Lieutenant Colonel Nathan Hoepner served as the operations officer for the 501st Military Intelligence Battalion in Iraq from June 2003 through July 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this email correspondence interview, he talks about...
A View from the FA49 Foxhole: Operational Research and Systems Analysis. Lieutenant General David F. Melcher, U.S. Army, and Lieutenant Colonel John G. Ferrari, U.S. Army; Functional Area 49, the Operations Research Systems Analyst career field, is...
First Place Winner of the MacArthur Military Leadership Writing Competition for the CGSC Class 2009 -- 01. In this essay, the hypothesis that the essential ethical position assumed by leaders is the most important determinant of, one, the level of...
Relationships matter: humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in Haiti. LT GEN P.K. (Ken) Keen, U.S. Army; MAJ GEN Floriano Peixoto Vieira Neto, Army of Brazil; LT COL Charles W. Nolan, U.S. Army; LT COL Jennifer L. Kimmey, U.S. Army; and...
During Operation IRAQI FREEDOM I (OIF I), U.S. soldiers waged a desperate war against a growing insurgency. Mounting U.S. casualties became the catalyst for a hidden "war within the war." Arrayed on one side of this secret conflict were leaders who...
Chief Warrant Officer-5 Robert Ferguson served as chief of the human intelligence analysis cell for 1st Armored Division in Baghdad in 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this interview, he talks about manning for the cell, his...
Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Elizabeth Rogers served as the operations officer for the 501st Military Intelligence Battalion at Camp Cropper, Iraq, from May 2003 through July 2004 in support of Operation Iraq Freedom. In this interview, she talks...
This work examines the establishment and operations of the US Constabulary in post-World War II Germany. It outlines the planning involved in the early stages and showcases some of the difficulties involved with implementing the command guidance....
Captain Nicole Lauenstein served as the officer-in-charge of the human intelligence operations cell (HOC) for the 501st Military Intelligence (MI) Battalion and as an operations platoon leader for Charlie Company, 501st MI Battalion in Iraq from...
The information revolution seems to hold a lot of promise to the U.S. economy and the U.S. military, but rigid bureaucratic hierarchies make it extremely difficult for effective integration of operational fires and information operations (IO). As...
Chief Warrant Officer John Groseclose served as the officer in charge of the tactical human intelligence (HUMINT) team section for Charlie Company, 501st Military Intelligence Battalion in Baghdad, Iraq, through 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi...
Major Craig Martin served as the intelligence officer for 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry and the assistant operations officer for the 501st Military Intelligence Battalion in Baghdad from April through December 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi...
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Kenneth Kilbourne served as the officer in charge of the tactical human intelligence (HUMINT) section of Alpha Company, 501st Military Intelligence Battalion, in Iraq in 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this...
Lieutenant Colonel Russell Godsil served as the intelligence officer for 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division in Baghdad, Iraq, from June 2003 through July 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, he talks about how the brigade's...
Lieutenant Colonel Larry Wilson served as the intelligence officer for 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division in Iraq from August 2003 through August 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, he talks about the different units which...
Ms. Amanda Meyer served as a tactical human intelligence (HUMINT) team leader and section sergeant in A Company, 501st Military Intelligence Battalion in Baghdad during 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this email interview, she talks...
Lieutenant Colonel Mark Crisman served as the intelligence officer for 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division in Iraq in 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this email correspondence interview, he talks about detainee holding areas at the...
Major Brad Johnson served as the intelligence officer for 1st Battalion, 13th Armor in Iraq from March through August 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this email correspondence interview, he discusses American jurisdiction over...
Captain Scott Linker served as the executive officer for Delta Company, 501st Military Intelligence Battalion and the intelligence officer for 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry in Iraq from May 2003 through July 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom....