Major Dave Krahl volunteered in December 2001 to deploy to Afghanistan as an individual augmentee in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. He was given two weeks notice before having to report into the CONUS Replacement Center at Fort Benning. He...
Major Dave Krahl volunteered for an information technology job in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. At the time, he was an ROTC instructor in Macon, Georgia. Unlike his last deployment to Afghanistan, this time he had plenty of notice, almost six...
Captain Pamela S. Alexander worked in the III Corps communications section during her deployment to Iraq and, at mid tour, became company commander for 313th Signal Company in Baghdad during Operation Iraqi Freedom II. As a company commander she...
CW2 Branam was the senior network tech for Combined Joint Task Force-76/25th Infantry Division while deployed from March 2004 to March 2005 at Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan. He discusses the issues they had to overcome in all three phases:...
Major Sonak was commander of Alpha Company Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Division during her deployment to Iraq. She describes some of the issues they had during all phases of her deployment including the new fielding of Joint Network Node...
From January 2003 until January 2004 Lieutenant Colonel Walker was 225th Forward Support Battalion Commander during OIF II. He details the types of communications equipment his unit employed while in northern Iraq. He explains the need for secure...
Major Ryan Samuelson served as the pilot of a KC-135R in the 407th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron flying out of Thumrait Airbase, Oman, from January through May 2003 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Flying...
Camp Chase, four miles southeast of Columbus, Ohio, began in May 1861 as a mustering center for units entering Union service during the American Civil War. By June 1861 it picked up additional responsibilities of housing Confederate prisoners...
This study is an analysis of the security issues in the North Cape region of northern Norway, including the Svalbard Islands and the continental shelf areas of the Barents Sea. It examines the geostrategic significance of the region, the Soviet...
This study is an analysis of the effectiveness of the U.S. Army's mission order doctrine at the tactical level. The study examines the reasons for decentralized command and control philosophies, the development of mission orders in the German Army,...
This thesis investigates the question: How can Tactical Air Forces (TAF) best support the Operational Commander in his maneuver of large ground forces? It defines the framework and activities of the operational level of war as a self-contained and...
This study is a historical analysis of the cavalry raids led by Confederate Major Generals Earl Van Dorn and Nathan Bedford Forrest in December 1862 and Union Colonel Benjamin Grierson in April 1863. Each raid is examined in detail based on the...
This study is an historical analysis of the 27th Division in World War II. The performance of that division is illustrative of all divisions which were mobilized in 1940-1941 from the National Guard. The focus was on personnel, training,...
The modernization of the United States airborne forces is long overdue. As the Army transitions from a European-based forward deployed force to a "versatile, deployable and lethal" Army, the role of the airborne forces must increase. Unfortunately,...
This thesis examines the effect the rifle had on infantry tactics during the Civil War. It traces the transition from smoothbore to rifle and the development of the Minie ball. The range and accuracy of various weapons are discussed and several...
This study discusses the geo-strategic importance of Afghanistan in the context of overall Soviet strategy in Southwest Asia. Considered as a Soviet 'backyard' in the past, Afghanistan sprang to limelight in 1979 following the Soviet invasion....
This thesis examines the impact on medical units caused by the proliferation of lasers on today's battlefields; it demonstrates that a significant number of casualties are possible and shows the need for more rigorous modeling to quantify and...
This outline plan was prepared jointly by a British - American group of planners, under the direction of the Commanding General, European Theater of Operations, United states Army. It is designed to initiate and give direction to more detailed...