This essay describes the operations of a US Army infantry battalion as it prepared for combat at its home base in Europe and fought in northern Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The actions described were carried out by the 1st Battalion...
The US Army's experience with detainee operations spans the period from the Revolutionary War to the present. More to the point, over the past 60 years a body of international law and military regulations, the joint and Army doctrine derived from...
Contains the "joint security plan, refugee processing center resettlement operation, Fort Chaffee, Arkansas" prepared by the Department of Defense and Department of Justice. This plan reflects the status of law enforcement and security planning for...
The first of eight SFOR procedural guides. Intended to assist SFOR-designated units in understanding the requirements, to help establish pre-deployment training plans pertinent to the mission, and to provide the TTP used by the 1st Cavalry Division...
The United States Army has a long tradition of humanitarian relief. No such operation has proven as costly or shocking, however, as that undertaken in Somalia from August 1992 to March 1994. Greeted initially by Somalis happy to be saved from...
Raymond, Dwight; Bernath, Cliff; Braum, Don; Zurcher, Ken
The Mass Atrocity Prevention and Response Options (MAPRO) Policy Planning Handbook is a collaborative effort intended to assist the policy community in addressing mass atrocity situations. The MAPRO Handbook supplements the Mass Atrocity Response...
Major Matt Jordan, a member of the Arkansas National Guard, served as an Army fixed-wing pilot in Balad, Iraq, from November 2006 through November 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, he talks about preparing and deploying...
In this first of two interviews, Major David Novy, United States Air Force, talks about serving as an engineer on the Multinational Security Transition Command-Iraq (MNSTC-I) engineering staff throughout Iraq from October 2004 through February 2005...
Major Issac Gipson commanded Bravo Battery, 6th Battalion, 52nd Air Defense Artillery in Kuwait and Baghdad, Iraq, from January through June 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, he talks about his battery's ever-changing...
In this second of two interviews, Major Joseph Edwards talks about commanding Forward Support Company, 1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery in Ba’qubah, Iraq, from January 2005 through January 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He...
From March 2005 through April 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Christopher Brough served as commander of Charlie Battery, 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery, and was based in Baghdad, Iraq. In this interview, he discusses...
In this two part-interview about his experiences in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Matthew Konz discusses his March 2003 through January 2004 deployment as commander of Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry, part of the 101st...
In this two part-interview about his experiences in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Matthew Konz discusses his March 2003 through January 2004 deployment as commander of Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry, part of the 101st...
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...
In this interview, MAJ Andrew Wiker, US Army, Engineer; discusses his deployment to Iraq as the plans officer in 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Wiker discusses a the initial attack to Baghdad with 3rd Infantry Division (ID),...
In this June 2009 interview MAJ Shawn Umbrell discusses his 2006 deployment to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Umbrell discusses his extensive pre-deployment training with Charlie Company as their commander and then just a...
A reservist serving with the 98th Division (Institutional Training), Lieutenant Colonel Antonio L. Morales was mobilized and deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2004 and 2005. Normally assigned as a schools officer with the...
Major Phuc Buu served as a staff officer, first as the Coalition Military Assistance Training Team officer for the Multinational Corps-Iraq Iraqi Security Force (ISF) cell, then as a liaison officer for Multinational Security Transition...
Major Joseph Halloran served as the assistant operations officer for 2nd Battalion, 5th Field Artillery (2-5 FA) and later as the battery commander for Charlie Battery, 2-5 FA in the Fallujah and Ramadi areas in 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi...
From September 2002 through July 2003, Major Peter Zike served as a liaison officer (LNO) with Combined Joint Task Force 180. "During that time," he said, "I visited Afghanistan and Uzbekistan and worked in the headquarters for General Tommy Franks...