Battalion

The book Black Hearts is written by Jim Frederick and tells the story of all the controversial accounts one infantry unit ran into while on deployment in Baghdad, Iraq. The book is a documentation, captured accounts and events written down to tell the crazy story these soldiers went through. The specific unit Frederick writes about and what Black Hearts is about is 2nd brigade of the 101st airborne infantry division. “Black Hearts” was the unofficial insignia of 2nd brigade. Frederick covers one

The story of the Black Hearts Brigade, told by Jim Frederick, starts out with the 1st Battalion of the 502nd Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division in the summer of 2005. The author starts with a brief chapter of the events that unfolded when four soldiers of this battalion went to a house, raped a girl and killed her and her family. In the first part of the book Frederick explains the grand strategy the US was taking in Iraq at the time, the history of the area named the triangle of death

SSG Arroa’s squad moved cautiously down the path that the Sergeant had marked to the main gate at Fort Indiantown Gap. The rest of the first platoon had held back as well as the company to provide cover for the advancing squad. SSG Arroa had cleared about a hundred yards past the main gain without any problems. They encountered no resistance, but several booby-traps, which they disabled. Their orders were that once they were able to breach the main gate, they were to begin to remove the barricades

into his vision for the unit and become the driving force of change. Once the initial vision has been developed, it is essential for LTC (P) Owens to create a sense of urgency. The urgency can easily tie into the timeline for the outgoing battalion commanders. By using the forcing function of the change of command that happens in 60 days, LTC (P) Owens effectively creates a sense of urgency for the unit and addresses issue the disengaged leadership at the same time. Furthermore, some of the

They took over the mission of the 97thgroup. Defending Okinawa, Japan, and the Ryukyu Islands. At the time the 97thgroup was manning the Nike-Hercules missiles. It wasn’t until they add some more battalions that they were introduced to the Hawk Air Defense missile. With the new additions they were able to better defend Okinawa and the Ryukyu Islands. Until the air defense was handed back to the Japanese government in 1973. With that happening the unit

BLACKHEARTS REPORT Blackhearts is a novel describing the deployment of the 502nd Regiment, known as the “Blackheart Brigade”. The deployment was to the central region of Iraq to occupy and secure the area known as the “Triangle of Death”. This region was deemed so because of the escalating and unrelenting violence that occurred there during Saddam Hussein’s decline from power. The novel primarily tracks the movements of Bravo Company during the occupancy. The book itself is centralized around a

Brigadier John Clayton headed by Humvee to Colonel Lambert’s Command Post, located a mile north west of the capital. There was no way John was heading into Indian Country without some help; he felt he could count on Colonel Lambert of the 3rd Infantry Regiment for help. It was a thirty minute drive from the White House to the CP, Colonel Lambert had no idea that the General was coming, so when he pulled up and entered the CP, he was surprised to see him. The two men over the past several weeks

My freshman year of high school I joined JROTC because I knew it would look good on my college/job applications. I knew it was a good program that would help me become a better citizen and I was right; we do community service, service learning projects, and it teaches skills that are hard to improve on your own such as leadership. My first two years in the program weren’t that big of a deal because I hadn’t made a name for myself yet. I was just the girl that sat in the back, got her work done,

I believe that the 4th Armored Brigade Combat Team’s climate is toxic and only getting worse. There are occasions where Leaders did not work as a team, and there were times where Leaders used coercion, intimidation, and other unscrupulous tactics to garner compliance from Soldiers. I also found other types of tactics like hazing that break down the morale, and welfare of the Soldiers. After assessing the 4th ABCT I have discovered significant issues are impeding the 4th from carrying out its wartime

central grounds for terrorists to ferry men, weapons, and money into the capital (Frederickson 113). The 502nd Regiment was assigned to the task of root out insurgent strongholds, promote social and municipal revival, and to train the local Iraqi Army battalions into a competent fighting force,