Lieutenant Commander Dan Davidson, US Navy, deployed to the Global War on Terrorism in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) from November 2002 through June 2003. A naval supply officer, Davidson, who received his...
In this second of three interviews, Major Tom Chalkley, US Marine Corps, talks about his experiences with Operation Enduring Freedom-Horn of Africa as the commander of Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines off the coast of Somalia in November...
CJTF-HOA developed a course of action to win the War on Terror in the Horn of Africa. Because of the mission, resources available to the task force, and the nature of the conflict, the command chose a course of action that used Information...
Deployment is one of the hardest and most critical logistical tasks. Since WWII, the development of distribution methods to overcome logistics issues has continued with mixed success. This monograph explores these issues and the methods used to...
This paper describes some of the key challenges of my tour to the Horn of Africa in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. It also describes how working in ajoint environment can be rewarding and challenging to all leaders at all levels. Africa is...
Major James D. Sides, a military police officer who graduated from the Command and General Staff College (CGSC) in June 2007, sat for this interview by fellow MP officer and CGSC student Major Jeffrey Holmes to capture the former's experiences in...
Service Members identify the Old Guard (TOG) for Parades, Retirement Ceremonies, White House Arrivals, and Public Displays. The goal set forth will show how the unit is a Table of Organization and Equipment (TO &E) outfit. The headline for February...
Major Dave May, US Air Force, served as the JSOTF-HOA J1 from November 2003 through February 2004 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom-Horn of Africa (OEF-HOA). May's predeployment training consisted of refresher training on the M9 and chemical...
From October 2005 through April 2006, Major Darren LoRé served as a mobile training team (MTT) leader in Yemen, assigned to train a Yemeni counterterrorist unit. He begins his interview by discussing the predeployment training he and his team...
In this first of two interviews regarding his Global War on Terrorism experiences, Major Scott Pierce, US Marine Corps, discusses his role as executive officer of 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, which was stood up as a battalion landing team (BLT) for...
In October of 2009, 128 personnel from the 1st and 4th Joint Communications Support Squadron's (JCS) along with six personnel from the Communications Support Detachment (CSD) in the Joint Communications Support Element (JCSE) were assembled under a...
Operation Enduring and Iraqi Freedom served as a learning experience for a young Platoon Sergeant, responsible for the health, welfare and safety of fifty-two Soldiers in multiple Combat Zones. Originally deploying to serve as a Nodal Platoon...
Lieutenant Commander Stephen Weincko served onboard the USS John C. Stennis in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) in 2002, again later as the mission commander of a P-3 flying out of Bahrain in 2005, and finally in support of Operation...
From November 2003 through July 2005, Major John James served in the 96th Civil Affairs Battalion, and during this time he deployed as part of F Company to the Horn of Africa, specifically Ethiopia. According to James, the Joint Special Operations...
The United States has entered a new security environment, causing its military to conduct operations in remote areas of the world with limited resources to support its troops. The Fleet Hospital Program is responsible for providing health service...
Within the context of the current US government endeavor to unify its actions and build partner-nation military capabilities in the Global War on Terror (GWOT), this monograph seeks to determine the potential value of utilizing expeditionary...
The role of the Department of Defense in sub-Saharan Africa has increased significantly since 2001 as evidenced by its increased presence, personnel, and programming. Overall, this increasing role takes place in relatively close proximity to other,...
Cómo se hace un líder: Dwight D. Eisenhower. Coronel (R) Robert C. Carroll, Ejército de EUA; La biografía de Dwight David Eisenhower (alias Ike) como general y Presidente es conocida. Sin embargo, no lo es tanto la historia de cómo Ike, cuando...
Dr. Thomas H. Henriksen in this publication provides a perspective on the challenging question, "Is leaving the Middle East a Viable Option?" He lays out a convincing argument that historical involvement within the region based on commercial ties,...
Major Jackie Jones, a signal officer, served in an intelligence billet on the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force (CJSOTF) staff at Al Udeid Airbase, Qatar, beginning in early 2002. As the J2, then deputy J2, Jones helped build the...