Bravo Battery 3-7 FA was a six-howitzer firing battery with approximately 85 Soldiers assigned to the unit. We received orders for a combat deployment to Operation Enduring Freedom-V (OEF-V). Initially, the Battery’s mission was to separate into...
My role as the Finance Operations NCO was to perform several functions and provide Military Pay, Travel Pay, Commercial Vendor Pay, Disbursing, and Accounting support to Kuwait, Qatar, and Iraq. I also served as the Senior Enlisted Financial...
The objectives of Engineer are to inform, motivate, increase knowledge, improve performance, and provide a forum for the exchange of ideas. Views ex-pressed are those of the authors and not those of the Department of Defense or its elements. The...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Guidon came into being as a weekly publication in 1966 under the title Fort Leonard Wood Guidon. Between 1966 and 1987 the title was simplified to Guidon before becoming Essayons in 1988. The name reverted back to Guidon in 1999. It has been...
This is a story about Marines and a tough mission: the Marines of I and II Marine Expeditionary Forces were deployed to Iraq during 2004–2006 and confronted a violent insurgency and a nation in chaos. Though the Marines came to fight—they did...
Mackmull, Jack V. (Jack Vincent), 1927-; Parrilli, Matthew M.; Dabrowski, John R. (John Raymond); US Army Military History Institute. Oral History Branch.; Army War College (U.S.)
This oral history transcript is a part of the academic year 1986, US Army War College/US Army Military History Institute's Senior Officer Oral History Program, prepared under the auspices of the Institute's Oral History Branch.
LTG Mackmull was...
During his 13-month deployment to Iraq beginning in January 2004, Colonel Michael Formica commanded the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, better known as the Black Jack Brigade. In addition to discussing his brigade's predeployment...
In this interview, MAJ Larry Bergeron, US Army, Military Police (MP); discusses his 13-month deployment to Afghanistan as a brigade executive officer (XO) and Provincial Police team leader in 2009 through 2010 in support of Operation Enduring...
In this interview, MAJ Dale Jones, Army, Adjutant General; discusses his 13-month deployment to Iraq as a postal commander in 2007 through 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Jones talks about his missions with working in the...