This study presents a picture of the financial, economic, transportation, aviation, communications, restitution and reparation, resettlement, and educational conditions existing in Austria at the close of hostilities in the spring of 1945 and the...
During the 101st Airborne Division fight from Kuwait to Baghdad in March and April 2003, Lieutenant Colonel Henry A. "Hank" Arnold served as officer in charge of the division's assault command post, responsible to the commanding general (CG) and...
In June 1999, the international community, represented by KFOR and UNMIK entered Kosovo, and started one of the most costly peace-building operations ever. In March 2004 a part of the Albanian majority in Kosovo carried out riots that primarily...
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) threat to the US Army and various methods used to counter this threat. The Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle (MRAP) is the current method. This paper will address...
In Mosul, Iraq, from January 2004 to January 2005, Captain Angela Bowman was the executive/operations officer for the 139th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, a 20-soldier split-state Illinois and Wisconsin National Guard unit headquartered in...
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...
From May to September 2002, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, Lieutenant Colonel Michael Shenk (then a major) served as a battalion operations officer with the 101st Aviation Regiment, an assault helicopter unit of Blackhawks and Chinooks....
A long conflict has been going on in the Kivu region of Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Today, in its later stages, the conflict has become an amalgamation of insurgencies by the former Rwanda Armed Forces (FAR) and genocidal forces...
While Algeria was facing internal security issues with illegal Islamist armed groups in the 1990s, some Sahelian-Saharan states were reducing their institutional presence in their border region with Algeria. Mali was demilitarizing its northern...
Using the 1983 US invasion of Grenada and the 1992-3 military humanitarian intervention in Somalia as case studies, this monograph shows how post-Cold War operational planning can benefit from the experiences gained from recent deployments. The...
Ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have underscored the necessity of conventional military forces to adequately prepare for stability and reconstruction operations (SRO) in the aftermath of major combat operations (MCO). In the case of...
This monograph investigates the reasons for the lack of coordination and combined effort between political leadership, military engagement and humanitarian activity during a humanitarian intervention. It analyses basic principles to successfully...
Since the end of the Cold War, the world security environment has been characterized by ethnic and regional turbulence. Consequently, the number and frequency of operations other than war (OOTW) requiring the deployment of the U.S. Army have...
The standard policy and procedure approved as the basic principles for combined Civil Affairs operations in north west Europe and in such other theatres in which the Supreme Commander may be responsible for the coordination of operations.
An initial historical review of the Balkans provides the setting to help one understand what led to America's involvement in the region. Later the book provides an excellent summary of the Bosnia and Kosovo regions and the consequent US presence...
This seventh publication in the Historical Analysis Series addresses the American role in the Philippine Hukbalahap insurrection, provides insight and observations to contemporary planners, and examines the achievement and demonstrates how efforts...
In this two part-interview about his experiences in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Matthew Konz discusses his March 2003 through January 2004 deployment as commander of Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry, part of the 101st...
In this two part-interview about his experiences in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Matthew Konz discusses his March 2003 through January 2004 deployment as commander of Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry, part of the 101st...
In this first of two interviews, Major Dave Waters talks about commanding Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 327th Infantry from Kuwait north through Iraq to Baghdad and Mosul from February through June 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He...