My field artillery unit was mobilized to perform a non-standard military police mission during Operation Iraqi Freedom II. The unit was part of the largest National Guard mobilization from our state since the Vietnam era. The challenges of...
This thesis conducts an analysis of the United States Army’s changes in tactical logistics organizations and doctrine from 1999 to 2006 and compares them against published literature to determine if changes made have been revolutionary in nature...
This monograph examines a concept for the employment of the Stinger Air Defense Artillery weapon system known as "Stinger Under Armor." It traces the evolution of the concept from its genesis during the SGT York Division Air Defense Gun testing...
A reprint of the second edition ( of History of Fort Leavenworth) brought up to date by Walter E. Lorence. The original covered the first 110 years of Fort Leavenworth's history and provided a chronology of events that covered the Westward...
This publication brings up to date the original history published by Colonel Elvid Hunt in 1927 and revised by Captain Walter E. Lorence in 1937. It contains a chronology of events from 1937 - 1951.
In the wake of hostilities, military professionals should not foreswear changes and adjustments designed to make their forces more proficient on future battlefields. Military forces that have just suffered a costly defeat often manifest a greater...
In the fall of 2004, 2nd Battalion 1st Special Forces Group deployed to Afghanistan for Operation Enduring Freedom. The Battalion performed its role running firebases, occupying border control points, and running combat operations with indigenous...
This annual report from the Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office contains the following information: plans and policy; research and analysis (Southeast and Northeast Asia); Joint Commission support; operations and personnel recovery; outreach...
Johnson, Gerald; Durrani, Agha; Merriwether, Derrick; West, Alan
Thesis: The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure plan will significantly enhance the Army’s Transformation process. Abstract: The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) plan is the fifth round of the Department of Defense’s infrastructure...
Safety, efficacy, and legal concerns surrounded the Department of Defense (DoD) Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program (AVIP) in the early and mid-2000s. Production capacity, patient refusals, and legal injunctions limited vaccine delivery during...
This monograph examines the ability of the COSCOM to execute operational logistics tasks in a single corps contingency as outlined in FM 100-7 Decisive Force: The Army in Theater of Operations. The monograph concludes that the COSCOM cannot execute...
This manual prescribes the duties to be performed in the service of the piece by the personnel normally assigned to one howitzer section of the firing battery.
This paper will cover key events and lessons I learned as 1SG during the deployment of a
Reserve unit, the 351st Ordnance Company (Ammo) during its 13 month deployment to Fort
Lewis, Washington in support of Operation Nobel Eagle and its...
As of Spring 1999, the United States Army continues discussing the design of the Army After Next and the need to create an operationally significant force capable of deploying rapidly, conducting distributed operations using maneuver and firepower,...
This thesis examines the 3X8 direct support field artillery battalion in the Army's heavy divisions from its inception in 1976 to its present state. The study places special emphasis on documenting the operational change of the firing battery from...
Deploying any unit to war is a challenge; but doing it in a Battalion Headquarters Headquarters Company (HHC) under poor leadership is even harder. As First Sergeant (1 SG) I had a unique perspective of the impact poor leadership has on a unit....
This paper will briefly express what happen with the 68th Transportation Company, during the deployment to Operation Iraqi Freedom 05-07. You will find out which units the organization was attached to, certain combat missions, and lesson learned...
This study compares ammunition resupply doctrine for nondivisional units with the 75th FA Brigade experiences during Desert Storm. The intent is to analyze the reasons the 75th was nearly out of ammunition at the end of the war. A four step process...
This Standing Operating Procedure is the result of experience acquired by the 776th Amphibian Tank Battalion during its attachment to the Seventh Infantry Division in the Leyte Campaign. Its purpose is to make available for study those details of...