MAJ Schwaiger provides many detailed vignettes about his experiences while working as the mayor of the Jalalabad, Afghanistan Forward Operating Base (FOB). He discusses in detail the planning and coordination needed to support the surge in forces...
From January 2006 through February 2007 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan, Major Jason Davis served as operations officer and executive officer for the 159th Medical Company (Air Ambulance). In this interview, he discusses his...
A longtime member of Special Forces, Master Sergeant Michael D. Coker deployed with 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), US Army National Guard, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in 2001-2002. Based initially in Uzbekistan,...
Conducting an effective counterinsurgency operation in the country of Afghanistan is paramount to the success of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA). Until recently, military operations have been led and conducted mainly...
In this interview, MAJ Christian Anderson, US Army, Ordnance, discusses his deployments to Afghanistan as part of a MiTT in 2007 through 2008 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). MAJ Anderson talks about his role as the team executive...
This Occasional Paper will examine the almost continual efforts of British and Indian soldiers (both regular and irregular) to combat and pacify the Pashtun tribes of the North-West Frontier. It will also examine the tactics employed in the various...
This volume presents the story of Afghanistan's fight against the Soviet Army beginning in 1979 and how the Mujahideen prevailed against a larger and decisively better equipped foe. It provides an understanding of guerrilla field craft and tactics,...
MAJ Greg Rogers served as the deputy director of operation on a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Jalalabad, Afghanistan during 2008 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and as intelligence advisor on a Stability Transition Team...
Recent scholarly work on the history and significance of logistics suggests logistics is 90% of the business of war. Logistics enables the deployment of armies to war and their subsequent movement and sustainment during war. As such,...
This monograph examines the role of policy in guidance of the British, the Soviet and the U.S.-NATO wars in Afghanistan. Set in the context of Afghanistan’s history and its socio-cultural environment, the study critically analyzes the negative...
On January 1, 2004 while serving as the Sergeant Major for Task Force Martin as part of a motor movement along the Jalalabad (J-Bad) road, a bus in front of the United Nations Compound ran the vehicle I was riding in the road. The accident...
Forward by Dr. William G. Robertson: The Combat Studies Institute (CSI) is pleased to present its latest publication in the Occasional Paper Series, "We Have Not Learned How to Wage War There" The Soviet Approach in Afghanistan,1979-1989, by Mr....
Forward by Dr. William G. Robertson: The Combat Studies Institute (CSI) is pleased to present its latest publication in the Occasional Paper Series, "We Have Not Learned How to Wage War There" The Soviet Approach in Afghanistan,1979-1989, by Mr....
In this interview, MAJ Jeffrey Rosenberg, US Army, Aviation, discusses his deployment to Afghanistan as a troop commander in 2008 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). MAJ Rosenberg discusses his experience with flying while in country. ...
In this interview, MAJ Robert Reed, US Army, Armor; discusses his 15 month deployment to Afghanistan as part of Embedded Training Team (ETT) in 2006 through 2008 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). MAJ Reed discusses his pre-deployment...
An Iowa National Guardsman, Lieutenant Colonel Scott Visser was mobilized in March 2004 and soon after deployed to Afghanistan in command of Task Force 168, a 750-soldier battalion comprised principally of his own 1st Battalion, 168th Infantry...
During a fifteen month deployment, SGM Camacho, Chris assigned as an Equal Opportunity Advisor (EOA) for an Airborne Brigade Combat Team at Jalalabad Army Airfield in Afghanistan conducted informal interviews and observed how leadership changed...
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...
Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) David P. Ferris deployed twice to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, in 2003 (for a year) and again in 2006 (for 15 months). Based out of Bagram, Ferris had come from the US Army Special Operations...