Além das armas e do aço: a restauração dos instrumentos não-militares do poder norte-americano. Secretário de Defesa Robert M. Gates; Olhando o mundo hoje, otimismo e idealismo parecem não ter lugar na mesa. Não há carência de ansiedade...
Beyond guns and steel: reviving the nonmilitary: instruments of American power.Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates; The secretary of defense says the U.S. must develop a cadre of deployable civilians to strengthen the Nation's "soft" power in...
Más allá de las armas y el acero: La restauración de los instrumentos no militares del poder norteamericano. Una traducción de los comentarios del Secretario de Defensa el Dr. Robert M. Gates; Mirando alrededor del mundo ahora, el optimismo y...
Since September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, Special Operation Forces (SOF) and Conventional Forces (CF) have be increasingly working together throughout the world against numerous asymmetrical threats. However, operations in Iraq and...
This paper describes my experience while deployed to Afghanistan as the Operations
NCOIC for Psychological Operation Task Force-Afghanistan. We supported
Combined Joint Task Force-76. I include my experience as a PSYOP Planner when I
worked with...
The term "fires" is not new within the US Army. But after years of confining fires to solely its lethal component, the Army broke with tradition. Subsequently, the Army released its new Operations manual, FM 3-0 (2008), articulating the newest...
Operation Enduring Freedom VI was the sixth rotation of US Forces to maintain the stability and support in Afghanistan. The Southern European Task Force (SETAF) was given command and control over Combined Joint Task Force-76 (CJTF-76), which meant...
Wright, Donald P., 1964-; Afghan Study Team, [et al.]
Forward from David H. Petraeus: Since 2001, the US Army in Afghanistan has been conducting complex operations in a difficult, often dangerous environment. Living in isolated outposts and working under austere conditions, US Soldiers have carried...
Wright, Donald P., ed.; Afghan Study Team, [et al.]
Forward from David H. Petraeus: Since 2001, the US Army in Afghanistan has been conducting complex operations in a difficult, often dangerous environment. Living in isolated outposts and working under austere conditions, US Soldiers have carried...
From my foxhole, the mobilization of 3-116th Infantry, 29th Infantry Division (L) provides lessons learned that range from the epitome of success to missed opportunities. The transition from Citizen Soldier to temporary full time force creates...
A NCOs perspective on disaster relief in Pakistan. The unheard of mission change during the deployment to OEF-VI to humanitarian support on this scale was truly a great accomplishment for the United States Army. This mission was a classic...
As the United States Army continues to fight the spread of radical religious terrorism and transnational actors, there has been a realization that there is a need for development of an indirect approach as a complement to major combat operations...
This is a Personal Experience Paper of Sergeant Major Daniel J. Clark during his deployment to Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF VIII). This article deals with the establishment of the Non-Assisted Recovery (NAR) in Afghanistan. The three main points...
The 25th Infantry Division’s deployment to Afghanistan marks the first time since the Vietnam War that the Division Headquarters, along with its Headquarters Company, had deployed. In the 25th ID, every deploying Soldier must complete numerous...
My first assignment to Vicenza, Italy was one that I will never forget. Because of a year long deployment, I only spent 10 of the 22 months actually on ground there. The notification of my deployment to Afghanistan was quite unique. Several minutes...
The United States Military has utilized the Decide, Detect, Deliver, Assess (D3A) and Joint Targeting processes in Iraq, Afghanistan and other areas over the last ten years. In that period, a common issue with the processes has emerged the ability...
As with a local insurgency, the Global War on Terror requires the US and her allies to win the support of neutral, wavering and hostile audiences in addition to defeating an enemy. At the tactical and operational levels of war, those audiences...
As an infantry officer in the 82nd Airborne Division from 2002-2006, Major Keller Durkin participated in three different deployments and describes them in three separate interviews. In the wake of the attack on the World Trade Center, he...
As an infantry officer in the 82nd Airborne Division from 2002-2006, Major Keller Durkin participated in three different deployments and describes them in three separate interviews. In the wake of the attack on the World Trade Center, he...
As an infantry officer in the 82nd Airborne Division from 2002-2006, Major Keller Durkin participated in three different deployments and describes them in three separate interviews. In the wake of the attack on the World Trade Center, he...