During his August 2003 through July 2004 deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Major Trent Darling deployed to Afghanistan with the 8th Psychological Operations Battalion and, initially, served as the liaison officer to the joint...
In Iraq from October 2004 through October 2005, Major Trent Darling - in this second of two interviews concerning his Global War on Terrorism deployment experience - discusses his service as an economics effects action officer with Multinational...
In this first of two interviews concerning his Operation Iraqi Freedom experiences, Major Charles Golek discusses his March to July 2003 service as part of the 9th Psychological Operations Battalion in which he worked as a PSYOP planner for the 1st...
From September 2004 through April 2005, Major Charles Golek of the 9th Psychological Operations Battalion served as a tactical PSYOP detachment commander under the 1st Marine Division in Ramadi, Iraq, specifically supporting 2nd Brigade of the 2nd...
An individual augmentee on a two-month rotation between February and May 2005 with the Office of Military Cooperation-Afghanistan, Major Brent Novak - at the time the chief of West Point's Leader Development Branch - was tasked with helping to...
From November 2003 through July 2005, Major John James served in the 96th Civil Affairs Battalion, and during this time he deployed as part of F Company to the Horn of Africa, specifically Ethiopia. According to James, the Joint Special Operations...
Right before Operation Iraqi Freedom kicked off in March 2003, Major Michael Scarpulla had been serving for the past 14 months as the assistant operations officer (S3) for the Ranger Training Brigade. As he explained, though, "I had the opportunity...
In this second of two interviews dealing with his Operation Iraqi Freedom experiences, Major Michael Scarpulla discusses his January 2005 through January 2006 deployment as initially the commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 1st...
The commander of the 65th Military Police Company under 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, Major Sarah Albrycht deployed from November 2001 through August 2002, first to Uzbekistan, then to Afghanistan...
In April 2003, the 3rd Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team (BCT) reached the approaches of Baghdad, Iraq, after a record-breaking march from the Kuwaiti border. To test the strength of Iraqi defenses in the capital, 2nd BCT conducted on...
In April 2003, the 3rd Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team (BCT) reached the approaches of Baghdad, Iraq, after a record-breaking march from the Kuwaiti border. To test the strength of Iraqi defenses in the capital, 2nd BCT conducted on...
In April 2003, the 3rd Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team (BCT) reached the approaches of Baghdad, Iraq, after a record-breaking march from the Kuwaiti border. To test the strength of Iraqi defenses in the capital, 2nd BCT conducted on...
In April 2003, the 3rd Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team (BCT) reached the approaches of Baghdad, Iraq, after a record-breaking march from the Kuwaiti border. To test the strength of Iraqi defenses in the capital, 2nd BCT conducted on...
A longtime member of Special Forces, Master Sergeant Michael D. Coker deployed with 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), US Army National Guard, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in 2001-2002. Based initially in Uzbekistan,...
In this first of three interviews, Major Kenneth McAdams of the US Air Force talks about his deployment to Al Udeid Airbase, Qatar, as a planner and liaison officer for the joint special operations air component (JSOAC) from March through June 2003...
In this second of three interviews, Major Kenneth McAdams of the US Air Force talks about his deployment as an aircraft navigator and the squadron training officer as part of the 15th Special Operations Squadron (SOS) at Ali Al Salem Airbase,...
In this third of three interviews, Major Kenneth McAdams, US Air Force, discusses his deployment to Afghanistan as an aircraft navigator in the 15th Special Operations Squadron from May through July 2005 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. He...
In April 2003, Major Wayne Sodowsky deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom as the assistant operations officer of the 70th Engineer Battalion, part of 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division - a mechanized combat engineer unit. After doing a...
From February 2004 through February 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Bruce Scott served as a battle captain/assistant operations officer and, later, commander of a Chinook helicopter company for 1st Battalion, 244th Command...
This study examines Army Family Support Groups (FSGs). The focus of the research is on FSG leadership and whether the Army should hire paid FSG coordinators or continue to use volunteer leaders. The study demonstrates that FSGs are beneficial to...