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...
COL (Ret.) Russell Thaden served as the senior US officer and chief of intelligence for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) headquarters in Heidelberg, Germany prior to his deployment to Kabul, Afghanistan during 2003 and 2004 in support...
MAJ Robert Ross served in an advise and assist brigade (AAB) in Adamiyah, Iraq during 2010 and 2011 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this June 2012 interview, MAJ Ross discusses the changes he noted this deployment as compared to...
The report is a chronological narrative of events pertaining to the 7th Infantry Division Artillery immediately prior to and during the RYUKUS Campaign, compiled for historical purposes, and includes comments, recommendations, and records deemed to...
Operation orders for the invasion of Okinawa-Shima and Ryukyu-Retto. Orders covered amphibious operations, supply requirements, evacuation procedures and includes annexes.
World War II saw the development of airborne operations and airborne warfare to the point where an airborne operation- that is, the forces and techniques of which it is composed and their use- could be looked upon as an additional weapons system of...
The attached Staff Study is derived from the Basic Outline Plan for "BLACKLIST" Operations, Edition Three, 8 August 1945. It constitutes the basis for directives to be issued for an initial contingent airborne operation to occupy critical portions...