After selection to MSG, the only thing I could think about was becoming a First Sergeant, for it had been a dream of mine for my entire career. With V Corps Headquarters deploying to Iraq in support of OlD 05-07, I found myself in the right place...
Ordered to war, Task Force (TF) Thunderbolt l-252d Combined Arms Battalion (CAB) mobilized, deployed and conducted Full Spectrum Combat Operations in Iraq. TF Thunderbolt learned new lessons, pursued the enemy with proven doctrine, adapted, and...
HHC 1st Battalion 77th Field Artillery deployed for a year as the Operations Cell of Zone 6, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. Zone 6 was established to house combat units who would perform transportation missions into Iraq from Kuwait, and units in transit...
The Army Reserve has made great transformations in its ranks as we have transitioned from a strategic force to an operational force over the past nine years. The Army Reserve has been known as an undisciplined and under-trained force that would...
The policy of the United States is not of colonization, but to assist countries in creating self-sufficient democratic governments that lead to regional stability, and our policy in Afghanistan in no different. The bloody history in Afghanistan and...
Leading Soldiers in combat as the 1SG of a Military Intelligence company was the most challenging and rewarding experience of my military career. Bravo Company, 3rd Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, Fort Campbell Kentucky was...
Most Soldiers can single out one defining moment in their career, that time and position where the feel they accomplished the most. My moment started one late afternoon in November 2008. I was serving as the Interim Command Sergeant Major of the...
In this paper, I reflect on my Netherlands Army experience and indicate how important it is to prepare ourselves to reduce the risk of disease in warzones. Due to increasing numbers of military personnel in warzones, the stress on military...
In January of 2006, I arrived at the 3rd Battalion 43rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment as a newly promoted First Sergeant of a Patriot Unit. Going into a Patriot unit was going to be a major challenge in itself in that I had never served or worked...
I have served in the Polish army over 24 years in various positions and in different garrisons. Before I came to the Sergeant Major Academy, I was working as the Sergeants Major in the First Driving Training Centre in Grudziadz. Even if I am now in...
In the modern global security environment, the United States Army faces a different adversary that presents wholly different challenges to the Army’s intelligence effort. No longer facing a traditional, conventional enemy as its predominant...
The many changes to the operational environment over the past nine years have resulted in the creation of new tactics, techniques, and procedures to maintain pace with the unconventional fight. These new tactics suggest a shift away from...
I will describe my assignment to the 35th Engineer Brigade during the period June 2007 thru the present in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The period, known commonly as "The Surge", is both challenging and professionally rewarding. Our Brigade...
As the Afghan Regional Security Integration Command-West (ARSIC-W) CSM in 2008, I would best describe the Italian commanded Western Afghanistan as a chicken wire canoe. Built quickly and on the cheap, even though it may have slightly resemble a...
On March of 2003, my unit, 3654th Maintenance Company was mobilized in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.
We worked continuous maintenance operations seven days a week for six months. We accomplished almost 2200...
I will describe my experience during my deployment as part of Joint Task Force Phoenix II (JTF) to Afghanistan. Topics that I will address will include interactions with coalition forces as well as task organization for JTF Phoenix II. I will focus...
During mid months of 2005, 13 Missouri Soldiers were notified of deployment to Iraq. This deployment was to be the first rotation for advisors that would train and fight with Iraqi Commando's Special Police Tactic Teams and was made up of personnel...
This paper describes, in chronological order, the events that took place during my deployment in support of Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. I have detailed key events and lessons learned such as mobilization and deployment, organization,...
The 151 Battalion 131st Aviation Regiment mobilized and deployed in support of (ISO) OIF 06-08 as a member of the 36th Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB). The battalion mission was to provide aviation support to Multi National Corp Iraq. I was...
This paper describes some of the key events and lessons learned during my deployment to Baghdad, Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) III. I give significant discussion to: Checkpoint Operations, Right Seat Rides and the dissemination of...