In command of the 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division, also known as the "Ready First" Brigade, COL Sean MacFarland, deployed his command from Central Germany to Iraq in March 2006. The Ready First Brigade assumed control of western Ninewah Province...
Turkish Culture had a profound influence on the conduct of its counter-insurgency campaign against the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK). The independent variables shaping Turkey’s response to the insurgency were a unique brand of nationalism,...
First Sergeant Richard Gano Jr. is a 23-year Army veteran and was deployed from 16 November 2003 through 23 October 2004 as the first sergeant for Bravo Troop, 1-14 Cavalry, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division. Before deploying, he predicted that...
The Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) celebrated their twentieth anniversary in the Sinai Desert in 2002. During the past twenty years there has hardly been a shot fired in anger between Egypt and Israel, the antagonists the MFO is charged...
Staff Sergeant Jared Sargent was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1-12 CAV for the duration of his deployment to Baghdad, Iraq, from April 2004 through March 2005. They arrived just in time for a very heavy fight with the Mahdi...
Colonel Thomas Torrance was the commander of the 3rd Infantry Division Artillery (DIVARTY) from June of 2002 until the end of May 2004, and was in Operation Iraqi Freedom from 20 March 2003 to July 2003. He was predominantly located in the tactical...
In command of the 300th Military Police Company in Iraq from May 2003 to April 2004, Captain Lynn Rolf III conducted a wide range of missions, to include main supply route and convoy security, high-value target investigations, detainee movements,...
In 1801, Yusef Caramanli, ruler of Tripoli, declared war on the United States. Yusef expected the United States to agree to pay tribute in exchange for protection from Tripolitan corsairs. Instead, President Thomas Jefferson sent the navy. Four...
Currently, the United States finds itself in a very similar predicament to what Great Britain experienced after emerging from the First World War as she set about the governance of a growing empire during the interwar period. With the stated intent...
This manuscript describes how US military advisors prepare for and conduct operations in war. Through two separate year-long combat tours as a military advisor in Iraq, the author brings true vignettes into modern military strategy and operational...
This manuscript describes how US military advisors prepare for and conduct operations in war. Through two separate year-long combat tours as a military advisor in Iraq, the author brings true vignettes into modern military strategy and operational...
In this first of three interviews, Major Kellie Rourke talks about serving as the intelligence officer in the 101st Airborne Division’s forward command post and as the intelligence officer for the 101st Aviation Brigade in Kuwait, Mosul and...
In the second of three interviews, MAJ Bill Dougherty discusses his first deployment to Iraq in February of 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. MAJ Dougherty talks about how his time at Camp New York was essential to the integration of his...
Major Mark Gilmore deployed to Iraq for his second tour of duty in Operation Iraqi Freedom as the leader of a military transition team (MiTT) in September 2006. He reported first to Fort Riley, Kansas, to undergo immersion training at FOB Victory,...
From March to August 2004, Major Kevin Kennedy served as the executive officer of 1st Battalion, part of the 9th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, and spent the entirety of his nearly six-month deployment in downtown Baghdad, primarily the...
First Place Winner of the MacArthur Military Leadership Writing Competition for the CGSC Class of 2006-001. Secretary of the Army Francis Harvey challenged our CGSOC class to "continually make your units better". To be able to lead change well, the...
As part of a series of interviews conducted by John Hamilton, the Air Defense Artillery command historian, Major Mark Fisher discusses serving on a military transition team in Ramadi, Iraq throughout 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
In 2004-05 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Jimmy Anderson commanded Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery - part of 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division - for the majority of his tour, and then for the remaining...
In 1954 the French Armed Forces began a campaign in Algeria against the insurgent Front de Liberation Nationale (FLN) which had started a bloody uprising against French sovereignty. Initially, the French military did not have a viable...