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The U.S. military and security along the U.S. Mexico border: evaluation of its role in the post September 11th era
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2002-12)
This thesis examines the use of the U.S. Armed Forces in civil authority support missions along the U.S. -Mexico border from the creation of the boundary between the U.S. and Mexico in 1848, to the post -September 11th ...
Mandibular Advancing Positive Pressure Apnea Remediation Device (MAPPARD)
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2014-06)
Current research has shown that an increasing number of returning troops from deployments are being diagnosed with obstructed sleep apnea (OSA). OSA causes excessive daytime sleepiness that can endanger the readiness of ...
Comparing internet probing methodologies through an analysis of large dynamic graphs
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2014-06)
The Internet is an evolving, robust system with built in redundancy to ensure the flow of information regardless of any act of nature or man-made event. This makes mapping the Internet a daunting task, but important because ...
The "Three Warfares": PLA Soft Power Aspirations along the Cognitive Dimension
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2011-06)
China’s sustained modernization effort across the branches of the PLA over the past 25 years has produced several innovations. Among them, in 2008, the U.S. Office of the Secretary Defense (OSD) in its annual report to ...
A counter insurgency study an analysis of local defenses
(Monterey California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2004-09)
Local Defenses are view by many counterinsurgency strategists as an essential element in defeating an insurgency. Providing a population with a local defense organization will strongly support the government's strategy of ...
Risky business: risk tolerance in U.S. Army Special Forces
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2014-06)
This research looks at the issue of risk tolerance, and analyzes its role in U.S. Army Special Forces (SF). More specifically, it assesses the degree to which senior members of an organization allow junior members to make ...
The production of Be(7) and C(11) from carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen by 75-MeV electrons
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1967-06)
An investigation was made of the electromagnetic disintegration of carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen leading to production of the unstable nuclei Be(7) and C(11). Targets of graphite, melamine, and water were bombarded with ...
Broken mirrors: tracing issues in building partner capacity
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2016-06)
Recent U.S. military engagements in fragile states have focused on building security institutions that match Western military and police models. These operations, however, have highlighted the need to reevaluate how we ...
Megacities and the proposed Urban Intervention Model
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2016-06)
As of 2016, 12 percent of the world's population lives in 36 megacities. By 2030, experts estimate that 17 mega regions, hosting 60 percent of the world's population, will account for 75 percent of global GDP. Megacities ...
Modeling the behavior of the Linearly Tapered Slot Antenna
(1988-12)
The Linearly Tapered Slot Antenna (LTSA) had been investigated and developed experimentally; its applications have primarily been based on empirical designs. An accurate theoretical model based on Moment Methods (MM) is ...
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Major, United States Army (746)