Major Mark Donnithorne served as the facilities programs officer for the Combined Joint Task Force 7 Engineering Directorate from April to July 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Donnithorne completed predeployment training and...
Major Bobby Haskin served as the battle major for 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division and as the chief of operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from November 2005 to November 2006. Haskin was in an ROTC assignment teaching at Western...
From July 2003 through July 2004, Major Charles Kirchmaier served as the regimental judge advocate with the 75th Ranger Regiment and deployed twice to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. He later served on the MNF-I Strategic...
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...
Major Scott Thomas served as the commander of both Headquarters and Headquarters Company and Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry near Baiji, Iraq, from April 2003 through April 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview,...
Major Doug Hayes served on a military transition team (MiTT) as a maneuver advisor and the field artillery and effects advisor for 2nd Brigade, 9th Iraqi Army Division in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from April 2007 until March 2008. Hayes...
Chaplain (Major) Robert Nay served as the 172nd Stryker Brigade chaplain in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from July 2006 to November 2007. During the predeployment preparation, Nay brought together the six unit ministry teams and the chaplain...
From May 2003 through July 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Christopher Noe served as commander of Delta Company, 123rd Main Support Battalion, part of the 1st Armored Division. In command of this electronic maintenance company,...
Major Don Bottorff served as an intelligence analyst for Multinational Force-Iraq (MNF-I) in Baghdad from February 2006 through February 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. As an individual augmentee, he describes the predeployment training...
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...
A steadfast misbelief in precision bombing evolved into the leading concept for US Army Air Force during the Second World War. This concept envisioned the destruction of the German industrial and economic system as the swiftest path to victory....
This study examines whether light infantry is envisioned for employment in an optimal way, specifically in an offensive role in Central Europe. The report reviews current doctrine and determines that a disconnect exists. Lower level manuals argue...
From 2001 through 2004, Chaplain (Major) Steve Peck deployed with the 1st Special Forces Group on several 90-day rotations to the Philippines, Iraq and Afghanistan. He also provided support and training to deploying soldiers. He was originally...
This study is an examination of three areas: historical U.S. liquid propellant development, liquid propellant logistical considerations and the technical considerations in the application of a liquid propellant gun in a combat vehicle. The study...
Contents of this after action report for the 716th Tank Battalion include operation maps, a narrative history, lessons learned, and an appendix with information on field orders, battalion journal/operation reports, officers' roster, casualty...
The purposes of US Army Order of Battle 1919-1941 are threefold. The first is to fill a void in the published record of US Army units documented by Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War published by the Center of...
In this first of two interviews, Major Greg Parkins talks about commanding an operational detachment alpha in 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group conducting a foreign internal defense mission with the 1st Filipino Scout Ranger Battalion from...