This paper explores the development of an operational approach to secure the Falkland Islands following the Argentine invasion on 30 March 1982. The Falklands Islands campaign is a case study of operational art and the development of an operational...
On the shores of southern California, Demon III, the third post-war demonstration of amphibious techniques expressly designed to supplement the curriculum at Fort Leavenworth, took place. Staged by Navy and Marine Corps personnel for the express...
The contents of this paper begin during the pre-deployment phase for Operation DESERT SHIELD, when I was a Squad Leader in C/2/325 Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, located at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. As a part of the United...
During the months of August 1990 through March of 1991 I participated in Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Iraq. This story tells of how my unit was trained, mobilized, and conducted combat operations.
I was born on 3 October 1967 in San Antonio, TX. At the age of six months my mother divorced my father and we moved to Bryan, TX where I spent the remainder of my childhood prior to joining the Army. My mother remarried, he adopted me and became my...
The advanced technology and modern firepower of a Superior Army will be tested to the limits by a lightly armed, innovative, stealthy and formidable enemy. Although the U.S. entered each war as the best trained and equipped, the Army’s easy...
Operation Desert Storm was the first major conflict since the Vietnam. It employed Corps and Division force on force warfare that the US military had trained for at places like the National Training Center. I was a young buck sergeant serving in a...
In this personal experience paper, I will be talking about my participation in Operation Desert Shield/Storm as an Operation Sergeant and Section Chief while assigned to 551st Cargo Transfer Company, Ft. Eustis, Virginia. I will talk about events...
This paper takes a look at some of the experience and thoughts that I had prior to combat operations in Iraq. It looks at some of the contributions of Army Aviation during this operation and some of its weakness’. As an Army we heavily rely on...
This study examines the influence of ground forces on the conduct and outcome of the Desert Storm air operations. This influence took three distinct forms. First, Coalition ground forces were instrumental in fixing the Iraqis in static positions in...
Abstract: The United States forces prepared vigorously for the first battle during and leading up to Operation Desert Storm. Unlike many other battles in the war history of our nation, the U.S. military planned and carefully executed their approach...
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...
This paper is an account of my experiences as a Special Forces Team Sergeant during Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines. I will cover the permission training, forward staging, deployment, the obstacles we encountered as our missions...
The attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon left the American public in a state of anguish and anger. With the debris still smoldering in the streets of New York, Bush stated that the United States and all those who want global peace...
This paper is to document my experience as a Company Sergeant Major during Operation Iraqi Freedom IV and my company's rotation. It will cover some of my experiences during mobilization, pre-mission training, deployment, redeployment, and...
My personal experience paper is a snap shot of my experiences while serving as a First Sergeant for Bravo Company Forward Support Battalion on the frontlines of the battlefield of Afghanistan. My theme for this paper is coveralls in combat; I have...
My personal experience paper is a snap shot of my experiences while serving as the First Sergeant of HQ & A Company Forward Support Battalion during Operation Enduring Freedom IV, Afghanistan. I have also served on other battle fronts such as...
In the early spring of 2007 our battalion, the 142nd Military Intelligence Battalion (LING), was busily preparing for a two-week long brigade exercise that we were hosting. We had been hearing some rumblings of a possible deployment to Iraq and...
My name is MSG Carl Richards. I joined the military in December of 1980 and entered service in February 1980 to attend Basic Training. My enlistment was an 11 B and contract was for Special Forces, Fort Bragg, NC.
I attend OSUT basic training...
This paper is in reference to an OEF (Operation Enduring Freedom) rotation of SFODA (Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha) 745, Company A, 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) from September 30, 2002 to April 15, 2003.