The American people expect the military to win future engagements with greater efficiency to reduce costs. Our National Military Strategy, Joint Vision 2010, and other keystone joint publications seek to answer their expectation by espousing...
The purpose of this monograph is to offer some practical solutions to building unity of effort between Special Operations Forces (SOF) and conventional forces using operations in Afghanistan from 2001 until 2009 as a case study. In researching U.S....
An irregular enemy opposing US and partner forces in an expeditionary, nonlinear battle space defines the contemporary operating environment and post-modern warfare. This environment calls for improving our methods of operating, identifying, and...
From August through December 2002, and again from March through June 2004 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan, Major Sholto Stephens of the New Zealand Army served as the intelligence officer (S2) for his country's special...
Deteriorating nation states are a significant threat to U.S. and Western interests. Ineffective nation states frequently generate economic, social and humanitarian crises for their ungoverned populations, imperil the security of neighboring...
From May to November 2004, Major Kenneth "Lex" Luther served as an augmentee fire support officer for Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Arabian Peninsula (CJSOTF-AP), primarily working with 5th Special Forces Group. "I performed a number...
MAJ Michael Gomez served as the night Joint Operations Center (JOC) chief with the 7th Special Forces Group(Airborne) (SFG) in Bagram, Afghanistan during 2008 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In this April 2010 interview, MAJ Gomez...
Major William Black served as a captain with Coalition Task Force 82 as a battle captain and a company commander, as well as a liaison officer to Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Afghanistan from the period of August 2002 to February...
MAJ Gary Joe Pruiett served as the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force - Arabian Peninsula (CJSOTF-AP) Secretary of the Joint Staff (SJS) in Balad, Iraq during 2990 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this January 2010...
A Chemical Corps officer serving in Iraq from July through December 2003 with the 5th Special Forces Group - during this period existing as a combined joint special operations task force (CJSOTF) - Major Kenneth Jones was the director of the joint...
The J4 logistics officer for the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Arabian Peninsula from May 2004 to May 2005, Major Dennis Levesque was responsible for the "life sustainment" of this strategic-level organization throughout the Iraqi...
The purpose of this study is to examine the nature of the command and control relationship between Special Forces and conventional forces. Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan serves as a case study in practice and doctrinal application. ...
NATO continues to transform itself from a Cold-War institution. Originally designed to defend Western Europe from a conventional attack from the Soviet Union, the alliance is now extending its operational reach well beyond the borders of Europe....
On a 120-day assignment - from March to June 2005 - as the J1 personnel officer for the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Arabian Peninsula, which encompassed most of the 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Major Rod Boles was based at...
A special tactics (ST) project officer for the Joint Special Operations Air Component during two separate deployments in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, US Air Force Major Jerry Kung, in this interview, discusses the purpose and organization...
From September 2005 through March 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Steve Petzold served as a detachment commander with Charlie Company, 96th Civil Affairs Battalion, based in Balad. In this interview, he discusses the challenge of...
This paper details the difficulties encountered in organizing, integrating, training, and equipping a unit composed of Special Forces and support personnel. The widely divergent levels of experience, training, and motivation between these two...
This personal experience paper was prepared to historically document my first deployment to Afghanistan as a member of 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group. During this deployment, I served as the Operation Sergeant, Operational Detachment Alpha...
United States Army Special Forces (SF) has played a critical role in prosecuting the Global War on Terror. Their ability to wage unconventional warfare remains their trademark. Operations in Afghanistan and northern Iraq demonstrated SF's ability...
In this third of three interviews, Major Kellie Rourke talks about serving as the intelligence officer for the 5th Special Forces Group at Camp Syverson, Iraq, from October 2007 through May 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. She discusses...