Major Dom Clementi, a field artillery officer, deployed to Afghanistan in October 2003 while commanding Alpha Battery, 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery. Originally designed to provide direct support fires to the 3rd ACR, Clementi's battery...
From February 2004 through February 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Bruce Scott served as a battle captain/assistant operations officer and, later, commander of a Chinook helicopter company for 1st Battalion, 244th Command...
From May through October 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Chris Grice commanded the 68th Chemical Company, part of 4th Aviation Brigade, 1st Armored Division. In this interview, Grice discusses his company's control of an NGO...
Major Jackson Kurtzman has made numerous deployments in support of the Global War on Terrorism. In this interview, he discusses his early training and positions within the Army. He then recounts where he was on September 11, 2001, and his initial...
During his 2003-04 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Milt Kinslow served as part of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) as the south-central regional operations officer, responsible for the governorate teams in the Iraqi...
This thesis examines some of the reasons behind task force commanders inability to properly employ their direct fire systems during the conduct of offensive operations at the National Training Center (NTC). The thesis develops a set of criteria...