Through Expanded Maneuver - A Cognitive Dimension Approach
From the Thesis Abstract: "Developing understanding and wielding influence are an essential component of the value SOF [Special Operations Forces] provides the Nation. The SOF network of personnel, assets, and formations represent means by which to obtain early understanding of trends, emerging transregional threats, and opportunities. Employment of the SOF network also provides capabilities needed to shape and influence outcomes. In an era characterized by an increasing interconnected and complex environment highlighting the relevance of the population-centric aspects of competition and conflict, SOF must operate as part of a whole of government approach to mitigate our Nation's challenges in accordance with the 2017 National Security Strategy to upgrade, tailor and innovate the wielding of influence. Therefore, the Army and Joint Force writ large require an expanded concept of maneuver that considers both physical and cognitive dimension in and across multiple domains to move both force and ideas in time and space in pursuit of physical and cognitive objectives across the entire operational continuum, but particularly so in security environments below the threshold of Large Scale Combat Operations (LSCO) where state and non-state actors seek to gain an asymmetric advantage by operating in the seam between peace and war."
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
Able, Kurt M.
2019-06-14
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Reintegrating Short Range Air Defense into the Maneuver Fight
From the Thesis Abstract: "As the United States faces growing global uncertainty, the need to renew key military capabilities is vital to fight and win across any conflict that threatens U.S. interests. To retain overmatch, the combination of our capabilities must be relevant to successfully deter our potential adversaries. The Army's investment to incorporate Maneuver Short Range Air Defense into each division is a move towards this end. This thesis examines the future readiness of these forces using a historical and an Australian case study as examples of successful integration of similar capabilities at similar echelons. This study leverages historical doctrine while comparing it to modern guidance. It synthesizes our current readiness with historical success, yielding areas for development prior to reintegration. The research aims to answer the question: How can the US Army best set the Leadership and Training conditions for reintegration of divisional Short Range Air Defense?"
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
Norwood, David C.
2019-06-14
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Russian Fires Capability Gap: A United States North Atlantic Treaty Organization Coalition Answer
From the Thesis Abstract: "After 17 years of conducting counter-terrorism operations, the U.S. and its NATO partners have divested and reduced their ability to support maneuver operations with effective and lethal field artillery in Large Scale Combat Operations (LSCO). While we have focused on the Global War on Terrorism, our adversaries have continued to invest in and develop sophisticated fires and Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2/AD) capabilities. This thesis examines U.S., NATO, and Russian ground-based indirect fires by analyzing current doctrine, organizations, and material in the fires warfighting function. To further define the problem, this thesis analyzes current U.S. Army, U.S. joint, multinational, and Russian doctrine, as well as, periodical journals, academic works, and open-source published articles. To address the problem, this thesis identifies current capabilities and interoperability gaps, impediments to effective joint-multnational fires employment, the importance of combining capabilities, and provides recommendations to improve U.S.-NATO fires capability."
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
O'Connor, Roderic J.
2019-06-14
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Sixth Military-Revolution: Warfare in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
From the Thesis Abstract: "Historians MacGregor Knox and Williamson Murray originally suggested only five military-revolutions had occurred in the history of the western way of war. However, in 2017 Murray published 'America and the Future of War' and said a sixth military-revolution was unfolding in the modern era and it was mostly influenced by rampant technological change. He went on to suggest that society was only in the nascent stages of understanding the 6th MR [military-revolution] and understanding what it might mean for present-day militaries. Thus, the researcher's aim in this thesis was to expand on Murray's basic description of the 6th MR by exploring the root causes of change in the first five military-revolutions in order to formulate an argument for what was driving change in the 6th MR. After the historical precedents for revolutionary changes to war were considered, the researcher used the lessons gleaned from that analysis to examine how technology and other factors were influencing the character of war in the modern era. Ultimately, the author's conclusions presented in this thesis offer an expanded explanation of the 6th MR and considers the implications for the present-day U.S. Military."
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
Champion, Jerry W., II
2019-06-14
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Motorcade Showdown
From the Thesis Abstract: "Motorcade Showdown is a wargame modeling motorcade operations in order to teach the fundamentals of the protection and disruption of motorcade movements. In this game, players can experience motorcade operations from the perspective of both the protection cell and also the disruption cell. It exercises the players' ability to make accurate decisions to facilitate delivering the principal safely to the venue, and aids in learning the cause and effect relationship of planning routes incorrectly, failing to anticipate potential threats, and reacting inappropriately to obstacles or dangers. It enhances an individual's critical decision-making abilities concerning basic motorcade skills, and understanding of adversary operations, in order to prevent incorrect choices during the conduct of motorcade operations."
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
Miller, William L.
2019-06-14
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Supporting and Enabling: Air-Land Cross-Domain Lessons from Major Conflicts
From the Thesis Abstract: "Current and forthcoming US military concepts stress the need for integrating and synchronizing effects across all domains to achieve cross-domain synergy. This thesis examines three case studies to determine the effectiveness and means by which militaries synchronized airpower and land power during large-scale combat between peer competitors. Since the American and British experiences in World War II and Desert Storm are already well researched in US academia, research focused on Germany and the Soviet Union during World War II as well as the Israeli Defense Forces in the 1973 Arab-Israeli War. For each case study, the author presents the operational theory underpinning the studied military's conduct, a background of the campaign, a conclusion regarding overall effectiveness, and a thorough discussion of the command and control mechanisms used. The final chapter puts forth six distinct lessons the US should consider when developing systems and perceptions for Multi-Domain or All-Domain Operations."
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
Brady, E. Aaron
2019-06-14
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Navigating Dangerous Shoals: Finding Equilibrium in Cambodia's Relationships with China and the United States
From the Thesis Abstract: "China's increasing geopolitical, military, economic, and social sphere of influence, both regionally and globally, imposes a challenge for Cambodia whether or not to become pro-China, pro-U.S, or remain neutral. While the U.S's foreign policy of pivot to Asia appears to establish reassurance for some allied nations, it, nevertheless, further complicates the geopolitics of Asia Pacific. Despite the claim of the so-called 'Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence,' China's rise is increasingly pressuring these regional countries to choose side. As an independent state and a member of ASEAN [Association of Southeast Asian Nations], Cambodia is struggling to define its own identity and best safeguard its national interests under the pressures of both sides, given its past history with these two powers. This paper uses qualitative methodology research with the three main assessing criteria, feasibility, acceptability, and suitability, to assess the relationship between China and Cambodia. The paper will scrutinize how China's utilization of economic instrument of national power to shape Cambodia's developmental path."
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
Chhon, Borey
2019-06-14
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Do Lessons Learned from Past Security Force Assistance Missions Validate the Creation of the United States Army's Current Security Force Assistance Brigades?
From the Thesis Abstract: "While the revised US Army Doctrine Reference Publication 3-0, Operations, and associated Field Manual shift the Army's focus to preparing for large-scale combat operations against a near-peer threat, security force assistance operations continue to be vital to promote regional United States interests. The Army created security force assistance brigades to relieve brigade combat teams from performing security cooperation operations. These much smaller regionally aligned advisor units will be challenged to fulfill the intense theater requirements for security force assistance operations. Brigade combat teams will continue to have to execute security force assistance and should synchronize their efforts with regionally aligned advisor units to meet the needs of combatant commanders. The case studies from past security force assistance operations in China during WWII and in Korea during the Korean War validate the Army's creation of the security force assistance brigades. These case studies will also highlight lessons learned that apply to today's security force assistance brigades."
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
Amador, Ernesto D., III
2019-06-14
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Future of the Republic of Korea-United States Alliance
From the Thesis Abstract: "The ROK [Republic of Korea]-US Alliance has demonstrated incredible resoluteness since its inception in 1953. It survived calls for a reduction in US combat power from President's Nixon and Carter. It responded to Secretary Rumsfeld's need to deploy US forces from the Korean Peninsula to the Middle East. It adapted to President Bush's nuclear weapons withdrawal. All of this has demonstrated the ability of the Alliance to adapt to changing military and geo-political conditions or risk becoming obsolete. This work explores a future scenario where the two Koreas are not at war and the Alliance must again adapt. This paper proposes that the Alliance be re-framed as a ROK-US integrated command tasked with a larger regional security role outside the Korean Peninsula."
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
Courter, David A.
2019-06-14
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Calculated Audacity: Case Studies of Special Operations During Large Scale Combat Operations
From the Thesis Abstract: "During the Global War on Terror, the United States relied heavily on Special Operations in order to achieve operational and strategic objectives globally. This phenomenon changes somewhat when the nation engages in Large Scale Combat Operations. Maintaining appropriate criteria for planning or accomplishing special operations, or committing special operations forces, becomes vitally important to achieve operational or strategic objectives, and to maintain force readiness and optimal capability. By examining four historical case studies of special operations against the backdrop of Large Scale Combat Operations, this research study determines under what conditions and based on what principles special operations may be employed in order to optimize operational success. Using a combination of principles established by joint doctrine and military theorists, the Jedburgh and Chindit operations along with the Doolittle Tokyo and Vermork Norway raids are qualitatively compared in order to offer conclusions on the effectiveness of special operations."
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
Campion, John
2019-06-14
