Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) David P. Ferris deployed twice to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, in 2003 (for a year) and again in 2006 (for 15 months). Based out of Bagram, Ferris had come from the US Army Special Operations...
This periodic journal deals with the procurement, supply and maintenance of equipment, the movement, evacuation, and hospitilization of personnel, and casualty burial during Operation Forager in Saipan, Guam and Tinian. May-June 1944
The War of the Triple Alliance, fought from 1864 to 1870 between Paraguay and the Triple Alliance of Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, was a Latin American regional war that spiraled out of control to become one of the bloodiest international...
Volume II of two volumes, this narrative begins July 30, 1805 on the Jefferson River in Montana and follows the expedition from the Three Forks of the Missouri to the headwaters of the Columbia, back down the Yellowstone River and on to St. Louis. ...
The United States Army has predicated its ability to dominate the full spectrum of military operations on the ability to "See First, Understand First, Act First and Finish Decisively. " During recent conventional operations, including Operation...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Essayons, originally published as the Fort Leonard Wood Guidon in 1966 then as the Guidon from 1966 to 1987. Became Essayons in 1988 and remained that way until 1999 when it reverted back to Guidon. It has been and continues to be a record of...
This document (the first year, 15 July 1944 to 20 July 1945) is a narrative record of events as the Civil Affairs Holding and Staging Area (CASA) was developed to train officers in military government and civil administration for working in the...
This article describes my experiences during Operation Airborne Dragon, the largest airborne insertion of armored and mechanized forces directly into a combat zone. I will describe the plan, the preparation, and difficulties we encountered along...
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 Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) is desirous of establishing written doctrine for the organization. This paper seeks to review the doctrine of the British, Chinese and US armed forces with a view to extracting and composing considerations for the...
This monograph presents a method for military planners to operationalize an adversary's culture during conceptual planning. To present this methodology, the monograph asks the question, is a Western way of war distinctly different from a...
This paper will review some of the historical trends and discuss the implications for the future of Army logistics as it supports the nation's Army, forward deployed or as it projects ground power to operations in a combatant commander's area of...
Report by Lt. Col. Donald T. Winder, USMC, dealing with civil affairs activities of the 4th Marine Division in the assault phase on Roi, Namur and nearby islands of Kwajalein Atoll. Includes a copy of Proclamation No. 1 to the people of the...
This report includes amendments no. 1 and 2 to the landing table force of the 29th Infantry. It discusses the proper grouping and arrangement of vehicles and equipment for debarking sequence during landing operations.
This study investigates the joint deployment and rapid distribution tenet of focused logistics and its capability to project forces and equipment into a theater of operations in support of the joint force commander of 2010. The thesis is a...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Essayons, originally published as the Fort Leonard Wood Guidon in 1966 then as the Guidon from 1966 to 1987. Became Essayons in 1988 and remained that way until 1999 when it reverted back to Guidon. It has been and continues to be a record of...