Beginning in 2009, the United States and many of its NATO-ISAF partners dramatically raised their levels of effort in Afghanistan. The "Afghan Surge," as it came to be known, was most evident in the number of additional US and allied troops that...
Cancellation of the Armored Gun System (AGS) and the deactivation of the 3-73rd Armor Battalion has left the US. Army force structure without air droppable light armor to support contingency operations. Because of this, the contingency force...
Captain Paul Toolan served as the assistant operations officer for 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group while deployed to Afghanistan in 2005. In this interview, he discusses at length four different battles fought by Special Forces (SF) in the...
During Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) VII and VIII, Able Troop 3-71 Cavalry operated as the brigade rapid mounted reaction force throughout Regional Command East (RC-E) and South in Afghanistan. This paper tells of how our unit moved in-between...
Engaged in a spectrum from full-scale combat to stability and support operations, the military is faced with an ever-changing environment in which to use its combat power. For instance, it is axiomatic that the massive application of firepower...
First introduced into U.S. Army doctrine in 1982, the operational level of war developed to remove politics from an inherently political process. American writers absorbed Soviet writing on the subject and translated it into existing doctrine...
Wright, Donald P., ed.; Afghan Study Team, [et al.]
Forward from David H. Petraeus: Since 2001, the US Army in Afghanistan has been conducting complex operations in a difficult, often dangerous environment. Living in isolated outposts and working under austere conditions, US Soldiers have carried...
Wright, Donald P., 1964-; Afghan Study Team, [et al.]
Forward from David H. Petraeus: Since 2001, the US Army in Afghanistan has been conducting complex operations in a difficult, often dangerous environment. Living in isolated outposts and working under austere conditions, US Soldiers have carried...
From April to August 2003, Major Ed Vedder commanded 1st Battalion, 501st Attack Aviation Regiment's Headquarters and Headquarters Company. An AH-64 Apache helicopter unit part of 4th Brigade, 1st Armored Division, 1-501 normally conducts precision...
General Scales and his team wrote Certain Victory to provide both the public and the military a clear picture of the Army's role in the Gulf War. The breadth and speed of Desert Storm operations left many participants unaware of the larger context...
Guerra moderna, derecho moderno y doctrina del ejército: ¿Nos mantenemos al mismo paso que el siglo XXI? Oficial Técnico Richard J. Butler (R), Ejército de los EE.UU.
Jus post bellum: la importancia de los juicios de los crímenes de...
Having commanded both a headquarters company and a Blackhawk helicopter company while with 2nd Battalion, 4th Aviation Regiment - part of the 4th Infantry Division - Major James Tenpenny's March 2003 to March 2004 service in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM...
I believe one of the greatest ethical dilemmas we face today in the Army has to deal with what I call armchair quarterbacking. We see this type of armchair quarterbacking everywhere; from the battlefield to the classroom. Who are the people that...
In an effort to rethink how the Army fights, the 1993 FM 100-5 Operations, recognizes the fact that the Cold War has ended and the strategy of the United States has changed. The Army's doctrine reflects a shift to stronger joint operations and...
In July 2005, in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan, Sergeant First Class Donald Grambusch - a member of 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, specifically ODA 324 - was involved in an intense, daylong fight against enemy forces in an area known as...
Introduction and Thesis statement: The Desert Storm conflict started with the purpose of evicting the military forces of Iraq from the country of Kuwait. The main focus of the Coalition’s mission was two-fold. First, they were to remove Iraqi...