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...
In this interview MAJ Ben Miller discusses his deployment to Iraq in 2003 with the 1st BCT, 1st ID out of Fort Riley. MAJ Miller was a company commander of an armor platoon but when he arrived in Iraq his platoon was split up and received...
CPT Reuben Rieke provides a detailed description of his close interaction with the assigned Corps level Medical Evacuation (MEDEVAC) Company. Rieke describes his interaction with the company commander on issues of planning how to best execute...
Lieutenant Commander Philip Kapusta served on the joint strategic plans and policy staff of Special Operations Command, Central (SOCCENT) in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) from 2001 through 2003. An...
My name is MSG Ruth A.R. Bryner, MOS 15P, Aviation Operations Specialist. I served as First Sergeant for the 54th Medical Company (AA), 62nd Medical Brigade, Fort Lewis, Washington from 21 May 04 through 30 Apr 2006. During my tenure as First...
I will attempt to capture the significant lessons learned during the New Horizons 2005 exercise conducted in Panama, Central America. The exercises intent is to run a Reserve Component unit through all the rigors of a deployment. The mission will...
In the spring of 1995 a small detachment from the 82nd Medical Company (AA) comprised of 4 aircraft and 23 personnel deployed from Fort Riley Kansas to Port-Au-Prince Haiti in support of the United Nations Mission in Haiti. The mission was to...
In the Army today it is more important than ever that Non-Commissioned Officer Evaluation Reports (NCOERs) be accurate and truthful. I believe that NCOERs are not being properly completed. Soldiers that have performed poorly are being moved up...
When a soldier in our charge is requesting for our reference for their past performance and character when they are receiving UCMJ, we as leaders have the duty and morale responsibility to stand up and support our soldiers who we are in charge of....
I was asked to write a personal experience paper that captures my experience as a Noncommissioned Officer on humanitarian, combat, training, and transformation operations. My experiences will originate from first enlisting in the Army National...
Although a member of the Vermont Army National Guard for the past seven years, I have never served in a traditional sense. Prior to enlisting in the guard I served just shy of fourteen years with the active duty Army at various locations around the...
This paper describes many of my personal experiences as a soldier during my 33 years of service. The events will take you from my enlisted into the Tennessee Army National Guard on 7 February 1975 to present. All of the events listed are in...
The rumbling of an impending deployment to Kosovo started somewhere in the vicinity of two years before the date we were actually scheduled to deploy. Having served in the Army National Guard for over twenty years I was not overly concerned. There...
Plagiarism at any academic institution is illegal. At the United States ArmySergeants Majors Academy it is also an unethical act which violates the schools honor code. I realize that everyone who commits plagiarism is not aware they are breaking...
An ethical and moral dilemma that is facing the leadership in today's Army is the overwhelming amount of sexual improprieties that go on. In the last year the alone, the TRADOC Commander was relieved for this very reason. This dilemma will continue...
Whether the current combat exclusion policy preventing women from serving in direct ground combat positions should remain in effect has been an issue for centuries. One only needs to understand the definition of direct combat to understand why. In...
One of the ethical problems facing the United States Army today is the inflation of NCOERs. Leaders at all levels are not truthful and honest with their Soldiers when it comes to their performance evaluation. Some leaders operate under the false...
Senior NCOs must assess and describe situations in brief, clear terms. They must also seek decisions and inform commanders of present situations. The most appropriate method employed within the Army to accomplish these tasks is the military...
My NCO career is certainly much different from any other NCO or at least from most of them. If someone had told me 25 years ago where I would be today, I would not have trusted him. First, I refused to go to military high school and work in the...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Guidon came into being as a weekly publication in 1966 under the 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...