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Prevent, Counter, and Respond - A Strategic Plan to Reduce Global Nuclear Threats, 2019 to 2023: Nuclear Weapons Proliferation, Terrorism Threats from IND or RDD, Fuel Cycle for HEU and Plutonium
Price: $8.99 USD. Words: 35,520. Language: English. Published: February 3, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Nuclear Warfare, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Weapons
The FY 2019 edition focuses on major changes in the threat environment and in DOE/NNSA's nuclear and radiological threat reduction programs. These developments, such as continued concerns over Iran's nuclear aims, constitute a very serious challenge to the global nuclear nonproliferation regime, as well as incident preparedness and response planning.
U.S. Army Concept for Cyberspace and Electronic Warfare (EW) Operations 2025-2040 (TRADOC 525-8-6) - Electromagnetic Spectrum Management, Threats from Hackers, Bot Nets, Phishers, Foreign Intelligence
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 26,890. Language: English. Published: February 3, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Weapons, Nonfiction » Computers & Internet » Security
The U.S. Army is the Nation's principal land force organized, trained, and equipped for prompt and sustained combat on land. Today's adversaries have studied how the U.S. Joint Force prefers to operate and have adapted by developing capabilities that contest U.S. operations on land, at sea, in the air, in space, and in cyberspace, as well as across the electromagnetic spectrum.
Rethinking Special Operations Leadership: Process, Persuasion, Pre-existing, and Personality - Details on the Importance of Training and Execution, Traits and Characteristics Necessary for Success
Price: $1.29 USD. Words: 17,970. Language: English. Published: February 3, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Special Forces, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Strategy
This occasional paper details the importance of process, persuasion, pre-existing, and personality nuances on special operations leadership training and execution, likewise additional traits/characteristics necessary for success within them.
Humans in the Loop: Validation and Validity Concepts in the Social Sciences in the Context of Applied and Operational Settings - Military Social Scientists to Evaluate National Security Threats
Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 26,750. Language: English. Published: February 2, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » Social Science » Research, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Strategy
Threats in the 21st century are increasingly complex, requiring multiple perspectives and disciplines to understand and anticipate challenges. National security issues will require consideration of the insights that might be gained through social science analysis in order to provide broader understanding of both challenges and potential solutions.
2019 Major American Weapons Systems: Pentagon's Testing Director Report - Hundreds of Army, Navy, Air Force Programs, F-35, Ford Aircraft Carrier, Ballistic Missile Defense, Cybersecurity, Vehicles
Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 127,590. Language: English. Published: February 2, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Weapons, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Aviation
Released in early 2019, this comprehensive Pentagon report from the Operational Test and Evaluation (OTE) Director contains extensive detailed information about over 100 major weapons systems under development by the Department of Defense, Army, Navy, and Air Force - including such consequential systems as the F-35, the Ford Aircraft Carrier, and Ballistic Missile Defense.
U.S. Air Force Aerospace Mishap Reports: Accident Investigation Board Report on the 2017 Loss of MQ-1B RPA Predator Drone Aircraft Operated by Aircrew from 432d Air Expeditionary Wing, Creech AFB
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 18,700. Language: English. Published: February 1, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Aviation, Nonfiction » Engineering, trades, & technology » Aeronautics & Astronautics
On 17 August 2017, at approximately 18:59:32 Zulu (Z), the mishap aircraft (MA), a remotely piloted MQ-1B, tail number (T/N) 06-3166, from the 432d Wing, Creech Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada (NV), was lost in the United States Central Command Area of Responsibility (US CENTCOM AOR) while forward deployed participating in a combat support mission.
Baptism by Fire: CIA Analysis of the Korean War - Collection of Recently Declassified Intelligence Documents, Two Strategic Intelligence Mistakes in Korea 1950, Cryptology and Chinese Intervention
Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 29,570. Language: English. Published: February 1, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Korean War, Nonfiction » History » Asian » Asia / Central Asia
The Korean War erupted less than three years after President Harry S. Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947, establishing the Central Intelligence Agency. Before North Korean forces invaded the South on 25 June 1950, the CIA had only a few officers in Korea, and none reported to the Agency’s analytic arm, the Office of Research and Estimates (ORE).
When Norms Fail: North Korea and Cyber as an Element of Statecraft - Review of Notable DarkSeoul and Sony Pictures Hack Korean Cyber Attacks, Deterrence and Coercion, and Escalation Dominance
Price: $7.99 USD. Words: 24,080. Language: English. Published: January 31, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » Asian » Asia / Central Asia, Nonfiction » Computers & Internet » Security / viruses
This paper reviews select malicious cyber actions by North Korea in an effort to analyze the effectiveness of cyber as a form of statecraft for weaker states and potential deterrence responses by victims of such malign actions.Powerful states already use cyber in attempts to coerce and deter actions by other states. Russia is perhaps the most active in this respect.
Soviet Navy: Intelligence and Analysis During the Cold War - Declassified CIA Reports on Russian Naval Force Development, Role in Nuclear War, Submarines, Admiral Gorshkov's Transformation
Price: $8.99 USD. Words: 39,600. Language: English. Published: January 30, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » Russian, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Naval
This collection of documents, released in 2017 by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), spans three decades from the 1960s to the 1980s and focuses on the CIA's collection and analysis of the Soviet Navy. This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction.
American Aerospace Power: Choosing to Lead in the Twenty-First Century - Toward 2035: Shifting Global Competition, Increasing Threats, Time for New Choices, A Third Offset Strategy Needed
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 22,280. Language: English. Published: January 29, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Aviation, Nonfiction » Engineering, trades, & technology » Aeronautics & Astronautics
Rarely does a work of military strategy elevate its vision beyond merely military concerns. Rarer still are strategies that compel the wise engagement of our military with the broader polity they serve—the American people. The strategy you are about to read is this rare exception. It offers a compelling vision for sustaining the American way of life for the next hundred years.
2019 U.S. Intelligence Community Worldwide Threat Assessment - DNI Director Coats Testimony: Online Influence Operations, Election Interference, WMD Nuclear Proliferation, Terrorism, Organized Crime
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 40,380. Language: English. Published: January 29, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / United States, Nonfiction » Politics & Current Affairs » World politics
Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this is the 2019 annual U.S. intelligence community worldwide threat assessment presented by DNI Director Dan Coats in Congressional testimony on January 29, 2019.
The U.S. Army in Multi-Domain Operations 2028: Detailed Solutions to Specific Problems Posed by Militaries of Post-Industrial, Information-based States Like China and Russia, Foundation for Wargames
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 49,260. Language: English. Published: January 27, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Strategy, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / United States
The U.S. Army in Multi-Domain Operations describes how Army forces contribute to the Joint Force's principal task as defined in the unclassified Summary of the National Defense Strategy: deter and defeat Chinese and Russian aggression in both competition and conflict.
U.S. Nuclear Deterrence Policy: Do We Have It Right? Assessing American Nuclear Policy Based on Feasibility, Acceptability, and Suitability, Counterpoints and Plans for Triad Warhead Replacement
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 18,020. Language: English. Published: January 27, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Nuclear Warfare, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Weapons
Transnational terrorist organizations relish the thought of acquiring an atomic device. Today's nuclear world is not the one our parent's knew. The purpose of this paper is to assess U.S. nuclear deterrence policy to see how it has evolved and if it is appropriate for today's changed security environment.
The Bear's Den: Russian Anti-Access/Area-Denial in the Maritime Domain - History of Soviet A2/AD Strategy and Similarities to Modern Russian Plans With Bubbles in Baltic, Black Sea, Syria, and Arctic
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 16,870. Language: English. Published: January 27, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » Russian, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Strategy
The United States (US) military's ability to operate with relative impunity has started to change. Adversaries took note of the US's success in Operation Desert Storm, and developed techniques to prevent or disrupt US access to operating domains.
Biotechnology: Genetically Engineered Pathogens - Conventional Biological Warfare, Binary Weapons, Bacterial Virulence Plasmids, Designer Genes and Life Forms, DNA Shuffling, Stealth Virus Bioweapons
Price: $7.99 USD. Words: 19,870. Language: English. Published: January 27, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Biological & Chemical Warfare, Nonfiction » Engineering, trades, & technology » Biomedical
The developmental trends in biological sciences indicate there is a plethora of possibilities concerning the study of microorganisms and its applicability in creating the next biological warfare agent. Both historical and recent events show the potentially devastating effect of using biological warfare agents.
Improving Military Installation Response to a Terrorist Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) - Readiness, Awareness and Response to a WMD Incident
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 28,900. Language: English. Published: January 26, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Biological & Chemical Warfare, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Nuclear Warfare
This report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. Most military installations are not well prepared to respond to a terrorist incident involving Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) at the installation.
From Militarism to Pacifism: Understanding the Need to Revise Japan's Article 9 - 2018 Analysis of Constitutional Amendment to Legitimize Japanese Self-Defense Forces for Chinese Security Threat
Price: $7.99 USD. Words: 24,460. Language: English. Published: January 26, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » Asian » Asia / Japan, Nonfiction » History » Asian » China
The Japanese are proceeding towards an Article 9 revision, and have been for some time. Careful consideration must be given to avoid a miscalculation that might threaten the peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.
Overcoming Ambivalence: The Case for Japanese Martial Internationalism - Japan's Contemporary Military Policy Debate, Alternate Strategies and Constitutional Changes for the Self-Defense Forces
Price: $7.99 USD. Words: 47,990. Language: English. Published: January 25, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » Asian » Asia / Japan, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Strategy
This study seeks to demonstrate that Japan can best satisfy its international security interests by assuming a combatant role in current and future multinational military coalitions. The study labels this alternative military posture “martial internationalism.”
The Rise of the Submarine Threat in the Chinese Theater of Operations: Capabilities and Implications - Potential Denial of Access to South China Sea and Taiwan, Upgrading U.S. ASW Platforms
Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 19,280. Language: English. Published: January 25, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » Asian » China, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Naval
At the center of the Chinese buildup is an increasingly capable Submarine force which is being cultivated and poised for a future showdown with United States naval forces. In a volatile region ripe with natural resources, sea lanes, products and alliances, this force may soon be capable of denying U.S. Navy surface units access to the South China Sea and the waters surrounding Taiwan.
The Anglo-American Combined Bomber Offensive in Europe During World War II, 1942-1945 - CBO Heavy Bombers Against Nazi German Industrial Capability and Cities Preliminary to D-Day Invasion of Normandy
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 19,270. Language: English. Published: January 25, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / World War II, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Aviation
This paper will focus on an air campaign called the Combined Bomber Offensive (CBO) which took place in Europe between 1942 and 1945. This combined effort of the United States and Great Britain aimed at defeating the German war waging capability.
The Effects of the World War II Submarine Campaigns of Germany and the United States - A Comparative Analysis - The U-Boat in the Battle of the Atlantic and the Japanese Pacific Submarine Campaign
Price: $7.99 USD. Words: 18,140. Language: English. Published: January 24, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Naval, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / World War II
The effectiveness of the German and United States submarine campaigns during World War II is compared by analyzing the genesis of each campaign, the commitment to each and the effort to overcome the losses imposed by submarine warfare. This comparison highlights one aspect of the strategic and operational consequences of conflict with an adversary able to build a superior industrial base.
The Italian Submarine Force in the Battle of the Atlantic: Left in the Dark - Coordination with German Navy Kriegsmarine U-boats in World War II, Ineffective Because of Inadequate Joint Training
Price: $8.99 USD. Words: 29,170. Language: English. Published: January 24, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / World War II, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Naval
This study analyzed the Battle of the Atlantic from September of 1939 to May of 1945. While studies of the Battle of the Atlantic have traditionally focused on the German submarine offensive, this thesis evaluated the effectiveness of the Italian submarine force as a force multiplier to the German offensive during both coordinated and independent submarine operations (in the Atlantic).
Cyber Power: Attack and Defense Lessons from Land, Sea, and Air Power - Estonia and Georgia Cyber Conflicts, Through the Lens of Fundamental Warfighting Concepts Like Initiative, Speed, and Mobility
Price: $8.99 USD. Words: 58,900. Language: English. Published: January 24, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » Computers & Internet » Security, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / United States
Cyberspace is the newest warfighting domain, but heretofore it has been the nearly exclusive purview of technical experts, not warfighters. Consequently, much of the work on cyber power theory has eschewed the traditional concepts and lexicon of war in favor of language more familiar to technical experts in information communications technology.
National Intelligence Strategy of the United States of America 2019 - Review of Strategic Environment, Adversaries, Cyber Threats, Emerging Technologies, Mission Objectives, Anticipatory Intelligence
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 19,860. Language: English. Published: January 23, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / United States, Nonfiction » Politics & Current Affairs » Government
This National Intelligence Strategy (NIS) provides the Intelligence Community (IC) with strategic direction from the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) for the next four years. It supports the national security priorities outlined in the National Security Strategy as well as other national strategies.
Pentagon Reports on Effects of Climate Change on the Defense Department and Military Bases and Facilities, Infrastructure Vulnerability Assessment Survey, Efforts to Increase Installation Resiliency
Price: $7.99 USD. Words: 22,770. Language: English. Published: January 22, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » Science & Nature » Global Warming & Climate Change, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / United States
Two important Pentagon reports about the effects of global warming and climate change on the Department of Defense (DoD) have been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. The first report in the compilation was issued in January 2019 and is entitled Report on Effects of a Changing Climate to the Department of Defense.
U.S. Intervention in Siberia and Northern Russia 1918-1920: The Polar Bear Expedition, Naval Forces in Archangel and Murmansk, Logistics, Siberia Expedition, an Early Operation Other than War
Price: $8.99 USD. Words: 45,910. Language: English. Published: January 21, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / World War I, Nonfiction » History » Russian
This is a compilation of four excellent reports about the American intervention in Siberia and Northern Russia at the end of World War One. The four reports: U.S. Naval Forces in Northern Russia (Archangel and Murmansk), 1918-1919, Logistics in Reverse: U.S. Intervention in Siberia, The Polar Bear Expedition: The U.S. Intervention in Northern Russia, and The Siberia Expedition 1918-1920.
China Military Power: Modernizing a Force to Fight and Win - 2019 DIA Report on Strategy, Plans, Intentions, Organization and Capability, and Enabling Infrastructure and Industrial Base
Price: $8.99 USD. Words: 48,490. Language: English. Published: January 20, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » Asian » China, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Weapons
This superb, up-to-date, and comprehensive analysis of China's military by America's Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), released in January 2019, has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction.
Fighting the War above Iraq: Employing Space Forces to Defeat an Insurgency - Space Force Surveillance and Reconnaissance Capabilities to Isolate the Battlespace, Examples of Blocking Outside Support
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 23,180. Language: English. Published: January 18, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Iraq War (2003-), Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Aviation
This paper shows that in Operation Iraqi Freedom, and other counterinsurgency operations, space forces will not be “war winners” but can provide crucial support. Specifically, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities can help isolate the battlespace.
Air Force Leadership Diversity: General Officer Cohort Severely Lacks Diversity, Recommendation to Seek Fully Qualified Mission Support Officers for Advancement, USAF Boards, Processes, and Policies
Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 17,840. Language: English. Published: January 17, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / United States, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Veterans
The Air Force is not drawing upon its full talent pool for leadership in its most senior positions. This also has another negative affect of creating a general officer cohort that severely lacks diversity.
NASA Orbiting Quarantine Facility: The Antaeus Report - Early Astrobiology Plans for Mars Sample Return Handling to Prevent Possible Alien Pathogens Posing a Bio-contamination Hazard to Earth
Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 59,620. Language: English. Published: January 17, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » Science & Nature » Space Science, Nonfiction » Engineering, trades, & technology » Aeronautics & Astronautics
NASA studied the feasibility of establishing an orbiting quarantine facility where samples returned from Mars could be analyzed. The particular advantage in this approach is that any pathogens the samples might contain would be less likely to pose a hazard to Earth. Like Antaeus, for whom the project is named, such an organism might thrive on contact with the terrestrial biosphere.
Futures Seminar: The United States Army in 2030 and Beyond - Compendium of U.S. Army War College Papers, Volume 3 - Intelligence Explosion, Battle Group, Domain Challenges, Education, and Army Reserve
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 24,380. Language: English. Published: January 15, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / United States, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Strategy
These papers represent different recommendations by six different Army War College students. Additive to the experience of the AAN Seminar students, Futures Seminar students and faculty further contribute to the Army’s understanding of the future force by substantively participating in force development experimentation, wargames and symposia.
Futures Seminar: The United States Army in 2025 and Beyond - Compendium of U.S. Army War College Papers, Volume 2 - 23 Topics Including Grand Strategy, Electromagnetic Spectrum, Drones, Training
Price: $8.99 USD. Words: 68,100. Language: English. Published: January 15, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / United States, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Special Forces
These papers represent 23 different recommendations by twenty-three different Army War College students. Some ideas and recommendations are specific and affect narrow slices of the Army; others are broad and span multiple services or components. Some are tactical; others strategic.
Futures Seminar: The United States Army in 2025 and Beyond - Compendium of U.S. Army War College Papers, Volume 1 - Seventeen Topics Including Restructuring, WMD, Landpower, Personnel, Culture, Health
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 51,120. Language: English. Published: January 13, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / United States, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Strategy
These papers represent seventeen different recommendations by 17 different Army War College students. In their words they look to add one small bit of perspective to one small piece of the very large question, “What kind of Army will we need in 2025 and beyond?”
Deterring Non-State Threats in the Strategic Environment of 2035: Collective-Actor Concepts May Deter Regional Threats Through the Actions of Regional Partners, Impacts on Specific Violent Groups
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 18,730. Language: English. Published: January 13, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / United States, Nonfiction » Politics & Current Affairs » Terrorism
Highly empowered individuals and non-state groups and expanded access to lethal technologies shape the strategic environment of 2035. These trends, combined with a perception that the United States is a less willing and financially capable global security guarantor, may create conditions where non-state actors may choose to use violence to achieve ends counter to U.S. interests.
The U.S. Army in the World War I Era: Heroic Battles of the Doughboys in the Great War, Army Reorganization to Fight in Europe, German Offensives, Chemical Weapons and Gas Warfare, After the Armistice
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 35,850. Language: English. Published: January 13, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / World War I, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / United States
This U.S. Army history is designed to provide Army personnel with a concise, authoritative, yet also readable history of the institution in which they serve with an overview of U.S. Army in the years leading up to and including the First World War. A century ago, the great powers of Europe became engulfed in what was then called the Great War.
Russia Military Strategy: Impacting 21st Century Reform and Geopolitics: Analysis of Putin, Future War, Comprehensive Survey of Weapons, Technologies, Rocket Forces, Arctic Buildup, Ukraine and Crimea
Price: $8.99 USD. Words: 130,270. Language: English. Published: January 12, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » Russian, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Weapons
In addition to incisive commentary about the geopolitical implications of Vladimir Putin and his policies, this report includes a comprehensive survey of current and planned Russian weapons and military technologies, including hypersonic rockets, nuclear torpedoes, and electronic weapons.
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 Pad A Historic American Engineering Record, Details of the Apollo-Saturn V and Space Shuttle Rocket Launch Facilities at Cape Canaveral, Florida
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 80,450. Language: English. Published: January 11, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » Engineering, trades, & technology » Aeronautics & Astronautics, Nonfiction » Science & Nature » Space Science
The "Missile Launch Complex 39A Site" was originally listed in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on May 24, 1973, for its association with the Man in Space Program. It was reevaluated in 1996 in the context of the Apollo Program, ca. 1961 through 1975, and on January 21, 2000, the newly defined Launch Complex 39: Pad A Historic District was listed in the NRHP.
Communicating During and After a Nuclear Power Plant Incident: Comprehensive FEMA Guide to Emergency Notifications, Federal Roles and Responsibilities, Critical Questions and Answers for Spokespersons
Price: $7.99 USD. Words: 35,990. Language: English. Published: January 11, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » Engineering, trades, & technology » Power Resources / Nuclear, Nonfiction » Social Science » Disasters & Disaster Relief
This document provides communications guidance for domestic nuclear power plant (NPP) incidents, including sample text and suggested answers to anticipated public and media questions. This document also provides background information explaining roles and responsibilities across all levels of government during an NPP incident.
Brothers in Berets: The Evolution of Air Force Special Tactics, 1953-2003 - Combat Controller Teams (CCT), Bravery in Vietnam, Iran Hostage Rescue, Grenada, Panama, Balkans, Somalia, and Afghanistan
Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 168,400. Language: English. Published: January 10, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Aviation, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Special Forces
This work explores the evolution and contributions of the Battlefield Airmen assigned to Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) special tactics units over 50 years.
Individual Differences in Adaptability for Long Duration Space Exploration Missions - Implications for Astronaut Selection and Training, Deep Space Mars Missions in Isolated and Extreme Environments
Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 37,270. Language: English. Published: January 9, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » Engineering, trades, & technology » Aeronautics & Astronautics, Nonfiction » Science & Nature » Space Science
As NASA prepares for long-duration, crewed missions into deep outer space, it needs to have a better understanding as to why some individuals adapt and adjust better than others to the extreme demands of space living.
Dimensions of Professional Ethics for the Modern United States Military - In-Depth Discussion and Literature Review of Collective Central Military Virtues and Their Differences, Soldiers and Society
Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 35,090. Language: English. Published: January 5, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / United States, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Strategy
This is a literature study on military professionalism and military ethics. It suggests that by developing and inculcating a recognized and well-defined Professional Military Ethic in all of the military services and at all rank levels, the modern American armed forces will gain common understandings of the nature of the Professional Military Ethic.
The Redesigned Air Force Continuum of Learning: Rethinking Force Development for the Future - Modularized, Blended, On-Command, On-Demand, and Competency-based Learning Initiatives
Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 16,840. Language: English. Published: December 21, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Aviation, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / United States
Arguably Air Education and Training Command (AETC) supports all of these vectors; however, the call for a full-spectrum capable, high-end focused force falls squarely within the AETC mission. AETC was tasked with preparing for the future, yet much of what we deliver under the banner of force development is lodged in a learning paradigm that has not altered substantially.
Effects of Doctrine and Experience on Close Air Support Operations in Korea (1950-1951) - Differences between Naval, Marine, and Air Force, CAS at Pusan, Organization, Weapons, and Communications
Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 17,320. Language: English. Published: December 20, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Aviation, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Korean War
Close Air Support provided by Naval and Marine airpower in Korea differed than that provided by the United States Air Force. This difference can be traced back to each services experience prior to Korea.
Service Culture Effects on Joint Operations The Masks of War Unveiled - Study of Pre-Goldwater-Nichols Act Operations, Eagle Claw (Desert One Iranian Hostage Rescue) and Urgent Fury (Grenada Invasion)
Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 31,540. Language: English. Published: December 11, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / United States, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Strategy
Within the U.S. military services a thorough and clear self awareness is absolutely essential to the success in both these efforts. A key aspect of self awareness, successful joint operations, and effective transformation requires a thorough understanding of the component service cultures and their potential to effect operations.
Creating a New Military Service: Historical Precedents - History of Army Air Force, New Forces after World War II, Analysis of Possible Independent Space Force and Cyberspace Force Services
Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 39,350. Language: English. Published: December 11, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / United States, Nonfiction » Engineering, trades, & technology » Aeronautics & Astronautics
This paper examines the defense organizational responses to the emergence of air and space as warfighting domains and, using these experiences as points of comparison, applies the same logic to consider the question: Should the Department of Defense create an independent US Cyber Force?
Army and Air Force Subcultures: Effects on Joint Operations - Example from History, U.S. Army Air Force Development During World War II, Air Force Culture in the Cold War, Korean and Vietnam War
Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 19,960. Language: English. Published: December 11, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Aviation, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / United States
Joint effectiveness of U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army forces is critical to achieving national objectives in today's strategic environment. Constrained procurement budgets and unprecedented and diverse missions call for effective dialogue and synergy between land and air forces.
Earth, Wind, and Fire: Elemental Properties of Army and Air Force Cooperation in Close Air Support (CAS) 1945-1991 - Study of the Most-Dangerous Scenario - Nuclear Weapons, Cold War, to Desert Storm
Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 82,790. Language: English. Published: December 9, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Aviation, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Nuclear Warfare
The study examines how designing a force for the most-dangerous scenario affects the Air Force's ability to cooperate with the Army and conduct joint missions, specifically CAS. Tomorrow's fight is unknown, but a near certainty is that it will be a joint fight and therefore it is imperative for the Air Force to foster inter-service cooperation.
The Evolution of Integrated Close Air Support (CAS): World War II, Korea and the Future of Air-Ground Combined Arms Synergy - Detailed Study of Leaders von Richthofen, McCutcheon, and Quesada
Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 68,050. Language: English. Published: December 8, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Aviation, Nonfiction » Engineering, trades, & technology » Aeronautics & Astronautics
This thesis addresses the evolution of integrated close air support (CAS) from its birth to the present. By comparing three air arms' development of CAS, it provides a historical bedrock for the controversies and discord that surround debate regarding the tactic.
U.S. Air Force Aerospace Mishap Reports: Accident Investigation Board Report on the 2017 Collision of A-10C Thunderbolt II Close Air Support Aircraft, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 20,040. Language: English. Published: December 8, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Aviation, Nonfiction » Engineering, trades, & technology » Aeronautics & Astronautics
Two A-10C’s collided over the Nevada Test and Training Range on Sept. 6, 2017, due to the unintentional failure to adhere to established altitude deconfliction procedures, according to an Air Combat Command Accident Investigation Board report.
U.S. Air Force Aerospace Mishap Reports: Accident Investigation Board Report on Mishap Involving F-16C at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, Due to Pilot Error, Killing a Civilian Contractor
Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 29,460. Language: English. Published: December 7, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Aviation, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Weapons
Headquarters Air Education and Training Command released its Accident Investigation Board report from the aircraft accident involving an F-16C at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, Jan. 31, 2017. Members of the board found that the cause of the mishap was pilot error.
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