From March 2004 through March 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Chris Baer commanded the 369th Transportation Company, US Army Reserve - a palletized load system (PLS) unit based in Wichita, Kansas, that ended up being cross-leveled...
This paper analyzes the Army, its relevance as determined by the service’s ability to support national security strategy, operational theater strategies, and joint and combined tactical strategies, with an eye toward the emerging environment....
This monograph seeks to develop a model for the employment of a civil military operations center based on available doctrine and the experience of the military in recent operations. The frequency of the U.S. military being employed in military...
During Operation DESERT STORM, Third U.S. Army was tasked to perform the roles of Army component command for U. S. Central Command (CENTCOM), theater army for all U. S. Army forces in the Persian Gulf theater, and field army headquarters for...
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This study traces the involvement of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Staff in the planning, direction, and execution of JUST CAUSE, the combat operations in Panama in December 1989. The study begins with development of...
As an infantry officer in the 82nd Airborne Division from 2002-2006, Major Keller Durkin participated in three different deployments and describes them in three separate interviews. In the wake of the attack on the World Trade Center, he...
Major Andy Liffring was serving as the company commander for Alpha Company, 37th Engineers out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, when he was notified to deploy in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Liffring's predeployment training focused on...
Major Tom Sachariason served as the operations officer (S3) for the 27th Trans Battalion in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from August 2005 until June 2006. Unlike previous deployments, the battalion had a predetermined predeployment training...
From February through July 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Ayo Lawson served as a plans officer with the 69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade. In this interview, he discusses his wartime support to the V Corps ADA element, his...
From April 2003 through May 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, CW3 Mark Brubeck (a CW2 at the time) served as the mobility warrant officer as part of HHC, 4th Infantry Division, in the Division Transportation Office. Brubeck was,...
Major John Bretthorst served as the petroleum officer and the supply and services officer in charge with the Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the 593rd Corps Support Group in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from January until December...
Major Mike Stephens served as a company commander with the 701st MSB in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from January through April 2003. Once Stephens assumed the company commander position, the company began convoying equipment to the barge...
In this second of two interviews, Major Todd Terral talks about commanding the 606th Transportation Detachment at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan, from March 2005 through March 2006 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. He discusses...
In this second of three interviews, Major Zach Buettner talks about commanding the 183rd Maintenance Company in Kuwait from August through December 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He discusses taking command of a company which had just...
In 2007-2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Brad Burns of the Kansas Army National Guard served as commander of the 731st Truck Company, based at Camp Adder, Talil Airbase, in Iraq. In this interview, he discusses his company’s...
From August 2004 through March 2005, Major Michael Monti served as operations officer for 1st Battalion, 23rd Marines (part of the 1st Marine Division) which was responsible for an Al Anbar Province area along the Euphrates River spanning from the...
In this first of two interviews, Major Shawn Kahler talks about serving as the transportation officer for the 24th Corps Support Group in Kuwait up to Baghdad, Iraq from January through September 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He...
Major Lu Wilson commanded Outlaw Troop, 4th Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment in Kuwait and up through Iraq to Baghdad from March 2003 through April 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, she talks about how her troop...