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    The Describe Activity of Mission Command in Post War Iraq Taking the field in 2003, the U.S Army, the most dominate fighting force in the world seized the initiative in Iraq. This paper outlines the staging of one command, the 101st Airborne Division, their commander Major General Petraeus, and the challenges of shifting rolls from combat to nation building and the effective transfer of power. Additionally, this paper will detail the Mission Command philosophy, specifically the describe action

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    first moves was to assign intelligence officers to the various headquarters with which the Canadian Corps would be associated: Second Army, II Anzac Corps, which was responsible for the sector the Canadians would be taking over, and its front-line divisions, the New Zealand and 3rd Australian. These officers, and the general staff were to acquire early and thorough information as regards to details of German defenses and dispositions, and especially for the purpose of arranging the daily programme of

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    The 3rd Infantry Regiment also called the Old Guard is responsible for the security of Washington D.C during times of national emergency or civil disturbance. It’s also the oldest unit in the U.S. Army service since 1784. Its primary responsibilities these days were far more ceremonial than combat related, although they did rotate units in and out of Iraq and Afghanistan. It guards the tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington; it conducts memorial affairs as in participating in the burial of our

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    the drivers side mirror of my humvee to see myself, and using my canteen cup to rinse my shaver. After cleaning up I ate cold chicken and rice from a MRE packet to energize myself for the long and hot day ahead. I was the 2nd Brigade 4th Infantry Division Command Sergeant Major's Driver; I was also part of the Brigade Assault Team which was mainly active at night when we

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    Now, although the Germans were outnumbered in both military weaponry divisions, it was how they used them that made the difference in battle. The tank divisions on either side were nearly equal in ability, yet the German tanks were all equipped with radios, which allowed the German tanks to coordinate with one another in the midst of battle, compared to less that

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    The past battles of World War I gave the Allies the experience and teaching points they to be far more progressive when developing new tactics for warfare. The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) would lead the charge for the Allies with an adaptive infantry, precise

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    "Operation Watch on the Rhein" The Battle of the Bulge 16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945 CW2 Gregory L. Nun WOAC Class 03-14 Dr. Boyd L. Dastrup October 20, 2014 Introduction Known as Operation Watch on the Rhein, “Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein” in German, Germany launched one of the last and deadliest counteroffensive operations against Allied forces along the Western Front of the European Theater during World War II. The primary goal was to split the American and British defenses

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    Denis Cooper 's The War

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    Denis Cooper was a very interesting man and had many unbelievable stories from experience in the war and was always willing to talk about them. There was an abundant amount of information that went down to the tiniest detail thanks to his letters home, his willingness to talk about his battle experiences, and him being a Bryn Athyn man with many other people giving information about him. Also, his kids were very intrigued of their father in the war so they supplied lots of information he told them

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    “Arracourt was the greatest tank battle of the war on the Allied Front.” This is how US Major General John S. Wood described the Battle of Arracourt, which took place in the last weeks of September 1944 in Northern France. The Allied Forces had landed in Normandy in June 1944, and by the summer had broken out of their beachhead. This started the great pursuit of the German forces across northern France towards the German border. By early fall of 1944, General George S. Patton’s Third Army had raced

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    entire division deployed since the Vietnam War. Battalion staff began planning for several operational deployments for two different theaters. 1-62 ADA Soldiers were engaged in the Global War on Terror, combating Taliban rebel fighters in Afghanistan, and battling insurgents in Iraq (Armstrong et al.,

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