This study reveals how a light infantry division, complemented by key attachments, stopped an armor-heavy German corps. Using original documents and reports, Colonel Mitchell traces the fight at Bastogne with emphasis on the organization, movement...
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...
This study attempts to determine why Hispanic cadets are not being commissioned in the same proportion as their enrollment in ROTC would suggest. Currently, Hispanics comprise four percent of the nation's ROTC cadets, yet only one percent of the...
From May to September 2002, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, Lieutenant Colonel Michael Shenk (then a major) served as a battalion operations officer with the 101st Aviation Regiment, an assault helicopter unit of Blackhawks and Chinooks....
The 1991 USASMA Annual Command History is designed to preserve a record of the academy's activities during the year. It consists of three main parts. The first is a very brief introduction to the history of the academy and the Noncommissioned...
Lieutenant Colonel Mark Schmidt has served in a variety of positions as a psychological operations (PSYOP) officer, including Operation Enduring Freedom tours in the Philippines and Afghanistan. In this interview, he talks about PSYOP doctrine as...
From March to August 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Jeremiah Jette served as the commander of Bravo Company, 63rd Signal Battalion, attached to the 11th Signal Brigade, and was tasked with providing area signal support to Talil...
COMMANDANT'S SUMMARY: The year began with an emphasis on communication. COL Abramowitz directed that the academy's webpage be radically upgraded by November 2005. It was, but only in early 2006 did it hit its stride. The purpose of the upgrade was...
Major Michael Stellato served as commander for the 363rd MP Company in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from February through December 2003. Once Stellato was notified of this deployment, he had to facilitate the movement of Reserve forces from...
Major Mike Stephens served as a company commander and S3 with the 701st MSB in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from late 2004 until February 2006. They applied the lessons learned from their deployment to Turkey to their predeployment training...
During its Taji, Iraq-based January 2004 to January 2005 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Iowa National Guard's 185th Corps Support Battalion was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Michael Schlorholtz. Beginning by discussing the...
Lieutenant Colonel Michael Slusher, a Kansas National Guard soldier, served on an embedded training team (ETT) in various places throughout Afghanistan in 2006 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Slusher begins his interview by discussing the...
From January to December 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Mark Susnis served on a military transition team (MiTT) assigned to the 9th Mechanized Iraqi Army Division and worked initially as the G1/G4 advisor and then later as the...
In this interview, MAJ Matt Simons, US Army, talks about his deployment to Iraq as a Battery Commander in October 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom OIF). MAJ Simons discusses his pre-deployment training and describes his personal move...
Major Mike Stephens served as a company commander with the 701st MSB in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from January through April 2003. Once Stephens assumed the company commander position, the company began convoying equipment to the barge...
During Operation Phantom Fury (Al Fajr) in November 2004, the combined-joint assault to retake the Iraqi city of Fallujah, Colonel Michael Shupp commanded Marine Regimental Combat Team 1. In this interview, focusing squarely on the battle itself -...
COMMANDANT’S SUMMARY: In 2007, transformation proved to be the key for the United States Army Sergeants Major Academy. The Academy sought to continue transformation in the Noncommissioned Officer Education System, in the increased use of distance...