United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Guidon came into being as a weekly publication in 1966 under the title Fort Leonard Wood Guidon. Between 1966 and 1987 the title was simplified to Guidon before becoming Essayons in 1988. The name reverted back to Guidon in 1999. It has been...
This book is concerned primarily with the combat (or tactical) groups that were active during the Second World War. Although such groups had numerous designations, nearly all fell within four major categories: bombardment, fighter, reconnaissance,...
Volume 2 of the Final report of the Board of officers appointed to develop proposals for the reorganization of the infantry and airborne infantry regiments includes questionaires and letters requesting views of regimental commanders, proposals for...
When the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) arrived in France in 1917, AEF authorities decided to reorganize the Army's division and higher level staffs to be more in line with their French and British counterparts. The reorganization required an...
Material used for education and training in prisoner of war operations at the Provost Marshal Generals School. Includes information on handling prisoners of war both outside the United States and inside the United States, establishing facilities,...
War Department policy with respect to labor of prisoners of war, contracts for employment of prisoners of war, administrative and disciplinary measures, conduct of prisoner of war noncommissioned officers, and violations of prisoners' regulations....
The following topics are discussed in this document on World War Two: completion of training in the U.S., Camp Forrest to Ft. Slocum, Transatlantic, England (Camp Bewdley, Birmingham, and Braemore), prelude to operations, the campaign in France,...
This study is primarily a treatment of the use of prisoner of war labor by the United States Army. It also provides a comprehensive treatment of the employment of prisoners of war by private employers in the United States. The primary objective of...
1LT Donnelly details the Air Mission Set (AMS) building process used by the 38th Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB) during Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). Donnelly relates the AMS process as not doctrinal, nor taught in school, and akin to "solving...
1LT Kurt Lovins served as a platoon leader of Alpha Company, 1st Platoon of the 7-11th Signal Company, 250th Signal Battalion, 42nd Infantry Division during 2004 and 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this March 2009 interview,...
'Winning Teams' identifies characteristics successful American infantry divisions had in common during World War II and the extent to which those characteristics were unique. The study discusses stateside training, overseas deployment and first...
A follow-up interview to the one conducted on 4 November 2004 concerning Colonel (Ret.) Bradford Parsons' involvement in the 98th Division's 2004-2005 Iraqi Army training and advising mission, this one, as the interviewer put it, focuses more on...
A member of the 98th Division (Institutional Training) command and control (C2) cell, Brigadier General Frank Cipolla deployed to Iraq in mid 2004 in advance of the rest of the unit for its training and advisory mission with the new Iraqi Army. Of...
A reservist serving with the 98th Division (Institutional Training), Colonel Todd Arnold was commander of the division rear in 2004-2005 while elements of the unit were deployed to Iraq. In this interview, he provides a great deal of detail...
A reservist serving with the 98th Division (Institutional Training), Lieutenant Colonel Antonio L. Morales was mobilized and deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2004 and 2005. Normally assigned as a schools officer with the...
A reservist with the 98th Division (Institutional Training), Colonel Doug Shipman was an advisor to two separate Iraqi divisions and to the Nineveh provincial police chief in 2004-2005. In this interview, he voices frustration at the information...
A reservist with the 98th Division (Institutional Training), Major Matthew Jones served as an advisor support team leader in Iraq in 2004-2005. In this interview, he recounts the process of mobilizing a reserve unit for service overseas, describing...
A reservist with the 98th Division (Institutional Training), Major Scott McConnell served as the G3 advisor to the 5th Iraqi Army Division in 2004-2005. In this interview, he begins by describing the predeployment training at Camp Atterbury,...