The purpose of this monograph is to answer the research question: does the current process for executing mission analysis give commanders the information they need to develop timely, relevant, and constructive commander’s intent and commander’s...
This is a trascript of a 1993 interview with Sergeant Major of the Army George W Dunway (USA-ret) for the US Army museum of the noncommissioned officer sergeants major of the ARMY history book project.
This is a transcript of an oral history interview with Mr. John G. Oechsner. It is dated: January 19, 1982. The audio version of this interview is also available through this archive. The interview was conducted by Sergeant Major Erwin H. Koehler,...
From February 2004 through January 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Jim Carlson served as the assistant S5 with the 16th Military Police Brigade (Airborne) and, in this capacity, was tasked with helping stand up the Iraqi Highway...
A cavalry team chief with 4th Brigade, 87th Division (Training Support), Fort Stewart, Georgia, Major Brian Kerns conducted training and assisted the mobilization of National Guard units deploying to Afghanistan and, later, Iraq from April 2002...
Major Gilbert White commanded the Kalsu Replacement Company in Mosul and Baghdad, Iraq from May 2003 through February 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, he talks about the difficulties of deploying a garrison which had...
MAJ Pete Hathaway served as the company commander of Delta Company, 1-227th Aviation Unit Maintenance (AVUM) company and as executive officer (X)) of at the Aviation Support Battalion (ASB) at Camp Taji during 2006 and 2007 in support of Operation...
In this second of two interviews regarding his Global War on Terrorism experiences, Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Stevenson Jr. discusses his November 2005 through August 2006 deployment to Afghanistan during which he served as chief of the Special...
The commander of the 57th Field Artillery Brigade, Wisconsin National Guard, when he was given the opportunity to lead an embedded training team (ETT) to Afghanistan, Colonel Dominic Cariello arrived in theater in February 2006 and, during his...
The purpose of this monograph is to determine the applicability of the New York Police Department’s (NYPD) COMPSTAT crime control model to restoring order in Iraq. The Iraqi Police Service (IPS) performs similar police functions to those executed...
Major Bobby Haskin served as the battle major for 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division and as the chief of operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from November 2005 to November 2006. Haskin was in an ROTC assignment teaching at Western...
In this interview MAJ Scott Stokoe, Medical Service Corps, describes his deployment to Afghanistan as a member of an embedded training team (ETT). MAJ Stokoe discusses the challenges he experienced in training at Fort Riley, Kansas and how the...
The former commander of 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment during its transformation to a Stryker unit, Colonel Emmett Schaill deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from September 2004 through June 2005 as the deputy commanding officer...
This is a transcript of an interview with Sergeant Major of the Army Leon L. Van Autreve (USA- ret.) conducted in 1994 for the Sergeants major of the Army History Project.
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...
Major Chris Smith, an Australian Army officer, deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from May to December 2006 as the operations officer of the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment (RAR), a light infantry battalion. In the months...
Captain Michael A. Hannon's initial experiences with mobilization appeared to set the tone for his entire deployment experience. Hannon received an unofficial warning in October 2004 while he was in attendance at the Signal Officer's Advanced...
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...
During his May 2003 to July 2004 deployment in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Major George H. Sarabia served as a regimental S4, then XO of 2nd Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment. Based in the heavily Shi'ite Baghdad slum of Sadr City,...