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...
The coalition and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) face a complex and difficult challenge in their search for solutions to the Afghan conundrum. The establishment of Provisional Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) represents a revolutionary step...
The commander of the 57th Field Artillery Brigade, Wisconsin National Guard, when he was given the opportunity to lead an embedded training team (ETT) to Afghanistan, Colonel Dominic Cariello arrived in theater in February 2006 and, during his...
Upon relinquishing his three-year command of a Wisconsin National Guard field artillery battalion, Lieutenant Colonel John Schroeder was offered the opportunity to volunteer for embedded training team (ETT) duty in Afghanistan, which he took, was...
Major Dom Clementi, a field artillery officer, deployed to Afghanistan in October 2003 while commanding Alpha Battery, 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery. Originally designed to provide direct support fires to the 3rd ACR, Clementi's battery...
The command sergeant major for the 57th Field Artillery Brigade, Wisconsin National Guard, when the state received a requirement to put together an embedded training team (ETT) for duty in Afghanistan, Command Sergeant Major Jeff Janke volunteered,...
This paper describes some key events and lessons learned from my deployment on an Embedded Training Team (ETT) in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF IV). This was from the period of 1 September 2005 to 1 September 2006. I have...
In July 2003, Lieutenant Colonel Dennis Sullivan deployed to Afghanistan as the executive officer of 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment and served in this capacity throughout his nine-month tour operating mostly in the country's Paktika...
As an infantry officer in the 82nd Airborne Division from 2002-2006, Major Keller Durkin participated in three different deployments and describes them in three separate interviews. In the wake of the attack on the World Trade Center, he...
Lieutenant Colonel Michael Slusher, a Kansas National Guard soldier, served on an embedded training team (ETT) in various places throughout Afghanistan in 2006 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Slusher begins his interview by discussing the...
Historically a distinct cultural and operational rift has evolved between Special Operations Forces (SOF) and Conventional Forces (CF) that devalued the need for SOF-CF integration and for developing common operating procedures and doctrine. This...
Since September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, Special Operation Forces (SOF) and Conventional Forces (CF) have be increasingly working together throughout the world against numerous asymmetrical threats. However, operations in Iraq and...
The military/media relationship is historically tenuous. While both the media and the military play a role in the preservation of American freedoms, the military depends on operations security for many of its functions while the media demands...
This paper covers some aspects of SGM Harold J. Pafford’s career experience in the Wyoming Army National Guard, including his deployment experience in Afghanistan.
This volume presents the story of Afghanistan's fight against the Soviet Army beginning in 1979 and how the Mujahideen prevailed against a larger and decisively better equipped foe. It provides an understanding of guerrilla field craft and tactics,...
From May 2007 through May 2008 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan, Major Stephen Boesen served variously as the chief of three different embedded training teams (ETTs) within 1st Brigade, 203rd Afghan Regional Security Integrated...
In November 2004, ODA-166 deployed to Zormat, Afghanistan. The detachment operated in the Zormat area for six months. The detachment’s primary mission was to maintain stability in the Paktia Province. In conjunction with the Afghan National Army,...
In the summer of 2001 I was an Army Reserve Civil Affairs Team Sergeant serving in Bosnia-Herzegovina. I had gotten tired of all the “when I was in Bosnia…” stories I had heard around the drill hall and volunteered for what was then called...
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...