In a recent article published in the AUSA newspaper Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, commented on the use of combined forces in Iraq and the notable progress. "Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of...
This document showcases the American Soldier in both "lethal" and "nonlethal" operations in the war on terrorism. The first seven case studies are drawn from events in both Iraq and Afghanistan, two of the principal fronts in the war. Six of the...
Major Michael Mineni served as an operations officer for Multinational Force-Northwest and as the liaison officer to the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq in Irbil Province in the Mosul area from January 2005 through January 2006 in support...
Assigned to Combined Forces Land Component Command/Third Army from June 2002 through July 2003, Colonel Kevin Benson served as the assistant chief of staff C/J5 Plans for the opening phase of Operation Iraqi Freedom. "I was charged with overseeing...
Driven by his desire to be deployed either to Iraq or Afghanistan, and believing that his Connecticut National Guard unit would not be sent, in late 2004 Lieutenant Colonel Paul Ciesinski got himself transferred to the US Army Reserve's 80th...
Major Brian Pearl was a battalion operations officer and later the operations officer for the 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division. After deploying to Iraq in March of 2003, he was located in Al Kifl, An Najaf, Karbala, Iskandariyah, Baghdad, Al...
Lieutenant Colonel Scott Farquhar served as a military transition team (MiTT) leader from May 2007 until May 2008 to advise a brigade of the Iraqi 3rd Infantry Division in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Farquhar and his team completed...
During his 2003-04 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Luis Oakley Jr. served initially as the intelligence officer for the 159th Aviation Brigade and then, in country, took over command of Delta Company, 311th Military...
From March 2003 through February 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Anthony New served initially as the commander of Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry, part of 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, and then later as an...
From March 2003 through February 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Anthony New served initially as the commander of Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry, part of 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, and then later as an...
In this interview, MAJ Matthew McGrew, US Army, Infantry, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a Company Commander in 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ McGrew discusses a typical day during his deployment and the changes he...
From September 2007 through May 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Rob Young served as the G3 chief of future operations with Multinational Division-North (MND-N) in Tikrit, Iraq, which was the 1st Armored Division. He was...
A US Army Reserve quartermaster officer assigned to 3rd Battalion, 317th Infantry Regiment - an institutional training unit headquartered in Culpeper, Virginia - First Lieutenant Mitchell Wander was mobilized in May 2005, assigned to the 80th...
At the time of the interview a facilitator at Fort Leavenworth's School of Command Preparation, "where we prepare newly selected battalion and brigade commanders for commands," Lieutenant Colonel Ross Brown himself previously commanded 3rd...
Learning Counterinsurgency: Observations from Soldering in Iraq Lieutenant General David H. Petraeus, U.S. Army The Army has gained a great deal of experience in Iraq and Afghanistan about COIN operations. Here, one of the Army's most experienced...
Napoleon Bonaparte once said "There are but two powers in the world, the sword and the mind. In the long run the sword is always beaten by the mind." In April 2003 during Operation Iraqi Freedom elections for mayor of the northern city of Mosul...
This paper discusses two ways in which the Army obtains its intelligence: 1) use of informants; and 2) emersion. The author weights the importance of both courses of options but favors emersion (working side to side with a population to gain trust...
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...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Essayons, originally published as the Fort Leonard Wood Guidon in 1966 then as the Guidon from 1966 to 1987. Became Essayons in 1988 and remained that way until 1999 when it reverted back to Guidon. It has been and continues to be a record of...
This study is organized in three parts. The first part is based on the assumption that in order to take a city apart one must first know how to put it together. A substantial literature on urban design, planning, and management has never been...