Major Mike Volpe served as the assistant operations officer, the battalion logistics officer and finally as a rifle company commander for 3rd Battalion, 502nd Infantry attacking through Iraq to end up in the Mosul region from March 2003 through...
This monograph will explore the origins of the Islamic fundamentalist movement in South Asia that can be traced back to the Islamization program during the Zia ul Haq regime in Pakistan. Since 1947, Pakistan's early political administrations were...
From June to December 2003 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan, Major Nikolai Andresky served as the S3, S2 and de facto XO trainer on an advisory team assigned to train the first and only Afghan National Army armor battalion....
MAJ Elliott Rogers served as the battalion operations officer in Kirkuk, Iraq during 2003 and 2004 and as the brigade operations officer in Kirkuk, Iraq during 2009 and 2010 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this March 2010...
In 2009, conflict, violence and the fear of governmental persecution caused over forty-three million people worldwide, equivalent to the population of Canada, to leave their homes and seek safety elsewhere. Twenty-seven million displaced within...
Kahn, E. J. (Ely Jacques), 1916-, McLemore, Henry.
No soldier's patch is worn with greater pride than that displayed on the shoulder of a man who has belonged to a combat division. In World War II, as in every past war, the major share of our fighting has been done by our ground troops,...
Captain Shawn O'Brien served on a military transition team (MiTT) initially with the 9th Iraqi Army Division's Logistics and Administration (L&A) Battalion and then later with the 1st Motor Transport Regiment in the areas of Al Rashid and...
From January 2004 through January 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Darren Keahtigh served as commander of Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry - part of 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division - and was based variously in Baghdad...
MAJ Del Monroy served on a Military Transition Team (MiTT) during 2007 and 2008 in Mosul, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this January 2009 interview, MAJ Monroy discusses the deficiencies of his training at Fort Riley, Kuwait...
MAJ Jon Myers served as the assistant operations officer (S3) with the 503rd Military Police (MP) Battalion in Mosul, Iraq during 2003 and 2004, as company commander of the 118th MP Company, Airborne in Babel Province, Iraq during 2004 and 2005,...
In this interview, MAJ Ryan Nesrsta, US Army, Aviation, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a Company Commander in 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Nesrsta discusses his experience with flying while in country and reminisces...
MAJ Thomas Clair served as assistant operations and training officer (S3) in charge of operations with the 5th Engineer Battalion at Camp Liberty in Baghdad, Iraq and on a military transition team (MiTT) in Taji, Iraq during 2005 and 2006 in...
In this end of tour interview, LTC Dave Vesper devotes the majority of the narrative to discussing his experiences commanding the 1st Battalion, 163rd Field Artillery Regiment during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Once in theater, LTC Vesper found his...
Long having an interest in going and seeing for herself “the places that were being presented as the biggest challenges to American foreign policy,” journalist Anne Barnard – formerly the co-Iraq bureau chief for the Boston Globe in 2003-04...
Many US military operations since the end of the Cold War have ended improperly; the failure has not been due to a flaw in doctrine. Instead, senior civilian and military leaders have chosen to ignore or have neglected the complexities of...
This study argues that there are historical reasons to focus on Jerusalem first and to use an international Holy Basin methodology to bring Israel and the Palestinian National Authority together towards a workable compromise. This analysis...
This monograph describes the interaction and impact of the Afghan culture with the numerous instances of foreign intervention in the country. Prior to the American intervention in 2001, most recall of foreign intervention in Afghanistan focused on...
This is a study of economic conditions in the Philippine Islands, with particular reference to present and future requirements for public utility service, including the manufacture and distribution of ice, as well as power-consuming industries such...
Burt, William; Barton, Tim; Kroll, Cory; Slagle, Thomas
Thesis Statement. Arctic warfare tactics, techniques, and procedures has evolved and improved the way military forces conduct winter military operations. Arctic warfare tactics, techniques, and procedures has evolved and improved the way military...
MAJ Josh Gillen served as the brigade communications officer (S6) for the 319th Airborne Field Artillery (FA) Regiment in Ramadi, Iraq during 203 and 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In the first of two February 2009 interviews,...