Zone defense

Growing up in life I have realized that school may not be the thing for me. I have always struggled to be a consistent student and was honestly surprised when I made it to college. Since my freshman year I have always thought that the Military might be the path for me. One thing that I know about myself is that I need structure to succeed, where has more structure than our armed forces? One thing I knew about myself is that if I joined the Military I wouldn’t want to be just another soldier on…

1. Purpose: To provide information on the Evolution of the Army Doctrine for Success in the 21st Century 2. Facts: a. The U.S. Army Doctrine essential idea is to seize, retain and exploit in sustained land operations that will improve and maintain a position of advantage. Doctrine is always changing as the Army has faced encounters during deployments since the war in the 1990s to recent. b. Strategic and technological realties have been a lessons learned from recent…

detail to the policy areas. The policy areas of this topic are the United States Military (United States, Department of Defense DOD) ethical, moral and equity. It becomes ethical and moral for the regard of principles and integrity in the public’s opinion. Equity can be regarded as a policy area since; it includes gender discrimination…

I’ve been a Marine Judge Advocate for over 17 years. I say that not to admit guilt but state pride in my duties and profession. Despite the well-worn clichés and easy cynicism about lawyers, I am an unrepentant leader of Marines who questions the Marine Corps approach to character development in our Corps and the oft mere reliance on the “Judge” to teach “ethics” to our Marines. We, as leaders, need to do more to make sure the character that takes command in moments of crucial choices is…

Unconventional Warfare (UW) is considered the trademark of the U.S. Army Special Forces (SF). In fact, UW often serves as the focus for training, planning, and discussion within every aspect of the SF community. Most debates involving UW turn into an analysis of defining Unconventional Warfare and trying to figure out how to fit current SF operations into that definition. Special Forces prides itself on owning UW and serving as the Department of Defense’s subject matter experts on operating…

external stakeholder organizations. This paper identifies a few historical challenges that the Department of Defense and other federal agencies faced in the past, how those organizations sought to overcome those challenges, and how these solutions can apply to other public organizations. Historical Challenges Communication and operational synchronization within the Department of Defense are two particularly notable historical challenges. During the conflict in Vietnam…

federalized for out of state military support to reinforce other Civil Support Teams. Teams can deploy using organic vehicles or may be airlifted if required to meet response time. Conclusion Civil Support Teams play a key role in our nation’s CBRN defense program and provide a firsthand military assessment of incidents throughout the nation. These teams use highly trained Soldiers and Airmen, operating cutting edge technology and equipment to not only respond to CBRNE situations but they are…

America. The effect of this thinking has led many to support the government’s decrease of federal spending on big ticket items, in particular, the Department of Defense. One of the most common arguments revolve around the fact that the United States spends more money on the defense budget that a half dozen countries combined (U.S. Defense Spending Compared to Other Countries). The stakeholders in the argument essentially would be the American people. Decreasing the national debt would have a…

across a transcript as the speaker for a discussion held by Hudson on defense technology in a globalized market. Weinstein identified that "one of the most important work -- parts of the work we do here at Hudson is assessing present and future threats to national security and securing our nation's most important military assets and advanced technologies," ( CQ Transcriptions, par 2). He explains much of how Hudson works towards defense technology and preventing that this technology be used by…

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…