This Personal Experience Paper will discuss 12Sth MP Bn missions during Operation Just Cause, Operation Desert Storm/Desert Shield, Operation Joint Guardian, and Operation Enduring Freedom. I will discuss the numerous roles each unit conducted...
During the summer of 2005 the Wyoming state mobilization officer asked if I would be interested in being part of an Embedded Training Team (ETT) to be deployed to Afghanistan. The job would involve training the Afghan National Army. I didn’t know...
During Operation Iraqi Freedom many units were mobilized outside of their basic Mission Essential Task List (METL) to conduct various needed functions to fight the War on Terror. The 115th Engineer (EN) Battalion (BN) was such a unit that deployed...
Born and raised in Milwaukee Wisconsin I grew up to become Command Sergeant Major Jenny Stehlik. I grew up as the youngest in a household of 4; my parents Bill and Jane gave me a brother they named Nick. I was raised to respect others, work hard,...
The purpose of this paper is to share my experience as a senior Non-Commissioned Officer serving during Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. The story takes place during the 2005 hurricane season in south Louisiana. The Louisiana Army National Guard...
As a young PFC stationed in Bad Hersfeld, West Germany in 1983, my education as to what it really means to be a ‘soldier’ and future NCO began with my experience as a Boeselager team member. The Boeselager Cup Competition was an annual event...
This Personal Experience Paper will discuss 125th MP Bn missions during Operation Just Cause, Operation Desert Storm/Desert Shield, Operation Joint Guardian, and Operation Enduring Freedom. I will discuss the numerous roles each unit conducted...
During my deployment in OIF II, I was the First Sergeant for Delta Company 2-162 Infantry. The following paragraphs will explain my personal experience connected with my deployment. I will discuss the alert order, preparation prior to moving to...
1SG Melissa Jaimes was involuntarily transferred to a new unit for mobilization and deployment to Iraq in 2003. The beginning of the mobilization and deployment was filled with obstacles; throughout this time NCOs provided leadership.
This paper is my personal experience as ISG of Echo Company, 224h Aviation Regiment. I had the first Forward Support Company that this Regiment has ever had. It will cover pre-mob, mob, train-up, deployment, missions, de-mob, and lessons learned....
I was involved with a number of civil affairs missions that went into the local towns and villages around LSA Anaconda in Balad, Iraq. We concentrated on the rehabilitation of elementary level schools. This is an unclassified snapshot of the period...
In June 2004 I was serving as the Operations SGM for the 2nd Medical Brigade while deployed to Baghdad, Iraq. I was approached by the Civil Affairs unit there and asked if I could set up a First Aid/ Combat Lifesaver training course for Iraqi Fire...
Master Sergeant Robert Ochsner II deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from May 2003 through July 2004 with the Brigade Reconnaissance Troop (BRT), part of 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division. In this interview, he discusses the various...
Judge Advocate General officer Major Laura Klein is a veteran of three Global War on Terrorism deployments, the first - for Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) I - as the brigade legal advisor for the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Kirkuk; the second, as...
From the beginning of the ground invasion up through the brigade's arrival in Baghdad, Lieutenant Colonel Ed House served as the logistics officer (S4) for 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, at which point he transitioned to become the operations...
Part two of the interview with Lieutenant Colonel Ed House covers his January to June 2005 Operation Iraqi Freedom deployment as the 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division S3, during which he was based in Ba'qubah (FOB Warhorse) and worked under the...
From July 2003 through June 2004 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Lieutenant Colonel Glenn Waters served as the operations officer for 3rd Battalion, 6th Field Artillery - part of 1st Brigade, 10th Mountain Division. In this interview, he...
During his first deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom - which is discussed in this first part of a two-part interview - US Marine Corps Major Daniel Coleman served as the logistics officer (S4) for 1st Battalion, 5th Marines. He begins...
Part two of the interview with US Marine Corps Major Daniel Coleman focuses on his second deployment as the 1st Battalion, 5th Marines logistics officer in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, this one from February to September 2005. Based this...
From March 2003 through April 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major William "Jake" Jacobs initially commanded Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 508th Infantry - part of the 173rd Airborne Brigade - and then changed command in country and...