The United States is committed to on-going involvement with Iraq to rebuild the country. Marines, who deploy to Iraq or are involved with Iraqis, need a basic knowledge of the country, its culture, history and present-day state of affairs. This...
From February to June 2004, U.S. Air Force Major Patrick Kennerly was based in Kirkuk, Iraq, and served as the 506th Air Expeditionary Group's Logistics Readiness Squadron commander. In this capacity, he was responsible for Air Force logistics at...
This Personal Experience Paper was created to document my deployment to Iraq as a member of Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment. During this deployment I served as the Bravo Company First Sergeant and was witness to displays of...
MAJ Matthew McGrew served as team chief on a military transition team (MiTT) advising the 46th Iraqi Army (IA) Brigade during 2008 and 2009 in Kirkuk, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In his second interview in February 2010, MAJ...
Judge Advocate General officer Major Laura Klein is a veteran of three Global War on Terrorism deployments, the first - for Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) I - as the brigade legal advisor for the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Kirkuk; the second, as...
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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...
MAJ John Auten served as Alpha Battery commander and police transition team (PTT) chief in Kirkuk, Iraq during 2007 and 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this October 2010 interview, MAJ Auten discusses the lead-up to this...
During his February 2004 to February 2005 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Chris Budihas spent the first four months as commander of Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment out of the 25th Infantry Division; and...
Throughout the history of the United States, the American military has integrated capabilities from diverse military units. From the regulars under Washington and the local militias in the American Revolution to the airborne Divisions of World War...
From September 2006 through September 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Tracy Barker, an Army National Guardsman, served as the maneuver trainer on a brigade military transition team (MiTT). In this interview, he discusses his...
MAJ Jim Riely served as the Battalion Maintenance Officer (BMO) for the 4th Engineer Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division during 20003 and 2004 in Kirkuk and ad Dijayl, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this December...
MAJ Jason Kinkaid served as the signals officer (S6) for the 1-508th Infantry Battalion under the 173rd Infantry Brigade near Tuz, Iraq during 2003 and 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this October 2009 interview, MAJ Kinkaid...
In this third of three interviews, Major Greg Ford talks about serving as the intelligence officer for 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division in the Kirkuk region of Iraq in 2005 and 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. An initial problem...
Major George Walter served as commander for the 173rd Combat Support Company out of Vicenza, Italy, and deployed in March 2003. Walter filled the role as the engineer advisor to the brigade commander. The company was comprised of one sapper...
From March to May 2003, Major Michael Doherty served as the Headquarters Support Company (HSC) commander for 3rd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Once in northern Iraq working with the Kurdish Peshmerga,...
Winning the Counterinsurgency Fight in Iraq: The Role of Political Culture in Counterinsurgency Warfare 2003-2006 in Iraq is written to provide insight into the importance of political culture in relation to developing a counterinsurgency strategy....
Major Joseph Chestnut was the leader of a 120-man task force serving as a tactical human intelligence team in Kirkuk and Tuz, Iraq, from December 2003 through February 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, he talks about...
MAJ Peter Lin served as the brigade logistics officer (S4) in Bashir and Kirkuk, Iraq during 2003, as theater training ammunition officer in Kuwait during 2004 and 2005, and on a military transition team (MiTT) in Mosul, Iraq during 2008 and 2009. ...
From March 2003 through April 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major William "Jake" Jacobs initially commanded Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 508th Infantry - part of the 173rd Airborne Brigade - and then changed command in country and...
Major Scott Riley, in this first of two interviews, talks about his service as the intelligence officer for 3rd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group in the Kurdish regions of northern Iraq from March through May of 2003 in support of Operation...