During the battle for the "Dam", a Ranger company (light infantry), with supporting Battalion heavy mortars and a slice of the Battalion TOC, were surrounded, far from any reinforcements, by a numerically superior enemy force. This battle raged for...
I served as the Operations Sergeant Major for Task Force 3-15 Infantry for Operation Iraq Freedom I (OIF I). While serving in this position I noticed the major impact that NCOs made on the preparation and conduct of operations in OIF I. NCOs made...
This volume presents the story of Afghanistan's fight against the Soviet Army beginning in 1979 and how the Mujahideen prevailed against a larger and decisively better equipped foe. It provides an understanding of guerrilla field craft and tactics,...
Douglas Cubbison, the Command Historian for the 10th Mountain Division, conducted a series of interviews with the soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division in Afghanistan during January 2007, along with several additional interviews conducted in...
The commander of Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment (Armor) during Operation Phantom Fury - also known as Al Fajr - Captain Peter Glass and his unit was attached to Marine Regimental Combat Team 1 during this November 2004...
At the time of Operation Phantom Fury (Al Fajr), the November 2004 combined-joint assault to retake the Iraqi city of Fallujah, Sergeant Major Peter Smith was serving as the first sergeant for Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment...
In July 2005, in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan, Sergeant First Class Donald Grambusch - a member of 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, specifically ODA 324 - was involved in an intense, daylong fight against enemy forces in an area known as...
The following is a group interview conducted with three former 1st Infantry Division soldiers concerning their experiences in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Sergeant Jason Bell served from February 2004 through March 2005 with Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron,...
The following is a group interview conducted with three former 1st Infantry Division soldiers concerning their experiences in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Sergeant Jason Bell served from February 2004 through March 2005 with Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron,...
The following is a group interview conducted with three former 1st Infantry Division soldiers concerning their experiences in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Sergeant Jason Bell served from February 2004 through March 2005 with Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron,...
In this second of two interviews, Major David Creasman discusses his deployment in the Ramadi area of Iraq as the intelligence officer for the division artillery (DIVARTY) of the 82nd Airborne Division from 2003 through 2004. A major challenge he...
Beginning in the Korea War, through Vietnam and continuing with the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, US forces have been involved in combat typified by close, sharp actions - often without the doctrinally prescribed firepower to support the...
Despite international efforts to prevent conflict in the Republic of Macedonia after the downfall of SFR Yugoslavia, in 2001 the country faced its greatest challenge since its independence. An insurgency movement that started as a spillover from...
This monograph examines the concept of tactical-surprise and its use by raiding forces in Operations Other than War (OOTW). It discusses the nature of the OOTW environment and its relationship to the creation of tactical surprise. Surprise is...
During the Cold War, combined arms heavy force tactics dictated that forces should avoid urban areas when possible. However, since the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom, heavy forces have fought in every urban area in Iraq. The United States...
United States military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan demonstrate that adversaries are likely to persist in seeking advantage through asymmetric warfare. Within this context, emerging doctrine on Network Centric Warfare (NCW) and Effects Based...
From January 2004 through January 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Darren Keahtigh served as commander of Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry - part of 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division - and was based variously in Baghdad...
Major Justin Brown assumed command of Apache Troop, 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment just before the unit's deployment to Operation Iraqi Freedom in April 2003. In this interview, he recounts his experiences in Iraq, particularly those...
Major John Casper was the operations officer for Task Force 1-26 Infantry during the Easter Sunday Battle of Samarra in April 2004. Casper describes the background of the battle, including the challenges of supervising a Shi'a religious festival in...
As a member of 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group and commander of ODA 324, Major Chris Wells played a lead role in the July 2005 battle of Siah Chow, fought in southern Afghanistan's Uruzgan Province. Having its genesis in the suspected...