A geography instructor at West Point, Major Brian Doyle deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in June 2005 on a two-month mission to advise the National Military Academy of Afghanistan "on how to begin a curriculum in geography." "They...
About his June 2003 through February 2004 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Todd Hourihan describes himself as having had to "hitchhike" both into and out of war. He begins this interview by telling how his original orders...
Abstract: Actionable intelligence in today’s contemporary operating environment is a lesson that the intelligence community continues to work on. Most important to ensuring that actionable intelligence is in the hands of the combatant commander,...
Actionable intelligence is often difficult to obtain because there are often great challenges to overcome in obtaining it, such as culture, geography, time, and language. It often takes the expenditure of a great amount of resources to obtain...
As cited in FM 7-22.7, The Army Noncommissioned Officer Guide, “In today’s operational environment, there are no front lines; there is no secured area. Every soldier must be prepared to attack or defend and win regardless of the conditions.”...
Chaplain (Major) Harry "Chip" Huey deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) I and II. His first deployment was the chaplain of the 485th Corps Support Battalion (CSB), V Corps, in March 2003. The CSB, after several false starts between their...
Clarence Darrow said, “History repeats itself. That’s one of the things wrong with history.” An oversight we make in the NCO Corps is not learning to analyze military history earlier in our enlisted careers. It is very important for all...
Cultural understanding and foreign language are and will remain essential skills for Army personnel. An understanding of cultural and language is just as critical as the enemy order of combat. Cultural understanding is required both to defeat enemy...
During his 2004-2005 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Craig Schuh worked principally as the operations officer for Task Force 134's Joint Interrogation and Debriefing Center (JIDC), based at the Abu Ghraib and Camp Bucca...
Even though actionable intelligence in WWII (Philippines) followed by the Korean War was limited, valuable lessons were learned, should the US Army want to achieve mission success in obtaining actionable intelligence on future battlefields, what...
Even though we continue to learn about cultural awareness our understanding during the Iraqi conflict has had greater success than earlier on during the Korean War.
All of our efforts in Iraq, military and civilian alike are handicapped by...
For over 230 years the military must continually update, and improve on their tactics and equipment in order to defeat any threat that may present itself. Since the early days of this nation, a need for some type of Militia laid heavy on the...
How can gaining the trust and confidence of the local people can be a valuable asset during military operations? Is it possible for the United States forces to quickly and effectively defeat an opponent with the support of the local people? Without...
In 1790s America, the colonists rebelled and fought the British troops sent by the government across the Atlantic. The British troops main mission was enforce the law imposed by the monarchy. In 1899, the American government also sent troops to the...
In order to defeat an insurgency the Army must wage a campaign with the population rather than against it. Examining history allows Soldiers to identify the best practices to combat and defeat insurgencies in the modern world.
In the spring of 1902, the U.S. military command sent 40-year-old Captain John Joseph Pershing to Lanao Lake of Mindanao in the southern island of the Philippines. Pershing considered the Moros were allegedly savages who valued nothing but force....
In this paper, I will target the challenges, successes, and lessons learned in my deployment during Operation Iraqi Freedom II, OIF-11, as a First Sergeant. Areas of emphasis discussed are security patrols and route improvements on the main supply...
It is important for military professionals to take time out of their busy schedules to study military history? Military history has somehow repeated itself over the last two hundred years or so. The basis for my paper is so the senior...
It is important that we study the history of the Non-Commissioned Officer and the role the NCO has developed over the years of existence. By doing this, NCOs can relate to their history and learn from it. It has taken a very long time to get to...
Major (Chaplain) Harry "Chip" Huey redeployed to Iraq for a second tour in February 2004, less than six months after his return from Operation Iraqi Freedom I. Executing an in-country transfer from Hanau to Vilseck, Germany, Huey quickly began to...