Operation Neptune was the initial assault landing operation during the Battle of Normandy in World War II. Posted 24 hours due to inclement weather, D-Day was actually executed on June 6, 1944. The assault was conducted in tow operational phases,...
The earthquake that struck Haiti on 12 January 2010 was a catastrophic and devastating incident. Approximately, 3 million people were affected by the quake and an estimated 316 thousand people died. According to the Haitian government 300,000...
In October 1993 the leader of Somalia, Mohammed Farah Aidid, was still on the loose and
creating havoc in the Black Sea district of Mogadishu and Somalia. The United States has already been in this war stricken country since 1991. The U.S....
My detachment had over $400,000 worth of operational and contractual monies while deployed to Iraq in 05-06. We held a gathering for all of the local leaders in the area after a small feud occurred. We spent $1,000 on food and supplies for this...
Task Force Smith was named for Lieutenant Colonel Charles B. Smith, commanding officer, 1st Battalion, 21st Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. It comprised 406 officers and men: half of the battalion headquarters company, two understrength rifle...
Even though we continue to learn about cultural awareness our understanding during the Iraqi conflict has had greater success than earlier on during the Korean War.
All of our efforts in Iraq, military and civilian alike are handicapped by...
Believers that a modern army is completely mechanized would have a hard time convincing tommies of the 14th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, on a hill somewhere in Korea. The tommies know that when it comes to difficult terrain it is muscles, not...
MAJ Charles Smith served as the deputy joint level intelligence officer (J2) at headquarters and headquarters company (HHC) Special Forces Group (SFG) in Balad, Iraq during 2004, as the 2nd Battalion intelligence officer (S2) in Baghdad, Iraq...
A veteran of two deployments to Afghanistan as part of 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) - the first from January to August 2004 as the 1st Battalion, Charlie Company operations sergeant, the second from June 2005 to February 2006 as an...
"A couple days after September 11, 2001," said Major Roger Crombie, at the time commander of Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, part of 10th Mountain Division, "we had an idea that we needed to be ready and that something was...
During his yearlong deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Kevin Broadnax served as commander of Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, part of the 82nd Airborne Division. In this interview, he discusses...
During his 2003-2004 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Captain Amos Nelson of the Iowa National Guard was in command of the 186th Military Police Company. In this interview, he discusses the predeployment training his unit received...
During the course of his February 2003 to February 2004 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Robert A. Mason had two company commands in the 101st Airborne Division: the first, until May 2003, with Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion,...
Major James C. Schwartz served as the commander of Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery - attached to 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment - in support of 3rd Infantry Division's cavalry squadron as it moved north to Baghdad during the...
Major Doug Watkins served as the brigade judge advocate for the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division in Taji, Iraq, from December 2005 through December 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Upon arriving in Iraq, Watkins went...
Prior to World War II, the port of Cherbourg was a premier deep-water European port for large trans-Atlantic vessels. Throughout World War I, Cherbourg was a hub of activity for the French and was a main base for repair of all naval vessels in...
The Army Reserve faces a paradoxical situation wherein it has 'been declared a major element of General Land Forces under the Total Force concept and, concurrently and ironically, it will lose its principal source of personnel input with the...
In view of current Soviet emphasis on armed helicopters, is there a need for an air-to-air defensive weapon system for U.S. attack helicopters? The Soviet Union is moving into the area of helicopter employment with a great deal of enthusiasm over a...
This study is an examination of historical data to determine if weather was the decisive factor of the Aleutian Campaign. The campaign was carried out early in World War II along the over 1,000 miles of the Archipelago. Island warfare made joint...
The United States has maintained a Triad of strategic nuclear delivery systems since the early 1960's. This Triad includes strategic bombers, intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM), and submarine launched ballistic missiles (SLBM). The...