US Air Force Major Jasen Beckman served as an aircraft commander of a B-1B Lancer during 2006-2007 and 2008-2009 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In this February 2010 interview, MAJ Beckman...
US Army aviation is undergoing an organizational and doctrinal evolution in order to be a relevant and capable force in the contemporary operational environment and on the battlefields of the future. Aviation has traditionally provided a unique...
US Marine Corps Maj Eric Penrod served as company commander of Charlie Company, 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion (CEB) in Fallujah, Iraq during 2005 and 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In the first of two February 2009 interviews,...
US Navy CDR Richard Halloran served as a contracting officer tasked with overseeing contracts to build public health centers in Baghdad, Iraq during 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and on an oil terminal in the Arabian Gulf during...
US participation in expeditionary operations after the end of the cold war, 1991, is indicative of a shift in national security strategy from containment to engagement. Participation is at best multinational, at its most challenging, coalition....
Using enhancement of global and regional objectives, procurement of military base rights, and benefits to the recipient state an effectiveness criteria, this thesis concludes that the security assistance program of the Soviet Union has been more...
Using the theme "The U.S. Army and Irregular Warfare, 1775--2007," the 2007 Conference of Army Historians featured over sixty formal papers exploring the nature of unconventional warfare and its significance throughout history. The event also...
USMC Maj Jason Gaddy served as the battalion logistics officer (4) with the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Battalion at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Korean Village (KV) during 2005 and 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In...
USMC Maj Matt Hakola served as a logistics analyst at Al Taqaddum (TQ) during 2005 and 2006, operations officer (OPSO) at TQ during 2007 and 2008, and as company commander at TQ during 2009, all in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this...
USMC Maj Timothy Teed serves in the Marine Corps Active Reserve (AR) program and in that capacity helped to stand up the first designated mortuary affairs unit of the Marine Corps. In this November 2010 interview, Maj Teed discusses what went into...
Warfare in the modem era will be joint. However, the Armed Forces have been slow to make requisite changes. The Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 forced change by legislating reforms and ending the internecine...
Wargames have long been used to educate soldiers in the art of war. Today, diminishing resources and expanding technologies have made the games an indispensable feature of the US Army's formal training and education system. Much has been written...
Wars have been studied from every viewpoint from the most abstract to the intensely personal. In the case of Major Joseph C. Barto III's Task Force 2-4 Ca -"First In, Last Out": The History of the 2d Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, During Operation...
Wars have been studied from every viewpoint from the most abstract to the intensely personal. In the case of Major Joseph C. Barto Is Task Force 2-4 Cav-"First In, Last Out": The History of the 2d Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, During Operation...
What is an ethical duty? In order to answer the question of whether or not something is an ethical duty, it becomes imperative to know what an ethical duty is. An ethical duty, according to me, is that which passes the ‘should everyone do it’...
What is the ARTEP? The U.S. Army Training and Evaluation program describes the mission and critical collective tasks a unit must perform to accomplish its mission and survive on the battlefield.
What is the probability for renewed conflict in the Sinai region in light of Egypt's recent revolution? This monograph examines that question by analyzing Nasser's Free Officer revolution of the 1950s that led to 1956 Suez Crisis (Nasser era) and...
When 16 Air Assault Brigade (UK) was alerted for deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Major John Clark was serving as a squadron commander in 23 Engineer Regiment (UK), a subordinate unit that was also tapped to...