Based on the current unsustainable defense budget and impending reductions, the Aviation Branch must develop a plan now to prevent a deterioration of flight skills among aviators when budget reductions can potentially decrease flight training...
This monograph addresses the issue of US Army contingency forces: composition, size, potential use and orientation. The size and shape of the battlefield is fundamental in the type of forces needed in contingency operations. Most significantly,...
This personal experience paper covers some of the issues I encountered during the inception of 3-10th General Support Aviation Battalion through my return home from my deployment to Afghanistan with this unit. I came home in order to attend the...
Operation JUST CAUSE was the final result of a two year effort to remove General Manuel Noriega, Commander of the Panama Defense Force (PDF) and de-facto ruler, from power after his indictment in the United States on drug-trafficking charges. The...
In this first of two interviews, Major Richard Feltzer discusses serving as the aviation maintenance officer for Alpha Company, 7th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment in Kuwait and Iraq from February 2003 through February 2004 in support of...
This monograph investigates the organization and capabilities of the Army aviation support battalion and answers the question: Can the proposed aviation support battalion provide single source logistics to the divisional aviation brigade in...
With the current fielding of the AH-64 Apache and the Light Helicopter (LH) on the horizon, Army aviation will possess some of the finest tools of war ever known to mankind. To capitalize on our quality equipment, we must develop sound doctrine...
The post Cold-War era has opened the door for the United States to become involved in a myriad of military operations in the execution of our National Security Strategy. As U.S. Army forces continue to conduct a variety of peace support operations...
The 24th Mechanized Infantry Division Combat Team Historical Reference Book represents a collection of selected planning documents, briefings, combat orders, intelligence assessments, and executive correspondence produced during the Desert Shield...
In this interview, MAJ Ryan Nesrsta, US Army, Aviation, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a Company Commander in 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Nesrsta discusses his experience with flying while in country and reminisces...
Major Richard Feltzer, in this second of two interviews, discusses commanding Alpha Company, 7th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment in Tikrit, Iraq, from September 2005 through October 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He talks about the...