After receiving my Bachelor’s of Arts Degree in Spanish from Western Kentucky University, an Army recruiter approached me. Not knowing what I really wanted to do with my life after college, I decided that I would pursue a career in the military....
This essay will describe what major events occur for my Battalion during our Mobilization for Operation Noble Eagle II. This was the first Mobilization for my unit since the Korean War. Lessons we learned would provide vital for our future...
When I was younger, joining the military never really entered my mind. The experience in the military was a wild ride from Basic Training until today. I would have cheated myself and the Army Family I learned to love, honor and respect of my...
I was born on 3 October 1967 in San Antonio, TX. At the age of six months my mother divorced my father and we moved to Bryan, TX where I spent the remainder of my childhood prior to joining the Army. My mother remarried, he adopted me and became my...
My name is MSG Carl Richards. I joined the military in December of 1980 and entered service in February 1980 to attend Basic Training. My enlistment was an 11 B and contract was for Special Forces, Fort Bragg, NC.
I attend OSUT basic training...
On June 1 2005, I got the orders and was mobilized for Operation Enduring
Freedom as a Company First Sergeant. I was selected individually from my unit to
join the 1/329 INF, a reserve unit that was previously mobilized and had setup a battalion
at...
My military career started May 1986 where I entered basic training at Ft. Jackson, SC. Basic Training was very interesting, there was an evolution going on in training doctrine at that time. The old days of Wall to Wall counseling were over. We...
Recruiting duty has always been one of the most demanding assignments in the Army since we became an all volunteer force. The Army Recruiting Command’s mission is to recruit qualified individuals for the Army and Army Reserve. The Department of...
The National Guard was called to duty in support of one of the worst Hurricanes to hit the Gulf Coast (Hurricane Katrina). I was assigned as the Task Force 201st Senior Maintenance Supervisor over HHD, 201st, 48th BDE (rear), 1148th Transportation...
The following account for my participation and experiences during the three campaigns of the Gulf War while assigned with VII Corps, Personnel Service Group. It includes the notification of deployment, travel to Saudi Arabia, duties during the war...
In early February 1996, the state of Oregon experienced the worst flooding in its recorded history following 3 days of rainfall measuring 12 inches. With record snow levels in the Cascade Mountains coupled by unseasonably warm temperatures, river...
The Nafziger Collection contains a compilation of orders of battle from 1600 to 1945 with over 7000 individual pdf files. It began with the author's interest in Napoleonic Wars, and steadily grew to other areas because of the gaming public's...
In this interview, MAJ Bridgette Simmons, US Army, Signal Corps, discusses her deployment to Iraq as the liaison officer (LNO) of the joint operation center (JOC) in 2009 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Simmons describes what a...