Sergeant Major (P) Stephen Kammerdiener deployed from February 2003 until October 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom as the sergeant major of the 326th Engineer Battalion. That battalion supported the 101st Airborne Division during the...
Commanding the 26th Forward Support Battalion's headquarters detachment, Major Kelso Horne helped support 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division throughout the major combat phase of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. In this capacity, he was in charge of the...
From March through May 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Scott Himes served as the Headquarters and Headquarters Company commander for 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. As part of the division's...
In this first of two interviews, Major Gerd Schroeder discusses commanding Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry, and later the Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), in Baghdad and Iskandariyah from April 2003 though July 2004 in...
This monograph is an examination of the transition of the Iraqi Saddam Fedayeen militia into a guerilla organization in an attempt to draw out methods that might be used against the Niruyeh Moghavemat Basij (Mobilisation Resistance Force) militia...
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...
Aprender acerca de las operaciones de contrainsurgencia: observaciones tras haber servido en Irak. Teniente General David H. Petraeus, Ejército de los EE.UU.; La verdad es que la guerra contra la insurgencia en Afganistán e Irak, no era el tipo...
As an All Source Intelligence Technician with 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division in Tikrit, Iraq, from March 2003 to March 2004, Chief Warrant Officer Bryan Gray provided the brigade commander, Colonel James Hickey, with tactical intelligence...
In this August 2009 interview MAJ James Brady, Infantry, discusses his 2003 deployment to Iraq as a company commander, first of Delta Company, and then as the Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC) commander in 3-327th INF. MAJ Brady...
From May through October 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Chris Grice commanded the 68th Chemical Company, part of 4th Aviation Brigade, 1st Armored Division. In this interview, Grice discusses his company's control of an NGO...
Aprendendo sobre as operações de contra-insurreição: observações após ter servido no Iraque. General David H. Petraeus, Exército dos EUA; O Exército tem aprendido muito sobre a execução das operações de contra-insurreição no lraque...
In this March 2011 interview MAJ James Moore Military Intelligence (MI) describes his surprise deployment on a Military Transition Team (MiTT) with the Iraqi Federal Police in Iraq in 2009. After just 15 months of company command MAJ Moore was...
In this March 2011 interview MAJ James Moore Military Intelligence (MI) describes his surprise deployment on a Military Transition Team (MiTT) with the Iraqi Federal Police in Iraq in 2009. After just 15 months of company command MAJ Moore was...
Assigned to the 526th Forward Support Battalion, Major Joseph Morrow, a battalion operations officer, helped support the 2nd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division in Mosul. Stand-out memories included a 22-hour convoy drive, the attacks on Mosul...
Following his March to June 2002 deployment to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - where he served as operations officer of 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, which had responsibility for external security and detainee transfers at Camps X-Ray and Delta -...
Studying military history prepares Leaders for future challenges. History repeats itself
overtime and can be a valuable asset in planning and decision making. Studying military history
allows Leaders to benefit from lessons learned from past...
Prior to the events of September 11, 2001, leaders of the United States chose the moral high ground during the times of war. They established and followed international laws on humanitarian treatment by ensuring person(s) who committed war crimes...
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...
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...
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...