Captain Chad Roehrman deployed with the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment to Operation Iraqi Freedom as part of their S3 shop, later taking command of Dragon Company in June 2003. This interview deals primarily with his experiences immediately before...
From February 2003 through March 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Lieutenant Colonel Paul Calvert served as the operations officer for 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment. "We essentially owned the entire Al Anbar Province," he said, an area...
From February 2003 through March 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Lieutenant Colonel Paul Calvert served as the operations officer for 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment. "We essentially owned the entire Al Anbar Province," he said, an area...
Major Jeremy Lewis, Infantry, deployed to Iraq for a second Operation Iraqi Freedom tour as an advisor to a special police transition team (SPTT) from November 2005 until April 2006. His previous tour had been as a company commander with the 3rd...
Details the Expeditionary Troops, Fifth Fleet's naval gunfire support planning, training, conduct of operations, communications and extracts from ships action reports during operations in Iwo Jima.
McIntosh, Damian G.; Bensimon, Julio C.; Russelburg , Timothy S.; Busma, Scott G.
Abstract: This Haines Research Paper examines the relevance of the central European Allies and their support in the global war on terrorism. We will first examine the changing faces of the Allies of central Europe and NATO (North Atlantic Treaty...
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said it best, “If an alliance of the world’s greatest democracies cannot summon the will to get the job done in a mission that we agree is morally and just and vital to our security, then our citizens may begin...
Ethics is a field of study, a set of principles, a theory, a system, all which involve a person’s morals and obligations. Within the context of the military, ethics can be broken down into three categories; professional ethics, code of ethics,...
Combat leaders serving in Afghanistan are currently facing a difficult ethical dilemma. This ethical problem stems from the difficulties involved in getting deliberate assault operations approved in a timely manner. In my opinion, there are three...
September 11th 2001 I was overseas on a Joint Readiness Exercise. Not being in country I was a spectator to the events. As the news broke I was keenly aware of the NCOs around me who “got it” and the ones that did not. There were a few NCOs...
The organizational history of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) is comparatively short compared to other Army units. Although the unit's history is short, a mere 25 years, as of 2005 it has compiled a long list of...
In a Joint Warfare environment, a Soldiers training will counteract the initial challenges to communication which occur from the onset of any operation. With every conflict coordination and communications between maneuver elements are crucial for...
The deployments to Mogadishu Somalia referred to as different names depending on what their mission was. Operation Restore Hope was the humanitarian efforts that provided aid and the attempt to prevent civil war. Task Force Ranger executed...
In the modern global security environment, the United States Army faces a different adversary that presents wholly different challenges to the Army’s intelligence effort. No longer facing a traditional, conventional enemy as its predominant...
In November 2006, A Troop 5/73 Cavalry, 3rd BCT, 82nd ABN Division reunited with the rest of the Squadron at FOB Caldwell (Kirkush Military Training Base, KMTB) after being detached to the 3rd BCT, 4th IN Division for a period of four months in...
During my deployment to Operation Iraqi Freedom as the 1SG of Alpha Company, 15th MI Battalion, I saw and experienced various types of combat stress. This stress affected my Soldiers in different ways. Some Soldiers reacted positively and rose to...
The following paper is a description of the birth of 3d Bn 3d Special Forces Group. In their
infancy as an activated unit in 1992, this paper will depict all training and preparations for war. I
served as a communicator on a team that had no clue...
This monograph's purpose is to provide tools for campaign planning and to assist planners in considering all actions necessary for success in winning any type of war.
With the 720th Military Police Battalion during its June 2003 to March 2004 deployment to Tikrit, Iraq, Lieutenant Colonel Frank Rangel served as the executive officer. For his second tour, from June 2004 to February 2005, Rangel was executive...
During his September 2003 to September 2004 deployment in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Major Thomas Neemeyer served as the intelligence officer (S2) for the 1st Infantry Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, based in the Iraqi city of Ar...