The small wars fought by the French in Algeria and the United States in Vietnam provide lessons for the United States military to use today. Although neither France nor the United States met their strategic objectives, their command and control...
My deployments were both challenging and fulfilling. My initial deployment was to Bosnia in 1999 for six months. Bosnia was a non-combat environment and was an easy deployment. My second deployment was to Iraq. I was stationed in Tikrit as an...
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (the Congo) received its independence from Belgium on 30 June 1960. The Congo’s political development from the 1700s to 1960 resulted in a democratically elected Congolese administration that at the time of...
Is there a better way to organize staffs in operational headquarters based on their roles? Following 9/11 in the ensuing Global War on Terror, the sizes of divisions and corps serving as operational headquarters have doubled and tripled,...
We of the Artillery Hunt are looking forward to the opportunity to welcome you to the 1973 Artillery Hunt Horse Show. Our show has been awarded a Star Rating, by the American Horse Shows Association, for the past four years.
In order to understand the increasing empowerment of the American
Noncommissioned Officer it is imperative to review history. The evolution of change in
the structure and operations of the military provides insight into the transfer...
In this paper, I will cover my assignment as the Theater Operations Sergeant in Kuwait, I will also state some of the problems and issues I faced while assigned. Understanding how the Joint Services, Multinational Forces, National Guard, and...
On December 8th 1941 , President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared that a state of war existed between the United States and the Empire of Japan. The brutal attack of the American fleet moored at Pearl Harbor had shocked the nation into action...
SGT Daniel Bissell went above the call of duty and was awarded the Badge of military Merit for his actions as a Spy for General George Washington. Daniel was born in 1754 in Windsor Connecticut the eldest son of Daniel and Elizabeth Bissell. In the...
Our adversaries are using the media better than we are they are using it very effectively to spread their propaganda. They use every avenue available to them from newspapers, magazines, billboards, pamphlets, radio, television and cyber to spread...
The Global War on Terrorism, specifically Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, is still a relatively new type of warfare; the war is being fought on a non-linear battlefield and the enemy is constantly changing their tactics and...
Knowledge of military history helps leaders make better decisions. Lost battles in many cases can be directly attributed to a lack of knowledge about their enemy. Knowledge of the past is often the key to winning battles in the present. Leaders...
The Geneva Convention of 1949 considered certain criminal acts as capital offenses and prohibited these offenses at any time or place. These included acts such as murder, mutilation, cruel treatment and torture, or mental coercion (United States...
What is a Drill Sergeant? To those outside of the military this is somewhat of a mystery. The very thought of a Drill Sergeant makes most civilians cringe. A Drill Sergeant is the replacement of a mother and father to some and to some the mother...
The 3d Battalion, 27th Field Artillery, XVIII Airborne Corps, based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, became the First Unit Equipped with the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS). The battalion was the logical choice to be the first unit so...
Ordered to war, Task Force (TF) Thunderbolt l-252d Combined Arms Battalion (CAB) mobilized, deployed and conducted Full Spectrum Combat Operations in Iraq. TF Thunderbolt learned new lessons, pursued the enemy with proven doctrine, adapted, and...
Recruiting Command in North Carolina has been focused for many years toward production in its pursuit of making its end strength mission. Retention and attrition had been largely ignored and accession mission requirements continued to increase in...
This is a transcript of an oral history interview with SGM Ada L. Mercado-Morales. It is dated: February 27, 1989. The audio version of this interview is also available through this archive.
SGM Mercado talks about joining the service, her time in...
Desert Shield and Desert Storm were critical military operations in maintaining some kind of stability in the Middle East region. The primary reasons for these operations were to prevent a possible invasion of Saudi Arabia, and to liberate Kuwait...
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...