Defense of infancy

IMPLICATIONS OF FUTURE BATTLEFIELD ON LEADERSHIP 1. Numerous trends will shape military leadership over the next thirty years. First, traditional hands-on leadership will remain essential. Second, the current trend toward joint operations will evolve into thoroughly integrated forces. Third, peace operations and other non combat roles will continue to grow becoming a major share of our overall military mission. Fourth, new technology will go on driving rapid change. And finally, fiscal…

or allies is an integral part of the U.S. defense strategy that is irreplaceable. These are certainly the greatest advantages of SOF. While there are really no disadvantages to SOF per se, the over reliance on SOF to conduct operations for which more conventional ground forces may be well suited…

SUBJECT: Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected vehicle (MRAP) The Purpose of this paper is to address the Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected (MRAP) vehicle and its fielding issues, all its hazards. This paper will also talk about the efforts to mitigate the hazards from current usage in the field. The protection this vehicle can provide almost doesn’t out way the lives it can take with the hazards involved with it. Some background on the MRAP and what it was made for. The MRAP was designed in a…

Mr./Madam President, I rise today for the 160th time to again ask this chamber to wake up to the mounting evidence of climate change. In the coming decades demand for food, water, and energy will grow by approximately 35, 40, and 50 percent around the globe. Climate change will worsen the outlook for the availability of these critical resources. The severity of existing weather patterns will intensify, with wet areas getting wetter and dry and arid areas becoming more so. This extreme…

This memorandum provides background and justification to obtain approval to upgrade the Director, LRR JPO to the grade of GS-15. In 2005, faced with a pending Federal Aviation Administration shutdown of the system, the Office of Management and Budget deemed DoD and DHS jointly responsible for the nation’s primary enroute radar network. As a result, the LRR JPO was established to fund and streamline the interdepartmental coordination for their respective surveillance requirements. The LRR JPO…

I know that Manning's defense to this case is that, she wanted to "make a difference." However, what one needs to consider is that by publically leaking classified information is that the enemy too will also be able to access said information. While she was charged with 22 offences she was found guilty of all but two, making that 20 charges. Because proven guilty, she was sentenced to 35 years in prison. Since the incident she has seen a drastic reduction of her original sentence, allowing…

The last Quadrennial Defense Review shifted the basis of the defense planning from "threat-based" to “capabilities-based". The Force Development process relies on that base and consists of five phases; Develop Capabilities, Design Organization, Develop Organization, Determine Organizational Models, Determine Organizational Authorizations and Document Organizational Authorizations, to have structured and resourced force. The main consists of this process and it is obvious in the Winter Symposium…

SUBJECT: Unified Land Operations 1. Purpose: To Provide an overview on Unified Land Operations 2. Facts: a. The idea of Army policy is to seize, retain, and exploit the initiative to gain and maintain a position of advantage in sustained land operations. The new operating concept is Unified Land Operations. b. The introduction to the Unified Land Operation (2011) changed from the AirLand Battle (1982-1993) and uses many of the full range operations within capabilities as fundamental to a…

Considering the ongoing budget cuts and force reductions, the Army should maintain its current level of reliance on contract support, with condition to adopt some measures to maximize the benefits from contractors. From my opinion, Successful operational contract support is the ability to manage and direct all activities necessary to execute contract support integration requirements in a designated operational area. For example, during the last two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Operational…

After one of our first meetings with the Task Force, L and I decided that our system of hopping hotels wasn't going to work forever. That was when we put in place the plans to build a facility just for the Task Force. The sleek design was more my idea while the efficiency of it was handled by L, but we agreed for it to have twenty-three floors and another two below ground. The two helicopters were hidden on the roof, and cars and trucks were kept in the parking garage. It had a state-of-the-art…