The purpose of this study was to investigate how the 1st Sustainment Brigade (SB) reduced customer wait time (CWT) in Multi-National Division-Baghdad (MND-B) from October 2007 to January 2008. A secondary objective was to determine what affect...
An Army reservist with the 98th Division (Institutional Training), Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Friedman served as the Coalition Military Assistance Training Team command and control cell's operations officer in Iraq in 2004-2005. In this interview,...
This paper is a summary of the events of my unit, from February 2003 to March 2004. From our notification to deploy to the Iraqi theater, to operations during Operation Iraqi Freedom #1, to our subsequent recovery and return to our home station...
MAJ Nathaniel Crain served as intelligence officer (S2) with the 5th Engineer Battalion in Taji, Iraq during 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this January 2011 interview, MAJ Crain discusses the shock of reaching Baghdad so...
Phase I: Learning the job. We were the first O6 command to run COB Taji and assumed Garrison Command responsibilities. The unit we replaced was an O5 commanded Mayor Cell. They were subordinate to the tenant Sustainment Brigade. My predecessor did...
This paper describes key ideology, troop leadership, motivation, and use of equipment to promote high morale within a platoon element which resulted in high morale and a successful deployment during OIF. I have, where possible, described key...
In this interview MAJ Schreiber discusses his experiences as part of a military transition team (MiTT) training and advising the Iraqi Army from 2005 until 2006. MAJ Schreiber describes daily life working with the Iraqis and the unique challenges...
From March 2003 through March 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Chaplain (Major) Dennis Hysom served as first the 4th Infantry Division's DIVARTY chaplain and then as the chaplain for the 104th Military Intelligence Battalion. In this...
In this January 2009 interview MAJ Ed Twaddell, Infantry, discusses his deployment to Iraq as the company commander of Alpha Company 2-7 CAV in March 2004. MAJ Twaddell describes his movement into theater, the difficultly his company had upon...
Batalla de Taji y el mando de batalla en movimiento. General de División Raymond T. Odierno, Ejército de los EE.UU., Teniente Coronel (R) Edward J. Erickson, Ejército de los EE.UU.; Durante la batalla de Taji el 16 de abril de 2003, el mando de...
In this first of two interviews, Major Brian Russell, US Marine Corps, talks about commanding a military transition team in Anbar Province from December 2006 through December 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi freedom. He discusses how the...
From March to November 2004, Major Pete Fedak led a 10-man team that served as advisors to the 6th Battalion, Iraqi Army, training this unit from formation through its participation in Operation Phantom Fury (also known as Al Fajar), the November...
Major Scott Nauman was a member of one of the first military transition teams (MiTTs) in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Upon returning to Iraq from post-company command and mid-tour leave, Nauman filled a tasking in support of the Coalition Military...
From March to October 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Scott Gould served as commander of the 44th Chemical Company, 2nd Chemical Battalion, based at Taji, and was concerned principally with chemical, biological, radiological and...
Colonel Robert Catalanotti, serving with the 98th Division (Institutional Training), was the mobilization commander at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, from September through December 2004 and then the base commander at Taji, Iraq, from December 2004...
Major Timothy O'Brien served in Operation Iraqi Freedom with a military transition team (MiTT) in 2005-06. Part of a worldwide levy of US Army manpower to support MiTTs, O'Brien came from Fort Benning, Georgia, and the Ranger Training Brigade. He...
The Battle of Taji and Battle Command on the Move. Lieutenant Colonel Edward J. Erickson, U.S. Army, Retired with Major General Raymond T. Odierno, U.S. Army; During the Battle of Taji on 16 April 2003, battle command in the 4th Infantry Division...
My deployments were both challenging and fulfilling. My initial deployment was to Bosnia in 1999 for six months. Bosnia was a non-combat environment and was an easy deployment. My second deployment was to Iraq. I was stationed in Tikrit as an...
Upon arriving in theater in November 2004, Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Christian of the 98th Division (Institutional Training) was under the impression that he was to be the officer in charge of developing and standing up an engineer school for the...
A Batalha de Taji e o comando em combate em movimento. Major-General Raymond T. Odierno, Exército dos EUA e Tenente-Coronel (Res) Edward J. Erickson, Exército dos EUA; Durante a Batalha de Taji, em 16 de abril de 2003, o comando em combate na 4ª...