Accurate assessment and usable measures of effectiveness are essential to success in stability operations. Improving the ability of a host nation (HN) government to deliver services expected by its populace is necessary to enhance the stability of...
What is the military’s most effective model for restoring essential services during counterinsurgency operations? That question drove this monograph to compare the most popular restoration model, the SWEAT Model, against a new model, the...
Since early 2002, the U.S. military has relearned COIN at the tactical, operational and strategic levels of war for both special operations and conventional forces in order to meet the security and stability requirements of both Afghanistan and...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Essayons, originally published as the Fort Leonard Wood Guidon in 1966 then as the Guidon from 1966 to 1987. Became Essayons in 1988 and remained that way until 1999 when it reverted back to Guidon. It has been and continues to be a record of...
After the United States (U.S.) Coalition forces invaded Iraq, the transition to stability operations has been difficult for the U.S. Coalition forces. One method used by the 1st Cavalry Division, in 2004, was to develop logical lines of operations...
It is important as Non-commissioned officers to take time to study military history. Throughout military history there have been many battles and campaigns that have been fought and waged. Even though many of these may have taken place hundreds of...
Dr. Michael O'Hanlon is the senior fellow for foreign policy studies at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC and is an internationally recognized expert on Operation Iraqi Freedom. He is frequently cited in print and regularly appears before...
From February 2003 through March 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Lieutenant Colonel Paul Calvert served as the operations officer for 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment. "We essentially owned the entire Al Anbar Province," he said, an area...
From April 2003 through August 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Bobby Davis served initially (for three months) as the headquarters and headquarters battery (HHB) commander for 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery, part of 1st...
Major Dale Snider, a project manager with the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), was assigned to the engineer staff section of Combined Joint Task Force 180 as the leader of a augmenting forward engineer support team (FEST-A) in support...
With the Army's Criminal Investigation Division as a shift operations officer when the 9/11 attacks occurred, Major J.D. Branch became part of the FBI's joint operations center for Pentagon recovery that was headquartered at the Pentagon itself and...
From March 2004 through April 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Jason Kidder served as the deputy operations officer for 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division in Northeast Baghdad (Sadr City). In this two-part interview...
The Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC) commander for 4-64 Armor, part of 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division in 2002-2003, Major Jeff Powell deployed with his company to Kuwait in November 2002 to join the CONUS Crisis Response Force...
MAJ Jimmy Smith served as a tank company commander with 3-15 Infantry in Sadr City, Iraq and with Headquarters and Headquarters Troop (HHT), 3-7 CAV at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Rustamiyah during 2004 and 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi...
From the time 9/11 hit until June 2004, when he left to join the 1st Cavalry Division already in Iraq, Major Lee Overby served with 3rd Brigade, 87th Division (Training Support) at Camp Shelby, Mississippi - specifically in the field artillery...
MAJ Tim Terese served as the commander of the 4rd Battalion, 25th Infantry Regiment with the 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division during 2003 and 2004 in Sadr City, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this November 2009 interview,...
At the time of this interview, Major Timothy Payment was a veteran of two deployments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the first in 2003 as commander of Bravo Company, 2-6 Infantry, during which they were given a portion of southeast Baghdad...
A veteran of two post-9/11 deployments to Iraq, Major Victor Delacruz commanded Bravo Battery, 6-27 Field Artillery, operating out of Balad (LSA Anaconda), from April to November 2003. Then, from November 2004 to March 2005, he returned with 75th...
Prior to the attacks of September 11th the United States Military founded defense plans on a threat-based model, with the nation being prepared to conquer adversaries with the most advanced combat power. The 2001 attacks and subsequent Global War...