Commanders routinely undervalue logistics, despite the fact that logistics is arguably nine-tenths of the formula for winning. For the United States, this reality has significant consequences since every war beginning with the Spanish-American War...
Force caps and related command and control issues had a considerable influence on the conduct of operations in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. This paper attempts to answer the question, "Did force caps prevent ground component...
Colonel Jody Daniels, a reservist who served formerly with the 98th Division (Institutional Training), deployed to Iraq as a member of that division's survey team, and later became the Multinational Security Transition Command-Iraq joint staff...
When the 98th Division (Institutional Training) deployed to Iraq in 2004-2005, Major General James R. Helmly was the chief of Army Reserve and commanding general of United States Army Reserve Command. In this interview, focusing on the 98th's...
The overall intent of this monograph is to examine an operational warfighting headquarters (CFLCC) in order to show the degree to which its contemporary commanders and core planners exhibited a 18common cultural bias 19 or operational mindedness...
Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Blaise Cornell-d'Echert was involved in the initial creation of the Coalition Military Assistance Training Team (CMATT) in Iraq starting in July 2003. In this interview, he talks about how the initial structuring of the...
The Counter IED Targeting Program (CITP) is a new intelligence capability that did not previously exist before 2004. The National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC) developed and implemented a critical gap in the national effort to counter the new...
MAJ Andy Dziengeleski served as the Chief of Force Management under the CJ3 directorate in Bagram, Afghanistan during 2005 and 2006 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. In this February 2009 interview, MAJ Dziengeleski discusses his...
Major William Taylor served as a military transition team (MiTT) member in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from December 2005 to December 2006. In this interview, Taylor talks about the MiTTs and the current disconnection from their strategic...
This personal experience paper will describe my personal history and current experience as the Battalion Command Sergeant Major of the 1st Battalion, 125 Infantry Regiment of the Michigan Army National Guard. This paper will outline the 1-125...
In 2003, the Infantry Training Brigade (ITB) at Fort Benning, GA put in a Request for Forces (RFF) for one complete Battalion of Drill Sergeants and the HQ’s element. This RFF was a result of the President and the Department of the Army’s...
Army Force Generation (ARFORGEN) is the Army’s transformational model for manning, equipping, training, and deploying both Active Component (AC) and Reserve Component (RC) forces. Under this modular force concept, the Army National Guard (ARNG)...
One of the fundamental roles of all levels government is to respond to domestic emergencies to save lives, protect property, and promote public health and safety. USACE provides vital assistance to the nation during disasters. The disaster response...
The United States has now invaded Iraq on two separate occasions. These invasions offer some interesting similarities such as occurring on nearly the same terrain with similar equipment and against Iraqi forces under the leadership of Saddam...
This book is a review of infantry drill regulations of the United States Army up to 1898. Divided into school of the soldier, company, battalion, regiment, brigade, and corps. Includes index and bugle call music.
While assigned as First Sergeant (1SG) of Headquarter and Headquarters Battery (HHB) 17 Field Artillery Brigade (FAB), we were in the final stages of our re-intrigration and regeneration training upon returning from Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) I,...
In this interview, MAJ Kirk Whittenberger, US Army, Military Police; discusses his deployment to Iraq as the company commander in 2006 through 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Whittenberger discusses a typical day in theater...
Currently the chief of force generation at Fort Leavenworth's Joint Center for International Security Force Assistance, Colonel Sean Ryan, in mid 2004, was "brought in … to assist Brigadier General Richard Sherlock" - assistant division commander...
Overcoming information operations legal limitations in support of domestic operations is a stumbling block to applying information effectively in this environment. Current US Title 10 restrictions limit the use of certain assets (e.g. Psychological...