MAJ Kenny Kuniyuki served as the assistant brigade intelligence officer (S2) with the 1st Brigade, 1st CAV during 2004 and 2005 in Sadr City in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In the first of two January 2009 interviews, MAJ Kuniyuki...
MAJ Kenny Kuniyuki served as the company commander and G2 targeting officer with a military intelligence (MI) company in 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion (STB) during 2006 and 2007 in Diyala Province in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom...
In this interview, MAJ Mark Madden, US Army, Armor, talks about his deployment to Iraq as the Forward Support Company Commander in 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. MAJ Madden discusses his mission and a typical day during his second...
In this interview, LTC Matt Green, US Army, Armor, discusses his deployment to Iraq as Operations Officer in 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). LTC Green discusses his experience with losing soldiers and the interactions he had with...
In this interview, LTC Matt Green, US Army, Armor, discusses his deployment to Iraq as Team Chief for Military Training Team (MiTT) in 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). LTC Green discusses his experience witnessing car bombs and...
Without a hospitalization capability, battalion medical care is limited to primary care and combat resuscitation. The U.S. Army has traditionally dispatched doctors to battalions. After the Vietnam War, the Army studied this practice critically....
The Department of Defense and the Army has been aware of million dollar pay problems associated with the Army National Guard (ARNG) and Reserve pay system ever since their role in Operation Desert Storm. These pay problems associated with the ARNG...
Recent Government and Department of Defense publications designate stability operations as a core military mission, leading to its parity amongst other more traditional military missions along the spectrum of armed conflict. However, doctrine fails...
Violence perpetrated by Mexican drug trafficking organizations (DTOs) increased dramatically in 2006 and continued to rise dramatically through early 2009. During this same period, Mexican DTO infiltration of U.S. cities skyrocketed. The increase...
There is a general understanding that leadership is the key to the success of any organization. This research examined whether the leadership style of Kofi Annan as the Secretary General of UN had an impact on the successful implementation of the...
Are Heavy Brigade Combat Teams (HBCTs) effective in counterinsurgency (COIN) operations with the capabilities to clear, hold, build, and sustain success? This research examined the modular HBCT's capabilities to execute the clear-hold-build COIN...
Leadership is an art and many leadership attributes remain timeless; this study of a successful leader is significant because it provides an insight to a leader that has led and commanded before us and identifies how he mastered the art of...
Narcotics trade is a major funding source for the insurgency in Afghanistan. Afghan law enforcement (LE) units target traffickers, processing labs, and drug caches to minimize this supply chain. These LE units are mentored by US Drug Enforcement...
The realist paradigm is the USG's dominate perspective for conflict analysis. Historically, this perspective has served the United States well, leading to its ascension from colonial possession to global hegemon in less than two centuries. There is...