This account is based on records of the U.S. Marine Corps, selected records of other services, and appropriate published works. The study provides insight into the mechanics of the battle from the highest echelon of command to the smallest unit....
Major Barbara Haines, Transportation Corps, deployed from July 2006 to July 2007 as the support operations officer (SPO) for the Area Support Group-Kuwait (ASG) at Camp Arifjan. This was a permanent change of station move for Haines from the US....
During the planning and major combat operations phases of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Colonel Russell Thaden was the deputy G2 for V Corps. Responsible for "ensuring that the entire staff was updated on the current intelligence situation" and for...
Major Dave May, US Air Force, served as the JSOTF-HOA J1 from November 2003 through February 2004 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom-Horn of Africa (OEF-HOA). May's predeployment training consisted of refresher training on the M9 and chemical...
In 2003, the Army Field Support Command (AFSC) and the Joint Munitions Command (JMC), collocated at Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, began a comprehensive oral history project aimed at chronicling a full-spectrum slice of the commands' role in...
In 2003, the Army Field Support Command (AFSC) and the Joint Munitions Command (JMC), collocated at Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, began a comprehensive oral history project aimed at chronicling a full-spectrum slice of the commands' role in...
Major Matt Jordan, a member of the Arkansas National Guard, served as an Army fixed-wing pilot in Balad, Iraq, from November 2006 through November 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, he talks about preparing and deploying...
Lieutenant Colonel Larry Wilson served as the intelligence officer for 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division in Iraq from August 2003 through August 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, he talks about the different units which...
MAJ Scott Coffey served as the assistant operations officer (S3) with the 2-17 CAV, 101st Airborne Division in Qayyarah West and Mosul, Iraq during 2003 and 2004 and as company commander of Alpha Company, Special Troops Battalion, 101st Airborne...
The commander of 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment in Iraq from January 2005 through January 2006, Lieutenant Colonel Kevin Farrell and his unit were based at FOB Rustamiyah and had responsibility for an area of eastern Baghdad known colloquially...
Between July 2004 and June 2005, Lieutenant Colonel Ken Adgie served as the operations officer (S3) for the 1st Infantry Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team. In this capacity, he was intimately involved in the planning and force packaging for...
MAJ Michael Mulllins served as military transition team (MiTT) executive officer (XO) in Baghdad, Iraq during 2009 and 2010 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this April 2011 interview, MAJ Mullins discusses the makeup and role of a...
In this interview, MAJ David Lambert, US Army, Armor; discusses his deployment to Iraq as the assistant operations officer (S3) in 2003 through 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Lambert discusses a typical day in theater and...
In command of the 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division, also known as the "Ready First" Brigade, COL Sean MacFarland, deployed his command from Central Germany to Iraq in March 2006. The Ready First Brigade assumed control of western Ninewah Province...
Major Charles Anderson, in this second of two interviews, discusses his deployment as a civil affairs (CA) team chief to Baghdad, Iraq, initially with 1st Battalion, 37th Armor through 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Anderson had been...
In this second of three interviews covering his Global War on Terrorism experiences, Major Allan Selburg discusses his September 2003 through February 2005 service as an observer-controller/trainer team chief and later battalion operations officer...
From March through September 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major James Swift commanded the 426th Forward Support Battalion's supply company - part of 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division. In this comprehensive interview,...
Colonel Mark Neate, British Army, was the joint operations officer for United Kingdom (UK) forces at the British Permanent Joint Task Force supporting International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) operations in Afghanistan. From April to October...
The objective of this study is to orientate officers who are not familiar with school directive data pertaining to Reserve Officers' Training Corps Duty. Also, to relate their dual function: first as an instructor for the training of the students,...