The United States Army continues to execute counterinsurgency operations in support of the Global War on Terror in Afghanistan. However, inculcating a counterinsurgency ethos into the Army continues to be a challenge. The Army’s reward system,...
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. Combat Studies Institute.
This study offers an objective narrative of the events surrounding the Battle of Wanat. Army historians recognized the need to better understand the Battle of Wanat and ensure those who followed learned from the experiences of the courageous...
Beginning in the Korea War, through Vietnam and continuing with the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, US forces have been involved in combat typified by close, sharp actions - often without the doctrinally prescribed firepower to support the...
This monograph examines alternative approaches to U.S. COIN operations in the eastern Pashtun tribal areas in Afghanistan that are sensitive to and inclusive of the key elements of the Pashtun code of Pashtunwali. The author reviews Pashtuns and...
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...
Field Manual 1, The Army constitutes mission command as the prevailing leadership philosophy of the U.S. Army. With the publication of Field Manual, 6-22 Army Leadership the U.S. Army introduced the Leadership Requirements Model (LRM) to the force,...
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...
This monograph examines the conduct of biometrically supported census operations as a population control measure in a counterinsurgency campaign. First, the monograph explores why the conduct of such an operation is relevant in the current...
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Combat Studies Institute
This study offers an objective narrative of the events surrounding the Battle of Wanat. Army historians recognized the need to better understand the Battle of Wanat and ensure those who followed learned from the experiences of the courageous...
In this interview, MAJ Brian O'Leary, US Army, Medical Service, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a Brigade Psychologist in 2004 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). MAJ O'Leary describes his immediate reaction upon finding out about...
COIN or counterinsurgency is an effective tactic to counteract an insurgency campaign. Insurgency and counterinsurgency operations have been waged long before recorded history. The United States initiated counterinsurgency operations in the...
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 Jeff Lakner served as the Brigade human intelligence officer (S2X) with the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan during 2005 - 2006 and as a battalion intelligence officer (S2) in Qalat, Zabul Province for the last three...
Causal claims are unavoidable in military affairs. However, causal claims are also insufficient when attempting to understand and intervene in complex environments. Hence, notions of conventional causality must be supplemented with an understanding...
The purpose of this monograph is to identify skills and capabilities required by commanders to excel at the operational level of war and in the practice of operational art. The author evaluated the performance of Confederate Major General Daniel...
Because the protection cell is such a recent creation and is still being developed in many corps and divisions, there is little literature regarding the operational effects of these operational planning units. The resultant lack of understanding of...
Tactical leader lessons learned in Afghanistan: operation enduring freedom VIII. Colonel William B. Ostlund, U.S. Army; During its 15 months in Afghanistan, the 2d Battalion (Airborne), 503d Infantry Regiment, spent 90 percent of its time training...
MAJ Marvin Brown served as the deputy division personnel officer (G1) and deputy coalition joint personnel officer (CJ1) with the 101st Airborne Division at Bagram Airbase, Afghanistan during 2008 and 2009 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom...
MAJ George Corbari served as an air defense artillery (ADA) officer in Turkey for the initial push into Iraq during 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and in Wardak Province, Afghanistan during 2008 and 2009 in support of Operation...