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When Halstead was given this mission in Iraq, she never anticipated the challenge she would soon face. She had one year to plan her operation, train and certify her units for deployments and after months of painstaking preparation and training, Halstead was confident her soldiers and unit were ready to be certified for deployment. However, certification had to be issued by her superior, a three-star general recently back from Iraq—and the most challenging boss Halstead had ever encountered in all of her years of services.

Among these leaders was Bravo Company’s 1st platoon’s SFC Robert Gallagher. The platoon endured terrible living conditions including no running water and filthy living space. These inadequate living conditions must be met with some relaxation on the standards they were expected to follow. Company leadership viewed this as a bribe to keep the soldiers in high spirits. In reality, they set the stage for the erosion of the morals the enlisted soldiers are supposed to possess. While the morals were being chipped away, so was the original plan the battalion had hoped to follow. Fragmentation orders became a pseudo-standard for the boys of Bravo Company. What had originally started as short-term overnight patrol bases turned into fortified traffic control points with the exception of any form of fortification other than in notion only. Despite the fact that platoon-level leadership requested for supplies they were repeatedly turned down. A major breakdown in the communication between the leadership created a loss in faith in the higher leadership for the lower-enlisted soldiers on the ground. Very soon into deployment, Bravo Company began to experience contact with unseen enemy forces. The enemy was able to engage and plant IED’s and cause casualties while remaining elusive. After the first few casualties within the company, the mission to start set up traffic control points was to begin. While conducting patrols down the road time and time

On May 25, 1971, Adams, a major, volunteered to fly a lightly armed helicopter mission to rescue three wounded soldiers from a besieged firebase in the Kontum Province, despite the clear weather which would provide clear visibility for the numerous enemy anti-aircraft around the location. Despite fire from

Captain Steven Tamborelli contributed significantly to United States Army Aviation throughout his aviation career, he deployed to Afghanistan for OEF 13-14, and has excelled in every position he has held. He is a consummate mentor for officers, warrant officers and enlisted Soldiers. He is a consistent and competent source of advice for superiors. His outstanding performance reflects greatly upon the Warrant Officer Corps and United States Army Aviation.

Under Major General John Schofield’s Union command were Brig. Generals James G. Blunt of the Kansas Division and Francis Jay Herron of the 2nd and 3rd Divisions. Their troops

The arrival of additional German troops ended American hopes which created a lost for the American Military. While Montfaucon was taken the next day, the advance proved slow and American forces were plagued by leadership and logistical issues. By October 1, the offensive had come to a halt. Traveling among his forces, Pershing replaced several of his green divisions of soldiers with more experienced troops, though this movement only added to the logistical and traffic difficulties. On October 4, Pershing ordered an assault all along the American line. This was met with ferocious resistance from the Germans with the advance measured in yards. It was during this phase of the fighting that the 77th Division's famed "Lost Battalion" made its stand. Elsewhere, Corporal Alvin York won the Medal of Honor for capturing 132 Germans (Clodfelter, 2007). On October 8, Pershing made a push on the east side of the Meuse with the goal of silencing German artillery in the area. This made little headway. Two days later he turned command of the 1st Army over to Lieutenant General Hunter Liggett.

SGT Lucier demonstrated precision and professionalism as a team member of the Funeral Honors firing team. His sterling example, fostered a sense of teamwork, loyalty, and initiative in his subordinates while serving on the Headquarter and Headquarter Battalion Funeral Honors detail. He represented the Department of Defense and the United States Army with pride while rendering full military honors to peacetime and wartime veterans in the State of Texas.

The history of the United States Army’s 1st Infantry Division is one of many “firsts.” The most complete history of the division, James Scott Wheeler’s The Big Red One: America’s Legendary 1st Infantry Division from World War I to Desert Storm, describes many of these firsts in detail. The 1st Division was the first U.S. division to be organized in the Army during World War I, the first division to deploy overseas, and the first unit to engage the enemy in Europe as part of the American Expeditionary Force (A.E.F.). This paper is the story of these World War I firsts. Using primary documents to include the massive volumes of the World War Records of the First Division, A.E.F., Regular available at the Fairchild Library, and the reminiscences of Major General Robert Lee Bullard, who initially served as a Brigade Commander and then commanded the Division for the first American battles in France. This paper chronicles the deployment, training in France, and major battles of the 1st Division in the Great War.

Pierre N. Thibodeaux enlisted in the United States Army November 9, 1986 as an Indirect fire Infantryman (11C). He attended Basic Combat Training and Advanced Individual Training at Fort Benning, Georgia. He was then assigned to the 3rd Battalion 32nd Armor, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. In 1990 he was sent to Berlin Germany assigned to B Co. 6th Battalion 502nd Infantry while there helped Berlin rejoin under one flag as well deployed to Operation Desert Storm (01/21/1991- 05/08/1991). He was in Germany until 1993 then reassigned to HHC, 1st Battalion, 64th Armor, 24th Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia until 1995, he deployed with this unit to Operation Restore Hope (10/21/1993 - 02/8/1994). He transferred to B Company,

SFC Weems left the 235th Regiment to return to Unit Supply operations and for promotion to E7 in Recruiting and Retention Command, Topeka, KS. From 2009 to 2012, SFC Weems renewed her commitment to excellence in supply operations. Her distribution and accountability of supplies and equipment was flawless. She also became a mentor for two supply sergeants assigned Recruiting and Retention Command.

SFC Weems has served the Kansas Army National Guard in multiple positions of importance. From 1994 to 2001 SFC Weems served with HHC 1-108th AVN BN as a Supply Clerk; from 2001 to 2005 with HQ 235th Regt as Supply NCO; 2005 to 2009 with 1-235th Regt as OCS Company Training NCO; 2009 to 2012 with DET 1 Recruiting

SSG Rawlins was looking for high ground that had good cover and concealment. He wanted a place where he could spy the enemy and collect intel, he looked around for a few moments, “There at our fifteen hundred.” SSG Rawlins pointed at it. SGT Hammerston looked through his binoculars toward where SSG Rawlins was pointing. He scanned the area, “It looks good Staff Sergeant, but it’s going to take some doing to get over there.”

For outstanding performance while serving as Maintenance Department Airframes Technician, in Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron TWELVE (HSC-12), from October 2012 to October 2016. Petty Officer Scott consistently demonstrated exemplary professionalism in the performance of his duties. Demonstrating superior technical skill, he was instrumental in the completion of 28 Major Phase Inspections, 744 Special Inspections, 28 High Time Components replacement, and 1,535 unscheduled maintenance actions. His effort resulted in the squadron executing over 5,520 mishap-free flight hours in direct support of Carrier Air Wing FIVE, USS George Washington (CVN 73), and USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) SEVENTH Fleet Area of Responsibility Patrols. Demonstrating exceptional

The first year he continued his guarding in executive protection, but for the second year he was assigned to a task force that was investigating public corruption in the Iraq theater. In his third recall from the reserves, Mr. Baker was the Army’s Principal Investigator on a task force investigating $3.2 million in bribes for bottled water contracts in Kuwait. Not too long after was his fourth recall, when he had to appear in the trial for the major receiving the bribes for the bottled water contracts in a court in Alabama. Sergeant Baker’s most recent deployment was to Afghanistan just last year. He was placed in a leadership position of a unit deployed with fifty-three people, forty of which were investigators who were responsible for felony investigations in nineteen countries throughout the middle-east (including Afghanistan and Iraq). Mr. Baker focused on the administrative side during this deployment as he met with senior advisors to ensure they were providing the proper service, he attended to administrative unit matters, as Sergeant Major Baker was the senior advisor in the theater. Sergeant Baker saw combat while moving from base to base in his last deployment, and also occasionally while on executive protection in hostile countries such as

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