During Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) VII and VIII, Able Troop 3-71 Cavalry operated as the brigade rapid mounted reaction force throughout Regional Command East (RC-E) and South in Afghanistan. This paper tells of how our unit moved in-between...
My field artillery unit was mobilized to perform a non-standard military police mission during Operation Iraqi Freedom II. The unit was part of the largest National Guard mobilization from our state since the Vietnam era. The challenges of...
United States Army Special Operations Forces (ARSOF) transformation included significant changes and additions to the support units assigned to ARSOF. Amidst all of the structural and personnel additions and changes, ARSOF cannot completely...
In January of 2007, I held the rank of Master Sergeant assigned to IIIIC 213th Area Support Group (ASG), Pennsylvania Army National Guard in the duty position of Chemical Operations Sergeant. At that time, the unit was preparing to mobilize in...
This paper is the account of the 168th Engineer Brigade's 2009 deployment to Afghanistan. It covers the challenges of receiving a new MTOE • implementing it, training it and deploying it within a 15 month period. This paper will examine the roles...
From 2006 to 2008 I was a marksmanship instructor at Combat Applications Group in Ft Bragg, NC. In May 2008 I gave some marksmanship training to an infantry platoon before deploying to Iraq. When the troops showed up for training I noticed their...
This thesis is a case study of the 1923 Greco-Turkish population exchange and asserts the compulsory expulsion effectively prevented genocide of Orthodox Christians living in Asia Minor. To support this argument historical evidence leading up to...
My personal experience paper is going to look at deployment from a different perspective that most deployments do not often address or refer to. This is the mission and experiences of being a First sergeant for a rear detachment of a forward...
This study discusses the 1st Division encounter with gas warfare in Cantigny and covers equipment used, types of gases, instruction in warfare, the German version and analyzes the actual attack.
Johnson, Gerald; Durrani, Agha; Merriwether, Derrick; West, Alan
Thesis: The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure plan will significantly enhance the Army’s Transformation process. Abstract: The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) plan is the fifth round of the Department of Defense’s infrastructure...
Safety, efficacy, and legal concerns surrounded the Department of Defense (DoD) Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program (AVIP) in the early and mid-2000s. Production capacity, patient refusals, and legal injunctions limited vaccine delivery during...
"This is the story of an infantry division. The tale is worth telling because it relates how a group of Americans was formed into a fighting team and how the team remains even though some of the men who compose it pass on. This is the record of the...
While stationed onboard the USS O’KANE (DDG-77), the Commanding Officer tasked me with fixing the utterly broke 3M program, in which I had no formal schooling. The 3M stands for Maintenance and Material Management. In this paper, I will explain...
This Personal Experience Paper covers MSG Sieglinde K. Kirchner’s entire military career, from his enlistment to present-day assignment (2010), in two different Military Occupational Specialties, in two different components.
On September 11, 2001, the 107th Corps Support Group was transformed into 107th CSG Task Force. The unit was tasked with the logistical support for the World Trade Center Operations based out of their Park Avenue Armory. During the two weeks that...