I will cover in my ethics paper area and assignments that I think the Sergeant Major of the Army should change. These are things that I experienced during my AC/RC tour while stationed at Fort Sheridan, Illinois.
I will discuss my unique experiences, challenges, and frustrations of my Active Component to Reserve Component (AC/RC) assignment while stationed with 6th battalion, 52d Aviation Regiment headquartered at Los Alamitos, California. The explanations...
Performing AC/RC duty as an active duty First Sergeant for a multi-component Reserve and National Guard unit tagged for deployment proved to be extremely challenging. The training received at the mob site was substandard. The equipment that the...
Major Christopher Niesen served as an Active Component/Reserve Component (AC/RC) advisor to the 29th Brigade, Hawaii National Guard in 2004 in support of a deployment to the Horn of Africa (HOA) as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. In this...
MAJ Craig Love served as Alpha Company commander with 3-66 Armor in Baiji, Ira during 2003 and 2004 and with an Active Component/Active Reserve (AC/RC) unit in Baghdad, Tall Afar and Samarra, Iraq during 2005 and 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi...
Major Matt Jordan, a member of the Arkansas National Guard, served as an Army fixed-wing pilot in Balad, Iraq, from November 2006 through November 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, he talks about preparing and deploying...
As an Active Component, Reserve Component team chief based at Fort Stewart, Georgia, Major Richard Mohr oversaw the training mainly of National Guard units that were preparing to deploy in support of the Global War on Terrorism. Specializing in...
Major Robert McCaskell was an Active Guard Reserve (AGR) officer, assigned as the operations officer of the Support Battalion of the 196th Infantry Brigade, US Army Pacific (USARPAC) in 2003 when his participation in support of the Global War on...
Major Sidney Harris served as the plans officer for the fusion cell of the 143rd Transportation Command in Shuaybah, Kuwait, from July 2005 through April 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, he talks about the challenges...
In this second of two interviews, Major Steven Fandrich discusses being an Active Component/Reserve Component unit trainer for the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment in Athens, Tennessee, from July 2004 through July 2006, assisting Reserve and National...
This paper talks about my last duty assignment which was an AC/RC assignment. My duty location was Fort Sheridan, Illinois. I will start from permanent change of duty station in Hawaii and end with my arrival at the United States Army Sergeants...
During mid months of 2005, 13 Missouri Soldiers were notified of deployment to Iraq. This deployment was to be the first rotation for advisors that would train and fight with Iraqi Commando's Special Police Tactic Teams and was made up of personnel...
If the United States Army is to maintain land dominance in the future, it must think boldly and act aggressively at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The United States cannot afford to defer research, development, or fielding of new...
This study suggests some helps for officers of the Regular Army who are detailed as instructors with the National Guard. Sufficient descriptive matter, including the substance of war department policies and doctrines, pertaining to the National...
Approximately 2 years following the tragedy of 911, I was reassigned from Fort Knox, Kentucky (AC/RC), where I served as the Brigade S1 NCOIC intricately involved in the mobilization and demobilization process of the Reserve Component personnel...