In this interview, MAJ Jennifer Reynolds, US Army, Aviation; discusses her deployment to Afghanistan as a military assistant to the director of operations in RC-South in 2010 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). MAJ Reynolds describes...
While serving as the US National Command Element for Regional Command -South, the Soldiers of the 45th Sustainment Brigade were charged with sending all US killed-in-action Soldiers, Marines, Airmen, Sailors and Civilians home with dignity and...
The purpose of this monograph is to offer some practical solutions to building unity of effort between Special Operations Forces (SOF) and conventional forces using operations in Afghanistan from 2001 until 2009 as a case study. In researching U.S....
MAJ Robert Stanton served as company commander with the 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry in Kunar Province, Afghanistan during 2006 and 2007 and as an aide de camp at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) headquarters at Regional Command -...
Colonel Mark Neate, British Army, was the joint operations officer for United Kingdom (UK) forces at the British Permanent Joint Task Force supporting International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) operations in Afghanistan. From April to October...
The Imaginary Army Ethic: A Call for Articulating a Real Foundation for our Profession. Lieutenant Colonel Brian Imiola, U.S. Army, Ph.D.; For years the Army has talked about the "Army Ethic," but has never articulated the ethic's principles. A...
From December 1, 2008 to January 9, 2009, thirty-two students from Staff Groups 16A and 16B at the Command and General Staff College (CGSC) conducted an operational level study in order to recommend a course of action for the Afghanistan Campaign...
The deployment of the HHC/FSC Engineer Battalion proved that the National Guard continues to be a significant contributor to the Global War on Terrorism. The lO5th Engineer battalion would be challenged with one of the most dangerous missions on...
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. Combat Studies Institute.
This study offers an objective narrative of the events surrounding the Battle of Wanat. Army historians recognized the need to better understand the Battle of Wanat and ensure those who followed learned from the experiences of the courageous...
MAJ Gary Means served as a flight surgeon with the 82nd Airborne Combat Aviation Brigade in Kandahar, Afghanistan during 2007 and 2008 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In this February 2010 interview, MAJ Means discusses his unit's...
Detachment 101 of the Office of Strategic Services’ development of unconventional warfare doctrine in the China-Burma-India Theater of World War II presents the practitioner of unconventional warfare a worthy model of consideration for our...
Development and COIN in Regional Command-East, 2004-2008. Robert Kemp, Department of State; The United States deployed a cadre of talented, dedicated military and civilian officers to RC-- East in Afghanistan. They had a measurable positive...
The United States faces diverse challenges requiring a broad range of flexible capabilities to meet the ongoing security and stability operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, confront aggressive state and non-state actors, and provide humanitarian...
Major Stuart Farris deployed to Afghanistan for the second time in May 2004 as commander of ODA 341 in 2nd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group. Once in Afghanistan, he moved his detachment to the village of Zormat in the Paktia Province. Based on...
From July 2005 through July 2006, Major Doug Ross - a field artillery officer in the Kentucky National Guard - supported Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan on an embedded training team (ETT), assigned to the 4th Kandak of the 1st Brigade, 205th...
Major Chris Medina served as the deputy provost marshal for 10th Mountain Division in Kabul from January through December 2006 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. In this interview, he talks about the need for negotiation training among those...
In this second of three interviews, Major John Martin talks about serving in the division operations staff fires cell for Combined Joint Task Force-82 in Bagram, Afghanistan, from January 2007 through March 2008 in support of Operation Enduring...
MAJ Roger Miranda served as the battalion logistics officer (S4) and as a planner with the 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (ID) in Kandahar, Afghanistan during 2004 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In this April 2010 interview,...
In this interview, MAJ Jeffrey Rosenberg, US Army, Aviation, discusses his deployment to Afghanistan as a troop commander in 2008 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). MAJ Rosenberg discusses his experience with flying while in country. ...
In this interview, MAJ Nathan Strohm, US Army, Logistics; discusses his deployment to Afghanistan as a forward support company commander for 4th Brigade; 82nd Airborne Division; 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment in 2009 through 2010 in support of...