Since July 2001, Major General James A. Kelley has been the Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Readiness for United States Army Forces Command, the Chief of Staff for United States Army Reserve Command, the Deputy Commanding General for Operations...
The American Military is an adaptive fighting force. As such, they are able to take the experience obtained from past conflicts and actions and apply these to current operations. History provides a backdrop for military tactics, missions, and...
Senior NCOs have faced ethical dilemmas since the beginning of the military. I want to key in on one particular area that I think is near and dear to all Soldiers and Servicemen, money. I will discuss enlistment bonuses, military pay raises, and...
This is a transcript of an oral history interview with SGM Ada L. Mercado-Morales. It is dated: February 27, 1989. The audio version of this interview is also available through this archive.
SGM Mercado talks about joining the service, her time in...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Guidon came into being as a weekly publication in 1966 under the title Fort Leonard Wood Guidon. Between 1966 and 1987 the title was simplified to Guidon before becoming Essayons in 1988. The name reverted back to Guidon in 1999. It has been...
Is America's counterinsurgency (COIN) effort being shortchanged? Does a one-dimensional doctrine fail to exploit America's full COIN potential? Would a genuinely joint approach provide better options to decision-makers confronted with the harsh...
Major Corey Crosbie was an observer-controller at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center, Hohenfels, Germany, when a US Army Europe (USAEUR) request for volunteers drew his attention in November 2005. An armor officer, he joined a team headed for...
This monograph discusses the adequacy of emerging concepts for the doctrine, organization, and materiel of light armor forces in the U.S. Army. The U.S. Army is currently developing new light armor organizations and procuring a modern light armor...
This monograph discusses the proposed transfer of organizational maintenance responsibility from maneuver units to the forward support battalion. The proposed transfer is a part of the battlefield maintenance system (BMS) doctrine currently under...
This paper will review some of the historical trends and discuss the implications for the future of Army logistics as it supports the nation's Army, forward deployed or as it projects ground power to operations in a combatant commander's area of...
Since April 1997, a strategically deployable, airdroppable light armored, direct fire system to support our early entry forces no longer exists. The decision to inactivate the 3-73 Armor Battalion and terminate the Armored Gun System has resulted...
From 2001 through 2004, Chaplain (Major) Steve Peck deployed with the 1st Special Forces Group on several 90-day rotations to the Philippines, Iraq and Afghanistan. He also provided support and training to deploying soldiers. He was originally...
Captain Shawn O'Brien served as commander for the 551st Transportation Company, 6th Transportation Battalion, 7th Transportation Group in the areas of Cedar, Tallil, BIAP and Fallujah in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from February 2003 until...
Major LaDaryl Franklin served as a military transition team (MiTT) chief with the 2nd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 5th Iraqi Army Division from April 2007 through April 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, Franklin discusses...
In this first of two interviews, Major Shawn Carden talks about serving as the communications officer for 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group in Kandahar, Afghanistan from January through June 2002 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. He...
During its Taji, Iraq-based January 2004 to January 2005 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Iowa National Guard's 185th Corps Support Battalion was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Michael Schlorholtz. Beginning by discussing the...
At the time he was mobilized for service in the Global War on Terrorism, First Lieutenant Karl Maier, an Army reservist, was serving as commander of Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 317th Infantry Regiment, a training support battalion within the 80th...
A follow-up interview to the one conducted on 4 November 2004 concerning Colonel (Ret.) Bradford Parsons' involvement in the 98th Division's 2004-2005 Iraqi Army training and advising mission, this one, as the interviewer put it, focuses more on...
Major Hurel Johnson deployed to Operation Enduring Freedom as a volunteer from the US Army Reserve to embed as a trainer and mentor with the Afghan National Army (ANA). Turning over Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 75th Division (Training...
In this first of two interviews, Major Gerd Schroeder discusses commanding Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry, and later the Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), in Baghdad and Iskandariyah from April 2003 though July 2004 in...