This is an oral history interview with Sergeant Major of the Army (Ret.) William o. Wooldridge, the first Sergeant Major of the Army, conducted on 6 February 2000.
This is a transcript of a taped interview with Sergeant Major of the Army William G. Bainbridge, conducted by Sergeant Major Erwin H. Koehler (United States Army, retired) for the Center of Military History, United States Army and the United States...
This monograph examines a looming gap in the Army's inventory. After April 1997 a strategically deployable airdroppable lightweight armored vehicle to support early entry forces will not exist. The decisions to terminate the Armored Gun System...
The Army Times has reported that the Chief of Staff of the Army, General Peter Schoomaker, has directed the army to pursue more effective organizational structures. Since that is the case, now is the perfect time to revisit the decision to remove...
Since April 1997, a strategically deployable, airdroppable light armored, direct fire system to support our early entry forces no longer exists. The decision to inactivate the 3-73 Armor Battalion and terminate the Armored Gun System has resulted...
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...
In the second of three interviews, MAJ Bill Dougherty discusses his first deployment to Iraq in February of 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. MAJ Dougherty talks about how his time at Camp New York was essential to the integration of his...
COL Ronald Westfall focuses on his experiences as an Infantry Battalion Executive Officer mobilized in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF I). In relating his experiences in the pre-mobilization process, COL Westfall describes lacking good...
In 2003, the Army Field Support Command (AFSC) and the Joint Munitions Command (JMC), collocated at Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, began a comprehensive oral history project aimed at chronicling a full-spectrum slice of the commands' role in...
This monograph examines United States Army peace operations doctrine as it was executed by 3d Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Light) in Operation Uphold Democracy. The 3d Brigade conducted peace operations in Northern Haiti beginning in January...
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), formed in 1949, provided security and defense as an organization against the threat perceived through the ideology and military power of the Soviet Union and its expansionist politics. With the...
As an Active Component, Reserve Component team chief based at Fort Stewart, Georgia, Major Richard Mohr oversaw the training mainly of National Guard units that were preparing to deploy in support of the Global War on Terrorism. Specializing in...
MAJ John Hill served served as the brigade assistant logistics officer (S4) for plans with the 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division (AD) and as company commander of Bravo Company 1-16 in Ramadi, Iraq during 2003 and 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi...
As a member of 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group and commander of ODA 324, Major Chris Wells played a lead role in the July 2005 battle of Siah Chow, fought in southern Afghanistan's Uruzgan Province. Having its genesis in the suspected...
A tactics instructor at Fort Benning, Georgia, when he received a tasking to lead an 11-man military transition team (MiTT) that would be responsible for advising an Iraqi light infantry battalion, Major David Voorhies deployed in February 2006 on...
Master Sergeant Charles Burroughs, an intelligence specialist for 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, talks about the Battle of Mari Ghar which took place in Afghanistan on 7 August 2005 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. In this...
Major Lee Williams volunteered to go to Iraq and reported into Fort Riley in June 2006. After two years as an intern to the Joint Chiefs of Staff and then attending graduate school at Georgetown, he figured it would be good to get back to the...
This is a transcript of an oral history interview with Mr. John G. Oechsner. It is dated: January 19, 1982. The audio version of this interview is also available through this archive. The interview was conducted by Sergeant Major Erwin H. Koehler,...
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...
MAJ Mark Anders served as battery commander with the 2-20 Field Artillery Battalion of the 4th Infantry Division (ID) in Taji, Iraq during 2003 and 2004, as the Assistant Fire Support Coordinator (AFSCOORD) for the 25th ID at Contingency Operating...