This book contains a detailed account of the United States Army Reserve 98th Division deployment to Iraq in 2004-2005 and its role in building, training, and advising the new Iraqi Army.
For approximately the past ten years, the Army has been engaged in large-scale counterinsurgency campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan. These campaigns have forced the Army to reevaluate how it approaches its role in advising host nation forces. This...
Reporting to for duty is basically the same process for all military service members. Mobilization and deployment, in its simplest terms, means that a service member leaves his or her family, friends and in the case of Reservists and National...
When a Soldier gets an opportunity to achieve a professional goal, it can at times place a Soldier in a personal dilemma of choosing between his Soldiers or accomplishing a professional feat. This is not just a normal feat, but also that of a First...
This report to Congress is submitted pursuant to the section entitled “Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq” of House Conference Report 109-72 accompanying H. R. 1268, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on...
On September 3, 2004, the 98th Division (Institutional Training) received mobilization orders for Operation Iraqi Freedom, and deployed more than 700 of its troops starting in late October 2004, over a period of two months. Conceptualized as the...
The 16th Quarterly Report from the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction SIGIR. 2008 will be a "Year of Transfer" in Iraq, bringing with it the continued evolution of the U. S. program. This evolution means that the Government of Iraq...
The thesis addresses the development of the current Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF). This topic was chosen because the international community, in consultation with the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, has established 2014...
The precursor to this monograph "The US Army and Security Force Assistance: Assessing the Need for an Institutionalized Advisory Capability," utilized three criteria: importance of advisory operations, frequency of advisory operations, and...
Having served two tours of duty during Operation Iraqi Freedom, Colonel Richard O. Hatch brings a unique perspective to the War on Terrorism. First, he was staff judge advocate for the 101st Airborne Division, reporting to (then) Major General...
The US Army had difficulty initiating and conducting advisory operations in Operation Iraqi Freedom due to the lack of an institutionalized advisory capability. The need to create an advisory capability after the requirement developed, resulted in...
Stabilization is essential to set the conditions for strategic success in post-major combat operations environments. A great deal of effort is expended in planning and executing combat operations. However, surprisingly less effort goes into the...
The proceedings from CSI's fourth annual Military History Symposium held 8-10 Aug, 2006 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas and sponsored by US Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC). Topics include security assistance operations, policies, the roles...
This interview with Lieutenant General David H. Petraeus covers his command of Multinational Security Transition Command-Iraq (MNSTC-I) from June 2004 through September 2005, and deals specifically with the deployment of the 98th Division...
This is a wartime account that describes logistics support operations carried out from homestation at Fort Campbell, Kentucky in support of the Global War on Terror (GWOT). I was assigned as the Group (Brigade) S-4 NCOIC for 5th Special Forces...
The commander of 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment and then G3 operations officer for the 101st Airborne Division during Operation Iraqi Freedom I - his first tour in Iraq - Colonel Bill Hickman spent his second, from July 2005 to July 2006,...
A reservist serving with the 98th Division (Institutional Training), Lieutenant Colonel Antonio L. Morales was mobilized and deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2004 and 2005. Normally assigned as a schools officer with the...
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) current organization and its role in recent stability operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The thesis begins by looking at some of the historic missions for...
By examining four historical contexts featuring corps headquarters performing their doctrinal roles, this study indentified three signposts that assist practitioners with anticipating the future role of a corps headquarters at onset and throughout...
La Mara Salvatrucha y la seguridad en América Central. Steven C. Boraz y Thomas C. Bruneau; Los países de América Central han presenciado un tremendo crecimiento en el nivel de violencia en los últimos cinco años, tanto así que Colombia ya no...