Rail yards serve as major nodes that facilitate delivery of cargo to the consignee. The level of operational efficiency maintained within rail yards determines whether customers receive cargo late. Various external and internal factors can impede...
"This manual presents the details of construction, use, and maintenance of land sites for low altitude barrage balloons. Rigging of the bed is described for securing low-altitude barrage balloons by bedding down, tail-line mooring, mooring-cirlce...
The web page states "The United States Army Recruiting Command recruits Soldiers, both officers and enlisted, to meet the needs of an expeditionary Army, begins the transformation from civilian to Soldier, acts as the Army's liaison with the...
The Army is under stress from repeated deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan and is limited to ten AC division HQ to fill operational command and control missions. Nine of the ten AC division HQ have had a total of 30 deployments between September...
Joint Center for International Security Force Assistance
Current military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and many future operations will center on developing capability and capacity of host nation (HN) or other foreign security forces. In February 07, the U.S. Army stated in a message to all Army...
The United States Army has countless rules, regulations. Without them Soldiers would not know their left and right limits on accomplishing tasks as basic as wearing their uniforms properly, to knowing how much firepower to place on an enemy target....
In this end of tour interview, LTC Digiacomo relates his experiences as a Assault Helicopter battalion commander during a yearlong deployment to Joint Base Balad, Iraq. LTC Digiacomo discusses the challenges his task force faced in flying...
The Global Positioning System (GPS) has become a vital component to both the military and civilian infrastructures. U.S. military forces have evolved from using its signal for routine navigation to depending on it for nearly every facet of combat...
This book presents the latest information on tables of organization, provisional and special Quartermaster organizations, adaptation of standard units, and civilian and prisoner of war labor and how it will be used.
In his interview, CPT Beagle describes his role as a Medical Operations officer for a Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB) headquarters. Beagle relates the challenges of reducing the clinic from a 24-hour operation to limited duty hours due to the...
This manual presents the details of construction, use, and maintenance of land sites for low altitude barrage balloons. Rigging of the bed is described for securing low altitude barrage balloons by bedding down, tail-line mooring, mooring-circle...
From May 2007 through May 2008 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan, Major Stephen Boesen served variously as the chief of three different embedded training teams (ETTs) within 1st Brigade, 203rd Afghan Regional Security Integrated...
In this first of two interviews, Colonel Tony Deane talks about commanding 1st Battalion, 35th Armor in Kuwait and Ramadi, Iraq, from November 2005 through November 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He discusses training with high...
This paper will discuss the complexities the 48th Infantry Brigade and HHC Brigade Headquarters faced during our tour of duty in Operation Iraqi Freedom. The events are in time sequence order as they occurred during the deployment. I present...
In this second of two interviews, Colonel Tony Deane talks about commanding 1st Battalion, 35th Armor in Kuwait and Ramadi, Iraq, from November 2005 through November 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He discusses the effect the election...
In this interview, MAJ Dave Karsen, US Army, talks about his deployment to Iraq as part of the Military Transition Team (MiTT) in 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. MAJ Karsen discusses his personal experience with pre-deployment training...
In this interview, 1Lt Bernadette Collins, US Army, AG, discusses her deployment to Iraq as a Adjutant General Branch Officer in 2009 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). 1LT Collins discusses in detail the pre-mobilization actions she and...
CPT Harlan provides a detail-rich narrative of his service as an Infantry Company Executive Officer (XO) during his first Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) deployment from December 2004 through June 2006. In his narrative, Harlan describes his...
LTC Lane relates how his full time role as the 38th CAB Administrative Officer (AO) and Senior Full Time Unit Support (FTUS) dovetailed well with the preparations for the mobilization. Lane notes that he was deeply involved in executing the...
In this end of tour interview, LTC Dave Vesper devotes the majority of the narrative to discussing his experiences commanding the 1st Battalion, 163rd Field Artillery Regiment during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Once in theater, LTC Vesper found his...