Sergeants Major of the Army (SMA) have made many contributions that have changed, or in some way, affected the non-commissioned officer (NCO) corps and the Army. From the inception of the position, SMAs have refined the duties of their position,...
Increasingly, Canada's military is being called upon to deploy into complex operational environments where it must deal with highly adaptive adversaries seeking to destabilize society through a variety of asymmetric means. Articulating this new...
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Tables of grid coordinates ... computed ... by the Project for the computation of mathematical tables ... The basic formulas upon which the tables have been developed are from Special publication no. 59, U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey.--Pref.
In this interview, MAJ Robert Petty, US Army, Engineer discusses his deployment to Iraq as a deputy G3 for the Gulf Region Division (GRD), the USACE Division, in 2008 through 2009 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Petty talks about...
"This 1945 manual furnishes a guide for the training and employment of field artillery observation battalions. . . The methods set forth herein are flexible and the principles embodied are basic; the various methods presented may be employed under...
With every operational deployment, such as Operation Enduring/Iraqi Freedom and Operation Desert Shield/Storm before that, units experienced problems with individual Soldier readiness. It is apparent that something must be done about the steady...
The seven Army Values are enduring qualities all Soldiers must strive to make part of their professional and personal lives. As Soldiers we cannot pick and choose where and when these values best serve our interests. Soldiers and leaders must make...
COL Eric Belcher currently serves as the 15th Military Police (MP) Corps commander at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. In this April 2012 interview for the Operational Leadership Experiences (OLE) Project, COL Belcher discusses his Army career beginning...
This monograph sets out to prove that Geoffrey Blainey's theory about a disagreement over relative power between nations explains the causes of the Persian Gulf War of 1990-1991. Blainey describes the diplomatic crisis leading to war 'like a crisis...
In this January 2013 interview, MAJ Sherri Sharpe, US Army, Aviation, discusses her deployment to Iraq as a flight leader and adjutant for Bravo 159th AVN Regiment in 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Sharpe talks about her...
Contractors on today’s battlefield are performing vital functions in a variety of traditional and non-traditional contractor roles. While becoming increasingly controversial, current military operations could not properly function without their...
In this December 2012 interview, MAJ Luis Garcia, US Army Reserves, Military Intelligence discusses his deployment to Iraq as the intelligence and communications officer for the 47th Civil Affairs Battalion in 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi...
Second Place Winner of the MacArthur Military Leadership Writing Competition for the CGSC Class 2010-01. In a recent letter to the editor of Stars and Stripes, an Army Lieutenant General called on service members, veterans and civilians who...
Former Army Chief of Staff John A. Wickham Jr. described the relationship between the people who are in the Army and the Army as an institution this way: The Army is an institution, not an occupation. Members take an oath of service to the nation...
When President Bush was first campaigning for the presidency, he said, " our all volunteer army will remain an all-volunteer army ... We will not have a draft ... The only politicians that supported a draft are democrats, and the best way to avoid...
In this December 2012 interview, MAJ Shane Weller, US Army, Aviation discusses his deployment to Iraq as a company commander for Charlie Company, 3-227th Air Assault Company in 2006 through 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ...
In this interview, MAJ Jonathan Walker, US Army, Psychological Operations discusses his deployment to Iraq as a Military Intelligence Service Teams (MIST) OIC for Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force -Arabian Peninsula in 2010 in support of...
MAJ Robert Green served as general's aide to the Multi-National Corps - Iraq (MNC-I) deputy commanding general (DCG) at Al Faw Palace in Baghdad, Iraq during 2004 and 2005, as the assistant battalion operations officer (S3) at Abu Ghraib, Iraq...
In this interview, MAJ Robert Tracy, US Army, Infantry discusses his deployment to Afghanistan as the joint operations center (JOC) night shift deputy shift director for 1st Cavalry Division Headquarters, Regional Command - East in 2011 through...
Iraq invades Kuwait, Aug. 2, 1990. As I watch the events unfold on
TV, little did I know how much this event would change my life. ..The most important lesson I learned was that the mine fields were not marked
well, we lost one soldier from the...