During the months of August 1990 through March of 1991 I participated in Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Iraq. This story tells of how my unit was trained, mobilized, and conducted combat operations.
Leading Soldiers in combat as the 1SG of a Military Intelligence company was the most challenging and rewarding experience of my military career. Bravo Company, 3rd Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, Fort Campbell Kentucky was...
As an AGR Soldiers from a unit that had not received deployment orders we were often tasked with various details from the 99th Regional Support Command. The 99th was located just 25 minutes from us so we were the go to unit when anything needed...
The following paper is about a couple of weeks in the 978th Military Police Company during its deployment to Iraq for the third time. This paper talks a little about the training the unit had and what happen within the first 90 days and how we...
Walking, first day of school, learning to drive, and graduating from high school are some of the first life- altering experiences that most of us encounter. Moving out from mom’s house, joining the military, marriage, having a child, and buying a...
My NCO career is certainly much different from any other NCO or at least from most of them. If someone had told me 25 years ago where I would be today, I would not have trusted him. First, I refused to go to military high school and work in the...
When a Soldier gets an opportunity to achieve a professional goal, it can at times place a Soldier in a personal dilemma of choosing between his Soldiers or accomplishing a professional feat. This is not just a normal feat, but also that of a First...
In the modern global security environment, the United States Army faces a different adversary that presents wholly different challenges to the Army’s intelligence effort. No longer facing a traditional, conventional enemy as its predominant...
In November 2006, A Troop 5/73 Cavalry, 3rd BCT, 82nd ABN Division reunited with the rest of the Squadron at FOB Caldwell (Kirkush Military Training Base, KMTB) after being detached to the 3rd BCT, 4th IN Division for a period of four months in...
Movement Control facilitates the expeditious movement of critical supplies and equipment during Full Spectrum Operations. This paper will illustrate how lessons learned during a previous deployment can be used as a teaching tool within a learning...
In the summer of 2005, I was assigned as the S3 Exercises NCOIC of the 1st Transportation Movement Control Agency (TMCA), headquartered on Kleber Kaserne in Kaiserslautern, Germany. The TMCA belonged to the 21st Theater Support Command (TSC) and...
The near-aircraft-divert, due to adverse weather while I was on a NATO deployment in Istres France, opened my eyes to how precise my terminal aerodrome forecast had to be for mission success. From April 1998 to August 1998 I was in Istres France,...
Different units face multiple requirements in preparation for future deployments and current operations. The mission requirements for the S-4 section faced many obstacles. From the October 2009 through June 2010, I participated in pre-deployment,...
This paper describes some of the incidents and the lessons learned while I was deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF 05-07). During 2007, I was deployed to Taji, Iraq. It is one of the largest Forward Operating Bases (FOB) in Iraq. It is...
During my deployment to Operation Iraqi Freedom as the 1SG of Alpha Company, 15th MI Battalion, I saw and experienced various types of combat stress. This stress affected my Soldiers in different ways. Some Soldiers reacted positively and rose to...
The Coast Guard needs more and sufficiently trained enlisted members in their major acquisitions programs to facilitate the production of better, more appropriate and more useable products for the fleet. The Coast Guard still has a need to...
The 20th of July 2004 started as just another day in combat, having said that it does not seem very convincing that any day in combat could be just another day. We conducted physical training, personal hygiene, ate breakfast, performed vehicle...
In this interview, MAJ Scott McCraney, US Army, Aviation, discusses his deployments to Iraq as the intelligence officer (S2) and company commander in 2006 through 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ McCraney talks about his...
In this interview, MAJ Terry Hilderbrand, US Army, Infantry, discusses his deployments to Iraq as a company commander in 2007 through 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Hilderbrand discusses his mission in recovering two...