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 | EMPATHY FOR CARNIVORES By LTC Kevin R. Cutright
Empathy is arguably a one-word summary of the rationale for Red Teams, Human Terrain Teams, and the U.S. militarys vast attention to culture over the last decade. Once the military must co-opt others instead of coercing them, empathy becomes a professional ...Read more > | 76 Pages 542.03 KB |
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 | CLAUSEWITZS TRINITY : DEAD OR ALIVE By Major Kenneth Algreen Starskov
Prussian Carl von Clausewitzs meta-theoretical concept known as the Trinity has the potential to serve as an analytical vehicle to understand war in both a historical and contemporary context. An inherent historical misconception, however, restrains the Trinity from reaching its full ...Read more > | 67 Pages 850.83 KB |
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 | COMBATING NON-STATE ORGANIZATIONS DEEP REACH By Lieutenant Colonel Victor H. Sundquist
Combating the Influence of Non-State Organizations Deep Reach: Understanding The Expanded Influence of Violent Non-State Actors and the Methodologies Required To Counter Their Future ...Read more > | 62 Pages 1.99 MB |
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 | THE CYBERSPACE DOMAIN: PATH TO A NEW SERVICE By Colonel Eric J. Denny
Cyberspace is a contested domain. Characteristics of the domain inspire a variety of actors to conduct operations in and through cyberspace. US and foreign government policy officials are focused on creating strategies and norms to reduce current risks through cyberspace to national ...Read more > | 115 Pages 592.46 KB |
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 | THE ARMYS CORE COMPETENCIES By Major Richard E. Dunning
In October 2011, the United States Army published doctrine espousing its newest core competencies: Combined Arms Maneuver (CAM) and Wide Area Security (WAS). The use of these terms is neither academic nor arbitrary as they are ...Read more > | 67 Pages 392.50 KB |
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 | THE SOUTH CHINA SEA : EVERY NATION FOR ITSELF By MAJ Thomas A. Elmore
To determine why ASEAN failed to reach consensus required answering four interrelated questions. First, what is the strategic importance of the South China Sea? The importance of the South China Sea lies both in its resource potential and its location on a major sea ...Read more > | 44 Pages 285.48 KB |
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 | THE ARMY PROFESSION : A NARRATIVE By Major Sean P. Finnerty
Army Doctrine 2015 depicts the Army as a profession consisting of two sub-professions: the Army Profession of Arms and the Army Civil Corps. This all-inclusive model of the Army as a profession is ahistorical and begs the question why Army leaders adopted ...Read more > | 48 Pages 299.57 KB |
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 | A DISSERTATION IN SOCIOLOGY
The National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) was established to serve as the primary
organization in the U.S. Government for the integration, sharing, and analysis of all terrorism and counterterrorism ...Read more > | 215 Pages 2.27 MB |
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 | WARGAMES IN THE FIFTH DOMAIN By Karin Kosina
This dire warning by Leon Panetta, current US Secretary of Defense and former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, seems to sum up a grim new reality. Mainstream media coverage merely echoes what top military and intelligence officials appear to agree on: we have entered a new era of global ...Read more > | 121 Pages 825.59 KB |
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 | A MOBILE PHONE-BASED SENSOR GRID FOR DISTRIBUTED TEAM OPERATIONS
In distributed warfare, warfighters operate in remote and austere environments with limited support from outside. In such situations, each team has to take care of its own safety and security. For operations that last over several days, even the most highly trained teams are vulnerable to fatigue, leading to a loss of focus during long periods of boring activities such as night ...Read more > | 63 Pages 1.02 MB |
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