In this second of two interviews, Major Shawn Carden talks about serving as the communications officer for the 82nd Sustainment Brigade in Talil, Iraq from August 2006 through November 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He discusses how...
In this second of two interviews, Major Shawn Kahler talks about serving as the logistics officer for 1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery and commanding Forward Support Company, 1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery on Forward Operating Base Remagen...
In this first of two interviews, Major Shawn Kahler talks about serving as the transportation officer for the 24th Corps Support Group in Kuwait up to Baghdad, Iraq from January through September 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He...
In this first of three interviews, Major Shawn Kahler talks about serving as the transportation officer for the 24th Corps Support Group in Kuwait up to Baghdad, Iraq from January through September 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He...
In this interview, MAJ Shawn Patrick, US Army, Engineer, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a Deputy Assistant in 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Patrick describes a typical day and his reaction to being in country with his...
In this interview, MAJ Shawn Steele, US Army, Air Defense Artillery; discusses his deployments to Iraq as the team executive officer in 2009 through 2010 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Steele discusses a typical day in theater...
In this June 2009 interview MAJ Shawn Umbrell discusses his 2006 deployment to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Umbrell discusses his extensive pre-deployment training with Charlie Company as their commander and then just a...
In this June 2009 interview MAJ Shawn Umbrell discusses his 2007 deployment to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). On this deployment MAJ Umbrell deployed almost as an individual augmentee to 1-75th Ranger Battalion. Originally...
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...
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 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...
Since the attacks of 9/11 and the subsequent creation of the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Defense (DoD) has struggled with its role in Defense Support to Civil Authorities. While most disasters can be handled by first...
Can the United States wage a Global War on Terror with the current strategies in place? The U.S. waged a similar “long war” over four decades against communism. Although the threat to today’s U.S. national interests is a form of terrorism...
The Department of the Army decided to re-structure the combat divisions into modular, brigade units in order to better address the difficulty inherent in fighting a long war on terrorism, while simultaneously providing combat units to OIF and OEF...
While the nature of war does not change, the conduct and methods available to wage and win wars does. This appears to be the case with respect to hybrid war, an evolving type of war that the United States may soon face. The definition of hybrid war...
In October 1993, the Quick Reaction Force Headquarters in Mogadishu, Somalia observed, "convoys are more vulnerable to attack than ground maneuver forces and should be planned and executed as a combat operation." During the period from 1993 to...
The Military-Media Relationship: A Dysfunctional Marriage? Thom Shanker and Major General Mark Hertling, U.S. Army: In the information age, the first casualty of war is often trust--between those who fight the wars and those who report them. A...
Strong leadership is the key to our ethical problems and the prevention of unethical actions in the future. In today's Army with an increase in deployments, leaders find themselves in a zero defect environment with mistakes posted on the local...
In 1971, the Army officially implemented the NCO Education System. Since its implementation, NCOES now covers all critical levels of leader development. Today the system consists of the Warrior Leaders Course, BNCOC, ANCOC and USASMA.
The role and...
One might ask why combat trained paratroopers jumped into a forest fire instead of the fields of Germany. After all, this was 1945 and the United States was at war with Germany. The answer was simple. In 1945, the Army, along with the rest of the...