In this second of two interviews, Major Tyke Hillmer talks about serving as the logistics officer for the 4th Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division in Bagram, Afghanistan, from January 2007 through April 2008 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. He...
From January to June 2006 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan, Major Teresa Schlosser, US Army Corps of Engineers, served as the resident engineer in charge of the Bagram runway. At the time, USACE's Bagram resident office was...
One of the most crucial joint combat operations in Afghanistan was Operation ANACONDA, designed and executed to remove the last remaining organized Taliban resistance. Operation ANACONDA generated lessons learned involving many aspects of the art...
From November 2001 through July 2002 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan, Major Kevin Lovell commanded Bravo Company, 92nd Engineer Battalion (Combat Heavy), a position from which he planned, prepared and supervised construction of...
MAJ Robert Knapp served as the headquarters and headquarters detachment (HHD) commander with the 191st Ordnance Battalion during 2005 and 2006 at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Salerno and Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring...
This paper describes my time as a camp commandant in Bagram, Afghanistan. I list significant events that occurred and lessons learned from each. I explain how the commandant supports the overall mission by maintaining the camp. Specifically how I...
Recent scholarly work on the history and significance of logistics suggests logistics is 90% of the business of war. Logistics enables the deployment of armies to war and their subsequent movement and sustainment during war. As such,...
Major David Novy, US Air Force, in this second of two interviews, talks about serving as a project engineer for the US Army Corps of Engineers in Bagram, Afghanistan, from April through October 2006 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Unlike...
The purpose of this paper is to document the lessons learned and experience of how my unit; the 68th Air Medical Company, 25th Aviation Brigade, 25th ID, Schofield Barracks HI, supported Air Medical Evacuation (MEDEVAC) operations in Afghanistan.
Major Phil Dacunto, an engineer officer, deployed to Afghanistan in January 2002. The 10th Mountain Division had sent a command post in December 2001 in response to the attack on the World Trade Center and Dacunto's Alpha Company, 41st Engineer...
MAJ Josh Gillen served as the headquarters and headquarters company (HHC) commander for Alpha Company, 82nd Signal Battalion in Bagram, Afghanistan during 2007 and 2008 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In the second of two February...
MAJ Judy Anthony served as commander of Alpha Company, 530th Logistical Task Force (LTF) in Uzbekistan and Bagram, Afghanistan during 2001 and 2002 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), and as the supply and service officer with the 16th...
The purpose of this monograph is to offer some practical solutions to building unity of effort between Special Operations Forces (SOF) and conventional forces using operations in Afghanistan from 2001 until 2009 as a case study. In researching U.S....
This paper describes some of the key events and lessons learned during my deployment to Bagram, Afghanistan, during Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) III. When possible, I listed major operations in chronological order. I give significant discussion...
In this interview, MAJ Jason Liddell, US Army, Military Intelligence discusses his deployment to Iraq as the executive officer (XO)/Chief of Staff in 2009 through 2010 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). MAJ Liddell details his mission...
Captain Alain Samples started her career in the military as a transportation platoon leader in a National Guard transportation company. Samples was subsequently selected to attend flight school, after which she was assigned to a National Guard air...
From January 2006 through February 2007 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan, Major Jason Davis served as operations officer and executive officer for the 159th Medical Company (Air Ambulance). In this interview, he discusses his...
In this first of two interviews, Major Bill Breeze, from the California National Guard (NG), talks about commanding D Company, 1st Battalion, 140th Aviation in Bagram, Afghanistan from August 2003 through May 2004 in support of Operation Enduring...
MAJ Jason Kinkaid served as the Company Commander of the 509th Signal Battalion in Bagram, Afghanistan during 2005 and 2006 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In this October 2009 interview, MAJ Kinkaid discusses his transition from...
A combat engineer officer in the US Army Corps of Engineers, Major Ed Chamberlayne is a veteran of two Global War on Terrorism deployments, the first from June to December 2003 to Iraq where he was in charge of a forward engineer support team...