The Kabala Police Station was a key benchmark for the 716th Military Police Battalion in Operation Iraqi Freedom #1. Their presences represented law and order to a city that has not seen peace in years. The Soldiers and Marines of the 716th...
Major Tom McNew commanded the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division in Kuwait and Iraq from December 2002 through August 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, he talks about the...
Major Matthew Koehler redeployed in March 2004 from a deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and continued to serve as the assistant operations officer in the 4th Infantry Division's operations shop (G3). From March 2004 until June 2004,...
During the late months of 2004, 1438th MRBC prepared to deploy the company to Iraq as part of OIF 2.5. The mission to Iraq was the second time in a year the unit mobilized to deploy. The first deployment was cancelled when Turkey decided not to...
From July 2004 through February 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Caroline Horton commanded the 66th Military Police Company and operated in the Multinational Division-Center South area of responsibility, dispersed across four...
Major James Reed, Military Intelligence, deployed for Operation Iraqi Freedom from Germany with V Corps headquarters, G2 operations section, and arrived in Kuwait in November 2002, roughly four months before the actual invasion. Assigned to the...
MAJ Adlai Wood served as the operations officer (S3) Air with the 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division in Baghdad and Karbala, Iraq during 2003 and 2004 and as headquarters and headquarters company (HHC) commander of the 1-37 Armor in Sinjar and...
Coming from the U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery School at Fort Bliss, where he'd been an instructor, Major Michael Melito - during the major combat phase of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM - was assigned as an individual augmentee to 1st Battalion, 3rd Air...
Most of those who comment on Iran's attempt to influence Iraqi Shia, do so without considering the historical and cultural connection between these two peoples. The research presented directs its attention to the Iranian motives and capabilities...
MAJ James Sturm served as company commander of 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division in Iskandiriyah, Iraq during 2005 and 2006 and as executive officer (XO) on a Stability Transition Team (STT) in Baghdad, Iraq during 2010 both in support...
Since 1925, Iranian governments purposefully shaped the Iranian national identity in an attempt to socially prioritize membership in nationalist and religious social groups, over others such as ethnicity or profession. Further, successive Iranian...
Major R.J. Garcia served as a company commander in 1st Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment between Camp Udairi, Kuwait, and the Baghdad International Airport (BIAP) from January through July 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He begins his...
During his 2003 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Russ Meyer commanded Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, part of the 101st Airborne Division. In this interview, he discusses leading his rifle company...
As the U.S. Army transforms, in terms of (1) a lighter, more rapidly deployable force and (2) its doctrine, significant criticism has been cast as to the effectiveness and relevance of attack helicopters. Critics of attack aviation have raised...
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...
In the second of three interviews, MAJ Bill Dougherty discusses his first deployment to Iraq in February of 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. MAJ Dougherty talks about how his time at Camp New York was essential to the integration of his...
Major Mike Volpe served as the assistant operations officer, the battalion logistics officer and finally as a rifle company commander for 3rd Battalion, 502nd Infantry attacking through Iraq to end up in the Mosul region from March 2003 through...
This interview focuses on Major Fernando Guadalupe's service in Operation Iraqi Freedom from February 2003 until July 2003 when he served as commander of Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment. It covers Guadalupe's preparation for...
MAJ Brad Laauwe served as Bravo Company commander with 2-70 Armor in Baghdad, Iraq during 2003 and 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this February 2009 interview MAJ Laauwe discusses the short notice his unit received about their...
MAJ John Shaw served as a battle captain with the 709th Military Police (MP) Battalion in Karbala, an Najaf and Baghdad, Iraq during 2003 and 2004 and as a Brigade Combat Team (BCT) Provost Marshall (PM) at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Kalzu during...