The Soviet Army was ill-equipped and unprepared to fight the Mujahedeen in the Afghanistan countryside. The Tactics used by the Soviet Army and the Mujahedeen, with the backing of foreign nations, resulted in the failure of the Soviet Army to gain...
The United States has had limited success battling insurgency over the last thirty years because the Army’s training and doctrine was based on a Cold War scenario. Since the conclusion of the Vietnam War, the United States Army’s training and...
Under international law, the United States has legal authority to provide assistance to foreign governments in their battle to fight insurgency. The US committed numerous counterinsurgency failures in Afghanistan and Iraq. Both Afghanistan and Iraq...
This is a transcript of a 1994 interview with William A. Connelly, Sergeant Major of the ARMY, conducted for the Sergeant major of the ARMY history project.
Affirmative action is a necessary tool to combat past discrimination but the application of this tool is often met with increased passion for and against it. Minorities tend to feel that their advancements should be on their own merit while the...
The Army Weight Control Program has been a source of ethical dilemmas for Army leaders for many years. Senior leaders have a duty to enforce Army regulations and standards, but this can be challenging because sometimes what is best for the unit and...
By studying military history, military professionals give themselves the ability to predict likely outcomes and give themselves more options when planning and executing current operations. The circumstances surrounding the Freedmen’s Bureau and...
As leaders we need to compare and contrast the military operations in Iraq with the military operations during the Indian Wars to gain a greater understanding of the failures that can occur due to a lack of cultural understanding. Throughout the...
Since March of 2003 the military leaders have had a difficult time understanding exactly how the U.S. Military should fight the insurgency. The military was fighting an enemy that they could not identify and engage in open combat. It seemed no...
First Battalion, 155 Combined Arms Battalion (CAB) located out of McComb, MS received a mission to conduct convoy security operations throughout Iraq. The objective was to provide gun-trucks support for the civilian contractors delivering water,...
This paper focuses on the events and lessons learned during my deployment to Bosnia/Herzegovina in support of Operation Joint Forge (SFOR-11) from December of 2001 to October of 2002. It underscores the notion that building rapport with the local...
This paper describes some of the key events and lessons learned during my two years of deployments as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF IV). I listed the events in chronological order as much as possible. I give significant discussion to NCO...
Media operations are vital components of the information operations fight. This newsletter explores the role media operations play on the modern battlefield, enumerating battle-tested and proven public affairs training guidance tactics, techniques,...
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 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...
The objectives of Engineer are to inform, motivate, increase knowledge, improve performance, and provide a forum for the exchange of ideas. Views ex-pressed are those of the authors and not those of the Department of Defense or its elements. 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...
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...