The purpose of this paper describes my personal experiences as a Noncommissioned Officer during combat operations while deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II. This paper will provide detailed accounts of my unit’s operational...
Captain Ryan Core's initial experiences with mobilization seemed to summarize all that could possibly go wrong with a deployment. He received his alert order as a last-minute filler for 1-152 Infantry Battalion - part of the 38th Infantry Division,...
From February 2004 through January 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Jim Carlson served as the assistant S5 with the 16th Military Police Brigade (Airborne) and, in this capacity, was tasked with helping stand up the Iraqi Highway...
This paper describes my experiences leading up to and through my deployment during Operation Iraqi Freedom 09-10. I had the unique opportunity to deploy during the drawdown of forces as First Sergeant of the 250th Multi-Role Bridge Company. One of...
From October 2006 through October 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Joseph Chestnut served as the intelligence advisor and executive officer of a military transition team (MiTT), assigned initially to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 8th...
MAJ Kevin Bukowski served as assistant protocol officer with V Corps Headquarters at Camp Victory in 2005 and 2006, as night battle captain with the 1st Infantry Division (ID) at Camp Liberty in 2007, and as commander of Headquarters and...
MAJ Brian Mayer served with the 59th Signal Battalion out of Fort Richardson, Alaska and as planning officer and battalion S6 with 2-377th PFAR at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Kalsu during 2006 and 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). ...
In this interview, MAJ Misti Froydma, US Army, Logistics; discusses her deployments to Iraq as the company commander in 2007 through 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Froydma discusses a typical day in theater and describes the...
In this interview, MAJ (CH) Andrew Lawrence, US Army, Chaplain; Catholic Priest, discusses his deployments to Iraq as a battalion chaplain in 2006 through 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ (CH) Lawrence discusses his mission...
In this interview, MAJ Laura Updegraff, US Army, AG; discusses her deployment to Iraq as a personnel officer (S1) in 2008 through 2009 and then again in 2010 through 2011 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Updegraff discusses her...
Chavez, Paula; Proctor, Andre; Glover, Carrie; Dryer, Steve; Russey, Ira
Thesis: The four factors of leadership are the foundation for a leader to build upon; these are; the led, the leader, the situation and communication. Failure to adhere to these four factors caused the death of Corporal (CPL) Pat Tillman and its...
From January 2004 through February 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Lawrence Camacho served as commander of Delta Company, 15th Forward Support Battalion, part of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division. In this...
MAJ Chad Rambo served as the G2 Operations Officer with the 82nd Airborne Division in 2003 and as the Intelligence Officer with the 4th Brigade (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division in 2006 on two separate deployments to Iraq in support of Operation...
MAJ Jon Myers served as the assistant operations officer (S3) with the 503rd Military Police (MP) Battalion in Mosul, Iraq during 2003 and 2004, as company commander of the 118th MP Company, Airborne in Babel Province, Iraq during 2004 and 2005,...
MAJ Brett Fehrenbacher served as the task force intelligence officer at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Kalsu during 2005 and 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this May 2011 interview, MAJ Fehrenbacher discusses his pre-deployment...
From the summer of 2002 until he left to attend the Command and General Staff College in the summer of 2005, Major Greg Bodge served at Fort Leavenworth's Center for Army Lessons Learned (CALL) as the National Guard liaison officer. This...
Major Gilbert White commanded the Kalsu Replacement Company in Mosul and Baghdad, Iraq from May 2003 through February 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, he talks about the difficulties of deploying a garrison which had...
MAJ Cloyd Smith served as the operations officer (S3) on a military transition team (MiTT) in Baghdad, Iraq during 2006 and 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this March 2009 interview, MAJ Smith discusses the substantial...
Interpersonal skills, ethical principles, and morality judgments are a necessity in making sound leadership decisions. The NCO creed states “… my two basic responsibilities will always be uppermost in my mind, accomplishment of my mission and...
Dooley, Scott R.; Humphrey, Mark; Jindrich, Edward S.; Williams, Edward J.
Today, the Department of Defense (DOD) places a greater emphasis on joint war fighting than at any other time in its history. Fighting together as a joint force is not new concept as the United States Army and Marine Corps share battle space, and...