Assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 82nd Signal Battalion, Chaplain (Major) Gary Payne deployed to Kuwait in early 2003 and, since he had already had combat zone experience from Operation Desert Storm, was chosen to serve as the division rear...
Between March 2003 and March 2004, Major Mary Beth Taylor served as battalion S3, then XO, of the 180th Transportation Battalion, 64th Corps Support Group. Her unit was part of Task Force Iron Horse that moved heavy and non-roadable equipment for...
Colonel Don C. Young served as the commander of the 1st Armored Division Engineer Brigade with responsibility for Baghdad, Iraq from May 2003 on. In the interview he discusses the logistics surprises he experienced with port operations in Kuwait....
Major Larry Burris commanded Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry, 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division during the opening days of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Commanding for 22 months, Burris deployed his company to Kuwait attached to 1st...
Major Scott Linton, US Army Reserve (USAR), served as the assistant operations officer of the 1185th Transportation Brigade, USAR. An Active Guard Reserve soldier, Linton was a full-time soldier who deployed with the brigade headquarters for a...
This interview focuses on Major Fernando Guadalupe's service in Operation Iraqi Freedom from February 2003 until July 2003 when he served as commander of Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment. It covers Guadalupe's preparation for...
Lieutenant Colonel Michael Gabel deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom as the 11th Aviation Regiment's fire support officer from January through June 2003, and then transitioned in theater to become operations officer for the 41st Field...
In command of Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry - part of 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division - and then, mid-tour, becoming a brigade civil affairs officer, Major Scott Carpenter supported Operation Iraqi Freedom from January through...
Commander Mike Varney, US Navy, received word that he would command a provincial reconstruction team (PRT) while assigned to the Chief of Naval Operations staff at the Pentagon. Notified in December 2005, Varney and several other officers would...
Commander John Wade was at work for the Vice Chief of Naval Operations at the Pentagon when his future assignment as a provincial reconstruction team (PRT) commander in Afghanistan came about. In 2006, as one of a group of hand-picked,...
Chaplain (Major) Harry "Chip" Huey deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) I and II. His first deployment was the chaplain of the 485th Corps Support Battalion (CSB), V Corps, in March 2003. The CSB, after several false starts between their...
Major Alan Wesenberg, US Air Force, deployed as a flight commander of a 12-aircraft air expeditionary force (AEF) element of the 492nd Fighter Squadron form March to June 2004. Flying F-15Es from Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom, to...
In this second of two interviews reference his Operation Iraqi Freedom experiences - the first one covering his March to September 2005 deployment - Major John Polidoro, US Marine Corps, discusses his August 2006 through March 2007 tour as, again,...
An assistant operations officer with the 75th Field Artillery Brigade, Major Kevin Brown deployed to Operation IRAQI FREEDOM with his unit, which became the command and control element for the 75th Exploitation Task Force (XTF), charged with...
During his 2003 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Russ Meyer commanded Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, part of the 101st Airborne Division. In this interview, he discusses leading his rifle company...
Major Michelle Vancourt, an Air Force officer, served as the director of staff and the protocol officer for the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing at Manas Airbase, Kyrgyzstan, from May through September 2005 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom....
This paper is an analysis and study of important landings and related incidents from 1845 to the present time with particular attention to historical facts that might lead to deductions of value to the discussion. And, a discussion of the...
This study proposes that to have immediate connection with the battle front and, in tactical operations, a widespread use of air transport in major emergency of any nation requires adequate aviation. The adaptability of various types of flying...
The successful advance of the Third and Meuse German Armies, and the disaster which befell the French Metz Army are excellent examples of the proper and improper application of logistical principles of march, and illustrate the manner in which they...
This paper chronicles the British naval supremacy, Force "D" to reach and land in Mesopotamia undisturbed. The operations of the naval forces in conjunction with an army on shore were successful only as the army was successful.