MAJ Mark Anders served as battery commander with the 2-20 Field Artillery Battalion of the 4th Infantry Division (ID) in Taji, Iraq during 2003 and 2004, as the Assistant Fire Support Coordinator (AFSCOORD) for the 25th ID at Contingency Operating...
Deploying initially with the 96th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron in January 2002 in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM (then later re-task organized under the 40th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron), Major Mike Adderley served as a B-52 aircraft...
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...
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 this interview, Major Matthew Archambault, US Army, Operations Officer, talks about his deployment to Iraq in 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Archambault discusses his personal experience with pre-deployment training and the...
This is designed primarily for use by organization commanders in the instruction of en-listed men of antiaircraft artillery units (except searchlight batteries) of the Coast Artillery Corps.
MAJ Mark Andres served as the brigade plans officer, logistics officer (S4) and company commander with 3rd Brigade, 1st CAV in Baghdad and Najaf, Iraq during 2004 and 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this May 2010 interview,...
This paper determined the public image of the U.S. military as reflected in leading magazines and compared the results with the public image of the military determined in a 1971 study. The 1982 and 1983 issues of twenty-one leading magazines were...
This study examines the experiences of the Red Army in World War II and traces Soviet airborne theory and practice both before and since the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45. Airborne warfare emerges as an essential part of the high-speed offensive...
In this interview, MAJ Michael Adorjan, US Army, Special Forces; discusses his deployment to Iraq, Africa as the personnel officer (S3) in 2009 through 2010 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Adorjan discusses a typical day in...
Today, many analysts predict China’s growing economy and military strength will eventually create a peer competitor for the United States (US). Others fear China’s globally expanding influence will threaten US national security interests and...
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...
In this interview, MAJ Matthew Albertus, US Army, Infantry; discusses his deployment to Afghanistan as the Ranger Company Commander for the 1st Ranger Battalion in 2009 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). MAJ Albertus discusses his...
Mosher, Alan M.; Waters, Brian F.; Johnson, Robert C.
After the 11 September 2001 surprise attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon by al Qaida terrorists, planners from all over the US Army were tasked to join an Army planning team to develop the Army’s Strategic Campaign Plan (ASCP) in...
The quality of the relationship between military commanders, senior government officials, and the head of state greatly influences the effectiveness of military force employment. Samuel Huntington explored this phenomenon, among others, in his...
This is a questionnaire that was distributed to a random sampling of instructors and research assistants at USAC&GSC and action officers at CAG and CARMSA. This also included 1965-1966 students.
The only active duty Quartermaster (QM) Mortuary Affairs (MA) Company in the Army deploys to Kuwait in support of OIF and OEF. Based out of Fort Lee, Virginia, the company supported every major and minor conflict when called upon. The company...