The United States' military power and capabilities are singularly enabled by unequaled sustainment capability and reach of our transportation and logistics systems. The current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan are highlighting an emerging trend in...
The current rebalancing of U.S. forces to the Pacific requires an understanding of a number of factors. Among the factors are a greater understanding of emerging trends in the Chinese military and a clear assessment of the Chinese regional...
Is there a better way to organize staffs in operational headquarters based on their roles? Following 9/11 in the ensuing Global War on Terror, the sizes of divisions and corps serving as operational headquarters have doubled and tripled,...
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...
To better face the changing operational environment and achieve full spectrum dominance, the U.S. Army should dedicate a portion of the force to conduct stability operations. Active Army units, structured to conduct or support major combat...
The six sections of the weekly intelligence summary give information on and about tactical intelligence, objective folder and target chart data, war news from other fighting fronts, Japanese antiaircraft defenses, and special reports from EAC...
The country is at war. What is the adequate number of Soldiers the Army needs to fight this persistent war and protect the homeland? This continues to be an ongoing debate between our politicians and senior military leaders. Soldiers are ramping up...
My military career began in 04 January 1993. I attended Basic training at Fort McClelland, Alabama, Annistan as a 31B. My first deployment came when I was assigned to Fort Shafter, Hawaii, where I served as a Platoon Sergeant for 24 months. In...
At the beginning of Desert Shield, the active Army alone had over 1 million men and women in uniform. After the completion of Major Combat Operations, President George Bush Sr. started making the move to downsize the military. He felt that fat...
In this first of two interviews, Major Melissa Carter talks about commanding the 613th Movement Control Team in Mosul, Iraq from November 2003 through April 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. She discusses how she really had no idea what...
MAJ Steven Gariepy served as the chief of operational law with Combined Joint Task Force 76 (CJTF-76) in Bagram, Kabul and Kandahar, Afghanistan during 2006 and 2007 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In this January 2011 interview,...
MAJ Judy Anthony served as commander of Alpha Company, 530th Logistical Task Force (LTF) in Uzbekistan and Bagram, Afghanistan during 2001 and 2002 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), and as the supply and service officer with the 16th...
This essay is a compare and contrast mainly focused on Marine tactics used in both the failed attempt to take Fallujah, Iraq in April, 2004 and the successful attempt to take Fallujah, Iraq in November, 2004. The two components of the Marine’s...
The U.S. Military has been through many changes over the years and has succeeded to produce
the most formidable military in the world. The recent attacks on United States soil, and the
increasing capability of new technology in the hands of the...
The current operational tempo of the United States Army combined with the Global War on Terrorism has placed our Organizational Leaders in a personal and mission dilemma. With the just in time fills and troop strength requirements annotated on the...
The backlog of NCOES for the NCO Corps has never been in such a state of influx until now. Due to combat operations across the globe that leave the Army constantly in motion, the NCO (leader) is the one left to pick up the pieces and execute. Along...
This paper will look at the challenges brought on by never being deployed. It will also cover: how two National Guard Aviation states were brought together; how the National Guard joined forces with the active component, to accomplish a mission;...
Just like a newborn baby, the first few years of an enlisted Soldier's career is very important. It is a time when impressions are made and patterns are developed. Just as a baby learns by watching and mimicking the behavior of others, young...
This paper tells the story of the HHC 3-116 CAV (AR) mobilization. The timeline will begin one month prior to mobilization and end with the change of mission. I will include issues unique to the National Guard and problems facing all mobilizing...
Recruiting Command in North Carolina has been focused for many years toward production in its pursuit of making its end strength mission. Retention and attrition had been largely ignored and accession mission requirements continued to increase in...