In this second of two interviews, Colonel Tony Deane talks about commanding 1st Battalion, 35th Armor in Kuwait and Ramadi, Iraq, from November 2005 through November 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He discusses the effect the election...
In 1801, Yusef Caramanli, ruler of Tripoli, declared war on the United States. Yusef expected the United States to agree to pay tribute in exchange for protection from Tripolitan corsairs. Instead, President Thomas Jefferson sent the navy. Four...
Waiting for Godot in Iraq. F.J. Bing West; As the war in Iraq enters a period of uncertainty, a highly regarded former Assistant Secretary of Defense addresses the four biggest challenges facing our military effort.
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...
In command of the 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division, also known as the "Ready First" Brigade, COL Sean MacFarland, deployed his command from Central Germany to Iraq in March 2006. The Ready First Brigade assumed control of western Ninewah Province...
During his May 2003 to July 2004 deployment in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Major George H. Sarabia served as a regimental S4, then XO of 2nd Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment. Based in the heavily Shi'ite Baghdad slum of Sadr City,...
Colonel (Ret.) Scott Thein served in Iraq from September 2003 through March 2004 as the Division Artillery commander with the 82nd Airborne. He worked primarily at the provincial level and his area of operations was Al Anbar Province. One of the...
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...
In command of the 300th Military Police Company in Iraq from May 2003 to April 2004, Captain Lynn Rolf III conducted a wide range of missions, to include main supply route and convoy security, high-value target investigations, detainee movements,...
Coming from the U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery School at Fort Bliss, where he'd been an instructor, Major Michael Melito - during the major combat phase of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM - was assigned as an individual augmentee to 1st Battalion, 3rd Air...
During the early months of Special Forces Operational Detachment-Alpha (SFODA) 193's tour in Operation Iraqi Freedom IV, the Detachment planned, organized, and resourced a Medical Civil-Military Operation (MEDCMO) to develop intelligence on...
During his February 2004 to February 2005 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Chris Budihas spent the first four months as commander of Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment out of the 25th Infantry Division; and...
The purpose of this monograph is to determine the ideal practices for militias and irregular forces in counterinsurgency operations. This study specifically addresses those groups organized by a legitimate sponsor such as the Host Nation or one of...
Current and Future Warfighting Network-Enabled Battle Command. Lieutenant General William S. Wallace, U.S. Army; Technological innovations play a paradoxical role in military transformation. While they help resolve existing battlefield...
In this first of two interviews, Colonel Tony Deane talks about commanding 1st Battalion, 35th Armor in Kuwait and Ramadi, Iraq, from November 2005 through November 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He discusses training with high...
After serving as executive officer of 2nd Battalion, 18th Field Artillery Regiment in Operation Iraqi Freedom I where his unit reduced captured enemy ammunition and trained the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps, Lieutenant Colonel Paul Yingling returned to...
Lieutenant Colonel (P) L. Barrett Holmes served as the commander of the 20th Engineer Battalion in support of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division in Iraq from March 2004 until March 2005. Predeployment training consisted of...
FM 3-0 Operations: the Army's blueprint. General William S. Wallace, U.S. Army; TRADOC's commander introduces the newest version of FM 3-0, Operations, the Army's guide to operating in the 21st century.
With the current U.S. troop surge in Iraq, offensive operations have critically impacted the insurgency. Despite media reports, combatant commanders believe that the Al-Qaeda network in Iraq has been shattered. Statistics indicate the demise of the...