This Field Artillery Guide has been designed primarily for field use and reference. The staff of the Field Artillery Journal intends it to give each Field Artilleryman all necessary working data, when supplemented only by the manuals and range...
What could have made the Military Police (MP) and Marine Security Guard (MSG) response more effective, averting negative media coverage and public opinion? The Tet Offensive has been widely acknowledged as the turning point of the United States...
Consists of reports of the signal officer of the V Amphibious Corps on the seizure and occupation of Iwo Jima during World War II. Includes Appendix 1 - report by Signal Officer (CO Prov Signal Group) and Annex Charlie.
The Army’s new promotion system to the rank of Sergeant Major is just not fair but in my opinion completely unethical. When I began my career in the Army almost 20 years ago, I was under the belief that advancement to higher rank would be fair....
The transition to becoming a First Sergeant in Special Forces (SF) is much different from many other Army units. Most SF Master Sergeants have spent multiple years working in 12 man teams with ranks ranging from Staff Sergeant to Captain. Having...
MACV: The Joint Command in the Years of Withdrawal, 1968--1973, is the second of two volumes that examine the Vietnam conflict from the perspective of the theater commander and his headquarters. It traces the story of the Military Assistance...
This paper follows my life in the Army from enlistment in the Army, initial entry and up to and including my first trip as a Special Forces (SF) Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) operations sergeant or ‘team sergeant’. The intent of the...
Our pursuit for rank is a full time occupation that continues until you retire. We all attempt to follow a “Career Map” that each branch of the Army designs. The Chemical Branch published a professional development guide to assist Soldiers in...
Today’s leadership challenges require the Army to review and restructure the Noncommissioned Officer Education System (NCOES) to be relevant to current requirements. Proposed changes to the NCOES curriculum will result in an overall improvement...
A more educated enlisted force will close the communication gap with the officer corps and create Noncommissioned Officers (NCOs) that are more competent. Much of the college credit can come from existing Noncommissioned Officer Education System...
The 10th Mountain Division (LI) deployed to Iraq in April/May 2008 as the Multi-National Division -Center (MND-C) Headquarters based at Camp Victory (Baghdad), Iraq. The mission of MND-C was to conduct stabilization and combat operations in the...
During my years of service as Career Counselor, I have served in battalion and brigade levels. When the opportunity came available to work as an Operations NCO, I was somewhat uncertain and it took me some time to decide to accept this new...
This study discusses the 33rd Division encounter with gas warfare along the Meuse and covers types of gases, military operations, use of gas masks, and analyzes the actual attack.
Summary report from September 29/30, 1944 representing the best available information for the current day on the Japanese armed forces situation and military capabilities.
This document is the first of two volumes that examine the Vietnam conflict from the perspective of the theater commander and his headquarters. It traces the story of the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV), from its establishment in...
This study discusses the 1st Division encounter with gas warfare in Cantigny and covers equipment used, types of gases, instruction in warfare, the German version and analyzes the actual attack.
In 2002 I was the Detachment Sergeant for the 223rd Medical Detachment (Preventive Medicine) stationed at Fort Carson, Colorado. That fall almost the entire installation was alerted for deployment to Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)....
Ethics is an individual or group standard of conduct in moral and/or value. Today, the ethical issue facing the Army I will discuss is the information about the Army's transformation. Ordinary, this is not an issue however; the limited information...
The United States Army Human Resource Command's (HRC) replacement selection process, for Professional Development Noncommissioned Officer's (PDNCO), unintentionally creates an ethical dilemma. The dilemma is present on a monthly basis in the...
Given that in today's Army, with slipping retention rates and numerous conflicts across the globe, it's imperative that the most qualified senior noncommissioned officers (NCO) lead and train the Army's future leaders. Under these circumstances, is...