Major Dave Hammerschmidt, United States Air Force, in this second of two interviews, talks about serving as the chief of logistics for the Air Mobility Operations Group at Ramstein, Germany from June 2004 through September 2007 in support of the...
Since the fall of the Berlin Wall and end of the Cold War the United States Army’s role in Europe has changed and will continue to change more and more, thus having a significant impact on not only the Army, but also the European continent as a...
Training Soldiers and deploying with them on a mission has been the most rewarding part of my military career. As Noncommissioned Officers we must train our Soldiers and ensure they are prepared to fight and win wars. In December of 1999, my...
Turkey and an Army Forward. Lieutenant Colonal Patrick Warren, U.S. Army Europe, and Major Michael Morrissey, U.S. Army Europe; As part of a joint force positioned in central Europe, forward-deployed U.S. Army forces are needed to provide a...
Major Tom Sachariason served with the 27th Trans Movement Control Battalion as the chief of operation and plans in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from February 2003 until April 2004. Sachariason and the battalion staged their equipment at...
My section and I were chosen to be the first Howitzer Section to deploy from the First Armored
Division in support of IFOR. We encountered few problems prior to deploying, but were not
initially allowed to bring howitzer ammunition on the aircraft....
This paper describes my personal reflections of Operation Enduring Freedom and
Operation
Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) as a First Sergeant assigned to A Battery, 1st Battalion, 27th Field
Artillery Regiment. I believe these re-collections of my, and my...
In this March 2011 interview MAJ Steven Coston, an aviation intelligence officer, discusses his deployment to Iraq with the 1st Military Intelligence (MI) Battalion in July 2005. MAJ Coston relates his quick integration into the unit and immediate...
Commander Jeffrey Bernasconi, United States Navy, served as the main engines officer onboard the USS Germantown in 1991 in support of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, and served as the auxiliaries officer onboard the USS Harry S. Truman...
This study investigates the limitations of strategic airlift in light of occurrences during the DESERT SHIELD deployment, and the changing strategic environment. The limitations and their importance are shown through an examination of the changing...
In 2003, the Army Field Support Command (AFSC) and the Joint Munitions Command (JMC), collocated at Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, began a comprehensive oral history project aimed at chronicling a full-spectrum slice of the commands' role in...
MAJ Drew Phillips served as a historian attached to the 82nd Airborne Division during 2007 in Bagram, Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In this May 2009 interview, MAJ Phillips discusses the lack of any kind of...
In this interview, Maj Samuel Jobe, US Air Force, Air Mobility Command; discusses his mission to Iraq as a pilot in 2007 through 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). Maj Jobe discusses a typical...
First Sergeant duty is one of the greatest honors and privileges a Noncommissioned Officer can do during a career. It’s even more special when leading Soldiers during wartime operations. Looking into the faces of Soldiers who are looking back...
The transformation of the United States Army in Europe will have an impact on the future of U.S. forces on the continent. The restructuring efforts will produce five major and two minor basing areas for Soldiers in Europe. The smaller footprint...
Today’s twenty first century technologies will improve military forces capabilities and combat abilities throughout the world during the next decade. It will be important for the United States to develop our mutual friendship with our allies, and...
I was assigned to the 8th Finance Battalion during its support of Operation Joint Guardian. Following the withdrawal of Yugoslav forces from Kosovo, the U.N. Security Council endorsed Resolution 1244. It called for an international security...
The Army’s Liaison duty began in Germany to assist those Soldiers who arrived at Landstuhl Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany with injuries and other illnesses that they acquired while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. With the War on Terrorism...
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...
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...