This publication defining Army terms is a revision; it is a supplementation of JCS Pub 1 and contains definitions not found in JCS Pub 1. This revision updates the authority on international standardization of terminology and introduces new and...
1LT Donnelly details the Air Mission Set (AMS) building process used by the 38th Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB) during Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). Donnelly relates the AMS process as not doctrinal, nor taught in school, and akin to "solving...
A reservist with the 98th Division (Institutional Training), Major Scott McConnell served as the G3 advisor to the 5th Iraqi Army Division in 2004-2005. In this interview, he begins by describing the predeployment training at Camp Atterbury,...
After 911, I went to Operation Bright Star and learned the unit would need much training before deploying. With a new commander and First Sergeant, and a Battalion S-3 dictating training, preparing for war would not be easy. After reenlisting, I...
As Soldiers we all share desires to wear the uniform, serve our country, and execute our mission. We plan and train continuously awaiting the call that our time has come to do just that. When that desired time comes we will wrestle with the...
Changing times bring about the need for change. There are many circumstances that bring organizations to the realization that it is time to change the way that they conduct business, and the Army is no different. The Army is always changing, by...
Chaplain (CH) Dunn discusses his pre-mobilization Religious Support training. He notes his dissatisfaction with "too many PowerPoint briefings and not enough hands on training". Dunn relates that a mock memorial ceremony training block was...
Civil Affairs (CA) units support commanders by working with civil and military authorities in the commander's area of operations during peace and operations of war. CA units support the Afghan and Iraqi people in rehabilitating their societies...
COL Brian Copes discusses his experiences as the commander of the 1-19th Agribusiness Development Team (ADT) mobilized in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. COL Copes' team was selected to deploy into Khowst Province in Afghanistan to start a...
COL Ronald Westfall focuses on his experiences as an Infantry Battalion Executive Officer mobilized in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF I). In relating his experiences in the pre-mobilization process, COL Westfall describes lacking good...
CPT Harlan provides a detail-rich narrative of his service as an Infantry Company Executive Officer (XO) during his first Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) deployment from December 2004 through June 2006. In his narrative, Harlan describes his...
CPT Leslie relates his experiences as Military Police (MP) Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) deployed in Afghanistan from July-November 2004. While there, Leslie served as part of a Protective Service Detail (PSD) for the commander of the 76th...
CPT Mathews discusses conducting a pre-mobilization Network Exercise (NETEX) at Fort Indiantown Gap. The NETEX included training on the Joint Network Node, call manager and other network components. He describes how he felt the training was...
CPT Polyniak discusses his deployment in support of the Global War on Terror from 22 March thru 10 November 2008 at Joint Base Balad (JBB). This deployment was CPT Polyniak's fourth, and he provides many interesting contrasts with his earlier...
CPT Reuben Rieke provides a detailed description of his close interaction with the assigned Corps level Medical Evacuation (MEDEVAC) Company. Rieke describes his interaction with the company commander on issues of planning how to best execute...
CW4 Carella describes his role as the commander's advisor on all safety matters within the Corps Aviation Task Force, particularly how best to adhere to published safety standards. Carella outlines his interaction with the Brigade STANDS...
CW4 Sawyer notes in his opening remarks that he had just recently returned from a deployment to Iraq while serving as a fixed wing aviator. During the course of his interview he offers several discussions and contrasts of his pre-mobilization...
Deployment is difficult for many reasons. The things that concern us seem different, yet in many ways they are the same. Regardless of how long you've been in the military, how much training you've received throughout your career, or how many...
During my seventeenth year in the Delaware Army National Guard, I was diagnosed with a disease that changed my life forever. This disease would rearrange my daily life style from how I eat, train, fight and deploy. I knew nothing about this...
During the years leading up to the changes in the mobilization of reserve component (RC) forces announced in January 2007, the process to alert, mobilize and train reserve and National Guard forces was inefficient at best. This paper outlines my...