Master Sergeant Danny R. Jones served as the Service Detachment Noncommissioned Officer in Charge of Group Support Company 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) during Operations Enduring Freedom. I am writing about taking over a new job two weeks...
January 29, 2004 eight Soldiers lost their lives in the service of their country. Logistics Task Force 129 based in Bagram, Afghanistan had the responsibility of Mortuary Affairs. The Mortuary Affairs team consisted of three Soldiers, a Staff...
African Crisis Response Initiative (ACRI) is a U.S. State department program that began in July 1997. Initially the program focused on battalion size elements. After three years of developing this capacity at the battalion level the U.S. State...
Communication is essential to all military operations. Without it, the effects of the operation can have lasting negative consequences. Leaders at all levels have the responsibility to communicate effectively and to insure that the information...
The Fifth (V) United States Corps Artillery (VCA) planned, prepared, delivered, and
assessed effects with a wide range of fire support assets before and during Operation Iraqi
Freedom. The VCA trained, deployed, adapted to an ever-changing...
I am from the Republic of Latvia. I am Command Sergeant Major of the Second Infantry Battalion and I am 32 years old. While some would question why so young a man is in this position, I would remind them my country is young as well as my National...
One of the best ways to promote positive public relations and encourage support for an extended deployment is to ensure the community, spouses and soldiers are given ample opportunities to remain involved. When all parties become personally...
This personal experience paper covers my time in the United States Army. There is nothing classified talked about in the paper as I have never been involved in anything classified while in the United States Army.
This paper will talk about my...
Service Members identify the Old Guard (TOG) for Parades, Retirement Ceremonies, White House Arrivals, and Public Displays. The goal set forth will show how the unit is a Table of Organization and Equipment (TO &E) outfit. The headline for February...
This is a Personal Experience Paper of Sergeant Major Daniel J. Clark during his deployment to Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF VIII). This article deals with the establishment of the Non-Assisted Recovery (NAR) in Afghanistan. The three main points...
The 3d Infantry Division had just returned from an extremely successful campaign in Operation Iraqi Freedom I. They had begun in the deserts of Kuwait, captured the city of Baghdad and its airport, and quelled the riotous and volatile city of...
Saudi Arabia and Kuwait required air defense protection from Iraq. Prior to the pre-deployment preparation the battalion intelligence shop was in need of a senior Noncommissioned Officer. SFC Brimhall was selected for this position. During the...
This paper will cover my experience as the United States Army Special Forces Command (USASFC(A)) G-3 Advisor to the 20th Special Forces Group (Airborne) and the rapid transformation of that unit in response to OEF and OIF mobilizations. The 20th...
A massive coordinated attack devastated the efforts put forth by Iraqi and US forces. The Iraqi National Guard Soldier’s caught off guard. This should have been a routine day however; it became a mass causality evacuation. While fighting off well...
My call to duty experience was with 18 Special Operations Forces (SOF), further known as Civil Affairs Team A. We deployed into Kabul, Afghanistan. I was the Class A Agent better known as the Money Man. I was also appointed the Coalition Joint Task...
This paper explains the different experiences and the similarities I experienced as a First Sergeant in Crusher & Hatchet Company, 1-187TH Infantry Regiment. Both companies presented completely different experiences but they were equally...
The events of September 11, 2001 will always remain vivid in the minds of many Americans. The events of this day changed the lives of many Americans. This event also changed my life and the Soldiers of the 69th Signal Company forever. These are the...
I would like to share my experience as a senior Noncommissioned Officer. My personal experience paper will cover my background of 21 years of service. I will share a brief lead in of my duty assignments, schooling, missed military engagements and...
This paper is a summary of the events of my unit, from February 2003 to March 2004. From our notification to deploy to the Iraqi theater, to operations during Operation Iraqi Freedom #1, to our subsequent recovery and return to our home station...
This paper is a discussion about my experience and learning development with Information Operations (IO) in Iraq. I was tasked as an IO Combined Arms Assessment Team (CAAT) Liaison Officer with the Multi National Force Iraq (MNF-I) Headquarters in...