Counterinsurgency is operated as a combination of typical military operations which include many different avenues. Military, paramilitary, political, economic, psychological and civic actions are all different facets of counterinsurgency...
This paper describes some of the challenges and lessons learned as our HHB J-12IFA, merged as an Infantry Company for deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The paper discusses many of the learning curves of the transformation, and...
This paper discusses the feasibility of using the Logistical Division to replace present communications zone sections for the logistical support of field armies and air forces in operations against the enemy in an active theater of operations.
This report represents the combined observations of Army personnel assigned to Task Force 68, Operation "Highjump", Naval Antarctic Development Project, December 1946 to April 1947. Chapters include information regarding the Army's interest in...
The Army Materiel Command conducted a series of interviews with senior AMC officials during the 1987-1990 timeframe. This collection, first published individually, makes their thoughts on the entire spectrum of issues AMC faced in the area of Army...
This digital collection contains the diaries and other related items of soldiers, many from Iowa, who fought in the American Civil War (1861-1865). Their accounts offer valuable insight on their day-to-day activities, accounts of battles, and...
From February through April 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major David Pasquale served as a redeployment planner for the 82nd Division Artillery (DIVARTY). In this interview, the first of three reference his Global War on Terrorism...
From September 2004 through January 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major David Pasquale served as the fire support officer for 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, assigned to the 1st Marine Division and operating in Anbar...
From January 2007 through April 2008 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan, Major David Pasquale served as commander Alpha Battery, 2nd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery (Airborne) and then the fire support officer for the 508th...
In this second of two interviews, Major Melissa Carter talks about serving on a military transition team for the Iraqi 1st Motorized Transportation Regiment in Habbaniyah, Iraq from May 2007 through April 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom....
In this first of two interviews, Major Melissa Carter talks about commanding the 613th Movement Control Team in Mosul, Iraq from November 2003 through April 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. She discusses how she really had no idea what...
In the first of two interviews, Major Chad Hackley talks about commanding Alpha Company, 110th Military Intelligence Battalion in Kandahar, Afghanistan from August 2003 through May 2004 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. He discusses the...
In this second of two interviews, Major Chad Hackley talks about deploying to Baghdad, Iraq as the brigade senior intelligence trainer for the National Training Center (NTC) at Fort Irwin, California throughout July 2005 in support of Operation...
Major Lu Wilson commanded Outlaw Troop, 4th Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment in Kuwait and up through Iraq to Baghdad from March 2003 through April 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, she talks about how her troop...
Major Lu Wilson commanded Outlaw Troop, 4th Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment in Kuwait and up through Iraq to Baghdad from March 2003 through April 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, she talks about how her troop...
The main reason for the study is to determine the application of principles to the defense against the wide envelopment using open warfare situations as examples. General employment of the combined arms is the focus. There are two maps showing the...
This document describes the tank attack of the Fourth British Army at Amiens, France, 8-10 August, 1918. Headings in the paper include operations that influenced the attack, relation/approval/mission/composition of the British army, description of...
This document details the terrain, army scheme of maneuver, description of the tanks used, tank tactics employed, preparations for the attack, the actual attack, and an analysis and criticism in the use of the tanks and the lessons to be learned...
The purpose of this student paper was to present information relative to the infantry's ability to supply itself with properly trained communication replacements in time of war, to draw conclusions as to what the general plan of training should be,...
This study presents the use of air transport, military and commercial, for the transportation of ground troops. This study does not include transport by lighter-than-aircraft due to limited amount of material available on the subject. It does not...