ABSTRACT-This is a paper concerning the federal activation of the 2-162 IN battalion out of Oregon, their mobilization experience, deployment to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II, the redeployment back to Conus and Oregon, and the...
Abstract: The flexibility and initiative of the United States Army Soldier is an amazing thing. I will share with you some of the unique challenges that the 41 51 Brigade, it's Soldiers, and I experienced from the time I transferred to the Brigade...
In this first of three interviews, Chaplain (Major) Merrell D. Knight Jr. talks about his experiences as the chaplain for 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Afghanistan from July 2002 to February 2003 in support of Operation...
In this second of three interviews, Chaplain (Major) Merrell D. Knight Jr. discusses his deployment as the chaplain for the 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry to the Fallujah area of Iraq from July 2003 through April 2004 in support of...
In this third of three interviews, Chaplain (Major) Merrell D. Knight talks about his deployments to the Philippines as the chaplain of 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group between January and November 2005 in support of Operation Enduring...