Throughout American history, names like Washington, Grant, Lee, Pershing and
Eisenhower are etched in the glorious history to the American Army. Very little is
written or remembered about the NCO that kept the Soldiers trained and prepared for...
This paper is a first person account of the experiences my unit and I encountered during Operation DESERT SHIELD and DESERT STORM. The paper is chronologically sequenced and divided into phases. Included at the end of each phase is a section that...
In command of the 7th Transportation Battalion for 11 months in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) II beginning in January 2004, Lieutenant Colonel George Akin was an Active Component commander working under a Reserve Component corps support...
As the military liaison officer (LNO) to other government agencies - mainly the CIA and the FBI - Major Melissa Fozman, based at Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan in Kabul, supported Operation Enduring Freedom from July 2004 through January 2005....
A forward observer attached to Combined Arms Team-A - a mobile reconnaissance unit part of Combined Arms Platoon, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines - Sergeant Jason McManus arrived in Kuwait in February 2003 and participated in Operation...
From January 2005 through January 2006, Major Chris Shields served in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom as an assistant effects coordinator in the 3rd Infantry Division's fires and effect cell, in which he oversaw and managed all counterfire...
Part two of the interview with Sergeant Jason McManus covers his June 2005 return to Iraq. This time, he went with the 81 millimeter mortar platoon, part of Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, and begins by discussing the much more...
The assistant supply officer (S4) for 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) in 2003, Major Karl Knapp was "in charge of basically coordinating everything for the S4 shop between the battalions and any...
Part two of the interview with Major Karl Knapp covers his August 2004 to March 2005 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) as the 1st Marine Division assistant supply officer. He discusses his support of division operations and...