This work chronicles the challenging task of bringing stability and representative government to the Iraqi city of Kirkuk after the fall of the Baathist regime. Although the plan for Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF) required US forces to prepare to...
This work chronicles the challenging task of bringing stability and representative government to the Iraqi city of Kirkuk after the fall of the Baathist regime. Although the plan for Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF) required US forces to prepare to...
Deconstructing army leadership. COL Christoper R. Paparone, U.S. Army; A deconstruction of the Army's theory of leadership, with its emphasis on hierarchy and management, reveals that the Army has based its theory on circular logic, improvable...
Given the focus on the Brigade Combat Team as the Army's primary combat unit, the limited availability of U.S. Air Force airlift assets, and the U.S. Army history of employing predominantly medium sized airborne units, future airborne operations in...
Major Jason Dempsey deployed from the US Military Academy's Department of Social Sciences to Operation Iraqi Freedom from May 2005 until August 2005. A graduate of West Point himself, Dempsey was an infantry officer but deployed to a post in the...
La visión del ejército: la 4ª División del Ejército durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Dr. Robert S. Cameron; El Ejército diseñó a la 4ª AD para combatir en un campo de batalla europeo en contra de un poderoso enemigo en un conflicto...
The assistant operations officer for 3rd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group, Major D. Jones and his unit was tasked with conducting mainly unconventional warfare in northern Iraq during the major combat phase of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Fighting...
This essay describes the operations of a US Army infantry battalion as it prepared for combat at its home base in Europe and fought in northern Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The actions described were carried out by the 1st Battalion...
This is an account of the notification, preparation, and actions taken prior to and during the movement of Task force Wolfhound, from Oahu, Hawaii through Kuwait to FOB Warrior, Iraq. I will discuss the measures we took in order to move our...
MAJ Elliott Rogers served as the battalion operations officer in Kirkuk, Iraq during 2003 and 2004 and as the brigade operations officer in Kirkuk, Iraq during 2009 and 2010 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this March 2010...
Of all the ethnic groups in the Middle East, the Kurds can best determine the success or failure of the US attempt to establish a democracy in Iraq. Since 1991, the Kurds, unlike any other ethnic nation, have experienced the best-protected...
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...
An assistant operations officer in the 1st Attack Helicopter Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment upon deploying in February 2003 in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Captain Jamie Wallace assumed command of Bravo Company shortly after arriving in...
MAJ Matthew Gomez served as assistant Support Operations Officer (SPO) in Baghdad, Iraq during 2003 and 2004, company commander in Baghdad, Iraq during 2005 and 2006, as operations and logistics officer in Kirkuk, Iraq during 2007 and 2008 in...
In this interview, Major Joseph Giusti, artillery officer with the 101st Airborne Division, talks about his deployment to Kirkuk in Iraq as the Company Commander of HHB, 2nd Battalion, 320th Artillery in September 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi...
Major Mark Gilmore deployed to Iraq for his second tour of duty in Operation Iraqi Freedom as the leader of a military transition team (MiTT) in September 2006. He reported first to Fort Riley, Kansas, to undergo immersion training at FOB Victory,...
The National Security Strategy of the United States of America of September 2002 (NSS) aims “to help make the world not just safer but better.” In order to achieve this ambitious challenge, The NSS defines the following goals on the path to...
Given the importance of security force assistance in an era of persistent conflict and the need for counterinsurgency operations, what makes indigenous police forces effective in counterinsurgency? This monograph proposes that, if the Army faces an...
In early 2009 Multi-National Division--North (MND--N) directed its brigade combat teams (BCTs) to begin a women's initiative program. The program's goal was to empower Iraqi women to improve their own lives and the lives of their families. Captains...
United States Army Special Forces (SF) has played a critical role in prosecuting the Global War on Terror. Their ability to wage unconventional warfare remains their trademark. Operations in Afghanistan and northern Iraq demonstrated SF's ability...