In this interview, MAJ Paul Moreshead, US Army, Aviation; discusses his deployment to Iraq as the Deputy Brigade S3 in 2006 through 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Moreshead discusses a the role of an aviation assault...
Propaganda and disinformation characterized indispensable components of nineteenth and twentieth century warfare. Examples such as Leni Riefenstahl's “Triumph of the Will” or Frank Capra’s “Why We Fight” series made no attempt to honestly...
In an Army that is fully engaged in the Global War on Terrorism, there is a group of soldiers that carry the honorable burden of keeping the force pointed in the right direction with the right attitude and vision. The Senior Noncommissioned...
In this interview, MAJ Greg Hirschey, US Army, Ordnance, discusses his deployment to Iraq as Company Commander of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) in 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Hirschey discusses his first reaction...
This thesis will analyze Major General George Crook’s performance during the Sioux War of 1876-77 and attempt to answer whether or not Crook successfully fought the Native Americans by effectively implementing the concept of counterinsurgency...
Refusing to concede defeat on integrating gays into the military, members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are quietly promoting a policy that would discourage homosexuals from openly declaring their sexual orientation by barring those that do from...
The 110th Military Police Company was scheduled for deployment in NOV 05. This newly activated unit had just started receiving Soldier’s around FEB 06. Even the leadership of the unit was relatively new. The Soldier’s the unit was receiving...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Guidon came into being as a weekly publication in 1966 under the title Fort Leonard Wood Guidon. Between 1966 and 1987 the title was simplified to Guidon before becoming Essayons in 1988. The name reverted back to Guidon in 1999. It has been...
Chaplain (CH) Breckenridge opens his interview with a discussion of how he joined the Army as a mid-30s adult. He describes the process of completing the Chaplain's Candidacy Course and his initial impressions of the Army. Breckenridge details...
MAJ Cloyd Smith served as the operations officer (S3) on a military transition team (MiTT) in Baghdad, Iraq during 2006 and 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this March 2009 interview, MAJ Smith discusses the substantial...
About to join the 96th Civil Affairs Battalion based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina - "the most deployed unit within special operations" - it came as little surprise to Major Ben Sunds that, following the terrorist attacks of 9/11, "their...
This study examines the FYs 1990-1992 Lieutenant Colonel Promotion Selection Board results to identify and rank-order predictors associated with selection and nonselection of armor majors for promotion to lieutenant colonel. The study revealed 13...
This document includes a questionnaire given to German POWs to gain information concerning their attitudes and political opinions for the purpose of evaluating the re-education program prior to repatriation.
Ethics and awards is a subject that frequently causes Soldiers to talk about fairness, mischief, moral ethics, and the Army Values. Soldiers will verbalize, “When I get to be a senior leader, I will make sure my Soldiers receive the awards they...
Throughout the history of the Militia and the formalized United States military, our actions have shown us to be vocal on values, yet contradictory in actions. America was founded by revolutionary ideals: The rejection of tyranny, the embrace of...
Homosexuals disrupt the long standing traditional values of the Army; the Army should ban homosexual service. The first part of the sentence has been discussed and proven, from a military stand point, to be true. The second part of the sentence has...
The operations officer for 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment during that unit's participation in Operation Phantom Fury (Al Fajr) - the November 2004 combined-joint assault to retake the Iraqi city of Fallujah - Major Tim Karcher was involved in...
Major Matthew Reimold deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom 05-07 as the operations officer of the 563rd Aviation Support Battalion, part of the 101st Airborne Division. In this interview, he discusses the impact of modularity on his...