Major Ronny Johnson deployed to Kuwait as the commander of Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry to support Operation Desert Spring in October 2002. He thought he was taking his unit for six months, but all that changed when forces started...
The commander of Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment (Armor) during Operation Phantom Fury - also known as Al Fajr - Captain Peter Glass and his unit was attached to Marine Regimental Combat Team 1 during this November 2004...
In this first of two interviews, Major Latassha Moore talks about commanding the 596th Maintenance Company at logistical support area Dogwood, Iraq from May 2003 through May 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. She discusses the challenges...
In September 2004, halfway through the unit's tour, Command Sergeant Major Timothy L. Mace joined 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment and, as he noted, "About five weeks later, the battalion was involved in the battle of Fallujah." Occupying a key...
MAJ Jacqueline Guillory served as Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC) commander at Camp Liberty, Iraq during 2003 and as comptroller at Camp Liberty, Iraq during 2005 and 2006, both in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this...
MAJ Thomas Clair served as assistant operations and training officer (S3) in charge of operations with the 5th Engineer Battalion at Camp Liberty in Baghdad, Iraq and on a military transition team (MiTT) in Taji, Iraq during 2005 and 2006 in...
In this June 2009 interview MAJ Shawn Umbrell discusses his 2006 deployment to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Umbrell discusses his extensive pre-deployment training with Charlie Company as their commander and then just a...
Assigned to Combined Forces Land Component Command/Third Army from June 2002 through July 2003, Colonel Kevin Benson served as the assistant chief of staff C/J5 Plans for the opening phase of Operation Iraqi Freedom. "I was charged with overseeing...
Captain George Rodriguez commanded Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry Regiment - a New York National Guard unit - during the Easter Sunday Battle of Samarra in April 2004. Attached to 1-26 Infantry, his unit relied on vehicle armor...
A reservist with the 98th Division (Institutional Training), Colonel Doug Shipman was an advisor to two separate Iraqi divisions and to the Nineveh provincial police chief in 2004-2005. In this interview, he voices frustration at the information...
Major Roger Swartwood, a reservist with the 98th Division (Institutional Training), served as the leader of a battalion advisor support team (AST) to the new Iraqi Army in 2004-2005. He begins this interview by discussing the predeployment training...
During the 2004-2005 deployment to Iraq of roughly 700 soldiers from the 98th Division (Institutional Training) for the Iraqi security forces training and advisory mission, Lieutenant Colonel Richard F. Monczynski served as officer in charge of the...
A follow-up interview to the one conducted on 4 November 2004 concerning Colonel (Ret.) Bradford Parsons' involvement in the 98th Division's 2004-2005 Iraqi Army training and advising mission, this one, as the interviewer put it, focuses more on...
Serving on the military transition team (MiTT) assigned to the Iraqi Ground Forces Command (IGFC) from January 2006 through January 2007, Lieutenant Colonel Matt Whitney was originally slated to be the C5 advisor. This, however, was an "ill-advised...
In this first of three interviews concerning his Global War on Terrorism deployments, Major Edward Croot, US Army Special Forces, discusses his January to May 2002 tour in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, during which he served in 3rd...
This paper discusses the effect of the Battle of Kernstown on McClellan's operations against Richmond and an analysis of why Jackson lost the Battle of Kernstown.
This paper discusses the events in 1864-65 between the Union and Confederate Army at Petersburg, analyzing the attacks and defenses with their resulting success or failure.
Study of the organization of the Army of the Potomac and of the Peninsula campaign with emphasis covering McClellan's reliance on his secret service for military information.
A study of the Vicksburg campaign and how the Union Army operations, chiefly an application of the principles of movement, surprise and mass, caused the defeat of the Confederate forces.