My personal experience paper is going to look at deployment from a different perspective that most deployments do not often address or refer to. This is the mission and experiences of being a First sergeant for a rear detachment of a forward...
The Family Readiness Group (FRG) provides an avenue of mutual support and assistance and a network of communication among family members, the chain of command, and community resources. The primary purpose of any FRG is to encourage self-sufficiency...
In this second part of his two-part interview, Major Matthew Scalia discusses his command of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division in Baghdad from September 2003 to July 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom....
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...
In this interview MAJ Bonney describes his experiences in support of OIF when he became the rear detachment commander for the 92nd Engineer Battalion. MAJ Bonney discusses challenges he faced during his time as the rear detachment commander and...
Mrs. Ann Soby led a family readiness group (FRG) at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, during the Global War on Terrorism. These groups support families of Active and Reserve Component soldiers as well as the National Guard. The transition to an operational...
CSM Phillip Johndrow served as the Command Sergeant Major of Multi-National Force - Baghdad in Baghdad, Iraq during 2006 through 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this July 2010 interview, CSM Johndrow discusses the surge and its...
Chaplain (Major) Harry "Chip" Huey deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) I and II. His first deployment was the chaplain of the 485th Corps Support Battalion (CSB), V Corps, in March 2003. The CSB, after several false starts between their...
Chaplain (Major) Robert Nay served as the 172nd Stryker Brigade chaplain in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from July 2006 to November 2007. During the predeployment preparation, Nay brought together the six unit ministry teams and the chaplain...
MAJ Jennifer Gruber served as the Company Commander of Alpha Company 2-10 Aviation in Kandahar, Afghanistan and as night battle captain at the brigade intelligence (S3) shop at the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB) in Bagram, Afghanistan during...
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...
Throughout the 1st Infantry Division's February 2004 to March 2005 deployment to Tikrit, Iraq, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Command Sergeant Major Cory McCarty - a 30-year Army infantryman - served as the division CSM. In this interview,...
In this interview MAJ Keith Haskin discusses his deployment to Afghanistan with Task Force Observe Detect Identify Neutralize (ODIN) in 2009. Task Force ODIN has a reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition (RSTA) and intelligence...
In this interview MAJ Deekens describes his deployment with the 25th Special Troops Battalion (STB) to COB Speicher, Iraq in 2006. Right before MAJ Deekens deployed his mission was switched from leading a detachment of Signal Soldiers doing a...
MAJ Jeffrey Wagstaff served as company commander of the 89th Transportation Company, 6th Transportation Battalion, 7th Transportation Group in Tallil, Iraq during 2003 and as division operations (G3) plans officer in Baghdad and Balad, Iraq during...
The executive officer of 1st Battalion, 325th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 82nd Airborne Division, Lieutenant Colonel Michael Iacobucci deployed from February to July 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi...
Major Bill Galinger deployed again to support Operation Iraqi Freedom in November 2004. This time as the commander of the 10th Special Forces Group's Group Support Detachment, Galinger was responsible for 91 soldiers and a broader scope of support...
Freeman, Elvin; Morton, Carl R.; Payton, Minnie L.; Schimmel, Peter J.
Personnel procurement and organization strength plays a vital role in the principal of war “Economy of Forces”. The Department of Defense in conjunction with Congress and many other entities mandate the management of the personnel strength for...
Personnel procurement and organization strength plays a vital role in the principal of war “Economy of Forces”. Department of Defense in conjunction with Congress and many other entities mandate the management of the personnel strength for the...
Calendar Year 2009 was an eventful year. Five major developments dominated the activities at the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy: 1) the successful change of command in June from COL Donald Gentry to CSM Raymond Chandler, III; 2) the realignment...