Alvin Collum York was born into a very poor farming family in Tennessee on December 13, 1887. He was the third of eleven children. York was a crack marksman as a child. He grew up in the hills of the Pall Mall Valley in eastern Tennessee. The...
In this paper I will discuss some of the training events during our mobilization and preparing for our deployment to Baghdad, Iraq. I will cover some of the training that was presented to a Command and Control (C-2) medical unit and the lessons...
This personal experience paper will cover my deployment as a First Sergeant for a National Guard tank company. I will cover key events and the lessons learned during my deployment during Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) II & III. The events that I...
This paper describes my experience while deployed to Ghanzi, Afghanistan, Task Force Phoenix 7 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). I will briefly address the Pre Mobilization Training and my day to day mission as the Non Commissioned...
Major Christopher Hartline deployed to Kuwait and Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from April 2003 through January 2004 as the commander of Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division. They had several...
Major Rich Garey deployed as the assistant operations officer (S3) with the 75th Ranger Regiment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom from August through November 2005. He participated in the operational planning, mission...
During his 2003-04 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Luis Oakley Jr. served initially as the intelligence officer for the 159th Aviation Brigade and then, in country, took over command of Delta Company, 311th Military...
During his 2003-04 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Luis Oakley Jr. served initially as the intelligence officer for the 159th Aviation Brigade and then, in country, took over command of Delta Company, 311th Military...
Major Joe Escandon served initially as the 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment supply officer and then commander of Charlie Company in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from March 2003 through January 2004. In this two-part interview,...
Major Joe Escandon served initially as the 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment supply officer and then commander of Charlie Company in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from March 2003 through January 2004. In this two-part interview,...
This analysis is based on a model of the Marine Air Command and Control System identified in the Center for Naval Analysis study 'C3 Information Flow Model'. The study was the composited result of a working conference of subject matter experts...
This study compares the system of military justice that existed during World War II with the present system. As a basis for comparison a framework is established which looks at three different aspects of the military justice system. The first...
This study examines the use of veterinary medical civic action as a means to achieve internal defense and development objectives in the low-intensity conflict environment. It considers veterinary programs as an alternative available to Third World...
This thesis asserts the Army does not define missions in terms of resources consumed, in sufficient detail to assist decision-making. This is primarily the result of the current budget structure which restricts resource classification to broad...
This study is a comparative analysis aimed at determining whether or not the U.S. Army's heavy corps and armor/mechanized infantry divisions actually possess the superior agility necessary to transform the doctrinal tenet of AirLand Battle into a...
The goal of this thesis is to explain the numerous, complex reasons for the deterioration of the US international maritime industry. The impact upon our national defense is also examined in detail. Those forces contributing to its decline are...
This study is an historical analysis of lessons learned concerning tank mobility, firepower, protection, command and control, and overall design during the major tank warfighting experience of the 20th Century. The aim of this study was to make a...
This study is a historical analysis of the three full-time support programs of the United States Army Reserve; Active Army Advisor, Civilian Technician, and the Active/Guard Reserve program. Each program is examined in detail based on available...
Using enhancement of global and regional objectives, procurement of military base rights, and benefits to the recipient state an effectiveness criteria, this thesis concludes that the security assistance program of the Soviet Union has been more...
This study proposes to determine whether a systematic method of evaluating human elements in combat should be incorporated in the command estimate. The research hypothesis of the study is that the exclusion of the human elements in the command...