Strong public affairs activities and operational support promote a greater understanding of the Army and its contribution to the nation, relevant in obtaining international legitimacy and support. The problem is that current Army Public Affairs...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Essayons, originally published as the Fort Leonard Wood Guidon in 1966 then as the Guidon from 1966 to 1987. Became Essayons in 1988 and remained that way until 1999 when it reverted back to Guidon. It has been and continues to be a record of...
Napoleon Bonaparte once said "There are but two powers in the world, the sword and the mind. In the long run the sword is always beaten by the mind." In April 2003 during Operation Iraqi Freedom elections for mayor of the northern city of Mosul...
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...
This paper discusses two ways in which the Army obtains its intelligence: 1) use of informants; and 2) emersion. The author weights the importance of both courses of options but favors emersion (working side to side with a population to gain trust...
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...
MAJ Gene Souza served as the surveillance troop commander, a planner, an intelligence advisor and intel planner with the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT) in Ninevah Province, Iraq during 2005 and 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom...
The National Security Strategy of the United States of America of September 2002 (NSS) aims “to help make the world not just safer but better.” In order to achieve this ambitious challenge, The NSS defines the following goals on the path to...
The Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) has pursued a nuclear program since 1985. In February 2006, with the last round of international negotiations having failed and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) having reported the dossier to the United...
Aprender acerca de las operaciones de contrainsurgencia: observaciones tras haber servido en Irak. Teniente General David H. Petraeus, Ejército de los EE.UU.; La verdad es que la guerra contra la insurgencia en Afganistán e Irak, no era el tipo...
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...
MAJ Del Monroy served on a Military Transition Team (MiTT) during 2007 and 2008 in Mosul, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this January 2009 interview, MAJ Monroy discusses the deficiencies of his training at Fort Riley, Kuwait...
MAJ Paul Culberson served as the engineer planner with the 101st Airborne Division in Mosul, Iraq during 2003and 2004 and as headquarters and headquarters company commander of the 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division in Tikrit, Iraq during 2005 and...
Chaplain (CH) Dunn discusses his pre-mobilization Religious Support training. He notes his dissatisfaction with "too many PowerPoint briefings and not enough hands on training". Dunn relates that a mock memorial ceremony training block was...
MAJ Christopher L'Heureux served with the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT) as assistant personnel officer (S1) and company commander in Baghdad, Iraq during 2005 and 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this August 2010...
In this interview, MAJ Sherman Watson, US Army, Field Artillery (FA); discusses his deployment to Iraq as a motorized Infantry company commander for 5-82 Field Artillery in 2006 through 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Watson...
Assigned to the 526th Forward Support Battalion, Major Joseph Morrow, a battalion operations officer, helped support the 2nd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division in Mosul. Stand-out memories included a 22-hour convoy drive, the attacks on Mosul...