Army commanders on the battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan lead their forces using a computer-enhanced communications network allowing them to stay connected with dispersed elements and maintain a high level of situation awareness (SA) of their...
As the army organizes to fight the current Global War on Terrorism and other enemies in the 21st Century, logisticians will need the capabilities to keep pace with the high technology of the modern battlefield. Under the Army's Modularity campaign,...
Assigned to the CENTCOM Deployment and Distribution Operations Center (DDOC) at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, in 2005-2006, Major Marshal Oller served as an in-transit visibility (ITV) operations officer in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring...
Commanders always require a large amount of data in order to maintain situational awareness, a very complicated endeavor especially during deployments in Iraq or Afghanistan with subordinate units spread across the country. The Battle Command...
Cutting short a one-year tour in Iraq to attend the US Army's Command and General Staff College, US Marine Corps Major John Finch - from January through May 2005 - served in the 2nd Marine Division's G4 logistics shop as the materiel readiness...
For my professional experience paper, I have chosen to write about my time at the Battle Command Training Center (BCTC) at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. My intent is to provide information on my role as a First Sergeant for one of the premier Army...
From January 2003 until January 2004 Lieutenant Colonel Walker was 225th Forward Support Battalion Commander during OIF II. He details the types of communications equipment his unit employed while in northern Iraq. He explains the need for secure...
In 1996, Joint Vision 2010 (JV2010) established a template for transforming the armed forces that continues to define sustainment transformation within the U.S. Army, while the publication of Network Centric Warfare in 1999 provided the theoretical...
In this first of two interviews, Major Mark Huhtanen talks about serving as the logistics officer and assistant operations officer for 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry in Mosul and Baghdad, Iraq, from August 2005 through November 2006 in support of...
In this interview Mr. Graves relates his experiences arriving in theater as an individual deployer due to his attendance at his Warrant Officer's Basic Course (WOBC). Mr. Graves describes learning the United States Forces-Iraq (USF-I) transition...
In this interview, MAJ Mike Post, US Army, Logistics, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a Battalion S3 Officer in 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Post discusses his mission and describes a typical day during deployment. ...
In this second of two interviews regarding his Global War on Terrorism experiences, Major Dan Williamson discusses his June 2006 through June 2007 deployment to Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, during which he served as executive officer for the 24th...
MAJ David Jaillite served as the assistant operations officer (S3) for the 181st Transportation Battalion in Balad, Iraq during 2003 and 2004; as the support operations officer (SPO) with the 16th Corps Support Group (CSG) in Tallil, Iraq during...
MAJ Michael Larkin served on the brigade staff and as the battalion operations officer (S3) with 4-25 Field Artillery in Wardak Province, Afghanistan during 2008 and 2009 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In this November 2010...
Major Rob Arnold deployed in the early fall of 2003 in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) with Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC). Arnold was a part of the Army Evaluation Center (AEC), which conducted evaluations on new equipment...
Major Tom Sachariason served with the 27th Trans Movement Control Battalion as the chief of operation and plans in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from February 2003 until April 2004. Sachariason and the battalion staged their equipment at...
Military and political savvy professionals understand that logistics contributes to the successful execution of military operations. Publications include numerous cases of logistics failures, and more often, logistics failures appear more than...
Movement Control facilitates the expeditious movement of critical supplies and equipment during Full Spectrum Operations. This paper will illustrate how lessons learned during a previous deployment can be used as a teaching tool within a learning...
Burford, Robert L.; Hutchison, Wylie; Wingfield III, Rufus; Dostie, Eric; Lewis, Loma
The Army is undergoing change. The Army is transforming into a lighter, more readily deployable and efficient fighting force. These changes are evident when one takes into consideration the vast amount of electronic advancements made within the...
The dominance of the U.S. Army’s conventional capabilities has forced our adversaries to generate asymmetric techniques in order to marginalize our advantages. One technique they may pursue is to target our extensive use of information...