In this interview with three Pennsylvania National Guardsmen, Specialist Seth Burford, an artilleryman for Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 107th Field Artillery, talks about his deployment to Camp Bucca, Iraq through August 2004 in support of...
This monograph examines the current organizational structure and employment of the Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Reserve Force, to research the possibility of increasing force readiness through command reorganization and implementation of a reserve...
In this interview with three Pennsylvania National Guardsmen, Sergeant Norman J. Herb, a mechanic for Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 107th Field Artillery, talks about his deployment to Mosul, Iraq from February 2004 to February 2005 in support of...
In this interview with three Pennsylvania National Guardsmen, Specialist Joshua Navarra, an artilleryman for Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery, talks about his deployment to Iraq from March 2003 through August 2003 in support of...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Guidon came into being as a weekly publication in 1966 under the title Fort Leonard Wood Guidon. Between 1966 and 1987 the title was simplified to Guidon before becoming Essayons in 1988. The name reverted back to Guidon in 1999. It has been...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Guidon came into being as a weekly publication in 1966 under the title Fort Leonard Wood Guidon. Between 1966 and 1987 the title was simplified to Guidon before becoming Essayons in 1988. The name reverted back to Guidon in 1999. It has been...
Burford, Robert L.; Hutchison, Wylie; Wingfield III, Rufus; Dostie, Eric; Lewis, Loma
The Army is undergoing change. The Army is transforming into a lighter, more readily deployable and efficient fighting force. These changes are evident when one takes into consideration the vast amount of electronic advancements made within the...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Guidon came into being as a weekly publication in 1966 under the title Fort Leonard Wood Guidon. Between 1966 and 1987 the title was simplified to Guidon before becoming Essayons in 1988. The name reverted back to Guidon in 1999. It has been...
The Army is undergoing change. The Army is transforming into a lighter, more readily deployable and efficient fighting force. These changes are evident when one takes into consideration the vast amount of electronic advancements made within the...
Ethics and awards is a subject that frequently causes Soldiers to talk about fairness, mischief, moral ethics, and the Army Values. Soldiers will verbalize, “When I get to be a senior leader, I will make sure my Soldiers receive the awards they...
History proves that the United States Military has repeatedly been unprepared to execute its primary mission at the outbreak of hostility. The preparation and training of Soldiers by Noncommissioned Officers plays an enormous part in how the...
The following paper is about a couple of weeks in the 978th Military Police Company during its deployment to Iraq for the third time. This paper talks a little about the training the unit had and what happen within the first 90 days and how we...
In the modern global security environment, the United States Army faces a different adversary that presents wholly different challenges to the Army’s intelligence effort. No longer facing a traditional, conventional enemy as its predominant...
The near-aircraft-divert, due to adverse weather while I was on a NATO deployment in Istres France, opened my eyes to how precise my terminal aerodrome forecast had to be for mission success. From April 1998 to August 1998 I was in Istres France,...
This paper describes some of the incidents and the lessons learned while I was deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF 05-07). During 2007, I was deployed to Taji, Iraq. It is one of the largest Forward Operating Bases (FOB) in Iraq. It is...
Doctrine has a close connection with theory and history. The overall objective is to further add to a plan and improve the creative thought process. Doctrine also can make available for the Armed Forces certain dependable organization of ideas how...
In today’s society it is very important for military professionals to study history. We are dealing with the global war on terrorism and there are many lessons that we can learn from history. Our only verified data on combat comes from history....
Doctrine provides the military an authoritative body of statements on how military forces conduct operations that link theory, history, and practice to foster creative thinking for mission success. Historically speaking, the Army has not been able...