Essay Instructions: Essay: Write a 700-word (2-3 pages) argumentative essay on the following topic:
Analyze the characteristics of an effective joint staff officer or joint planner, using Korea and Vietnam as case studies.
1) Active voice
2) Concentrate on word usage and structure; give the subject the serious attention it deserves.
3) Avoid: Slang and informal terms amd sentence fragments, run-on sentences and overworking one word: use variety
4) Ensure Pronoun/antecedent agreement: Subject/verb agreement
5) Essays will include endnotes and a bibliography
6) Typed, arial font size 12, double-spaced.
References:
- Joint Officer Handbook (uploaded), pg. 1-125. And Appendix C(uploaded)
- From The History of the Unified Command Plan, 1946-1999, by Ronald H. Cole, Walter S. Poole, James F. Schnabel, Robert J. Watson, and Willard J. Webb (Washington, DC: Joint History Office, Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2003) ),pp. 1,11-15,19-21,26-27,45-47,
and pp 30-34,36-39, 47-49.
- From The Joint Staff Officer's Guide 2000, JFSC Pub 1, National Defense University, Figure 1-10, p. 1-21.
- From ADM 6-22, Army Leadership, August 2012, pp. 11-3,11-5; 11-6?11-7; paragraphs ll-I7through 11-18,11-30 through 11-32,11-44 through 11-46.
- From Donald Chisholm, "Negotiated Joint Command Relationships: Korean War Amphibious Operations, 1950," Naval War College Review, Spring 2000, Vol. LIII, No.2, pp. 65-73,77-95,114-122,124. Published by Naval War College.
- From LTC Stephen A. Tanner, The Truman-MacArthur Tug of War - A Lingering Aftermath? A research report submitted to the Air War College, Air University, Maxwell AFB, April 1993, pp. 1-2,3-10.
- From GEN William C. Westmoreland, "Instability and Uncertainty: 1964-1965," .4 Soldier Reports, pp. 74-75,78-85,89-93. Published by Doubleday, 1976.
- From ADM U.S. Grant Sharp, Strategy for Defeat: Vietnam in Retrospect, pp.78; 113-131. Published by Presidio Press, 29 July 1978.
- From Graham A. Cosmas, "Conclusion:? MACV in Retrospect(Chaptor 13), United States Army in Vietnam MACV: ?The Joint Command in the Years of Withdrawal, 1968-1973, pp. 414-419. Published by Center of Military History, United tates Army, 2007.
- From Julian E. Barnes, "US, Vietnam Militaries Edge CIoser," Wall Street Journal, 4 June 2012, p. 12. Published by Dow Jones & Co.