In this interview, MAJ Dominic Amantiad, US Army National Guard, Infantry; discusses his deployment to Iraq as the battalion personnel officer (S1) in 2007 through 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Amantiad talks about his...
In this December 2012 interview, MAJ Julian Perez, US Army, Logistics; discusses his deployment to Afghanistan as a Company Commander for Bravo Company FSC 1-67 AR Battalion 2nd Brigade Combat Team (BCT), 4th Infantry Division in 2008 through 2009...
In this interview, MAJ Jeremy McHugh, US Army, Military Intelligence, discusses his deployment to Iraq as the personnel officer and then as a mortar infantry platoon leader for 4th ID, 2d Brigade, 1st Battalion of the 67th AR regiment in 2003...
Assigned to the 526th Forward Support Battalion, Major Joseph Morrow, a battalion operations officer, helped support the 2nd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division in Mosul. Stand-out memories included a 22-hour convoy drive, the attacks on Mosul...
From March 2003 through April 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major William "Jake" Jacobs initially commanded Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 508th Infantry - part of the 173rd Airborne Brigade - and then changed command in country and...
Assigned to the 1st Marine Division as an individual augmentee from Okinawa, Japan, Major Travis O'Selmo deployed to Ramadi, Iraq, from March through September 2004 to conduct civil-military operations in Al Anbar Province as part of a staff...
The chief of patient administration for the 86th Combat Support Hospital attached to Task Force 261, Major Rachele Smith deployed with the unit to Karshi-Kanabad, Uzbekistan, in December 2001, supported Operation ENDURING FREEDOM from there - with...
From September 2004 through April 2005, Major Charles Golek of the 9th Psychological Operations Battalion served as a tactical PSYOP detachment commander under the 1st Marine Division in Ramadi, Iraq, specifically supporting 2nd Brigade of the 2nd...
In April 2003, the 3rd Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team (BCT) reached the approaches of Baghdad, Iraq, after a record-breaking march from the Kuwaiti border. To test the strength of Iraqi defenses in the capital, 2nd BCT conducted on...
From October 2001 through April 2004, Major David Doyle deployed five times with 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, twice in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM and three times in support of IRAQI FREEDOM. Doyle served variously as the...
Colonel John D. "J.D." Johnson deployed to Iraq as the commander of 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division (AD). Prior to Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), the 2d Brigade, 1st AD was stationed in Baumholder, Germany. Johnson had been to Kuwait before OIF...
From March to September 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major John Polidoro, US Marine Corps, served as executive officer of the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, and was based at Camp Korean Village...
The main reason for the study is to determine the application of principles to the defense against the wide envelopment using open warfare situations as examples. General employment of the combined arms is the focus. There are two maps showing the...
This paper is a critical analysis of the manner in which the problem of either supporting or abandoning the expedition was solved; and the measures taken to effect the evacuation of the peninsula.
The successful advance of the Third and Meuse German Armies, and the disaster which befell the French Metz Army are excellent examples of the proper and improper application of logistical principles of march, and illustrate the manner in which they...
This paper examines the location of Airdromes with respect to the Front Lines. Several factors are considered such as: depth of penetration or length of time over hostile territory, security, economy of Operation, geography, control and...
This paper discusses camouflage requirements and which of those duties were assigned to the officers. A comparison with the French and British Army camouflage operations is included. The author adds personal correspondence covering his research...
This study Endeavor to confine itself chiefly to the restricted consideration of the terms "liaison" and "support" and "cooperation" falling materially within the limited sense of a mutually comprehended meeting of minds on the needs of the tanks,...
This study substantiates the tactical principles taught at this school except that a fast-moving reconnaissance detachment should precede large infantry columns marching in the presence of the enemy.