I served as Forward Operating Base (FOB) Force Protection Noncommissioned Officer in Charge (FP NCOIC) during OIF III from January 20, 2005 to January 9, 2006. Serving in that position as a Field Artillery Senior Sergeant (13Z5) gave me an...
Many look with amazement at the rebirth of the nation of Japan from the ashes of World War II. This is a study of the postwar military government and administration of Japan. It will examine the detailed preparation, the initial objectives, and the...
Under public pressure to reduce defense spending and a Congressional demand for increased efficiency created by the collapse of the Soviet Union during the early 1990's, the United States Army has repeatedly been accused of maintaining unnecessary...
November 29, 2002, my wife and I went out to dinner with my parents for a special evening. The cause of the special evening was in three days my company, which I was the First Sergeant of, was deploying to Afghanistan in support of Operation...
From 1964 to 1973 the United States Air Force conducted bombing raids along the Ho Chi Minh trail. Approximately 2,000,000 tons of ordnance was dropped with about a 20 to 30% non-detonation rate. Nearly all 16 provinces of PDR Lao were affected by...
Military history expands for generations from the colonial era to our current operations today on the Global War on Terrorism. Throughout our military history, technology on the battlefield continuously grows for the protection of our soldiers and...
Webster states ethics is, "a system of morale values, the principle of right or good conduct." Ethics is dealing with right and wrong and the principles of motives and ends. Society plays a huge role in the development of individual ethics. An...
Introduction: This military history report provides information about "America’s first secret hero". CPL Hiroshi Miyamura. CPL Miyamura actions that lead him to receive the Medal of Honor were so sensitive that it was labeled top secret. If his...
SSG Ruben Rivers born and raised in a small town in Oklahoma called Tecumseh. There in Tecumseh, located in Central Oklahoma, SSH Ruben Rivers lived in a small ramshackle farmhouse. Along with his sisters and brothers, they tended to livestock and...
This essay will argue that Career Soldiers and Leaders both Commissioned and
Noncommissioned are the key to success in early battles of all wars. This essay will focus on the battles
of Cantigny, France World War I and Kasserine Pass, Tunisia World...
Goins, Jared L.; Kajko, Marek; Cerda, Juan; Hillis, Johnnie
Field Fortifications play a vital role in both offensive and defensive operations when used properly. Today soldiers fighting the war on Terror in the mountains of Afghanistan live in bases built to protect them from enemy fire. Although we are in...
The types of field fortifications that have existed through time have been heavily documented and criticized in reference to tactics and strategy by experts and historians alike. In an attempt to isolate a few of the more important or most utilized...
As the Army continues to transition and the need for our Soldiers to be independent operators in a global war against terrorism, it is a fundamental fact that our Soldiers must be men and women of strong moral character. Our Soldiers throughout...
My first duty assignment was as a Radio Teletype (RATT) rig operator in Headquarters, Headquarters Battery, 18th Field Artillery Brigade at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. My section was the largest communications section in the Brigade and each team...
I will discuss the changes in the United States Army that I have observed throughout my personal military career experiences. I will discuss my first two years of active duty and the remainder of my time as a member in the Minnesota Army National...
This paper describes some of the key events and lessons learned from deploying to Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina, during Operation Enduring Mission deployed to Camp Eagle Base as part of Task Force Orion in 2005. I describe the sequence of events...
On 12 June 2003 at Fort Pickett Virginia, my unit was halfway through a two week tour of Annual Training. The temperature was in the mid 90's and the humidity was unbearable. I was a section chief on an M-I 09 A-6 Paladin Howitzer. This was the...
The CSM Theodore L. Dobol Collection contains several biographical and miscellaneous materials related to CDM Dobol’s military career. The textual files include photographs, transcripts of oral history interviews; a short autobiography; the...
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...