This paper describes some of the lessons learned and my experiences during my deployment to RC East, Afghanistan, during Operation Enduring Freedom VIJ and VIII. I have tried to list events in chronological order. The NCO's of B-425FA were charged...
Early on in the planning phase of the elections the Iraqi leaders established an election commission. This commission was called the Independent Election Committee Iraq (IECl). Security in Mosul deteriorated as time continued to approach the...
Thesis Statement: The U.S. Army and Its rangers intertwine historically and doctrinally, and will remain inseparable into the future.
Discussion: One cannot examine Army history without examining ranger history, for the two began together and...
This monograph discusses the intricacies of liquidating tactical encirclements and bypassed pockets of enemy resistance. Operational employment of U.S. Army doctrine will lead to tactical encirclements in most instances. Contemporary doctrine,...
The attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001, originating from Afghanistan, and the earthquake in January 2010 that devastated Haiti illustrate the different dangers that weak and failed states represent to the international...