Major Don Bottorff served as an intelligence analyst for Multinational Force-Iraq (MNF-I) in Baghdad from February 2006 through February 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. As an individual augmentee, he describes the predeployment training...
Dr. Thomas H. Henriksen in this publication provides a perspective on the challenging question, "Is leaving the Middle East a Viable Option?" He lays out a convincing argument that historical involvement within the region based on commercial ties,...
This paper covers my various mobilization experiences and time training National Guards Brigades and Army Reserve Units in support of the War on Terror.
On January 20, 2003, I was instructing a math class at B. L. Ben Elementary School in Boyle, MS...
On 01 June 2005 I and approximately 200 other Army Reserve Career Counselors were mobilized CONUS to support the Retention and Transition mission for the United States Army Reserves. We were mobilized due to the fact that numerous AGR Career...
United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
This is the first in a series of reports by the Majority and Minority staff of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Committee) on the threat of homegrown terrorism inspired by violent Islamist extremism. The Committee...
Expeditionary Forces, with landing missions, are numerous. in history, but the circumstances of organization and equipment of other Armies, are entirely foreign to that of our army. It is therefore necessary to branch out upon a new field, giving...
The topic of this paper will be the importance of a thorough understanding of
military history. I will justify my position through the use of real world examples and
discuss the impact of those events on today’s Soldier when preparing for modern...