From 29 October through 1 November 2007, Commanding General, Marine Corps Training and Education Command (TECOM) convened the conference “Pedagogy for the Long War: Teaching Irregular Warfare,” at the Alfred M. Gray Research Center at Marine...
Third Place Winner of the MacArthur Military Leadership Writing Competition for the CGSC Class 2008-01. This is a fictitious story. It could have happened in Iraq or in Afghanistan, it could happen again elsewhere in the world. The screenplay, like...
Second Place Winner of the MacArthur Military Leadership Writing Competition for the CGSC Class 2008-01. The United States Army should reassess its leadership philosophy, in much the same way that it reconsidered its view of Army Operations with FM...
First Place Winner of the MacArthur Military Leadership Writing Competition for the CGSC Class 2008-01. Unit cohesion is an important consideration in the best of times. In the worst of times — for a unit encircled, low on supplies, out of...
This paper provides Iranian considerations for war gaming from the Iranian perspective. The purpose of this paper is to provide the player representing Iran with a national security strategy. To do this, the paper begins with an analysis of Iran's...
Williams, Garland H., Brennan, Jennifer A., Deitterick, Deanie, editors
In this era of constant engagement, the role of our Civilian workforce is increasingly vital to the accomplishment of the Army's mission. Army Civilians serve at the forefront of operations, provide direct and indirect support to our Soldiers, and...
This document is a story of the final Indochina struggle and eventual and tragic collapse of the South Vietnamese (Vietnam War timeframe). Chapters include information on U.S. organization for a cease-fire, decline of U.S. support, strategic raids,...
This account is based on records of the U.S. Marine Corps, selected records of other services, and appropriate published works. The study provides insight into the mechanics of the battle from the highest echelon of command to the smallest unit....
In 2003, the Army Field Support Command (AFSC) and the Joint Munitions Command (JMC), collocated at Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, began a comprehensive oral history project aimed at chronicling a full-spectrum slice of the commands' role in...
Major Pete Russo served as a detachment commander - of ODA 094 - with Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group during the major combat phase of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. In this interview, he discusses the predeployment...
A former presidential correspondence writer in the White House of President George W. Bush while serving in the US Army Reserves, Major Matthew Yandura spent his 2003-2004 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom initially as a plans...
During Operation Phantom Fury (Al Fajr) in November 2004, the combined-joint assault to retake the Iraqi city of Fallujah, Colonel Michael Shupp commanded Marine Regimental Combat Team 1. In this interview, focusing squarely on the battle itself -...
In this interview, CSM Timothy Newton, US Army National Guard, discusses his deployment to Iraq in 2008 as a Brigade CSM in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). CSM Newton discusses his personal view of the situation upon arriving in country,...
MAJ Paul Culberson served as the engineer planner with the 101st Airborne Division in Mosul, Iraq during 2003and 2004 and as headquarters and headquarters company commander of the 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division in Tikrit, Iraq during 2005 and...
In this interview MAJ Hoyseth describes his deployment experiences to both OIF in 2003 and OEF in 2008. MAJ Hoyseth deployed with 2-7 INF at the very beginning of OIF and was with one of the first units to cross over into Iraq. He discusses his...
From June 2004 to June 2005, Major William Kepley was based at Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar, and served as the Army Central Command (ARCENT) Qatar operations officer. In this capacity, while he managed Class V ammunition for all ARCENT-assigned units...
In this interview MAJ (CH) Barlow relates how he received notification that he was to mobilize for service in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and how he had to ensure his home church was covered by an interim pastor in order to assure his job after...
MAJ Jeff Duncan served as company commander of the 396th Medical Company (Ground Ambulance) in Tikrit, Iraq during 2007 and 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this March 2011 interview, MAJ Duncan discusses the training he...
MAJ Eric Haas served as the battalion personnel officer (S1) with 1st Armor Division (AD) at Baghdad International Airport (BIAP) during 2003 and 20034 and as the intelligence officer (S2) with the 2nd Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (ID) in...
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...