During his 2003-04 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Milt Kinslow served as part of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) as the south-central regional operations officer, responsible for the governorate teams in the Iraqi...
In this second part of his two-part interview, Major Matthew Scalia discusses his command of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division in Baghdad from September 2003 to July 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom....
Mr. Gregory Burton, Foreign Service, US State Department, volunteered for duty as a member of a provincial reconstruction team (PRT) in Afghanistan. From duty in 2005 as an economic officer with the American Embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark, Burton...
Commander John Wade was at work for the Vice Chief of Naval Operations at the Pentagon when his future assignment as a provincial reconstruction team (PRT) commander in Afghanistan came about. In 2006, as one of a group of hand-picked,...
From February 2006 through February 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Greg Lueders served on a military transition team (MiTT) tasked to coach, teach and mentor the 3rd Motor Transport Regiment (MTR) of the 3rd Iraqi Army Division,...
Ms. Linda Specht volunteered for her initial danger-pay assignment in the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) from the US Embassy in Cameroon, in March 2004. Her initial posting was to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq. Specht, after a year...
From March 2004 through January 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Jack Midyette commanded Headquarters and Headquarters Battery (HHB), 1st Battalion, 113th Field Artillery, part of the 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, North Carolina...
Lieutenant Commander Dan Davidson, US Navy, deployed to the Global War on Terrorism in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) from November 2002 through June 2003. A naval supply officer, Davidson, who received his...
Major Carlos Platero of the El Salvadoran Army deployed to Iraq with the Cuscatlan Battalion for a six-month rotation in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. From 13 February 2005 until 23 August 2005, this battalion was a part of the Multinational...
From July 2002 through July 2003, Major Theresa Masengale served as chief of operations in the 7th Transportation Group's S3 shop, during which time she deployed to Kuwait and Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, and on the group staff...
Major Jon Baker served as commander of Charlie Company, 82nd Forward Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) until roughly February 2002. Baker was stationed in Kandahar Airbase and...
In this second of two interviews reference his Operation Iraqi Freedom experiences - the first one covering his March to September 2005 deployment - Major John Polidoro, US Marine Corps, discusses his August 2006 through March 2007 tour as, again,...
An assistant operations officer with the 75th Field Artillery Brigade, Major Kevin Brown deployed to Operation IRAQI FREEDOM with his unit, which became the command and control element for the 75th Exploitation Task Force (XTF), charged with...
Major Gary Farley deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom in March 2003 as the commander of Charlie Company, 44th Signal Battalion, 7th Signal Brigade out of Mannheim, Germany. His company was originally slated to be attached to the 4th Infantry...
This paper discusses the active Soviet Army as larger than any army in Europe and a fairly efficient fighting force. Yet, it is not as well trained as the army of any other great power. Its defense would be strong on account of its great numbers....
This study proposes that to have immediate connection with the battle front and, in tactical operations, a widespread use of air transport in major emergency of any nation requires adequate aviation. The adaptability of various types of flying...
The objective of this study is to orientate officers who are not familiar with school directive data pertaining to Reserve Officers' Training Corps Duty. Also, to relate their dual function: first as an instructor for the training of the students,...
The purpose of this study is to arrive at a logical answer to the question propounded, by a review of the outstanding uses of our forces during the World War and by a consideration of the leading thought throughout the major nations of the world on...
This paper contains a summary of the sanitary conditions in Mexico at the present time and concludes that it would be a menace to the health of any military command invading the country, including mortality statistics for 1925-1930.
This paper discusses the differing opinions of various presidents and Congress on the Philippine Islands and giving them independence and rights to self-government.