One of the most crucial joint combat operations in Afghanistan was Operation ANACONDA, designed and executed to remove the last remaining organized Taliban resistance. Operation ANACONDA generated lessons learned involving many aspects of the art...
Through the study of past military experiences, especially the examination of common lessons from differing conflicts, implications for future warfare can be revealed. Common counterland lessons from three major US conflicts are the focus of this...
The commander of Charlie Troop, 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry - part of 3rd Infantry Division - Major Jeff McCoy participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom from the opening of major hostilities in March 2003 through his redeployment approximately three...
Major Alan Wesenberg, US Air Force, deployed as a flight commander of a 12-aircraft air expeditionary force (AEF) element of the 492nd Fighter Squadron form March to June 2004. Flying F-15Es from Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom, to...
America's current financial strains necessitate an investigation into the effectiveness and efficiency of our fighting forces. This monograph explores the history of technology, theory, and doctrine development in heavy ground combat power and...
Air apportionment is the joint force commander’s tool for weighting his main and supporting efforts within the air operations supporting his campaign. It complements the targeting process by specifying how much effort is to be expended within...
In 1991 the organizational structure of the Air Force changed substantially. Since then, senior Air Force leaders have called for an additional change in the mindset of the airman. The USAF is a "stovepiped" organization in which most officers know...
Deploying initially with the 96th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron in January 2002 in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM (then later re-task organized under the 40th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron), Major Mike Adderley served as a B-52 aircraft...
Information is all the world, and all the world is information. Every military action or inaction is based on information. Military transformation and modernization programs are focused on leveraging information as a battle-winning capability. The...
Operaciones: La guerra del futuro: vuelta a lo básico. MAJ David W. Shin, Ejército de EE.UU. La Operación Allied Force: ¿Otra alarma más para el ejército? Jeffrey Record La Operación Allied Force y el papel del poder aéreo. Earl H....
In this three-part interview, Lieutenant Colonel Scott “Soup” Campbell, United States Air Force, talks mainly about his support of March 2002’s Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan in his capacity as an A-10 flight commander and the chief of...
US Air Force (USAF) MAJ Melvin Green III served as a B-52 radar navigator and bombadier over Afghanistan during 2003 and 2006 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In this July 2011 interview, MAJ Green discusses preparation for...
As chief of the mission planning cell for the 5th Bomb Wing out of Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Major Kris Perry deployed in February 2003 to the Royal Air Force (RAF) Base at Fairford, England, as part of an advanced detachment to establish...
While both air and ground based fire support have proven themselves to be an invaluable and overwhelmingly lethal force in conventional combat, they have struggled to deal with the extreme complexity, density, and constraints of the Urban...
I deployed with Strike Fighter Squadron EIGHT-ONE (VFA 81) onboard the warship USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV67) in June 2004. In order to prepare for this deployment, our training begins months in advance. The Navy, as in the Army, trains our Sailors 24...
This essay speaks of the overall advantages gained by the use of Global Positioning Systems (GPS) in combat. Fratricide has been reduced because of the effective use of GPS in common equipment employed by troops. Collateral damage that might...
The utilization of the Global Positioning System (GPS) has enabled the United States Army to dramatically reduce the number of personnel exposed to enemy contact during combat operations. This essay will identify three areas that the Global...
The United States Army currently employs small arms ammunition providing inferior lethality due to obsolete international proscriptions against more effective bullet design. Technological solutions to this problem already exist. The primary...
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...
Major Scott Gallaway served as the commander for Alpha Company, 3-229 Aviation in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The squadron completed predeployment training at the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) and thought the time spent working...