One of the most famous battles in history, the Battle of Balaklava was a remarkably disjointed and diminutive affair for the immeasurable attention and analysis that has been proffered in its aftermath. The battle itself consisted of little more...
The military medical community is using a new drug called Recombinant Activated Factor VII on Soldiers in Iraq. This drug is made for a rare form of hemophilia, not to stop the bleeding of trauma patients, and may cause blood clotting, strokes,...
On February 16, 1918 Lithuania proclaimed the act of independence (before this time Lithuania was under the occupation of Germany, Austria, Prussia and Russia). After this Lithuania created its own independent Armed Forces. All history of...
The flag of a country is more than only an everyday life characteristic. It symbolizes the people and the homeland. The color of Switzerland and the white cross lead to inevitably an unconscious effect with the national self-understanding. In...
The flag of a country is more than only an everyday life characteristic. It symbolizes the people and the homeland. The color of Switzerland and the white cross lead to inevitably an unconscious effect with the national self-understanding. In...
Along with the 308th Quartermaster Company, Army Reserve Sergeant Melissa Claggett was activated in November 2003 in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. A college student at the time, she arrived in Iraq in February 2004 and began work in a Class...
In this November 2009 interview, MAJ Michael Smith discusses his training focus on organization and the Military Decision Making Process (MDMP) in preparing his staff for mobilization. He noted challenges in preparing Aviation officers to perform...
About to join the 96th Civil Affairs Battalion based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina - "the most deployed unit within special operations" - it came as little surprise to Major Ben Sunds that, following the terrorist attacks of 9/11, "their...
A Regular Army signal officer assigned to the 42nd Infantry Division in Iraq from October 2004 to November 2005, Major Rodney Penny augmented the headquarters of the first National Guard division "to be called onto active duty to command and...
Colonel Gregory Gass was the brigade commander for the 101st Aviation Brigade, during both OIF I and II, deploying in January of 2003 and returning home in February 2004. Interviewed alongside his colonel was Major John White, the brigade executive...
Colonel Gregory Gass was the brigade commander for the 101st Aviation Brigade, during both OIF I and II, deploying in January of 2003 and returning home in February 2004. Interviewed alongside his colonel was Major John White, the brigade executive...
This monograph analyzes the Iran-Iraq War from its inception in September of 1980 through the Iranian Faw Counteroffensive of February 1986. It uses the precepts of operational art to examine the performance of the belligerents in this prolonged...