The end of the Persian Gulf War was followed by the establishment of Operation PROVIDE COMFORT and Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. Both of these operations have no-fly zones as their centerpieces. These first no-fly zones have already been followed by a...
Lieutenant Commander Brandon Sellers served as a pilot for an F-18 Hornet in Carrier Air Wing Five onboard USS Kitty Hawk from March through May 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, he talks about being part of the Navy's...
"You have been sent to the U.S. Army Artillery and Guided Missile School as a student officer for training to fit you for command, staff, or special staff duty with artillery units. The purpose of this booklet is primarily to tell you how the U.S....
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...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Essayons, originally published as the Fort Leonard Wood Guidon in 1966 then as the Guidon from 1966 to 1987. Became Essayons in 1988 and remained that way until 1999 when it reverted back to Guidon. It has been and continues to be a record of...
In this interview, LCDR John Riley, US Navy, Aviation, discusses his deployment as an E2 Aircraft Controller in 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). LCDR Riley describes a typical day and his view of the situation when entering...
Major John "Red" Walker, an F-16 pilot for the US Air Force (USAF), flew Harrier GR7s in the Royal Air Force's (RAF) 1 Squadron from Al Jaber Airfield, Kuwait, in 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He begins the interview by discussing...
The present challenge to the nation-state system broadly, and USG specifically, consists of non-state actors operating within the context of weak governance and unofficial economy. This thesis explores USG effectiveness in disrupting terrorist or...
The demise of the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact left the United States with no single identifiable threat. The “victory” of the Cold War has not provided the US with a significant “peace dividend” as predicted, but instead presents an...
During the Cold War, the National Guard served the nation as an insurance policy designed for mass mobilization in the event of a major war or national emergency. The nation could maintain a small but well-trained standing army and a large pool of...
United States. Marine Corps. Fleet Marine Force. G-1 Section
Journal of the G-1 Section of the Fleet Marine Force, regarding military assault operations and casualties during Operation Forager, the invasion of Saipan, Guam and Tinian in the Northern Mariana Islands during World War II.
Deconstructing army leadership. COL Christoper R. Paparone, U.S. Army; A deconstruction of the Army's theory of leadership, with its emphasis on hierarchy and management, reveals that the Army has based its theory on circular logic, improvable...
Lieutenant Commander Carl Whorton, United States Navy, deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) onboard the USS Carl Vinson as the naval flight officer for an E-2C Hawkeye from September through December 2001. In this interview,...
In this first of four interviews, Major Ramiro Santoyo, US Air Force, talks about serving as a troop commander in the 41st Electronic Combat Squadron on Camp Snoopy, Qatar from November 2002 through April 2003 in support of Operation Enduring...
In this October 2012 interview, Maj Travis Ruhl, US Air Force, discusses his deployment to Afghanistan as the executive officer to the Director of the Air Component Coordination Element – Afghanistan (ACCE-A) in 2010 in support of Operation...
Operations report of the Fourth Marine Division in Iwo Jima from February 19 to March 16, 1945. Including sections: planning and preparations, movement to objective, ship to shore movement, narrative of operation, progress of attack, and comments...
Provides Task Force 56 Expeditionary Troop staff officers' reports for the Iwo Jima invasion, including reports on artillery, ordnance, public relations, signals, medical, and transport quartermaster.