Battle of Wanat

War as a historical phenomenon is complex and multifaceted. In battlefield or operational theater possibility of confusion is easy to admit when is not clear what is allowed and what is not. People are principal elements of the war because in wartime people are divide in combatants and noncombatants, and in order to limit the effects of armed conflict different category of noncombatants require different obligation of combatants but unfortunately there exist no war without casualties. The…

Getting Away with Murder Although private military cooperation, or PMCs, are significantly more effective than standard organized national military forces that they originate from, the growing international concern about how these group behave in the midst of conflict might very well lead to their downfall. The reason that these groups are so lethal and cause such a high degree of apprehension, is that their loyalty, for the most part, goes out to the highest bidder, which tends to be the…

I believe that the Eikmeier Center of Gravity (COG) Methodology, is the best method of identifying a COG for three reasons: It is testable, it defines the COG at the strategic and operational level, and it has a more comprehensive analytical approach. Firstly, the Eikmeier and Godzilla methodologies are testable, but the Critical Factor Analysis (CFA) isn’t. The CFA is already at a disadvantage down at the tactical level because testability is a crucial piece of intelligence that validates the…

Policymakers and military leaders share responsibility for the application of military power in war. As Eliot Cohen suggests, “The civil-military relationship and the formulation of strategy are inextricably intertwined.” When policymakers and military leaders fail to embrace shared responsibility, the result is a potentially rigid hierarchical relationship that can lead to divergent efforts, which ultimately risk strategic failure. Management of war is interconnected between military and…

The most senior military leaders must be “best military advice” especially at the strategic level. Hence, senior military leaders ought to make comprehensive analyzes based on gathering of information after that create the best option for providing to stakeholders. Foundation of strategic decision depends on a good military adviser who needs to communicate internal and external organization because of the most information impact final decisions. Military adviser at the strategic level not only…

This essay finds and describes in general terms the shortcomings of joint forces. Such as the lack of personnel, rapid technological advancement and the wide range of operations assigned to the armed forces. The domain most affected by deficiencies is space and cyber. The Air force is the most qualified service to continue in charge of operations in space and in cyber. Considering deficiencies as challenges to be faced in the future, the joint forces will have a synergy when working…

The first problem that Diana and pilot need to face before they work together is multiculturalism. They grow up in completely different world. Diana have not seen male before she see the American pilot and pilot haven’t see an island only have male. Diana is inquisitive about everything of pilot. When they back to the modern society, Diana is highly incompatible with new world. She always holds her shield and doesn’t understand why female in the modern society need to dress so complicate.…

Over 35 years ago, post- the Vietnam war, the Army issued field manual FM 3-24 to handle counterinsurgency operations. The subject matter of this manual assists soldiers in conducting operations by providing direction to better inform leaders on cultural complexities and techniques to better handle every divergent cultural belief without promoting bigotry. Nevertheless, it is not inclusive and does require a soldier to do research, depending on the region of the world they are infiltrating.…

Of the past 3,400 years, humans have been entirely at peace for 268 of them – which means, people have been at war for more than ninety-two percent of human history, but what does that mean? What is war? What is war actually like? What happens? People have been going to war for the entirety of human existence, but there is little actually known about what happens during war. During World War 1, British poets began depicting what war was like for soldiers, as well as civilians. John McCrae,…

A picture of littlechildren, no older than the age of children and young teenagers loaded up to a truck with heavyweaponry, going off to battle “Liberia's Culture.” Civil War, liberiabrodsly. Seeing these horriblephotos reminded me how I felt as I walked through the Vietnam War exhibit at the NY HistoricalSociety. A photo that struck my mind is a photo of residents from the Central Highlands…