United States Department of Defense

Inboden, The Role of a Strong National Defense). Presidents like Ronald Reagan and Theodore Roosevelt advocated for a strong military. They believed in the concept, “peace through strength”. Reagan felt strongly about building up our military. Many tanks, planes, and ships are owned by the military thanks to Reagan. The Reagan administration also brought up some of the best planes, the F-15 and the F-16 which are still used today. He spent at most $456.5 on defense billion in 1987 (in projected…

In the article, “The Professional Case for Force Management”, I believe that the author did not make an effective argument. Therefore, I do not support his argument that the importance of professional military officers understanding and studying force management do to the lack of substantive and systemic evidence supporting his thesis. His argument draws disparate conclusions from examples that he loosely ties back to Force Management. An example of this can be found on page 1-2 of his paper.…

definition. Special Forces prides itself on owning UW and serving as the Department of Defense’s subject matter experts on operating by, with, and through an indigenous force. The debate over Special Force’s ownership of this domain should not rely solely on the training, funding, or even doctrine that validates UW as a SF core task. Instead, SF should argue that the U.S. Army Special…

Developing capabilities or new organizations and materiel requirements originate with national-level guidance, like the QDR, NSS, NDS, and NMS. (AOLC, p. 2-5) The Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS), upon receipt of higher guidance, develop an organizational and materiel solution among the other DOTMLPF domains; that is, they are developed along with doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership & education, personnel, and facilities. (AFMM, p. 6) The military…

Army Logistics planners fulfill gaps in sustainment requirements and capabilities of land forces by employing Contractors, Host Nation, and the Army Prepositioned Stock. The Army Contract Command (ACC) deploys Contract Support Brigades (CSB) comprised of Contingency Contracting Battalions (CCBN) and Contingency Contracting Teams (CCTs) to the Area of Operation (AO) to initiate theater, external, and systems contracts for the Geographic Combatant Commander’s (GCC) and/or the Joint Task Force…

the 2014 Army Strategic Planning Guidance has outlined five priorities to guide the development of the Army in the future. Of these priorities, “A ready and modern Army” (U.S. Department of the Army, 2014, p. 3) is the most important to focus on. “Readiness is the vital element of the Army mission…” (U.S. Department of the Army, 2014, p. 16). This metric alone signifies the ability of Army units, personnel and equipment to fight and win wars. One way the Army can quickly move toward a…

For those of you who do not know what the Civil Air Patrol is, it is the United States Air Force Auxiliary. CAP was founded on December 1, 1941, just six days before the infamous attack on Pearl Harbor. CAP is comprised of volunteers who have a deep love of aviation and their country. There are two main groups of CAP members, Cadets and Senior Members. Cadets ages range from 12 to 21, but must join before their eighteenth birthday to be put in the cadet program. Senior members are individuals…

Just like any other agency, the Department of Homeland Security has both a vision and a mission statement – the vision they have stated on their website is stated as follows: “Three key concepts form the foundation of our national homeland security strategy designed to achieve this vision: Security, Resilience, and Customs and Exchange,” (Department of Homeland Security, 2016). Nevertheless, these 3 concepts are what drive and motivate all the areas of the Department of Homeland Security. A few…

The United States of America's Homeland Security ensures that all the citizens in the nation and abroad are safe and protected from terrorism attacks. The mission and vision of Homeland Security and Defense are aimed at initiating efforts that would ensure safe, secure and easy management of borders of the nation. To realize such a mission, the Homeland Security and Defense are striving to put into practice and administer laws and policies of immigration. They have also come up with cyber-crime…

The Department of Veterans’ Affairs is the 14th created Department in the Cabinet. Officially created as a cabinet department in 1930, the Department of Veterans’ affairs works to provide services for the Veterans of the United States Military. Along with providing many services to veterans, the Department of Veterans’ Affairs also runs every national cemetery, except for Arlington, which the Department of the Army, a subclass of the Department of Defense, runs. The Veterans’ Affairs…