This paper will explain the reason Iraq went to war with Iran. It will also highlight some of the difficulties placed on Iraq and Iran as well as the United States during the Iran-Iraq war. Those difficulties along with the long seeded frustrations...
This paper will discuss what I, as first Sergeant, experienced while Assassin Company was deployed to Kuwait. I will describe the company when I first assumed responsibility. Then I will describe how, with the aid of the commander, we improved the...
From June 2004 through July 2005, Major Cameron Cantlon served as the brigade operations officer for Area Support Group-Kuwait, located at Camp Arifjan. "To summarize in a sentence," he explained, ASG-Kuwait "conducts force protection and base...
Major Tim Vail served as the deputy Gulf Region engineer for the Transatlantic Programs Center with the US Army Corps of Engineers in support of the Global War on Terrorism from January 2007 until January 2008. Vail had completed his master's...
This monograph examines whether or not the U.S. possesses the strategic mobility assets required to win successfully two nearly simultaneous major regional conflicts (MRCs). The current National Security Strategy (NSS) states that the U.S. must...
Army Sustainment is a vital aspect of success in war. Throughout U.S. military history, the ability to sustain military forces for extended periods has led to numerous military victories. The Normandy invasion and subsequent defeat of Nazi Germany...
Major Stephen Shrader served as the HHC commander for 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry - part of 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division - from March 2003 to July 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Shrader first deployed from May 2002 to December...
Santos, Theodore L.; Ellies, Terence; Martin, Perry B.; Summerville, Perry
Thesis: The U.S. Strategic level leaders were responsible for the coalition victory during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm was an international cooperation of armed intervention that resulted in...
Craig, Steven T.; Vaalmets, Hannes; Valentine, Anthony; Chancellor, Reginald
The Persian Gulf War of 1990, also known as Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm brought turmoil and conflict to a region with enormous uncertainty. The nation states of Iraq, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia where in dispute over land, resources and...
Movement Control facilitates the expeditious movement of critical supplies and equipment during Full Spectrum Operations. This paper will illustrate how lessons learned during a previous deployment can be used as a teaching tool within a learning...
By examining four historical contexts featuring corps headquarters performing their doctrinal roles, this study indentified three signposts that assist practitioners with anticipating the future role of a corps headquarters at onset and throughout...
This thesis examines predictions journalists made during the Gulf War, to include whether or not force would be used, and, if so, how. Predictions that might have caused security violations were examined, as was the military's use of the media to...
The Persian Gulf War of 1990-1991 was widely hailed as a triumph of modern warfare. Those who remembered the trauma and inconclusiveness of Vietnam applauded its clear goals, lack of civilian interference, and decisive end. Yet, twelve years later,...
In this interview, MAJ Timothy Graber, US Army, Chemical; discusses his deployment to Kuwait as the Chemical company commander in 2006 through 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Graber talks about his role as a company commander...
A reservist serving with the 98th Division (Institutional Training), Lieutenant Colonel Antonio L. Morales was mobilized and deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2004 and 2005. Normally assigned as a schools officer with the...
Major Richard Hetherington served as a liaison officer (LNO) between the Combined Forces Land Component Command (CFLCC), the Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense (MoD), and the American Embassy in Kuwait from August 2002 through August 2003 in support of...
On a theoretical level, defensive campaigns are the stronger form of war. As Clausewitz said, “All things being equal defense is the stronger form.” However on the practical side defensive campaigns can only remain the stronger form of war if...
In the twentieth century, Army operational logisticians sustained land combat operations in five recognized wars: World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and Operation Desert Storm. Only three of the five wars involved major combat maneuvers,...
This study examines the concept of battle command from a modern historical perspective. It analyzes the decision making and leadership displayed by Lieutenant General Franks during the planning, preparation and execution of Operation Desert Storm...
United States. Army. Infantry Division (Mechanized), 24th.
24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) OPLAN 91-3 represents the Victory Division's detailed plan of attack from pre-attack positions along the Saudi Arabian border to the Euphrates River Valley of Iraq.