This personal experience paper is an attempt to document my experience with the Program Objectives Memorandum 08-13. In January 2006 I took over as the Troop Sergeant Major of a section charged with executing a program revolving around developing...
I was born on 3 October 1967 in San Antonio, TX. At the age of six months my mother divorced my father and we moved to Bryan, TX where I spent the remainder of my childhood prior to joining the Army. My mother remarried, he adopted me and became my...
This essay will describe what major events occur for my Battalion during our Mobilization for Operation Noble Eagle II. This was the first Mobilization for my unit since the Korean War. Lessons we learned would provide vital for our future...
In the following paper I will describe to you, and make you
aware of the importance of a Logistician’s job. Without
logisticians, the War Fighters’ job would be hard, their
maneuver space would be smaller and the outcome would not be
very...
This personal experience paper will describe my personal/military history and current experience as the Human Terrain Team Sergeant Major with Multi National Forces West (MNF-W), Regional Combat Team (RCT-1) Brigade.
This paper will briefly...
A synopsis of the experience of SGM Susan K. Hunter as a Works Project Supervisor (E6, 95B30) assigned to the 403d MP PW Camp during Operation Desert Storm. Her experience identifies the operation and successful mission of the 403d MP PW Camp. A...
Operation Desert Storm was the first major conflict since the Vietnam. It employed Corps and Division force on force warfare that the US military had trained for at places like the National Training Center. I was a young buck sergeant serving in a...
This is an experience as an infantry First Sergeant during Operation Iraqi Freedom. This story tells of combat operations after President Bush call for an end to major combat operation. I tell of events that happen in chronological order the way...
This personal experience paper will describe my personal history and current experience as the Battalion Command Sergeant Major of the 1st Battalion, 125 Infantry Regiment of the Michigan Army National Guard. This paper will outline the 1-125...
On September 11, 2001, our nation fell victim to a horrible terrorist act. A new kind of terrorist weapon struck the World Trade Center in New York City, New York. The Terrorist used airplanes full of fuel and innocent civilians as weapons of...
SGM Harr worked as a Senior Human Resources Sergeant and later HR SGM supporting and deploying for a Joint Special Operations Task Forces from 2003 to 2009 on various rotations to Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), a hugely publicized military action....
The following paper is about a couple of weeks in the 978th Military Police Company during its deployment to Iraq for the third time. This paper talks a little about the training the unit had and what happen within the first 90 days and how we...
In 1992, while serving in the Massachusetts Army National Guard as a Staff Sergeant and since first joining the Military in September of 1983 I was approached by my Platoon Sergeant who at the time advised me of some career counseling and long term...
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...
In November 2004, ODA-166 deployed to Zormat, Afghanistan. The detachment operated in the Zormat area for six months. The detachment’s primary mission was to maintain stability in the Paktia Province. In conjunction with the Afghan National Army,...
Over the past decade the study of resilience in humans has increased in multiple fields. During the 1970s, resilience was viewed as a trait that one was born with, but over the years this idea has decreased in popularity and resilience is now...
This study is an investigation and analysis of the united front (UF) theories and practices of the Communist Party of the Philippines as these impact on the Philippine insurgency. The research hypothesis is that united front building is as vital a...
Civil Affairs (CA) units support commanders by working with civil and military authorities in the commander's area of operations during peace and operations of war. CA units support the Afghan and Iraqi people in rehabilitating their societies...
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...