11th Armored Calvary Regiment

James R. McDonough sets a spectacular example of what it is to be a second lieutenant in the United States Army and what it is truly like to lead a group of enlisted soldiers for the first time. Lieutenant McDonough, a graduate of West Point, was deployed as a platoon leader in a small fort with the mission of holding a Vietnamese village out of the hands of the Viet Cong. When he arrived, Lieutenant McDonough discovered that the former Lieutenant and platoon leader of the 2d Platoon, Bravo Company, 4th Battalion, 503d Infantry (Airborne) hardly ever left his

I was once the big fish in a small pond, but now I find myself as a worm on a hook in an ocean of big fish. Starting this journey, I can say that I was overcome with all types of emotions all at once: anxiety, fear, excitement, inadequateness, and at the end of it all I was finally calm. Knowing that I had just accomplished something that not even six months ago wasn’t even in my life plans. As a platoon, we performed feats that as individuals or a group you would never attempt let alone think about have accomplished. The slogans during that time of my career were “be all you can be in the Army” or “we do more before 9 am than most people do all day.” Within my first four years I got to travel the world and see places that most people would only dream about from Antarctica to Panama, and even to the pyramids in Egypt, I got to see it all. The military had such a powerful and profound hold on me I couldn’t think of anywhere else I would rather be. I was once told by my 1SG after a very long and trying day he said “Private Williams, where else can grown men and women have this much fun and still get paid. “I thought and pondered on what he had said, and even today 26 years later I still ask myself the same question, and it always goes back to the same answer, wearing the uniform serving my country side by side with my brothers and sisters in

The 4th Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT) has a proud history of accomplishments. It has served in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Historically, the morale across the brigade was high; leaders took care of their Soldiers, and all of them did their best to train them, accomplish missions successfully, and support them in any way. The 4th ABCT HQ, as well as each of the battalions, were highly efficient and effective, and most of them were jubilant to be part of the brigade. Three years ago, one of the best maneuver brigades in FORSCOM was the 4th ABCT. The brigade had focus; leaders and soldiers were dedicated, and there was a strong work ethics. However, the 4th is facing some challenges ahead that are going to make difficult to reach its full potential. Amongst several leadership problems, there is a major one. There is not an organizational vision in the brigade, and if there is, it is unclear and poorly evident.

The 442nd Regimental Combat Team was a segregated U.S. Army. They fought in World War II. It was made up of Japanese Americans that were from the Mainland and Hawaii. The men from Mainland thought that the Hawaiians didn’t speak English very well. There was a conflict between both groups and got sent to a detention camp. The 442nd learned about teamwork very fast. They decided they would complete every assignment that came their way. Frank Hachiya wrote a letter to his 8th grade teacher before he was killed. In addition, he talked about all his regrets in life and how he wasted most of his time. At his funeral, his teacher read the letter.

“Four-Forty-Second Infantry / We're the boys of Hawai'i nei / We'll fight for you / And the Red, White and Blue, And go to the front. / And back to Honolulu-lulu. / Fighting for dear old Uncle Sam / Go for broke! / HOOH! / We don't give a damn! / We'll round up the Huns / At the point of our guns, / And vict'ry will be ours! / GO FOR BROKE! / FOUR-FOUR-TWO! / GO FOR BROKE! / FOUR-FOUR-TWO! And vict'ry will be ours!” (442nd Unit Fight Song). Just as many historical songs are wont to be subjected to select refinements, the 422nd Unit Fight Song is no exception. Primitively the song had the phrases “One-Puka-Puka” in place of what is currently “Four-Forty-Second” suggesting the song was originally written for the

The 13th Pennsylvania Reserves Regiment (42nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment) were said to be superior marksmen, and during the first year of the Civil War, they distinguished themselves as fighters and sharpshooters. They were organized into the 149th and 150th Regiments of the Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Their most important contribution to the Battle of Gettysburg occurred on McPherson's Ridge on July 1, 1863, where they fought one of the most desperate actions of the battle. During the battle, the regiment drew heavy artillery fire from Confederate guns. The shellfire was unremitting. The regiment held their ground and put up the fight of their life until the Union line collapsed and the Confederates forced them to fall back. The "Bucktails" defense at McPherson's Ridge bought valuable time for more Union units to arrive in the area and deploy for the ultimate Union victory at Gettysburg.

In the spring of 1863 just two African American regiments existed, nonetheless, this had developed to sixty before the end of 1863. By 1864 this had extended to 80 more regiments. One of the first black regiments to fight for the Union Army, the 54th Massachusetts Colored Regiment, numbered no less than 1,000 officers. This all-volunteer regiment, lead by a white colonel, Robert Gould Shaw, opened the 22 month land and sea ambush on Charleston, South Carolina (Civil War). Which prompt an unsuccessful hand-to-hand assault on Fort Wagner in Charleston, this regiment occupied with a standout amongst the most popular African American activities of the Civil War and endured roughly 44 percent losses, including Colonel Shaw (Civil War). Their execution

The Colorado First Light Infantry was an anti-militia group in the U.S. that only consisted of three members. Although this homegrown terrorist group was small and short-lived, it served as a precursor to another larger organization that would be formed. The Colorado First Light Infantry was founded by Ronald David Cole after the events of the Waco siege in Texas in 1993. Cole was at the time a member of the Branch Davidians and ended up writing a pro-Branch Davidians book Sinister Twilight, where he declared that his task was to complete the mission David Koresh failed to fulfill. In 1994, he met with the notorious domestic terrorist Timothy McVeigh prior to the Oklahoma City bombing (Brennan 1995). In

The Tennessee Army National Guard was officially recognized in 1796 when Tennessee was admitted as the 16th state (Tennessee Blue Book, n.d.). Tennessee became known as the volunteer state because of the National Guard. In 1780, Colonel John Sevier sent out a request for 100 good men to fight with him and 200 men volunteered. President James Polk sent a nationwide call for 50,000 volunteers to fight with Mexico. Tennessee only had a quota for 2600 volunteers, but 26,000 men volunteered from Tennessee.

Understanding and defining the impact on today’s modern army by the 442nd Infantry Regiment during WWII, is evident by their unique formation that stood out amongst organizations during that period. While trying to compare the differences in social acceptance from a unit composed almost entirely of Soldiers of Japanese ancestry, you must first understand the period in which this unit left its legacy.

Imagine being locked up because of race and then given a chance to prove loyalty to the country. While, Pearl Harbor was a devastating event for America, this caused Japanese descendants in America to go through even tougher times. The 442nd Regimental Combat Team consisted of Japanese-Americans who were in concentration camps during this time. These men were then sent into war to help America. Enemy forces were located in Germany and Japan and in these lands were trapped U.S. combat teams in need. The 442nd Regimental Combat Team helped the United States win World War Two and proved their loyalty.

As the current ASPL of Troop 18 I have a few goals that I would like to accomplish. My first goal is to focus on making meetings more efficient and well planned. Meeting have been very unorganized and wasteful lately and I believe that we need to work on this. To achieve this we need to have better communication between patrol leaders and the PLC so we can better plan our events. Another goal for me is to encourage individual members to participate in order to have them progress in ranks their own goals. Some members can be inactive and not putting much effort into advancement. As ASPL I will try my best to do these goals and to help the troop.

Information: Information addresses the ability to influence groups or populations through direct or indirect action.Infrastructure: The infrastructure system is more than just a collection of physical assets.Physical Environment: JP 3-0 defines the physical environment by the dimensions of land, sea, air and space. Humans live, breathe, and walk in the physical environment, and they see, hear, and touch objects that are real.Time: Time is a significant consideration in military operations. The analysis of time is an operational variable focuses on the benefits and liabilities of duration of operations to each side.NOTE: As applicable, instructors: 1. Reinforce some or all elements of the Detect, Identify, Decide, Engage, and Assess (DIDEA) Combat Identification process.2. Emphasize the importance of maintaining situational awareness. Accurate target identification and maintaining situational awareness result in increased combat effectiveness. Improper target identification and a lack of situational awareness are the main causes of fratricide. 3. As appropriate, instructors will incorporate one or more situations into the (FTX / STX / PE) which include friendly or neutral elements that require the Soldier to make a "shoot /

As an Army ROTC cadet in the Roadrunner battalion, you are held to the standard of a professional Army officer - campus, public and ROTC events. You have to lead by example that demonstrates Army Values, the Soldier’s Creed, the Cadet’s Creed, and Warrior Ethos. Army ROTC’s standard is high and not everyone

Being a platoon commander, I had to make eighteen individuals have the mindset of a team, in order to prepare them for Annual Military Inspection. This worked to the utmost degree, because we passed our Annual Military Inspection and were recognized as an distinguished unit with academic honors, and we were the Area Four Most Outstanding Unit. Knowing that I was apart of achieving this honor is the most overwhelming feeling of accomplishment. This showed me that I was growing into someone who could change a group of individuals into a team, and that was something I could have never imagined before NJROTC. This skill would be put to it’s ultimate test the coming summer, when I was chosen to go back to Area Four Leadership Academy/Sail Training as a platoon aide for Gold Platoon. At the end of those two weeks, I turned 38 cadets into one team, and that team was the overall Honor Platoon, and won five out of the seven competitive events at LA/ST.