To meet the demands of the tactical commander to rapidly increase the flow of information on the battlefield, automated command and control systems are being developed; thereby creating the possibility of catastrophic software failures which can...
For my professional experience paper, I chose to write about my last deployment to the Middle East, to Kuwait as the First Army Senior LNO NCOIC to Army Central at Camp Arifjan. The intent of this paper is to share some observations and common...
In the summer of 1995, SGM Scott Germain, a then 28-year-old SSG, was working for 3rd Special Forces Group, 3rd Battalion Bravo Company, Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) 385 in Rwanda. His story tells of how his team organized, trained, and built...
Security Challenges and the Nature of Future War. The changing security environment. Graham H. Turbiville Jr.; Colonel William W. Mendel, US Army, Retired; and Jacob W. Kipp Operation Rio: taking back the...
The purpose of this paper is to comment on how well soldiers, Noncommissioned Officers, and officers of the S3, 37th Transportation Command, responded to the commands first and possibly the last mission of its kind in direct support of Operation...
The idea of a combined joint engineer element to coordinate and synchronize the engineer effort in a Theater was conceptualized after the experiences of Operation Iraqi Freedom. During my tour of 25 months in Iraq working as a First Sergeant, and...
Specifically prescribes implementing policies for the Army's testing and evaluation program. Applies to all systems acquired under the auspices of the AR 70-series and AR 25-series. It also defines the role of the Army Test and Evaluation...
MAJ Bat-Erdene Batkhuu served as a regimental training officer with the Armed Forces of Mongolia during 2004 and 2005 in Kabul, Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In the first of two January 2009 interviews, MAJ Batkhuu...
This paper describes my experience while deployed to Afghanistan as the Operations
NCOIC for Psychological Operation Task Force-Afghanistan. We supported
Combined Joint Task Force-76. I include my experience as a PSYOP Planner when I
worked with...
From August through November 2003, Major Steve Petzold served as a civil affairs team leader for Echo Company, 96th Civil Affairs Battalion, and did a 90-day de-mining training mission in the African nation of Chad. In this interview, he discusses...
Lieutenant Colonel Scott Farquhar served as a military transition team (MiTT) leader from May 2007 until May 2008 to advise a brigade of the Iraqi 3rd Infantry Division in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Farquhar and his team completed...
MAJ Matthew Gomez served as assistant Support Operations Officer (SPO) in Baghdad, Iraq during 2003 and 2004, company commander in Baghdad, Iraq during 2005 and 2006, as operations and logistics officer in Kirkuk, Iraq during 2007 and 2008 in...
During his 2004-2005 Operation Iraqi Freedom deployment, Colonel Robert Abrams commanded the 1st Cavalry Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, based primarily in Sadr City. In this interview, he starts off by discussing the predeployment training he...
In this paper I will discuss some of the training events during our mobilization and preparing for our deployment to Baghdad, Iraq. I will cover some of the training that was presented to a Command and Control (C-2) medical unit and the lessons...
February 2007 the 39th IBCT of the Arkansas Army National Guard received their alert for a mobilization and deployment to Iraq scheduled in the early part of 2008. The immediate plan focused on WTT, WBD, Individual Weapons Qualifications, Crew...
After selection to MSG, the only thing I could think about was becoming a First Sergeant, for it had been a dream of mine for my entire career. With V Corps Headquarters deploying to Iraq in support of OlD 05-07, I found myself in the right place...
I will describe my assignment to the 35th Engineer Brigade during the period June 2007 thru the present in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The period, known commonly as "The Surge", is both challenging and professionally rewarding. Our Brigade...
This paper is in reference to the first C2I (Colombian Training Initiative) rotation of
ODB (Operational Detachment Bravo) 750, 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne)
from July 1, 2000 to December 18, 2000.
COL Ronald Westfall focuses on his experiences as an Infantry Battalion Executive Officer mobilized in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF I). In relating his experiences in the pre-mobilization process, COL Westfall describes lacking good...
Major General John P. McLaren Jr., formerly the assistant division commander for operations for the 80th Division (Institutional Training), deployed to Iraq in 2005-2006 as commander of the Iraqi Assistance Group. Replacing the 98th Division as...