I have often heard it said that the hardest thing to do is talk about one’s personal experience. I guess it is difficult because people have been through so many challenging experiences throughout their life. For me, it was quite easy.
The most...
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...
In this interview MSG Portish of the Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC, 38th Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB) located at Joint Base Balad (JBB) discusses the importance of understanding the contracting procedures embedded in the food service...
United States Army Reserve 98th Division (IT) deployed to Iraq September 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Pre-deployment training took place at Camp Atterbury, Indiana lasting 42 days. Central Command had command and control over the 600...
Specialist (now Staff Sergeant) Michael Paul Wayne Jones had the misfortune to receive his alert order for Operation Iraqi Freedom while on vacation in Canada. He returned home to Indiana and joined the 1438th Transportation Company as an...
According to two Department of Defense (DOD) studies, the MUTC, a microcosm of a "living, breathing, urban area," provides a unique and realistic urban training venue on a scale unmatched in existing training venues. Located in rural south central...
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...
Colonel Jody Daniels, a reservist who served formerly with the 98th Division (Institutional Training), deployed to Iraq as a member of that division's survey team, and later became the Multinational Security Transition Command-Iraq joint staff...
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,...
Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Daniel Kozlowski is a Traditional Judge Advocate General (JAG) officer with the Indiana Army National Guard. LTC Kozlowski was within post-deployment dwell time in early 2005 when he was asked to mobilize and deploy with...
In this interview, LTC Kozlowski compares and contrasts his experiences in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) with his earlier deployments in Stabilization Force (SFOR)-15 and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). Kozlowski reflects his belief that the...
Brigadier General James Schwitters was the commanding general of the Coalition Military Assistance Training Team from June 2004 to June 2005 when the 98th Division (Institutional Training) deployed to Iraq to assume the foreign army training and...
Currently the chief of force generation at Fort Leavenworth's Joint Center for International Security Force Assistance, Colonel Sean Ryan, in mid 2004, was "brought in … to assist Brigadier General Richard Sherlock" - assistant division commander...
Sergeant First Class Dennis Ewing, a reservist with the 98th Division (Institutional Training), served as an advisor support team member in Numaniyah, Iraq, in 2004-2005. In this interview, he states that the predeployment training they received at...
The purpose of this paper is to provide information relating to my recent deployment to Kosovo in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (KFOR) from July 18th, 2006 until December 25th, 2007.
My deployment experience started upon receipt of orders that would activate me for 18 months. By writing this paper I will explain my experiences throughout my mobilization through my eyes and the way that I viewed this mobilization. I had many ups...
The 237th Personnel Services Battalion conducted postal operations supporting 10 Army Post Offices in Kuwait, Djibouti, Qatar, and Southern Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom III. The mission consisted of both general and direct postal operations...
The 10th Mountain Division in conjunction with the Army National Guard of New Jersey was given a mission to support personnel in Afghanistan. The mission was to provide US forces first class personnel support which included mail distribution from...
This paper recounts various events leading to a less than productive deployment for a
National Guard Special Forces Company. Many lessons learned can be taken away from
this year long event. The greatest lesson and I am reluctant to admit it, is...
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...