I joined the Army in 1969 after an invitation from “Uncle Sam”. I decided I would like to choose my field of training. I went in on delayed entry and actually began my active duty in 1970. Ft Bragg, North Carolina was where I was assigned for...
This personal experience paper will describe my personal history and current experience as the Battalion Command Sergeant Major of the 1st Battalion, 125 Infantry Regiment of the Michigan Army National Guard. This paper will outline the 1-125...
A sense of urgency is necessary by leadership anytime war is imminent. This is important from the first activating phone call until the ship is boarded to come home. From the beginning, you as a leader must force soldiers to do what they believe...
This study deals with the development of the agency for preparing and coordinating the training doctrine in all tactical and technical publications and visual aids of the Chemical Warfare Service from 1 July 1939 to 1 July 1944. It describes the...
In order to gear current planning to executive policy, the Joint Chiefs of Staff' direct that all personnel of the Joint Chiefs of Staff organization be guided by the terms and the spirit of the joint letter of the Secretaries of War and the Navy...
In accordance with the policy declared by Congress, and in accordance with the provisions of the National Security Act of 1947, and to provide guidance for the departments and the joint agencies of the National Military Establishment, the Secretary...
Winner of the “Excellence in JC4I-IO Writing Award” competition sponsored by the Armed Forces Electronics Association (AFCEA) for 2007-2008 Class 08-01. Accepting the rule of law as one of multiple logical centers of gravity at a local level is...
From 29 October through 1 November 2007, Commanding General, Marine Corps Training and Education Command (TECOM) convened the conference “Pedagogy for the Long War: Teaching Irregular Warfare,” at the Alfred M. Gray Research Center at Marine...
From January 2007 through January 2008 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Major Ronald Walck served as a transportation officer with Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, tasked with manning, equipping and arming the Afghan...
In this first of two interviews, Major Greg Parkins talks about commanding an operational detachment alpha in 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group conducting a foreign internal defense mission with the 1st Filipino Scout Ranger Battalion from...
In this second of two interviews, Major Greg Parkins talks about serving as the liaison officer (LNO) for the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Arabian Peninsula to the Multinational Division-Baghdad from January through April 2006 in...
A veteran of two deployments in support of the Global War on Terrorism, Major Geoff Van Epps, in this two-part interview, discusses each of them, beginning with his July to December 2002 tour as part of Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan,...
A veteran of two deployments in support of the Global War on Terrorism, Major Geoff Van Epps, in this two-part interview, discusses each of them, beginning with his July to December 2002 tour as part of Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan,...
Major Joel Gilbert served as an infantry line company commander in the Alaska Army National Guard - the first combat unit in the Alaska Guard to go to a combat zone since World War II - and mobilized with the 29th Brigade from the Hawaii Army...
Major Joel Gilbert served as an infantry line company commander in the Alaska Army National Guard - the first combat unit in the Alaska Guard to go to a combat zone since World War II - and mobilized with the 29th Brigade from the Hawaii Army...
Contains the text of "An Act providing for the organization and government of an insular constabulary, and for the inspection of the municipal police". Regulations for the Philippines Constabulary; and, Manual of discipline and code of rules for...