Military Operations Now and in the Future:
In the past few years, there have been substantial concerns and discussions on how to balance the need to "win" the current(s) with the need to be prepared for the next war. The mission of the United States Army is to not only fight but also win the country's present wars by devoting complete measures. The need to win these present wars is attributed to the fact that the military is in harm's way and the need to protect the nation's interest. hile these present conflicts are crucial, future war(s) are also regarded as important. As documented in the Joint Vision 2020 strategic approach, the Army needs to prepare for an uncertain future now while fighting to win its present conflicts. These preparations are based on the likelihood of the country to face a varying spectrum of interests, challenges, and opportunities that can win…...

mla

Works Cited:

"Air, Space, & Cyberspace Power in the 21st-Century." 38th IFPA-Fletcher Conference on National Security Strategy and Policy. The Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, Inc., 21 Jan. 2010. Web. 13 Sept. 2013. .

Donley, Michael. "Sec. Donley: How Low Can The Air Force Go? -- EXCLUSIVE." Breaking Defense. Breaking Media, Inc., 9 Jan. 2013. Web. 13 Sept. 2013. .

United States. Joint Chiefs of Staffs. Director for Strategic Plans and Policy. Joint Vision 2020. U.S. Goverment Printing Office, n.d. Web. 13 Sept. 2013. .

Sustainment- ithin any military operation, there needs to be a balance of logistics that combines personnel, equipment, and strategy to optimally deploy forces and therefore accomplish mission procedures. Prominent military commanders note that the operational environment has so drastically changed that joint, interagency and multinational operations are now the norm rather than the exception. This provides the format for new organizational structures and mobility/distribution platforms that engender more robust opportunities for deploying, employing, and sustaining operational capabilities to a higher degree. In fact, "tactical, operational, and strategic lines have long been blurred in the sustainment arena, and now joint and service planners can contemplate a similar blurring of the functional lines of deployment, employment, and sustainment" (Juskowiak & illiams, 2006).
Essentially, the new environment requires different views and attitudes towards sustainment command and control organizations and ways to help command continue to improve critical sustainment. It is then logical to assume…...

mla

Works Cited

Military Decision Making Process MDMP. (2000, January 1). Retrieved from Army Study Guide:   -- 2.shtmlhttp://www.armystudyguide.com/content/powerpoint/Leadership_Presentations/military-decision-making 

U.S. Fleet Forces Command Joint, Synthetic and Sustainment Training Branch. (2011, November). Retrieved from Military Training Technology:  http://www.kmimediagroup.com/mt2-home/227-mt2-2010-volume-15-issue-1/2700-us-fleet-forces-command-joint-synthetic-and-sustainment-training-branch.html 

Brlecic, J. (2009, September/October). Logistics, CSS, Sustainment: Evolving Definitions of Support. Retrieved from Army Sustainment: http://www.almc.army.mil/alog/issues/SepOct09/log_CSS_sust.html

Brodie, B. (1974). War and Politics. New York: Longman.

Media and Military Operations
Recently there has been much debate about the effect of media reports on military conduct. Most of this has to do with the security that the military needs to conduct their operations and the dangerous are some of the reports that the media sometimes leaks out. A recent article found in the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy argued that First Amendment freedom was compromised because the military had such strong reviews when dealing with the security of media reports in both the Persian Gulf ar and Operation Enduring Freedom (Lee, 2002). The article was fair enough to indicate that the judicial proceedings of the Supreme Court really did not relate to the things that happen in military operations during a war. However, it was also concerned that stopping these individuals in the media was harmful to free expression but not as much as punishing individuals…...

mla

Works Cited

Branzburg v. Hayes. 1972. 408 U.S. 665.

Cassell, Paul G. 1985. Restrictions on press coverage of military operations: the right of access, Grenada, and "off the record wars." Georgetown Law Journal 73: 931.

Gersch, Debra. 1991. Press pools on the verge of collapse? Editor and Publisher: 7.

Gersch, Debra. 1991. Missing in Iraq. Editor and Publisher: 8.

Rescue of American Prisoners: U.S. Military Operation
The objective of this project is to carry out a rescue operation of 511 Americans and Allied forces from the Japanese POW (prisoner of war) camp very near the Cabanatuan. The six Ranger attalion element, Alamo Scouts as well Filipino guerillas reinforced the operations in order to liberate 511 Americans prisoners held by the Japanese. Overview of the operation reveals that it was one of the difficult and successful operations ever carried out by the Rangers. This study evaluates the military decision process regarding the operation, and discusses the competent strategy Lt Col Mucci and the subordinate employed in competing for the operation[footnoteRef:1]. [1: Department of Army. FM 6-0 Commander and Staff Organizations and Operations. USA. 2015.]

Mission

The mission of Lt Col Mucci was to liberate 511 America prisoners held hostage by the Japanese forces.

Commander Intent

The purpose of the operation is to use the military…...

mla

Bibliography

Department of Army. FM 6-0 Commander and Staff Organizations and Operations. USA. 2015.

Department of Army. ADP 1-02 & ADRP 1-02 Operational Terms and Military Symbols. USA. 2015.

King, Michael .J. Chapter 6 Cabanatuan" of Leavenworth Papers in Rangers: Selected Combat Operations in World War II. Leavenworth Papers .Combat Studies Institute. 1985.

Black, Robert. Cavalry Raids of the Civil War. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books. 2004.

Soviet-Afghanistan War that took place between 1979 and 1988. The writer explores the tactics used by the Soviet Small Unit operations and discusses why the attempts were not successful. There were six sources used to complete this paper.
Many people refer to the war between the Soviet Union and Afghanistan as the ussian Viet Nam. The reason that this nickname has been attached to this war is because it was in many ways similar to the Viet Nam conflict with the United States. In that situation the United States was a monstrous force to be reckoned with compared to the armed service abilities of Viet Nam. In the Soviet Afghanistan war it was similar in that ussia was a monster in size when compared to Afghanistan. In each case the smaller nation dug in their heels and refused to be intimidated by the larger nation. In the Afghanistan war with…...

mla

REFERENCES

New U.S. Ambassador Seeks to Accelerate Afghan Reconstruction and Security

Khalilzad says country is one of Bush's top two foreign policy priorities y=2003& m=November& x=20031120161549namfuaks0.8437158& t=xarchives/xarchitem.html& PHPSESSID=1647e3012d8aa4f099e44d94ab442e60http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&

Feb. 15, 2003

USSR's war in Afghanistan was a mistake - Gorbachev

Assignment: Research two articles on the web that pertains to the Joint Theater Support Contracting Command (JTSCC). What are the issues or problems within the framework or process of operating the JTSCC? Give real world examples.The world is rife with conflict and disagreements. These disagreements, depending on their severity can result in war and many civilian deaths. Retaliatory efforts on the part of other countries can further exacerbate conflict causing still further damage to innocent civilians. These battles, particularly when religion is the basis, can last for many years and cause irreputable damage to communities and civilizations. From an economic perspective, people within the communities no longer have wealth or income by which to support their families. Companies are hesitant to locate within the area due primary to war and other forms of terrorism. Likewise, it is difficult to reestablish government as control and power systems are week. As a…...

mla

References

1. Brown, Seyom, and Robert H. Scales, eds. US Policy in Afghanistan and Iraq: Lessons and Legacies. Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2012. 219pp. (E183.7 .U6 2012)

2. Ricks, Thomas E. The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008. New York: Penguin Press, 2009. 394pp. (DS79.76 .R33 2009)

3. Otto, Troy D. Using the Past to Inform the Future: Vietnam and Afghanistan. Strategy Research Project. Carlisle Barracks: U.S. Army War College, February 23, 2011. 38pp. (AD-A542- 860)

http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA542860

In the words of Blanken and Lepore (2014), “wartime assessment involves the gathering and analyzing of information to update a decision maker’s understanding of an ongoing conflict” (p. 14). In the First World War and the Second World War, quite a number of parameters were used to measure or show success. These included, but were not limited to, the number of enemy soldiers captured, the number of those wounded or killed in action, and the terrain covered (attached text). Collectively, these are referred to as body count. As a measure of military effectiveness, body count has been used extensively, most particularly during the Vietnam War. Body count as a performance measure, however, has its own limitations. This, according to (attached text) is more so the case when the enemy appears to have been clearly overmatched. Further, body count effectively fails to take into account a critical fact – the ability…...

mla

References

Blanken, L.J. & Lepore, J.J. (2014). Performance Measurement in Military Operations: Information versus Incentives. New York: Taylor & Francis Group

Trump, Biden National Security Strategies, and ussiaIntroductionThe U.S. has a National Security Strategy to protect the safety and security of the nation through cooperative efforts and partnerships with other nations and organizations. This strategy provides a comprehensive vision for the use of diplomatic, economic, military and intelligence efforts to protect U.S. interests abroad, deter potential adversaries, respond effectively to threats, and meet alliances and global responsibilities. The National Security Strategy also establishes a framework for evaluating security threats and assessing resources required to counter them.Typically, U.S. National Security Strategy changes depending on the administration in power (Goddard, 2022). Each president has his own approach to national security policy and thus his own version of the National Security Strategy. Prior to the 2022 strategy released by the Biden Administration, the most recent version was released in 2017 by the Trump administration which focused on reinforcing economic security and a strong international…...

mla

ReferencesAdesnik, D. (2022). Biden’s New National Security Strategy: A Lot of Trump, Very Little Obama. Retrieved from   Administration. (2022). National Security Strategy. Retrieved from  https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Biden-Harris-Administrations-National-Security-Strategy-10.2022.pdf Cordesman, A. (2022). The new Biden national security strategy. Retrieved from  https://www.csis.org/analysis/new-biden-national-security-strategy Dhanani, S. & McBrien, T. (2022). A Tale of Two Strategies: Comparing the Biden and Trump National Security Strategies. Retrieved from  https://www.lawfareblog.com/tale-two-strategies-comparing-biden-and-trump-national-security-strategies Fried, D. (2022). Biden molds the US strategic tradition to new challenges. Retrieved from  https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/experts-react-the-hits-and-misses-in-bidens-new-national-security-strategy/#fried Goddard, S. (2022). What’s in Biden’s National Security Strategy? Here’s the rundown. Retrieved from  https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/13/nss-biden-national-security-strategy/ Hamilton, R. (2022). Biden’s NSS: A new era in Eurasia. Retrieved from  https://www.fpri.org/article/2022/10/bidens-national-security-strategy-a-new-era-in-eurasia/ Interim National Security Strategic Guidance. (2021). Retrieved from  https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/NSC-1v2.pdf Iyer, A. (2022). A welcome focus on conflict. Retrieved from  https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/experts-react-the-hits-and-misses-in-bidens-new-national-security-strategy/#iyer-gray-zone Jablanski, D. (2022). Cybersecurity is front and center. Retrieved from  https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/experts-react-the-hits-and-misses-in-bidens-new-national-security-strategy/#jablanski-cybersecurity-front-and-center Jain, A. (2022). A success on defining core challenges. Retrieved from  https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/experts-react-the-hits-and-misses-in-bidens-new-national-security-strategy/#jain Mackinnon, A. (2022). Biden’s White House Finally Unveils Its National Security Strategy. Retrieved from  https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/10/12/biden-national-security-strategy-russia-china-middle-class/ Peek, A. (2022). A surreal strategy that doesn’t recognize reality for US power. Retrieved from  https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/experts-react-the-hits-and-misses-in-bidens-new-national-security-strategy/#peek-a-surreal-strategy Skaluba, C. (2022). A non-strategy strategy. Retrieved from  https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/experts-react-the-hits-and-misses-in-bidens-new-national-security-strategy/#skaluba-non-strategy-compelling Strategic Council on Foreign Relations. (2022). An analysis of Biden’s national security document and its difference from Trump era. Retrieved from  https://www.scfr.ir/en/politics/131762/an-analysis-of-bidens-national-security-document-and-its-difference-from-trump-era/ Trump Administration. (2017). National Security Strategy. Retrieved from  https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/NSS-Final-12-18-2017-0905.pdf Wechsler, W. (2022). A strategy in name only. Retrieved from  https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/experts-react-the-hits-and-misses-in-bidens-new-national-security-strategy/#wechslerhttps://foreignpolicy.com/2022/10/17/national-security-strategy-nss-biden-trump-obama-china-russia-geopolitics/ Biden

" (Yates, n. d.)
3. Whether or not the U.S. military has overcome the fundamental obstacle to achieving force readiness prior to the commencement of combat operations

The U.S. army no doubt is capable of producing the desired results in the proper time as and when it is demanded to operate anywhere in the world operation Just Cause which by today's standard is remote proved that the army was capable of speed and efficiency but showed that after the initial attack there was a lack of coordination in bringing civil unrest and chaos under control. The war in the Persian Gulf - which in fact has two series of operations, first the 'Eagle' and later the "Desert storm' involved sophisticated weapons and systems across continents proved some of the weakness of the army. The fiasco of operation Eagle ought to make us question the current setup of having so many packets and…...

mla

References

Adams, Thomas K. (1998) "U.S. Special Operations Forces in Action: The Challenge of Unconventional" Routledge

Brown, John. S. (2006, Sep) "Operation Just Cause: The Incursion into Panama"

Retrieved 20 February, 2008 at  http://www.history.army.mil/brochures/Just%20Cause/JustCause.htm 

De Toy, Brian M. (2004) "Turning Victory into Success: Military Operations after the Campaign" DIANE Publishing.

Operation Just Cause was the United States (U.S.) military invasion of Panama that deposed Manuel Noriega in December 1989, during the administration of President George H.W. ush. The military incursion into Panama began on December 20, 1989, at 0100 local time. The operation involved 24,000 U.S. troops and over 300 aircraft - including AH-64 helicopter gunships, AC-130 aircraft and F-117A stealth aircraft, which was used for the first time in combat. These were deployed against the 16,000 members of the Panama Defense Force. This action was preceded by over a year of diplomatic tension between the United States and Panama, including an attempted coup against Noriega, and several months of U.S. troop buildup in military bases within the former Panama Canal Zone.
The operation began with an assault of strategic installations such as the civilian Paitilla airport in Panama City and military command centers throughout the country. The attack on the…...

mla

Bibliography

Bob Woodward, The Commanders (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991).

Woodward, p. 83.

Woodward, p. 124.

Woodward, p. 124.

Operation Barbarossa
The German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 is perhaps one of the most crucial turning points of World War II, as hubris of Adolf Hitler and the German high command was rewarded with an unexpected defeat. Code-named Operation Barbarossa, after a medieval German ruler, the German invasion was doomed from the start, based as it was upon a number of assumptions regarding the Soviet ability to repel an attack and the estimated length of the operation. By examining the immediate context of Barbarossa as well as the planning and outcome of the operation, one is able to see how the catastrophic German defeat in the Soviet Union set the stage for the Nazi's eventual downfall.

The plans for Operation Barbarossa were first drawn up in February of 1941, but Hitler's desire to invade ussia had been made clear years before, such that one may view Barbarossa as the…...

mla

References

Dziewanowski, M.K. (1994). Polish intelligence during world war II: The case of barbarossa.

East European Quarterly, 28(3), 381-381.

Hooker, R.D., J. (1999). "The world will hold its breath": Reinterpreting operation barbarossa.

Parameters, 29(1), 150-150-164.

In addition, the Marines have a much smaller force than the army.
On the other hand, the army cannot be as selective as the marines because it needs to maintain a much higher number of troops. The article explains that the army "needs 80,000 new soldiers this year and must find them in a populace that is in many ways less willing and less able to serve than earlier generations were (Mockenhaupt, 2007, pg.86)." The article explains that teenagers and young adults are overweight and less fit than any previous generation. In addition, this generation of young Americans eats more unhealthy foods, watches more television, and engages in less physical activity than previous generations. The article further asserts that this generation is "more individualistic and less inclined to join the military. And with the unemployment rate hovering near historic lows, they have other choices (Mockenhaupt, 2007, pg.86)."

Overall it is apparent…...

mla

References

Anderson, P.M., & Butcher, K.F. (2006). Childhood Obesity: Trends and Potential Causes. The Future of Children, 16(1), 19+.

Body Mass Index. http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/

Belkin D. (February 20, 2006) Struggling for recruits, Army relaxes its rules: Fitness, education, age criteria change. The Boston Globe Retrieved March 16, 2008 from;  http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/02/20/struggling_for_recruits_army_relaxes_its_rules/?page=1 

Daniels, S.R. (2006). The Consequences of Childhood Overweight and Obesity. The Future of Children, 16(1), 47+.

During their inspection, they recovered over forty pounds of documents and maps, including maps that showed the locations of U.S. billets in Saigon, indicating heavy surveillance by the Vietcong. They encountered few Vietcong throughout the operation, and only small numbers of soldiers were killed. Ultimately, the tunnel rats who scoured these tunnels helped form a band of tunnel rats that were used throughout the country to infiltrate and destroy Vietcong tunnels throughout the war.
There were some Vietcong left inside the tunnels, and those that did not give up were shot on sight. There are some accounts that there were people in the hospital too, including nurses, when the tunnels were destroyed, but that has not been verified. Before entering the tunnels, the tunnel rats would spray them with machine gun fire, and usually the Vietcong left to guard them were killed in the barrage.

B-52 bombers and other aircraft supported…...

mla

References

Falk, Richard A., Gabriel Kolko, and Robert Jay Lifton, eds. Crimes of war: A legal, political-documentary, and psychological inquiry into the responsibility of leaders, citizens, and soldiers for criminal acts in wars. 1st ed. New York: Random House, 1971.

Hunt, Richard A. Pacification: The American struggle for Vietnam's hearts and minds. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1995.

Karnow, Stanley. 1997. Vietnam: A history. New York: Penguin Books.

Stanton, Shelby L. The rise and fall of an American Army: U.S. ground forces in Vietnam, 1965-1973. Novato, CA: Presidio, 1995.

Military Emergency Management/Terrorism Preparedness
It is reported in the work of Prelas, et al. (2009) entitled "Science and Technology of Terrorism and Counterterrorism" that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) became part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on March 1, 2003, and is charged with the reduction of the "loss of life and property and protect the national from all hazards" including acts of terrorism. FEMA is to accomplish this through providing leadership and support to the national in a "risk-based, comprehensive emergency management system of preparedness, protection, response, recovery, and mitigation." (Prelas, et al., 2009, p.539) DHA/FEMA is reported to be under the leadership of the secretary and to coordinate "with the Commandment of the Coast Guard, the Commissioner of Customs, and Border Protection, the Assistant Secretary of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the NOC and other agencies and offices in the department to take full advantage of…...

mla

References

Department of Defense Report to Congress Volume I: Preparedness Program in the Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction (nd) DOD Retrieved from:  http://www.fas.org/spp/starwars/program/domestic/toc.html 

Keefer, Philip and Loayza, Norman (2008) Terrorism, Economic Development and Political Openness. Cambridge University Press. 2008.

Prelas, Mark A., et al. (2009) Science and Technology of Terrorism and Counterterrorism. CRC Press 2009.

Stopa, Peter J., et al. (2004) Technology for Combating WMD Terrorism. Springer 2004.

Operations in the Military and the Navy
Planning in Military and Navy

Leading and Organizing in Military and Navy

Staffing in Military and navy

Controlling

Every organization needs proper planning, leading, organizing, staffing, and controlling are aspects that are critical for the success of any organization. The aspects and principles of management are applicable to every organization. Proper planning is the first step to accomplishing any objective and as the saying goes "a project properly planned is half done." Therefore the aspect of planning is very important. Following the planning, the peripheral activities like organizing, leading, controlling and staffing are done. However these are done with respect to the master plan so that the aims and objectives of the organization for which the plan is made is achieved (Hartmann, 2012).

In this aspect in this paper we would try and understand how the managerial functions of planning, organizing, leading, controlling and staffing are done and are…...

mla

References

Basil, D., & Cook, C. (1974). The management of change. London: McGraw-Hill.

Campbell, S. (2012). Managing organizations. [Place of publication not identified]: Kendall Hunt.

Drucker, P., & Maciariello, J. (2008). Management. New York, NY: Collins.

Hartmann, T. (2012). Wicked problems and clumsy solutions: Planning as expectation management. Planning Theory, 11(3), 242-256.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1473095212440427

Thesis Statement:

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict exemplifies the dynamic of "the oppressed become the oppressor," where the once-oppressed Israelis, after gaining statehood, have now become the oppressors of the Palestinians.

Argument Outline:

Introduction:

Begin with a brief historical overview of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the establishment of Israel in 1948.
Highlight the initial displacement and oppression of Palestinians by the Israeli state.

Historical Oppression of Palestinians:

Describe the systematic discrimination and marginalization of Palestinians under Israeli occupation, including land confiscation, restrictions on movement, and economic deprivation.
Discuss the human rights violations committed by the Israeli military and security forces.
Provide evidence from historical documents and....

Current Thesis Statement:

The leadership in the book Band of Brothers is significant.

Strengthened Thesis Statement:

The portrayal of leadership in HBO's miniseries Band of Brothers, based on Stephen Ambrose's book of the same name, elucidates the multifaceted nature of leadership and its profound impact on the men of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division during World War II.

Explanation of Strengthening:

1. Clarity and Specificity:

The original thesis statement is vague and general, simply stating that leadership is significant. The strengthened statement clarifies that the focus is on the portrayal of leadership in a specific work (Band of Brothers) and its impact....

Title: The Israeli War on Hamas

Introduction:
The conflict between Israel and Hamas, a militant Palestinian group, has been ongoing for years. The Israeli government has engaged in various military operations to combat the threat posed by Hamas. This essay will examine the reasons behind the Israeli war on Hamas and the implications of this conflict on both sides.

Body Paragraph 1:
One of the main reasons for the Israeli war on Hamas is the group's consistent attacks on Israeli civilians. Hamas has launched numerous rocket attacks on Israeli cities, causing fear and destruction. The Israeli government has a responsibility to protect its citizens....

1. The role of servant leadership in promoting cohesion and teamwork among soldiers in the army.
2. The impact of servant leadership on mission success and effectiveness in military operations.
3. How servant leadership principles can be applied in training and developing future army leaders.
4. The importance of trust and empathy in servant leadership within the army.
5. Case studies of successful servant leaders in the military and their impact on their units.
6. The challenges and obstacles faced by servant leaders in the army and how they can overcome them.
7. The connection between servant leadership and ethical decision-making in the army.
8. The benefits....