Following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the Bush administration chose to pursue a broad, offensive, and preemptive campaign against terrorists and their purported state sponsors, versus executing a focused response against Osama bin...
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the militant Islamist threat within the United States, to determine whether the current United States National Counter-Terrorism Structure can prevent the next significant terror attack in the homeland,...
Actionable intelligence is information that can ultimately influence decisions or lead to kinetic or non-kinetic operations against targets. The attacks against the United States on 11 September 2001 (9/11), revealed that despite the ability of our...
Jones, Priscilla D.; Air Force History and Museums Program
Tuesday, September 11, 2001, dawned cool and clear, with sunny skies all along the eastern seaboard. For Air Force aviators like Lt. Col. Timothy "Duff" Duffy of the 102d Fighter Wing at Otis Air National Guard Base, Massachusetts, the day held the...
The events of September 11, 2001 set in motion the Global War on Terror, which historically to this point in time had only had sporadic attempts to carry the fight back to the parties responsible for acts of terrorism. Once the Global War on Terror...
Homeland Security is one of the main focal points of the Army Reserve’s mission. However, since post 9/11 the Army Reserve commitment to the Global War on Terrorism has drastically changed. The troop strength needed to support Operation Iraqi...
The role of Military Police (MP) on the battlefield has changed significantly since the on sought of 9/11. Not only do they have the responsibility of rear echelon security, they have evolved too many new roles as the War on Terrorism expands...
Described in this paper through sections I, II, II, is my 9/11 day, and the difficulties I faced getting to Afghanistan. My assignment into a position that contributed to the building of the Afghan National Army (ANA). Described are some of my...
The realty of the War on Terror is that innocent people are going to get hurt. This is inevitable. As some groups argue the right of the terrorism that we capture, who is attending for the right of those 3,000 souls that lost their lives on 9/11. I...
Specialized forces have been on this continent since the days of the French and Indian War if one includes Native American warrior societies. Limiting the discussion to the European peoples who migrated to this continent, however, we know that...
On September 11, 2001, the 107th Corps Support Group was transformed into 107th CSG Task Force. The unit was tasked with the logistical support for the World Trade Center Operations based out of their Park Avenue Armory. During the two weeks that...
This paper compares and contrasts two separate efforts by the U.S. military to transform its forces: 1) during the era of the Kasserine Pass which took place in 1943, and 2) prior to 9/11 during the year of 1999.
Days after the 9/11 attacks, Major Robert J. Gomez (USAF), serving with the 22nd Air Refueling Wing at McConnell Air Force Base, deployed to a "forward secure location on the eastern seaboard" in charge of 11 KC-135s and 100 personnel. There, he...
MAJ Tim McCulloh served as platoon leader with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment in Kandahar, Afghanistan during 2002 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), in the brigade operations (S3) shop with a Stryker Brigade in...
In this interview, MAJ Darryl Price, US Army, Logistics; discusses his deployment to Iraq as a company commander for 719th Transportation Company in 2003 through 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Price talks about assisting New...
In this interview CPT Michael Drew, US Army National Guard, discusses his involvement in Operation Iraqi Freedom. CPT Drew was a New York City police officer when 9/11 occurred and consequently spent time at Ground Zero immediately following the...
With the Army's Criminal Investigation Division as a shift operations officer when the 9/11 attacks occurred, Major J.D. Branch became part of the FBI's joint operations center for Pentagon recovery that was headquartered at the Pentagon itself and...
Lieutenant Colonel Todd Conyers commanded Charlie Company, 159th Aviation Regiment, which provided heavy-lift helicopter support to the Pentagon immediately after the 9/11 attacks, and also deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom to...
"My first experience with the Global War on Terrorism," said Major Joseph T. Irwin Jr., "was September 11, 2001. I was at Fort Meade, Maryland, with the 5th Brigade, 78th Division (Training Support) and our mission was to provide military support...
Brigadier General Robert L. Caslen, Jr. served as chief of staff for Combined Joint Task Force-180 (CJTF-180) in Afghanistan from May through September 2002 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, and later as deputy director for the War on...