This essay covers the History of the Noncommissioned Officer between the years of
1865 to 1925. The subject discussed will be positions and roles of the Noncommissioned
Officer, the progression of the Noncommissioned Officer ranks and the...
In command of Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment during Operation Phantom Fury - the November 2004 combined-joint assault to retake the Iraqi city of Fallujah - Captain Chris Brooke, in this interview, relates in great detail his...
Stationed at Special Operations Command-South in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, on September 11th, Major Vincent P. Bramble, with the 20th Special Forces Group, was notified four days later "that they were going to need two SF officers/planners from each SF...
Lieutenant Commander Philip Kapusta served on the joint strategic plans and policy staff of Special Operations Command, Central (SOCCENT) in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) from 2001 through 2003. An...
The chief of operations and plans for the US Army Corps of Engineers Gulf Region Division's Southern District in Iraq - covering the entire battlespace south of Baghdad - Major Mark Geraldi served in this capacity from August 2004 through June...
The supply company commander in the 82nd Forward Support Battalion, which supported the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment - part of the 82nd Airborne Division - Major Wesley Wright deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in 2002. "At that...
Part two of the interview with Major Wesley Wright covers his August to December 2003 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom as the supply company commander in the 82nd Forward Support Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, of the...
Major James R. McKee served as the chief of military and civil law for the 1st Infantry Division in Turkey and as the command judge advocate for the 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division in the Tikrit area in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In...