Looking back over my 22 years of military experience never would I think a Field Artillery, Multiple Launch Rocket System Battery would be converted to a Transportation Unit. Who would be able to conceive the concept that the “King of Battle”...
While assigned to the 15th Forward Support Battalion, 2nd Armored Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, our mission, was to sustain the 2BCT twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. The unit alone would perform over one-hundred sixty wheeled re-supply...
This is my account of our deployment into the combat zone (Iraq), as the Headquarters and Headquarters First Sergeant. This was the first deployment of the 3D Signal Brigade’s Headquarters Company in its over 30-year history. On January 4, 2004...
Master Sergeant Robert P. Squires; served as a First Sergeant in a Mechanized Infantry Troop of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, during Operation Iraqi Freedom III. I am writing about my personal experience during my deployment of Operation Iraqi...
I think an individual’s first duty assignment is vital in molding a Soldier’s perspective of the Army. This paper is an experience of my first duty station experience. I give an insight on my experiences, ranging from getting my initial...
Assigned to Combined Forces Land Component Command/Third Army from June 2002 through July 2003, Colonel Kevin Benson served as the assistant chief of staff C/J5 Plans for the opening phase of Operation Iraqi Freedom. "I was charged with overseeing...