My call to duty experience was with 18 Special Operations Forces (SOF), further known as Civil Affairs Team A. We deployed into Kabul, Afghanistan. I was the Class A Agent better known as the Money Man. I was also appointed the Coalition Joint Task...
This paper explains the different experiences and the similarities I experienced as a First Sergeant in Crusher & Hatchet Company, 1-187TH Infantry Regiment. Both companies presented completely different experiences but they were equally...
The 143rd Signal Battalion was my first unit, and also the unit I deployed in support of
Operation Desert Storm/Shield with. I went from a new private to a combat veteran with
this unit. I started out learning how to do the job I enlisted for. Then...
Master Sgt. Kimberly Williams deployed to Somalia in support of Operation Restore Hope from December 1992 to March 1993 with the 28th Public Affairs Detachment, Fort Lewis, Washington. The deployment challenged the five-man unit, which suffered...
Serving as a member of the Armed Forces is very different than it was twenty years ago. I am a senior NCO that has been in the Army for twenty-one years, and I have seen a vast amount of change in the system. When I first came in the Army I did not...
For much of the early part of my twenty-two year career, I didn’t think infantry doctrine wavered. I thought it was written in stone. We didn’t vary from the norm, nor did we think it was needed. It was my view that the rest of the army...
This paper talks about the struggles of 80th Division Army Reserve unit mobilized to deployment for Operation Iraqi Freedom from James Jackson, Jr. perspective. The introduction is a personal background on my initial start in the military up to...
In 2002 I was the Detachment Sergeant for the 223rd Medical Detachment (Preventive Medicine) stationed at Fort Carson, Colorado. That fall almost the entire installation was alerted for deployment to Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)....
This paper is about my personal experience during Operation Enduring Freedom VI and the impact it had on my life and family. I want the reader to understand that this deployment was extremely difficult and stressful not only for me but my family as...
Our pursuit for rank is a full time occupation that continues until you retire. We all attempt to follow a “Career Map” that each branch of the Army designs. The Chemical Branch published a professional development guide to assist Soldiers in...
As an Ordnance Soldier serving in the capacity of the Battalion Senior
Maintenance Supervisor, I had the unique opportunity to be selected as a Firing Battery
First Sergeant for Battery A, 2nd Battalion, 5th Field Artillery while...
February 25, 2004, TF22, C co., and B co., 2/504th PIR conducted the Operation Columbia Five. This operation consisted of five target houses. These target houses were located throughout the Al-Nora and Al-Dura sectors of southern Baghdad, Iraq....
I assumed the duties and responsibilities as the First Sergeant for Echo Battery 5th of the 7th Air Defense Artillery, located in Babenhausen Germany, on October 22, 2001. The next 24 months was a lesson in patience and perseverance, it included...
My assignment to the 6th Battalion 43d Air Defense Artillery in Ansbach, Germany proved to be one of my challenging and rewarding assignments. I was assigned to the unit as the Battalion S1 NCOIC from September 1992 to November 1996; my first...
This paper will introduce to you the sequence of events that took the 659TH Forward Support Company to Afghanistan and then to Saudi Arabia in route to Iraq, in order to support Special Operations Units. This unit was able to change their day to...
While serving as Chief of the 484th Terminal Control Pre-Mobilization Soldier Readiness Processing Team, established soon after 9/11, I spearheaded a team effort which identified shortfalls in combat readiness, troops deployment and mobilization...
11 September 2002, this is the date when the Czech Air Force plane took off from the Czech town of Pardubice and headed to the capitol city in Kosovo province, Pristine. I didn’t feel very well, not only because of the sad anniversary of the...
This is an account of the notification, preparation, and actions taken prior to and during the movement of Task force Wolfhound, from Oahu, Hawaii through Kuwait to FOB Warrior, Iraq. I will discuss the measures we took in order to move our...
The 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment arrived in Kuwait in the shadow of 911. We were training hard in preparation for combat operations. I was serving as the Assistant Operations Sergeant in the Battalion Tactical Operations Center (TOC) and was...
This story involves a U.S. Army Special Forces, Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) deploying to southern Mindanao immediately following the 9/11tragady. Upon arrival to Zamboanga, intelligence personnel informed the detachment that the Abu-Shielf...