Past situations have dictated strategic decisions for the future ever since the beginning of time and this premise is no different when you are considering the past occupation of Veracruz, Mexico and the current occupation of Iraq. In many ways the...
Driven by his desire to be deployed either to Iraq or Afghanistan, and believing that his Connecticut National Guard unit would not be sent, in late 2004 Lieutenant Colonel Paul Ciesinski got himself transferred to the US Army Reserve's 80th...
Captain Daniel Ruecking deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom as the assistant fire support officer of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment in March 2003, becoming fire support officer of the 1st "Tiger" Squadron, 3rd ACR later that year. He also took...