Major Chris Medina served as the deputy provost marshal for 10th Mountain Division in Kabul from January through December 2006 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. In this interview, he talks about the need for negotiation training among those...
From October 2007 through April 2008 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Major Terry Walter, US Air Force, served as a staff engineer with Combined Security Transitions Command-Afghanistan, based at Camp Eggers in Kabul. In this interview, he...
MAJ Andy Dziengeleski served as the Chief of Force Management under the CJ3 directorate in Bagram, Afghanistan during 2005 and 2006 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. In this February 2009 interview, MAJ Dziengeleski discusses his...
For most of his January to November 2005 deployment in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, Major Christopher Plummer served as the training and fielding officer for the entire Afghan National Army (ANA), focusing on marksmanship, small unit...
Overall, the NCOs of World War 1 greatly affected NCOs of today. During this short war many NCOs proved they could take the initiative and heroically perform in the absence of superiors giving the NCO Corps greater credibility. Through their...
Major Matt Dale served as a strategic planner in the CJ5 plans section at Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom from February 2006 until September 2006. After being promoted to major, Dale volunteered for a...
At the time an instructor in the Department of Military Instruction at West Point, Major Mark Winkler assisted the National Military Academy of Afghanistan in developing their military science program in Kabul, Afghanistan, from August through...
American Battle Monuments Commission; Center of Military History
This book has been prepared as part of the project of the American Battle Monuments Commission to commemorate in a complete and lasting manner the accomplishments and services of the American forces in Europe during the World War. Topics include:...
Major James Tenpenny deployed to Afghanistan in April 2006 as aide-de-camp to the commanding general of all coalition forces in country, Lieutenant General Karl Eikenberry. He spent most of his time circulating the battlefield with Eikenberry and...
The realist paradigm is the USG's dominate perspective for conflict analysis. Historically, this perspective has served the United States well, leading to its ascension from colonial possession to global hegemon in less than two centuries. There is...
The thesis addresses the development of the current Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF). This topic was chosen because the international community, in consultation with the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, has established 2014...
This monograph compares sea-launched cruise missiles to heavy bomber delivered munitions performing the battlespace dominance mission in the first five days of a major regional contingency (MRC). Battlespace dominance is a Navy doctrinal term. The...
While participating in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), I had the first hand opportunity to see how the policies and public pressure of the United States had a direct effect on the progress of the Afghan National Army (ANA) ability reach a state...
An individual augmentee on a two-month rotation between February and May 2005 with the Office of Military Cooperation-Afghanistan, Major Brent Novak - at the time the chief of West Point's Leader Development Branch - was tasked with helping to...
In this interview, Major Rob Hellner, US Army, CJ Engineer Plans Officer, talks about his deployment from Iraq back to Germany before his next deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. MAJ Hellner discusses his experience with the...
MAJ Eric Ala served as an individual augmentee with the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Training Mission-Afghanistan (NTM-A) in Kabul, Afghanistan during 2009 and 2010 in...
A key requirement of military forces following major hostilities is to reestablish security. Lasting security can only be achieved with the restoration of civil authority, the reestablishment of the rule of law, and the institutions that uphold the...