At the time of his deployment in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Major Stanley S. Bennett was a full-time administrative and training officer for his Missouri National Guard unit. He deployed with the 135th Rear Operations Center and was...
In the current war on terrorism, the President of the United States has specifically identified two former wartime enemies of the United States as members of an evil axis. The regimes ruling these two states (North Korea and Iraq) are the same ones...
Over the last decade the importance of Naval Coastal Warfare (NCW) to the United States Navy as a viable asset in the war on terror and conflicts in the Middle East is on the rise. Because the Navy’s focus during the decades between the Vietnam...
Thesis Statement: The decisive leadership role of President Bush directly impacted the coalition victory in Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Abstract: The decisive leadership role of President Bush as the Commander in Chief of the Armed...
Major Barbara Haines, Transportation Corps, deployed from July 2006 to July 2007 as the support operations officer (SPO) for the Area Support Group-Kuwait (ASG) at Camp Arifjan. This was a permanent change of station move for Haines from the US....
COL Ronald Westfall focuses on his experiences as an Infantry Battalion Executive Officer mobilized in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF I). In relating his experiences in the pre-mobilization process, COL Westfall describes lacking good...
The United States Army’s transformation from the Army of Excellence design to the Modular design had profound changes for the corps organization. Armored cavalry regiments under the Army of Excellence design provided reconnaissance and security...
This paper will review some of the historical trends and discuss the implications for the future of Army logistics as it supports the nation's Army, forward deployed or as it projects ground power to operations in a combatant commander's area of...
This monograph argues that the Army’s Battle Focused Training system as represented in FM 25-100 and FM 25-101 no longer reasonably assures tactical unit readiness for participation as the ground force elements in the joint force of the future....
My first deployment was with the Rear Area Operation Center (RAOC). The RAOC received a mission to provide a team of ten personnel to support the 593rd Area Support Group (ASG) in its deployment during Desert Shield. The mission of the RAOC was to...
In this interview, MAJ Jennifer Paulik, US Army, Adjutant General (AG); discusses her deployment to Kuwait as the Postal Deputy Director in 2008 through 2009 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Paulik discusses her missions with...
This monograph proposes that one of the Army's primary doctrinal concepts, combat power, requires modification to keep pace with the changing environment of conflict. It argues that the Army's combat power model, defined as the combined effects of...
The monograph evaluates the viability of quick decisive victory as a principle of U.S. military strategy. Modern concepts of quick decisive victory form the cornerstone of present U.S. military strategy. These concepts originated from the...
The Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), asymmetrical warfare, and globalization spell uncertainty, and strategic responsiveness can be the key to winning our nations wars The US defense strategy requires pre-positioning posture to enable faster force...
This monograph examines the operational deception plan used in Operation Desert Storm from 17 January to 28 February 1991 in relation to U.S. Army deception doctrine. Using the deception plan from Operation Overlord in World War II to illustrate...
The purpose of this monograph is to examine the development of the 1998 FM 100-5. The primary research question is: Do the changes proposed in the coordinating draft of the 1998 FM 100-5 mark a return to the concept of operational art? This...
For the first two months of his July 2004 through June 2005 tour in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Major Rene Ybarra served as the future operations engineer officer for Combined Forces Land Component Command's C7 engineering cell. For the...
In 2003, the Army Field Support Command (AFSC) and the Joint Munitions Command (JMC), collocated at Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, began a comprehensive oral history project aimed at chronicling a full-spectrum slice of the commands' role in...