In command of Alpha Company, 1-64 Armor - part of 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division - during both Operation Desert Spring in Kuwait (March to September 2002) and then Operation Iraqi Freedom (from March 2003 until he relinquished command in...
After 9/11 the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was established and has responsibility for natural disasters and first response to acts on domestic soil. A primary tool available to both DHS and the Department of Defense is the National Guard...
Many authors have begun to write that the heavy force has no role in the future contemporary operating environment – especially where internal political-militia groups rely on guerrilla tactics. The US heavy force is an integral part of...
In this three-part interview, Lieutenant Colonel Scott “Soup” Campbell, United States Air Force, talks mainly about his support of March 2002’s Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan in his capacity as an A-10 flight commander and the chief of...
Panama began its modern history as a semi-colonial appendage of the United States (US). Since gaining independence in 1903, Panama witnessed both elitist quasi-democratic governments and authoritarian populist governments. The oligarchic system in...
The purpose of this paper is to capture and record the events that I experienced
while serving as the First Sergeant of Grim Troop, 2D Squadron, 3d Armored Cavalry
Regiment . The period of time that will covered in this paper will primarily be...
In 1803 Thomas Jefferson forewarned the nation of the strategic importance that New Orleans would play in the security of American when he said, According to (Carter III) Jefferson is quoted as saying, "There is on the globe one single spot, the...
From Harlem streets and other New York City neighborhoods they came, members of the only U.S. unit, to get "over there" with their old State name, the 15th New York. These black National Guardsmen soon found themselves with a new name, the 369th...
The only active duty Quartermaster (QM) Mortuary Affairs (MA) Company in the Army deploys to Kuwait in support of OIF and OEF. Based out of Fort Lee, Virginia, the company supported every major and minor conflict when called upon. The company...
Throughout this paper, I will discuss how the noncommissioned officer has made the greatest impact on developing today’s Army because of their ever-increasing empowerment as small unit leaders, trainers, and guardian of standards. I will address...
Major Henry H. Sibley of Louisiana believed the key to winning the war for the Confederate states was in winning the west. The South desperately needed money, supplies and deep-water ports, all of which were available in Colorado and California....
Black-Americans had fought and died for this country for centuries. Some claimed they began to fight for this country during the colonial times, years before the American flag existed. Our country's early historical records aren't specific enough...
Born and raised in Milwaukee Wisconsin I grew up to become Command Sergeant Major Jenny Stehlik. I grew up as the youngest in a household of 4; my parents Bill and Jane gave me a brother they named Nick. I was raised to respect others, work hard,...
While assigned to the 319th Movement Control Team, our mission was to stage all equipment arriving through Port Shuaiba. Their equipment was staged in the marshalling yards until the owner units arrived to convoy to their base camps. Our purpose...