Joint Center for International Security Force Assistance
Current military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and many future operations will center on developing capability and capacity of host nation (HN) or other foreign security forces. In February 07, the U.S. Army stated in a message to all Army...
Lieutenant Commander Brandon Sellers served as a pilot for an F-18 Hornet in Carrier Air Wing Five onboard USS Kitty Hawk from March through May 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, he talks about being part of the Navy's...
Lieutenant Commander Carl Whorton, United States Navy, deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) onboard the USS Carl Vinson as the naval flight officer for an E-2C Hawkeye from September through December 2001. In this interview,...
Major Dave Krahl volunteered in December 2001 to deploy to Afghanistan as an individual augmentee in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. He was given two weeks notice before having to report into the CONUS Replacement Center at Fort Benning. He...
Major Dave Krahl volunteered for an information technology job in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. At the time, he was an ROTC instructor in Macon, Georgia. Unlike his last deployment to Afghanistan, this time he had plenty of notice, almost six...
From July 2005 through July 2006, Major Doug Ross - a field artillery officer in the Kentucky National Guard - supported Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan on an embedded training team (ETT), assigned to the 4th Kandak of the 1st Brigade, 205th...
Major Glenn Mellor deployed to Iraq as signal company commander for 3rd Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division in October 2003. They moved to Mosul where they replaced the 101st Airborne Division. It was a rough RIP/TOA as their brigade of 5,000...
Major Steve Chong deployed to Kuwait as the commander of Service Battery, 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery - part of 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division - in September 2002 for Operation Desert Spring. It was originally supposed to be a six-month...
Major Thong Nguyen deployed to Iraq in 2003, 2004 and 2005 doing counterintelligence (CI) and some human intelligence (HUMINT) work. On the various deployments, he worked from the tactical level up through the strategic level. He always deployed as...
Sergeant Major Michael Clemens was right in the middle of the Army transformation process when he was told his unit would be going to Iraq. His unit was converting from an Infantry unit into a Cavalry unit. He deployed to Iraq in August 2006 as...
In this interview, Sergeant Major Michael Clemens gives a riveting story of Operations Turki Bowl II and Minotaur in Iraq's Diyala Province during his 2006-07 deployment as first sergeant for Bravo Troop, 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry. Both operations...
This study attempts to serve as a historical study and analysis of the United States Military Assistance Program to Cambodia during the period 1970-1975. The study is focused on the Military Equipment Delivery Team, Cambodia, which was charged with...
The C-X has been proposed as the solution to both the intertheater and intratheater airlift shortfalls. It is primarily a strategic airlift aircraft capable of airlifting outsize cargo with the additional designed-in capability to allow it to...
This study examines the first battle of World War II: the defense of the Philippines on the Bataan Peninsula. Only those units properly equipped, adequately trained, and led by officers who were knowledgeable on the current doctrine are examined. A...
This study reviews the problems of the German General Staff during the First World War in an attempt to highlight successes and understand failures. The investigation focuses on the traditional staff functions of intelligence, operations, logistics...
This study critically analyzes the future roles of United States Army airborne forces as an instrument of national security policy during the period 1990-2000. A key to that analysis is the relationship of the strategic roles of airborne forces to...
The Aggressors were established with the mission to provide realistic, enemy oriented, dissimilar air combat tactics training for United States Air Force fighter units. They accomplished this mission since 1973 with first the Northrop T-38 and now...
Airland Battle doctrine places extensive requirements on the corps command and control system. In order to adhere to doctrinal tenets (Initiative, Depth, Synchronization, Agility) the corps must be capable of rapidly analyzing a high volume of...
This study establishes a base analysis for the determination of a method for wargaming both tactical and operational level courses of action. It orients on situations involving a compression of available time in which to decide on and execute the...
This study analyzes the Allied interdiction campaign of World War II in the European Theater of Operation and identifies the target types that were most effective in supporting the land battle. The analysis is divided into strategic and tactical...