The operations tempo of the Army has increased over 300 percent since the Gulf war. In that same period the size of the Army has decreased by one-third. Many of the capabilities from the active Army have been shifted to the reserve components. This...
The present state of tension between the United States and Iran signifies a failure of current and past diplomatic approaches to influence Iran. Curiously, the Islamic Revolution and the Iranian elections over the last decade indicate that support...
The United States Army Reserve (USAR) experienced exceptional utilization since 2001 in the Global Wars on Terrorism (GWOT), requiring its transformation from a strategic to operational posture. The Army and USAR used the Army Force Generation...
As the Army Reserve has continued to fit into the total Army concept, it finds it Soldiers being used more and more often. During past years reserve Soldiers would be mobilized once for the war and not get mobilized again. Today’s U.S. Military...
Major Robert McCaskell was an Active Guard Reserve (AGR) officer, assigned as the operations officer of the Support Battalion of the 196th Infantry Brigade, US Army Pacific (USARPAC) in 2003 when his participation in support of the Global War on...
Thesis Statement: National Guard Training and Readiness is vital to support Army operations worldwide in both peacetime and times of war.
National Guard Training and Readiness is vital to support Army operations worldwide in both peacetime and...
Many reserve Soldiers have been mobilized and will continue to be mobilized in support of operations overseas. These soldiers have been deployed as members of their unit and as individual augmenters. Although many of these soldiers have been...
This study proposes a role for the Army's National Training Center at a state of Full Mobilization. Current plans for mobilization disestablish the manpower resources for the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, CA upon declaration of a state of...
A reservist serving with the 98th Division (Institutional Training), Colonel Todd Arnold was commander of the division rear in 2004-2005 while elements of the unit were deployed to Iraq. In this interview, he provides a great deal of detail...
In 2008 the Army declared that the current demand for forces in Iraq and Afghanistan was unsustainable--this thesis asks if this is a fair and accurate assessment. The Army developed the Army Force Generation Model in response to a condition of...
The purpose of this paper is to acquaint the reader with my mobilization experience immediately after the attack of 11 September 2001. The attack of 9/11 changed the character of the traditional Army Reserve system. Army Reserve Units were also...
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...
The purpose of this monograph is to determine if the downsized United States Army should retain the current roundout brigade concept. Under the roundout concept, a National Guard maneuver brigade, when mobilized, is assigned to a two brigade Active...
This paper will review some of the historical trends and discuss the implications for the future of Army logistics as it supports the nation's Army, forward deployed or as it projects ground power to operations in a combatant commander's area of...
The purpose of this document is to provide the Commander, First Air Force a collection of photographs concerning Joint Task Force-Katrina. Although focused on the widely varying operational activities, these photographs also capture some...
In 2009, Lt. Gen. Thomas G. Miller, Commander, First Army, directed the development and implementation of an improved method to train and certify deploying units. Lieutenant General Miller directed First Army's operations and training support units...
The scope of this Personal Experience Paper (PEP) encompasses my views and experience of my unit’s pre-MOB training, mobilization at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, deployment to Iraq, and redeployment to home station. The span of this period started...
The 237th Personnel Services Battalion conducted postal operations supporting 10 Army Post Offices in Kuwait, Djibouti, Qatar, and Southern Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom III. The mission consisted of both general and direct postal operations...
This paper is a record of some of the events that transpired during my CONUS based mobilization with the Headquarters of the 90th Regional Readiness Command at North Little Rock. Arkansas from February 2005 to March 2009. Additionally, it addresses...
The Army announced in the 2006 Army Posture Statement that it had to operationalize the Army National Guard. The decision to operationalize the National Guard was necessary because the Army did not have enough active units to meet requirements for...