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 Jeffrey Paine served as the headquarters and headquarters troop (HHT) commander with the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry at Forward Operating Base (FOB) McKenzie outside Samarra, Iraq during 2004 and 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). ...
Serving in 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment - part of the 3rd Infantry Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM - Major Charles O'Brien commanded a tank company during (and for roughly one month following) the conclusion of...
This interview with Chaplain (Major) Roy M. Myers, a chaplain clinician, covers his deployment as part of Task Force 134, specifically with the 21st Combat Support Hospital, to Iraq from April 2006 to April 2007. He discusses the religious support...
This monograph examines the most effective theater positioning of a US Forces operational commander in a conflict conducted in 2O1O. The monograph first defines who it is who practices operational command (differentiating between operational level...
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 is a transcript of an interview with Sergeant Major of the Army Leon L. Van Autreve (USA- ret.) conducted in 1994 for the Sergeants major of the Army History Project.
This is a transcript of a 1993 interview with SMA Silas L. Copeland, Sergeant Major of the ARMY, conducted for the Sergeant major of the ARMY history project.
I will talk about a Soldier that put me in an ethical dilemma that I thought was not possible. It made me pay more attention the standards and policies. I always put the standards in black and white. Either, you are right or wrong according to...
By outlining my personal experiences in the military I will capture what I believe are the defining moments in my career. I will do this by sharing with you the reader my unit assignments and significant leaders along the way. Leaders that have had...
This is an oral history transcript between General Ralph E. Haines, Jr. and interviewer Captain William J. Hudson, conducted on 22 APRIL 1976 in San Antonio, Texas, for the U.S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, PA. General Haines...
During Operation Iraqi Freedom II, I was the First Sergeant for HHT 1st Squadron, 4th U.S. Cavalry, 1st Infantry Division, based at Samarra East Airfield, Iraq. I was responsible for the largest troop in Task Force Sabre, with over 450 assigned...
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...
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 Scott Shaw served as the brigade headquarters and headquarters company (HHC) commander for the 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division during 2003 at Camp Phoenix, Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In this February 2009...
MAJ James Doty served as an intelligence advisor with the Office of the Program Manager - Saudi Arabia National Guard (OPM-SANG) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia during 2008 and 2009. In this April 2010 interview, MAJ Doty discusses the nature of the...
CPT Raychad Vannatta served as company commander of Bravo Company, 1-137th Aviation Regiment at Joint Base Balad (JBB), Iraq during 2008 and 2009 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this December 2009 interview, CPT Vannatta discusses...
CH (MAJ) Geoffrey Bailey served as the battalion chaplain with the 2-43rd Air Defense Artillery (ADA) in Jalibah, Iraq during 2003 and as the Combat Support Hospital (CSH) chaplain with the 86th CSH in Mosul, Iraq during 2007 through 2009 in...
MAJ Serelda Herbin served with the Adjutant General branch in Baghdad, Iraq during 2010 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this March 2011 interview, MAJ Herbin discusses her pre-conceptions about Iraq and how they were disproved...