The response of U.S. foreign policy to the volatile rise of global jihadism in the wake of the 9/11 attacks has been sweeping and multifaceted. One key pillar of U.S. strategic response has been the active promotion of Western representative...
The commander of 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Peter Newell and his Task Force 2-2 participated in the November 2004 combined-joint operation, known as Phantom Fury (Al Fajr), to retake the Iraqi city of Fallujah....
Deploying initially with the 96th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron in January 2002 in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM (then later re-task organized under the 40th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron), Major Mike Adderley served as a B-52 aircraft...
Foust, Jerome von.; Bailey, Thomas M. 1957-; Dabrowski, John R. (John Raymond); US Army Military History Institute. Oral History Branch.; Army War College (U.S.)
This oral history transcript is a part of the academic year 2001, US Army War College/US Army Military History Institute's Senior Officer Oral History Program, prepared under the auspices of the Institute's Oral History Branch.
BG Foust was retired...
During Operation Phantom Fury (Al Fajr) in November 2004, Major Erik Krivda served as the executive officer for Task Force 2-2 and, in this interview, provides a wealth of details and insights into the planning, scheme of maneuver, task...
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia performs a key role in the war on Islamic extremism and terrorism. The Kingdom maintains the distinction of being the birthplace of Islam and its government is the epitome of Islamic rule in the region. The Kingdom's...
In 1991, two U.S. Army officers, Major George Steuber and Major James Faust, and a U.S. Marine, Major John Dill, were sent on a dual mission as liaison officers with the United Nations Advanced Mission to Cambodia and as part of the United Nations...
As part of a series of interviews conducted by John Hamilton, the Air Defense Artillery command historian, Captain Pedro Agapay discusses serving on a border transition team as a personnel advisor in Nineveh Province, Iraq from May 2005 into 2006...
MAJ Karrie Patterson served as company commander of Charlie Company, 260th Infantry in Kuwait during 2004 and 2005 in support of both Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In this November 2008 interview, MAJ...
The leader of 2nd Squad, 3rd Platoon, Alpha Company, Task Force 2-2 Infantry in Fallujah during Operation Phantom Fury (Al Fajr), Staff Sergeant David Bellavia was recommended for the Medal of Honor, nominated for the Distinguished Service Cross...
MAJ Rich Martin served as commander of Delta Troop, 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry in Iraq during 2003, on a military transition team (MiTT) in Diyala Province, Iraq during 2006 and 2007, and as battalion executive officer (XO) for 4-227th Attack...
Major Christopher Lawson, a National Guardsman who deployed to Iraq with the 42nd Infantry Division, served as a project officer in Iraq from January to November 2005 and was assigned to work with and advise Iraqi oil security battalions. Based on...
From June 2004 through June 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Michael FitzPatrick served as an assistant operations officer with the 759th Military Police Battalion, based in Baghdad, Iraq. In this interview, he discusses his duties...
MAJ Brian Bettis served on a stability transition team (STT) at Contingency Operating Base (COB) Speicher during 2009 and 2010 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this April 2011 interview, MAJ Bettis discusses his pre-deployment...
An Army reservist with the 85th Division (Training Support), Major Jose Lopez was mobilized and deployed to Iraq in 2004 as part of the Coalition Military Assistance Training Team in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II. Initially, he was a member...
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...
This is a transcript of a 1993 interview with SMA Silas L. Copeland, Sergeant Major of the ARMY, conducted for the Sergeant major of the ARMY history project.
During the years leading up to the changes in the mobilization of reserve component (RC) forces announced in January 2007, the process to alert, mobilize and train reserve and National Guard forces was inefficient at best. This paper outlines my...
MAJ Scott Coffey served as the assistant operations officer (S3) with the 2-17 CAV, 101st Airborne Division in Qayyarah West and Mosul, Iraq during 2003 and 2004 and as company commander of Alpha Company, Special Troops Battalion, 101st Airborne...
This thesis assumes that the United States will continue to utilize unmanned combat robotic systems in the current operational environment (COE). The United States' military's increased use of unmanned robotic systems will not significantly change...