United States Army, Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC)
This pamphlet is the fourth in a series undertaken in an effort to capture the battle command successes of Just Cause and Desert Storm. The first pamphlet focused on commonalities and trends of successful battlefield commanders at brigade,...
The Family Readiness Group (FRG) provides an avenue of mutual support and assistance and a network of communication among family members, the chain of command, and community resources. The primary purpose of any FRG is to encourage self-sufficiency...
In this two-part interview regarding his Global War on Terrorism deployment experiences, Major Jay Miseli discusses his service as the Headquarters and Headquarters Company commander for 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor - part of 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry...
Chaplain (Major) Robert Nay served as the 172nd Stryker Brigade chaplain in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from July 2006 to November 2007. During the predeployment preparation, Nay brought together the six unit ministry teams and the chaplain...
Major Matt Dale served as a strategic planner in the CJ5 plans section at Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom from February 2006 until September 2006. After being promoted to major, Dale volunteered for a...
Major Joel Gilbert served as an infantry line company commander in the Alaska Army National Guard - the first combat unit in the Alaska Guard to go to a combat zone since World War II - and mobilized with the 29th Brigade from the Hawaii Army...
From March through August 2007 in support of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, Major Dennis van Dijk of the Royal Netherlands Army commanded the logistics support detachment for Task Force Uruzgan, based at Camp...
In this second of two interviews, Major Shawn Carden talks about serving as the communications officer for the 82nd Sustainment Brigade in Talil, Iraq from August 2006 through November 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He discusses how...
In this first of two interviews, Major Andy Hotaling talks about serving as a logistics advisor on a military transition team in Baghdad, Iraq from January 2007 through January 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He discusses the team...
From November 2005 through November 2006, Major Mike Volpe served as chief of a military transition team (MiTT) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, assigned to advise 2nd Battalion, 5th Brigade of the 6th Iraqi Army Division. He begins by...
Agriculture accounts for 45 percent of Afghanistan's gross domestic product and is the main source of income for the Afghan economy. Over 80 percent of the Afghan population is involved in farming, herding, or both. However, decades of war,...
Major Shane Celeen, Armor Branch, deployed his company - Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 70th Armor (2-70), part of 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, Fort Riley, Kansas - after a six-month trainup in March 2003. New to the company, his unit had...
Major William Taylor served as a military transition team (MiTT) member in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from December 2005 to December 2006. In this interview, Taylor talks about the MiTTs and the current disconnection from their strategic...
Captain Shawn O'Brien served as commander for the 551st Transportation Company, 6th Transportation Battalion, 7th Transportation Group in the areas of Cedar, Tallil, BIAP and Fallujah in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from February 2003 until...
In 2003, the Army Field Support Command (AFSC) and the Joint Munitions Command (JMC), collocated at Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, began a comprehensive oral history project aimed at chronicling a full-spectrum slice of the commands' role in...
Major Jason Sepanic served as the commander of Echo Company, 204th Forward Support Battalion, a medical company in the 4th Infantry Division, during Operation Iraqi Freedom I in 2003-2004. In this interview, he discusses his planning for the...
For the major combat phase of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, Major David Wakefield served as executive officer of Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group, and in this interview discusses his unit's predeployment training,...
Major Dorothy DeLeon served as the assistant intelligence officer for 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division and then assistant operations officer with the 311th MI Battalion in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from February 2003 until February...
From September 2007 through May 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Rob Young served as the G3 chief of future operations with Multinational Division-North (MND-N) in Tikrit, Iraq, which was the 1st Armored Division. He was...
From October 2007 through April 2008 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Major Terry Walter, US Air Force, served as a staff engineer with Combined Security Transitions Command-Afghanistan, based at Camp Eggers in Kabul. In this interview, he...