World War I was fought from 1914 to 1918 and noncommissioned officers (NCOs) played a critical role in defeating the Central powers. Many events led to U.S. involvement in WWI and the U.S. declared war on Germany on 6 April 1917 and had troops on...
Working in the future plans section of the US Central Command J6 - joint staff communications - during 2003-2004, US Air Force Major Robert Borja was involved with "planning systems related to command, control, communications and computers for...
With the publication of the 1982 FM 100-5 operations, the U.S. Army officially adopted the concept of decentralized operations. Based on the recognition that success in future warfare would demand soldiers and units capable of fighting on a...
While working as the Phoenix, Arizona area commander for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (USACE) Los Angeles District, Major James DeLapp deployed to Iraq and served from May to November 2004 as the operations officer for the Corps' Camp Victory...
While deployed to Panama on Operation “Just Cause” I witnessed combat for the first time and realized the importance of training. On 20 December 1989 I was a young Sergeant with five years in the U.S Army and was very excited about deploying to...
While assigned to the 15th Forward Support Battalion, 2nd Armored Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, our mission, was to sustain the 2BCT twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. The unit alone would perform over one-hundred sixty wheeled re-supply...
Wheeler, Charles Brewster and Tschappat, William H.
While artillery experts are agreed as to the advantages of increased rapidity of fire for field guns, they appear not to have decided upon the most desirable form of field carriage, nor to what limits the increased rapidity of fire should be...
When word came down in November 2004 that the 138th Signal Battalion's Alpha Company - part of the 38th Infantry Division, Indiana National Guard - was going to be sent to Iraq for a 2005-2006 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom,...
When we were given this assignment of writing our Personal Experiences I was very doubtful as to what to write and pondered quite a while what to write about. I have not been deployed during Operation Iraq Freedom so I thought about writing about...
When discussing guerrillas, people think of phantom elements characterized by their sudden and unexpected ambushes, insured victory in any engagement, uncanny skill in hiding, and successful resistance against any and all attacks. However,...
What is success in war? Who defines success? A review of past theorists such as Sun Tzu, Thucydides, Jomini and Clausewitz along with modern scholars such as William Martel, Azar Gat, and J. Boone Bartholomees produces a model for understanding...
What could have made the Military Police (MP) and Marine Security Guard (MSG) response more effective, averting negative media coverage and public opinion? The Tet Offensive has been widely acknowledged as the turning point of the United States...
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.
We have a duty and responsibility as Soldiers to live the seven Army values. When we chose to ignore these values it becomes and issues that undermines a unit’s ability to fight. A Soldier not wanting to go to combat places a strain on not only...
We all know that everyone lives their life in the present. We plan for and only worry about the future. However, history is the understanding of the past, to prepare for the future. For leaders military history plays an important role in the way we...
War Department document no. 816, A.E.F. document no. 805. Includes description of gun and mount, gun crew duties, gun drills, battery commander station and duties, equipment, execution of fire, and tables of elevation, range and altitude.