An examination of ethnic demography, historical governments, political parties, force structure, organization, and partnership efforts within the Iraqi Ministry of Interior includes several recommendations that must be accomplished in order to...
The purpose of this monograph is to determine the applicability of the New York Police Department’s (NYPD) COMPSTAT crime control model to restoring order in Iraq. The Iraqi Police Service (IPS) performs similar police functions to those executed...
From February 2004 through January 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Jim Carlson served as the assistant S5 with the 16th Military Police Brigade (Airborne) and, in this capacity, was tasked with helping stand up the Iraqi Highway...
The division plans officer up until the actual mobilization of elements of the 98th Division (Institutional Training) - which, in 2004-2005, would assume the Iraqi Army training and advisory mission - Lieutenant Colonel James DiRisio, after...
For approximately the past ten years, the Army has been engaged in large-scale counterinsurgency campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan. These campaigns have forced the Army to reevaluate how it approaches its role in advising host nation forces. This...
Major Marc Cloutier was the assistant team chief for a special police transition team (SPTT) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from March 2005 through March 2006. Once Cloutier was notified for this deployment, he reported for training at Fort...
From July 2004 through February 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Caroline Horton commanded the 66th Military Police Company and operated in the Multinational Division-Center South area of responsibility, dispersed across four...
When a Soldier gets an opportunity to achieve a professional goal, it can at times place a Soldier in a personal dilemma of choosing between his Soldiers or accomplishing a professional feat. This is not just a normal feat, but also that of a First...
From 2003 through 2005, when the plan for using elements of the 98th Division (Institutional Training) to train the new Iraqi Army was developed and executed, Brigadier General Richard Sherlock was its assistant division commander for operations....
In this second of two interviews concerning his Operation Iraqi Freedom deployments, Major Scott Schumacher discusses his April 2005 to March 2006 tour as part of a special police transition team (SPTT). In an Active Component/Reserve Component...
Current Army doctrine lacks a security metrics paradigm similar to the infrastructure paradigm SWEAT-MSO. Because of this, commanders, staff, subordinates, other government leaders, and the media lack a simple and common set of terms to use when...
In support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Colonel Peter "Duke" DeLuca commanded the 101st Airborne Division's 326th Engineer Battalion during the major combat phase and then, from June 2004 through June 2005, served as the J7 engineer for Lieutenant...
Major Phuc Buu served as a staff officer, first as the Coalition Military Assistance Training Team officer for the Multinational Corps-Iraq Iraqi Security Force (ISF) cell, then as a liaison officer for Multinational Security Transition...
A U.S. Army reservist, Major Shauna Hauser served under the Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq (MNSTC-I) from October 2004 to February 2005 as a J5 police planner. Involved in the training, equipping and reorganization of Iraqi police...
Major Chris Liermann, Quartermaster Corps, deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom from November 2003 through June 2004. In response to a US Army Training and Doctrine Command requirement, he came from the Combined Arms Support Command at Fort Lee,...
In this third of three interviews concerning his Global War on Terrorism experiences, Major Allan Selburg discusses his March 2005 through March 2006 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, during which he served on a special police...
This book contains a detailed account of the United States Army Reserve 98th Division deployment to Iraq in 2004-2005 and its role in building, training, and advising the new Iraqi Army.
MAJ Jon Myers served as the assistant operations officer (S3) with the 503rd Military Police (MP) Battalion in Mosul, Iraq during 2003 and 2004, as company commander of the 118th MP Company, Airborne in Babel Province, Iraq during 2004 and 2005,...
A reservist with the 98th Division (Institutional Training), Major Matthew Jones served as an advisor support team leader in Iraq in 2004-2005. In this interview, he recounts the process of mobilizing a reserve unit for service overseas, describing...
Currently the chief of force generation at Fort Leavenworth's Joint Center for International Security Force Assistance, Colonel Sean Ryan, in mid 2004, was "brought in … to assist Brigadier General Richard Sherlock" - assistant division commander...