An initial historical review of the Balkans provides the setting to help one understand what led to America's involvement in the region. Later the book provides an excellent summary of the Bosnia and Kosovo regions and the consequent US presence...
This short paper attempts to relay the emotional events that took place after the 82nd Soldier Support Battalion lost its first Soldier in combat during an IED attack while conducting a straightforward mail run on Route Irish in the early part of...
Many great heroes in our American military history have continued to serve as inspiration for generations of service members. Most Americans today can readily recall the great Generals of our past such as MacArthur, Patton, Bradley, Eisenhower, and...
Black Americans have been participating and providing services in the US armed forces, since the Revolution to the Civil War and from Vietnam to the War in Iraq, but unfortunately so far their help has been repeatedly transferred to a footnote of...
Military Transition Teams (MiTT) are responsible for assisting the Iraqi Army in transitioning to an all-volunteer force. My forty Soldier team was formed at Ft. Hood prior to deployment to Iraq for initial training. Our team’s Task Organization...
This is a story of a man who fought against prejudice and his inner turmoil then later became a hero during the Vietnam War. Mark Twain once said "Courage is not the lack of fear; it is acting in spite of it." The Vietnam War was fought mostly by...
Non-citizens have served in the United States military during every war since at least the Civil War. In 1862 Congress, in an effort to increase the size of the Army, passed the first legislation which authorized expedited citizenship for...
Lieutenant Colonel Nathan Hoepner served as the operations officer for the 501st Military Intelligence Battalion in Iraq from June 2003 through July 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this email correspondence interview, he talks about...
Lieutenant General Richard F. Natonski, United States Marine Corps, commanded the 1st Marine Division and the ground combat element of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), including substantial US Army forces, during Operation Al Fajr to...
Covers the operations of the VII Corps in September, 1944, including the Battle of the Stolberg Corridor, the drive on the second band, building a wall about Aachen and the Battle of the Lammersdorf Corridor.
From March 2004 through February 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Alan Boyer commanded Fox Troop, 9th Cavalry (F-9 CAV), which operated as the brigade reconnaissance troop for 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division. In this interview,...
In April 2003, the 3rd Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team (BCT) reached the approaches of Baghdad, Iraq, after a record-breaking march from the Kuwaiti border. To test the strength of Iraqi defenses in the capital, 2nd BCT conducted an...
Roughly a month after taking command of Bravo Company, 302nd Military Intelligence Battalion (Tactical Exploitation System) in November 2002, Major Art La Flamme received his deployment order and, by January, was at Ahmed Al Jaber Airbase in Kuwait...
In this interview MAJ Bob McGuire discusses his deployment to Iraq as a member of a military transition team (MiTT) in April 2009. Originally slated to be the operations officer (S3) for a division MiTT MAJ McGuire learned upon his arrival in...
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 Hoyseth describes his deployment experiences to both OIF in 2003 and OEF in 2008. MAJ Hoyseth deployed with 2-7 INF at the very beginning of OIF and was with one of the first units to cross over into Iraq. He discusses his...
In this interview MAJ Kuetemeyer discusses his experiences as a company commander for two different companies out of the DISCOM 4th ID during their deployment to OIF in 2004. MAJ Kuetemeyer was the commander of HHC as they got set up and...
In command of Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, during the major combat phase of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Major Daniel Benz supported the initial operations to seize and secure the southern Iraqi oilfields...
A veteran of two deployments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, US Marine Corps Major Dave Banning commanded Alpha Company, 1st Tank Battalion, attached initially to 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment and later to 1st Marines, in theater from...
In this March 2011 interview MAJ David Acosta, Information Operations (IO), outlines the communications strategy he and his unit, Headquarters 1st Armor Division used in Iraq from 2009 through 2010. MAJ Acosta discusses the key pillars to the...