Special Forces forward operational bases (FOB) are essential for mission and contingency planning as well as for the preparation, infiltration and exfiltration of Operational Detachment Alphas (ODA). Therefore, the defense of this command and...
During a fifteen month deployment, SGM Camacho, Chris assigned as an Equal Opportunity Advisor (EOA) for an Airborne Brigade Combat Team at Jalalabad Army Airfield in Afghanistan conducted informal interviews and observed how leadership changed...
Since the 1986 Goldwater-Nichols Act directed the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to develop doctrine for the joint employment of the armed forces, tactics, techniques, and procedures have evolved at different rates depending on the...
Major Jeffrey Witt served as a plans officer for logistics plans at the Multinational Brigade-Northwest headquarters in the Nineveh, Irbil and Dahuk Provinces of Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Witt describes in the interview some of...
In this second of two interviews, Major Tyke Hillmer talks about serving as the logistics officer for the 4th Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division in Bagram, Afghanistan, from January 2007 through April 2008 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. He...
From January 2007 through April 2008 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan, Major David Pasquale served as commander Alpha Battery, 2nd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery (Airborne) and then the fire support officer for the 508th...
United States Marine Corps Maj David Stengrim served as the communications officer (S6) with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) in Kandahar, Afghanistan during 2008 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In this November 2010...
In this interview, MAJ Alvin Tilley, US Army, Infantry; discusses his deployment to Afghanistan as a company commander in 2009 through 2010 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Tilley discusses his pre-deployment training and his...
During Operation Iraqi Freedom many units were mobilized outside of their basic Mission Essential Task List (METL) to conduct various needed functions to fight the War on Terror. The 115th Engineer (EN) Battalion (BN) was such a unit that deployed...
CH (MAJ) Brad Lewis served as brigade chaplain at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Salerno during 2009 and 2010 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In this January 2011 interview, Chaplain Lewis discusses his decision to practice his...
Increases in operation tempo since September 11, 2001 have resulted in elevated rates of post traumatic stress (PTS) and reduced levels of physical fitness across the U.S. Army. This thesis sought to identify a relationship between the elevated PTS...
Are Heavy Brigade Combat Teams (HBCTs) effective in counterinsurgency (COIN) operations with the capabilities to clear, hold, build, and sustain success? This research examined the modular HBCT's capabilities to execute the clear-hold-build COIN...
A View from the FA49 Foxhole: Operational Research and Systems Analysis. Lieutenant General David F. Melcher, U.S. Army, and Lieutenant Colonel John G. Ferrari, U.S. Army; Functional Area 49, the Operations Research Systems Analyst career field, is...
Thesis: When leaders do not study military history, they will repeat the same mistakes made by our former leaders.
Outline: All NCOs should study military history to learn the lessons of our former leaders. Much like the ongoing operations...
This paper will cover my experience of the deployment as a career counselor in
Operation Enduring Freedom, I learned that trained officers and Soldiers make effective
decisions. My role as a command career counselor in Bagram Afghanistan became two...
The thesis addresses the fraud, waste, and abuse (FWA) issues associated with contingency contracts that DoD has faced for the last nine years. The topic was chosen because of the potential impact it could have on the national debt, military pay...
Theater Immersion: Post mobilization Training in the First Army. Lieutenant General Russell Honor, U.S. Army, and Colonel Daniel L. Zajac, U.S. Army; During 2004, First Army mobilized multiple ARNG brigades at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, for theater...
Major Kellie McCoy served as the commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the 307th Engineer Battalion in the 82nd Airborne Division and was the division main engineer for the base in Ramadi, Iraq, from July 2003 until March 2004. At...
From February through September 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Joseph Halloran served as the operations and intelligence officer for the Joint Area Support Group in the International Zone, Baghdad. Halloran found himself...
This study analyzes the strategic airlift inefficiencies of planning and basing from DESERT SHIELD to VIGILANT WARRIOR. With the increasing importance of strategic mobility in U.S. defense strategy, it is imperative that airlift be utilized in the...