In this first of three interviews, Chaplain (Major) Merrell D. Knight Jr. talks about his experiences as the chaplain for 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Afghanistan from July 2002 to February 2003 in support of Operation...
Major Jason Dempsey deployed from the US Military Academy's Department of Social Sciences to Operation Iraqi Freedom from May 2005 until August 2005. A graduate of West Point himself, Dempsey was an infantry officer but deployed to a post in the...
In this second of two interviews regarding his Global War on Terrorism experiences, Major Scott Pierce, US Marine Corps, discusses his continuing role as executive officer of 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, this time during and immediately following...
Major Matthew Scalia commanded Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry in Baghdad from May through September 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Scalia begins by noting that much of their predeployment training focused on stability...
In his duty position as S1 of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Major Karl Strellner ran the brigade rear command post co-located in the Brigade Support Area. Always within 30 kilometers (but...
From January 2005 through January 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Lieutenant Colonel Rich Creed served as the operations officer for 2nd Battalion, 34th Armor - part of 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division - in the Ba'qubah area of...
Major Michael Barger, in this first of two interviews, talks about serving as the operations officer for the 13th Psychological Operations (PSYOP) Battalion in Kuwait and Iraq from February through August 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom....
Major Carlos Platero of the El Salvadoran Army deployed to Iraq with the Cuscatlan Battalion for a six-month rotation in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. From 13 February 2005 until 23 August 2005, this battalion was a part of the Multinational...
This study discusses whether wired telegraphy is being employed adequately in field exercises and other forms of training in signal communication, peace time preparation for a future war or national emergency.
This paper discusses the policy of operations of aviation incident to the extensive use of darkness to cover ground movements of troops, equipment, and supplies; the probable trends in development of aerial materiel, tactics, and organization to...
This study discusses the situation in North Russia and the reasons for Allied intervention and focusing on the time and events during the American participation.
This study discusses whether there is a need to display the fighting strength of units in a graphic method, and gives an original illustration of such an application to an infantry division.
It is the purpose of this paper to deal principally with the use of psychological methods in the rapid classification, selection and placement of individuals which may be brought into the army in various military specialties in a time of national...
The study focuses on the two years of the Mesopotamia campaign that showed the lack of foresight and proper planning, and over cautiousness of India, in the theatre to organize the lines of communication and base port. The immediate causes of the...
A comparison will be made of the most recently proposed reorganization of the American cavalry division with that of the most recent organization of a foreign cavalry division, namely German (war strength), which should be the result of the latest...
This study investigates the heavy division command group's role, functional requirements, organization, and operation during combat operations. The thesis draws on five sources of information: historical references, doctrinal literature, current...
This study examines current U.S. Army attack helicopter doctrine, tactics, techniques, and procedures (DTTP) to determine their adequacy in supporting the full range of attack helicopter employment in the multi-polar environment of the New World...
The study analyzes John Ford’s films Fort Apache (1948), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), and Rio Grande (1950) for their historical portrayal of the frontier cavalry. Ford is acknowledged as one of America’s foremost chroniclers and...
This study reviews the current roles and capabilities of U.S. Army Military Freefall (MFF) and Underwater Operations (UWO) teams in the Special Forces Groups (Airborne), the Ranger Regiment and Battalions, and the Corps and Divisional Long Range...