Personal Experience : My Eyes Explode Open

As a Non Commissioned Officers we need to seek what is best for our soldiers. It is our duty to guide them through this Army process. How are we going to do this? By maintaining discipline, training soldiers and ensuring welfare.

The Darkhorse troop of 6st Squadron 8th Calvary, was assigned to Anbar Province, Iraq in 2007. These soldiers worked alongside the EOD units. The Darkhorse Troop was tasked with EOD and the TAC. The mission demanded two sections of four Staff Sergeants that would include three sergeants and the rest E4 and below. The Alpha section of Darkhorse troop were in charge of moving the SCO around to important meetings and the TAC to ensure an efficient mission. The Bravo section’s responsibility consisted of three separate tasks moving EOD to UXO’s locations, clear routes for the Squadron and QRF for the Mustang squadron. The insurgents from this area were known to have ran the village people out and dig in for a fight of the Southern Anbar

While the unit was successful in accomplishing all of their missions in Iraq, the CALL’s

Army engineers cleared rubble from the streets, repaired runways and picked up trash. To assist the Iraqi citizens learn which hospitals were open, how to find transportation to and from, where to locate mosques, and how to access international division aid staff members set up the Regional Information Center. Through war and internal issues, limited gasoline and propane deliveries became a problem. General Petraeus understood that would not be enough to sustain a population the size of Mosul. Mosul had a five-day supply of fuel, the lines were at least two days long, to stretch the demands and maintain order General Petraeus assigned Soldiers as guards. The Iraqi attendants pumped the fuel, as the Soldiers guarded the government-owned gas stations and watched for price gouging. Rules enforcing the restricted service of odd-numbered license plates on odd days and even-numbered license plates on even days were set in place. Soldiers also protected trucks bringing in oil, and stood guard as retailers distributed propane used for cooking as well as heating. (Lundberg, 2006) General Petraeus protected existing stores of gas and propane, and found a way to increase supplies by turning to an Iraqi

A Noncommissioned Officer's duties are numerous and must be taken seriously. An NCO's duty includes taking care of soldiers, which is your priority. Leaders must know and understand their soldiers well enough to train them as individuals and teams to operate proficiently. This will give them confidence in their ability to perform well under the difficult and demanding conditions of battle. Individual training is the principle duty and responsibility of NCOs. NCOs are responsible to fulfill not only their individual duties, but also to ensure their teams and units are successful. NCOs are accountable for your personal conduct and that of your soldiers. Noncommissioned officers have three types of duties: specified duties, directed duties

The mission was to attack and clear al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), from Diyala Province in Baqubah The bad Intel was said that there were only 500 to 800 AQI combatants when we initiated operations in Buhriz. On the morning of 14 of March 2007, the Regulars would soon realize that we walked into a hornets nest. When the Regulars began clearing operations in Buhriz they did not know the exact number of AQI that would be in the city. Route (RTE) Gold was the only road into Buhriz this is where the Regulars would encounter their first improvised explosive device (IED), deep buried improvised explosive device (DBIED) and house borne improvised explosive device (HBIED). AQI had hundreds of mines and IED’s laid out in the roads or in manhole covers in sewer diches. (Cpt Chuck

An NCO, Non-Commissioned Officer, is better known as the backbone of the Army. They are the ones who are supposed to exhibit exemplary behavior at all times, for all of the junior soldiers. Soldiers, who have not yet reached the rank of NCO, look to the example of these seasoned soldiers. It is extremely important for the NCO to be at the right place, at the right time, and in the right uniform. By performing this type of leadership, an NCO can prove their ability to execute at least one of the many things a soldier is expected to do. All NCOs should be aware that they are always visible to others, not only Officers and Senior NCOs, but also by Junior Soldiers and even civilians. As NCOs we must take pride in ourselves and be the absolute best we can be at all times. Being on time demonstrates a readiness and willingness to work.

Performe Duties as mission planner and pilot in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. planned and conducted company mountain academic training, ensuring preparedness' in support of unit mounting training in Gunnison Colorado. Attended Air Movement Control Officer (AMCO) course, improving the units abilities to meet multi-theater operational

Every uniformed Army professional knows the Soldier’s Creed. The tenth line of the Soldier’s Creed - “I am an expert and I am a professional,” is a powerful statement recited during significant occasions including enlistments, graduations, first formations, promotion boards, change of command ceremonies, and deployment ceremonies. The NCO Creed even includes the bold statement, “No one is more professional than I,” in the opening line. For these words to ring true, the Army must deliver training sufficient to certify professional Soldiers and leaders at all levels. The Army’s ability to recognize this need and adapt its methods speaks volumes for the Profession of Arms. The three components of the Army’s leadership model -

It will attempt to describe KH’s organizational structure as it mirrors Lebanese Hezbollah and the Mahdi Army, and Iran’s known influences. This paper will discuss KH’s objectives in Operational Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and its objectives today as they fight the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria. This paper will identify the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) it has used in the past and use today. We will also discuss past and present leadership of KH and characteristics of those leaders. We will discuss how KH’s structure is supported by Iran and how KH is a proxy of Iran’s plan to make Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and other middle eastern countries an Islamic State under Shi’a Law. We will also discuss how HUMINT will play a role in shaping the operation environment (OE) in terms of the PMESII-PT factors and how HUMINT can respond to the conditions and effects of each factor. Finally we will attempt to make sense of how the US is backing Iran and KH; a terrorist group the US and coalition forces (CF) fought against in OIF.

It’s the third of August, and it’s past midnight. We’re about to infiltrate the Iraqi base outside of a Hit village that was destroyed by Al-Qaeda's army. We are working with Iraqi Police Department. We are on top of building with snipers, and have a demolition team by the wall of the base.

In the evening of March 11, 2009, I was patrolling the streets of Kirkuk, Iraq with about ten (10) other US Soldiers from the 2d BCT, 1st Cavalry Division, 3d Battalion, 82d Field Artillery Regiment and the Iraqi police. At least two military vehicles were part of the patrol. The objective of the patrol was to prevent insurgents a conducive environment for constructing improvised explosive devices (IEDs). We were heading northward greeting Iraqi residents and businesses and got to a part of the street which had a building with an advertising billboard with the inscription 'AL-BARAKA for Cars Trading' on our right side. About ten (10) feet away from three parked white sedan cars, I saw the LTC involved in a conversation with a man. The man

competing requirements without compromising the integrity of the operation. Ultimately, of the success of this operation resulted in the section to receive accolade from the Bde Commander and the CoC. He was a force multiplier to the team, that far exceeds the set standards.

Zarqawi’s organization took aim at the U.S. forces, their international allies, and local collaborators. It sought to draw the United States into a sectarian civil war by attacking Shias and their holy sites, including the Imam al-Askari shrine in 2006, to provoke them to retaliate against Sunni civilians.

The target of the attacks is most often police stations and buildings belonging to the security forces or intelligence services. Other targets in Shabwah include oil installations. Ambushes mainly target members of the armed forces and army convoys, as well as camps serving as bases for soldiers in charge of guarding oil wells in the area. Al Qa’ida militants also regularly set off car bombs and launch co-ordinated attacks on Yemeni military barracks in Shabwah. AQAP is also known to kidnap and then execute Yemeni troops.