Major Marc Cloutier deployed to Iraq in February 2003 as commander of Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. His unit followed behind the 3rd Infantry Division and its objectives were to secure FARP...
U.S. military, Department of State, and Iraqi officials face many challenges moving a unified Iraq forward. This paper attempts to answer a critical question: Can local Iraqi grassroots councils facilitate a strategic endstate like achieving...
The weight of the loads carried by today’s dismounted infantrymen has degraded their ability to operate in restricted terrain. This degradation in capability has had a drastic impact on the effectiveness of the Infantry Brigade Combat Teams which...
How might military practitioners incorporate social science concepts within the intelligence analytical framework to better define and understand the human dimension of an area of operation? Current military intelligence doctrine vaguely prescribes...
Major Jay Haley deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in March 2004 as the Alpha Company commander in the 312th Military Intelligence Battalion as direct support to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division. Approximately halfway...
Addendum: Anbar awakens. Colonel Sean MacFarland, U.S. Army; A major player in the Anbar Awakening recalls how joint-force cooperation led to the turnaround in Ramadi.
The most important thing: legislative reform of the national security...
The name sergeant is derived from Latin, serviens – servant. (Fisher 6). The roots of the NCO Corps extend back to the earliest American Colonial experience when each town formed a militia company. Using the system of small squads for guard duty...
Today with modern technology, the world has gotten smaller, in a moment’s notice you can be sent anywhere in the world. It is the responsibility of our Senior NCO Corp to make sure our Soldiers are trained and equipped to be successful. In the...
The concept to utilize small-embedded teams of military advisors to assist foreign security forces is not new. The transition team mission of advising, coaching, mentoring, teaching, and training the Iraqi Army is supportive in the success of...
LTC Anthony Clemente served as intelligence officer with the headquarters of the 82nd Airborne Division at the Combined Joint Task Force (CJTF) Headquarters in Bagram, Afghanistan during 2009 and 2010 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom...
With 5th Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division in Iraq from March 2004 to March 2005, Major David Chiarenza initially served as a company commander and then moved to become a brigade battle captain and, as needed, brigade planner and current operations...
During her March 2003 to March 2004 deployment in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM as part of Combined Joint Task Force-76, Major Deitra Korando - an intelligence officer with the 25th Infantry Division - served initially as a battle major in...
The trends of the operational environment either provide a cause for an insurgency or a means for an insurgency, thus shifting the focus of the scout platoon away from major combat and towards insurgency. This shift to insurgency causes the scout...
The employment of tactical PSYOP teams (TPT) directly affects the outcome of operations. In the past 10 years, the U.S. Army failed to fully employ TPTs in operations a significant percentage of the time. The operational cost of not employing...
The United States Military has utilized the Decide, Detect, Deliver, Assess (D3A) and Joint Targeting processes in Iraq, Afghanistan and other areas over the last ten years. In that period, a common issue with the processes has emerged the ability...
The United States has been engaged in active conflict against Violent Extremist Organizations for over 11 years. This has given the U.S. the ability to effectively track and target hostile organizations before they could materialize enough manpower...
The purpose behind this monograph was to explore the moral level of war in the context of Operation Iraqi Freedom and the larger framework of counterinsurgency operations. Operation Iraqi Freedom is a war fought in the moral realm and the resulting...
This monograph discusses the role that night vision technology plays in the planning and execution of the night attack by light infantry units at battalion level and below. The tactical framework for the night attack and the night vision equipment...
Since the end of the Cold War the British Army has been involved in crowd control operations outside the national boundaries of the United Kingdom. The recent deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan have caused the traditional British approach of...