Just as war is not a new phenomenon, neither are the issues associated with the mental and emotional scars combat brings to those who fight a nation's wars. Historically, the United States has assumed a reactive vice proactive posture as it relates...
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is becoming an important topic for military leaders as the two wars in Afghanistan and Iraq continue. The diagnosis of PTSD in Soldiers returning from the battlefields is increasing at an alarming rate. Despite...
This volume of papers begins with one of the central strategic issues facing the country--the lack of operational, deployable civilians. Many studies on ideal solutions to grow civilian capacity gather dust on credenzas. Until this utopian ideal is...
In this author's opinion, the United States Army is not doing enough to prepare combat organizations for the inevitability of casualties. This thesis proposes the following primary research question: How can United States Army combat organizations...
Today, personnel protecting equipment and state-to-the-art medical support are saving more Soldiers’ life as better-than-ever. As a result the wounded to dead ratio increased in the same proportion and is for the Operation Iraqi Freedom at 7 to...
The Center of Military History (CMH), Records Management and Declassification Agency (RMDA), and Center for Army Lessons Learned (CALL) are all repositories for a unit's operational records and data. They have jointly prepared this handbook to...
The attacks of September 11, 2001 and the subsequent political decision to apply the National
military power of the United States to combat terrorism around the world have fundamentally
changed the role of the Reserve Components. The roles and...
The United States Army medical system is currently facing some of its biggest medical concerns it has ever faced in over forty years. The ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are producing a high rate of injuries to our Soldiers. We will examine...
I will use reflect my own personal opinion that face our Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and Coast Guard as we take the fight to the enemy in OIF and OEF. This paper will focus on the negative aspects individuals take to engage insurgents in...
The first NCO school was the 2nd Constabulary Brigade’s school located in Munich, Germany. It had its first class enrolled on June 30, 1947. Then the 2nd Constabulary functions were overtaken by the US Seventh Army Noncommissioned Officers...
"You are a leader in the same Army that persevered at Valley Forge, held its ground at the Little Round Top, turned the tide of a war at St. Mihiel and began the liberation of a continent at Omaha Beach. You lead soldiers from the same Army that...
The purpose and scope of this briefing is to provide information on The History of the Non-Commissioned Officer and the contributions that have been sacrificed and made throughout history and how the NCO Corps have impacted and continues to impact...
Phase I: Learning the job. We were the first O6 command to run COB Taji and assumed Garrison Command responsibilities. The unit we replaced was an O5 commanded Mayor Cell. They were subordinate to the tenant Sustainment Brigade. My predecessor did...
This thesis argues that government and military leaders failed the American people on September 11, 2001 by neglecting previous reports, Armed Forces on Reserve Forces and Manpower Mobilization Issues, submitted as early as 1983 regarding the...
In January of 2007, I held the rank of Master Sergeant assigned to IIIIC 213th Area Support Group (ASG), Pennsylvania Army National Guard in the duty position of Chemical Operations Sergeant. At that time, the unit was preparing to mobilize in...
Americans are known for living luxurious lifestyles, higher education, and a value system based on equality. What we fail to identify with are the struggles of people around the globe just to survive – a reality absent in the American mind. As...
This paper is in reference to the first C2I (Colombian Training Initiative) rotation of
ODB (Operational Detachment Bravo) 750, 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne)
from July 1, 2000 to December 18, 2000.
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Essayons, originally published as the Fort Leonard Wood Guidon in 1966 then as the Guidon from 1966 to 1987. Became Essayons in 1988 and remained that way until 1999 when it reverted back to Guidon. It has been and continues to be a record of...
The ability of the Army Medical Service to react quickly in cases of extreme international emergencies was graphically illustrated during the Dominican Republic crisis of 1965. The sudden commitment of a large force to counter a threatened...
In this interview, MAJ Jamey Turner, US Army, Armor; discusses his deployment to Iraq as a company commander in 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Turner describes his mission as he switched locations nearly every four to six...