Throughout the course of military historical "firsts", aviation has been at the forefront of change. Even in its infancy, aviation was a complex mix of interests; theses interests included engineering, creative innovation, risk-taking and of most...
The late nineteen and early twentieth century marked the American interventions in South America and some part of Asia particularly Mexico and the Philippines. Events such as these established America as the credible and true superpower in the...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Guidon came into being as a weekly publication in 1966 under 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 and...
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...
For Operation Phantom Fury (Al Fajr), the November 2004 combined-joint assault to retake the Iraqi city of Fallujah, Captain Coley D. Tyler served as the fire support officer for 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment which, during this decisive urban...
The work achieved by Marshal Louis Hubert Gonzalve Lyautey (1854-1934) in Morocco between 1912 and 1925, while he served as the résident général, occupies a special place in French military history. Lyautey's work still applies today, and is...
Headquarters, European Theater of Operations, History Section. ; Marshall, S. L. A. (Samuel Lyman Atwood), 1900-1977.
The Battalion operation hereinafter reported was part of the airborne Operation MARKET whereby it was intended to create an airborne-protected corridor from the Belgium-Holland border to Arnhem, through which the column of the XXX Corps, 2nd...
SMA Wooldridge was born in Oklahoma and moved to Cross Cut Texas very early in life, so to this day he considers himself a Texan and proud of it. His Dad was an Oil Field Foreman but moved the family to his parents Ranch after his father pass away...
Prior to the First World War, Poland had ceased to exist as a nation in 1795. Poland was partitioned into sections under the influence of its neighbors, Prussia, Austria and Russia. However, the people struggled to maintain a sense of national...
"Take care of each man as though he were your own brother. He is." These are the words of the first Sergeant Major of the Army, William O. Wooldridge.
William was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, on 12 August 1922. He was the eighth child out often...
I was a 25 year old civilian from a rural community in North Carolina that got hooked on the
sign Uncle Sam Wants You and Be All You and Be. So I joined the Army trying to make those
quotes my dream.
As a young Soldier arriving to the 249th Support...
The purpose of these Campaign Studies is to provide officers with reasonably confirmed information from official and other reliable sources. Studies were generated by the Military Intelligence Service.
"Ask a doughboy or an officer about 'over there' these days, and nine times out of ten his answer will be, 'Oh, what's the use of talking about it? Folks are tired of hearing about the war."
Sector S-5 CIMIC (Civilian Military Cooperation) in the 72dBrigade is a new job in the Slovenian Army. The process of achieving maximum quality work is a hard task. I learned some valuable skills in Staff NCO School, and some parts of the job from...
To begin the journey from congested freeways, city lights, criminals, and pollution, as a young man I made a decision that would change my life forever. I enlisted into the United States Army. To think of a life off the streets of Detroit, Michigan...