SFC Paul Ray Smith was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for distinguishing himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action with an armed enemy near Baghdad International Airport, Baghdad, Iraq on 4...
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the relevance of Adaptive Campaigning to recent Australian Army operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The context for Adaptive Campaigning is set by reviewing Australia's way of warfare and the evolution of...
We watch the news stories about corrupt cops, athletes that inject steroids and crooked politicians. My heroes don’t play professional sports nor are they elected political officials; they are standing in front of me today. They are America’s...
Soldiers returning from service in the Global War on Terror may experience a high incidence of varying degrees of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). As such, the military leadership and society in general must, therefore, develop an in-depth...
Looks at the battle of Osan, which was the first engagement of the Korean War involving American troops. It was fought by a battalion-sized force to delay the enemy's advance while its parent unit--the 24th Infantry Division--entered Korea through...
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...
A large part of all the history that has been written relates in some way to military operations. The history of the Civil War is useful in keeping alive the military interest of the present generation so that the next may have some civil history...
SSG Smith is a master fitness trainer and trained equal opportunity representative. His career management field is 92 series and serves as an Active Guard Reserve (AGR) supply sergeant for a signal company. During the last AGR promotion board, the...
The following ethical dilemma discusses an issue that took place while stationed at Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii. This paper focuses on the challenges one Soldier faced regarding the group of Soldiers he called peers, the dilemma that was...
A collection of directives for the Commander in Chief of the Pacific Ocean Area and the Supreme Commander in the Southwest Pacific Area. Includes numerous planning and logistical documents and joint Army and Navy conference reports.
American troops have been fighting and dying in Iraq and Afghanistan for more than four years, but just one engineer from those wars has received the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military honor for bravery. The lack of such medals -- by...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Guidon came into being as a weekly publication in 1966 under 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 and...
Thesis Statement: The world views the US. Army as one of most technological armies on the earth; however, US. Army units have been historically unprepared to perform their primary fighting function during initial stages of combat. Historical...
As a First Sergeant we come across every type of Soldier. We also should pay attention to signs that our Soldiers send us, be they intentionally or not. This paper describes an event and lessons learned of what happens to when you do not listen and...
From its beginning in the American Revolution to its current conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, the United States (US) Army has had to deal with tribal societies. In order to succeed in tribal societies it is essential that the US Army understand...
The purpose of this monograph is to explore what part of the emerging concept of Effects-Based Operations is relevant to the way the Italian Army is heading towards the future. Specifically, given the experience of the Italian Army in stability and...
What caused the agricultural manpower shortage in World War II? Historians have proffered a variety of explanations that attribute linear causality to a handful of independent variables. No scholar, however, has attempted to study the manpower...
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...