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of the city to the Coalition and the Iraqi Governing Council. Some of the events that led to the 2nd Battle of Fallujah were the U.S. forces being unsuccessful during Operation Vigilant Resolve (the 1st Battle of Fallujah) to capture the city and the Fallujah Brigade failing to maintain control of the city. At the end of Operation Vigilant Resolve, the Marines withdrew from the city and handed over security responsibilities to the Fallujah Brigade. The Fallujah Brigade was an Iraqi solution to

Southwest border began in 2006, when President George W. Bush authorized National Guardsmen to augment the under-staffed CBP through “Operation Jump Start,” a joint collaboration between CBP, the Army and Air National Guard, and the National Guard Bureau. This effort was the first time both the Army and Air National Guard teamed up to perform an extended homeland mission. The original authorization called for the immediate deployment of 6,000 troops, with a planned reduction to 3,000 during the second

The Role of Air Defense in the Gulf War Throughout the history of Air Defense Artillery (ADA), innovative steps were made for the technological advance in weaponry to defend our skies and ground forces. The diverse history and continuous research and development of air defense systems played a vital role in the safety of ground troops and foreign civilians during the Persian Gulf crisis. Though not always in the forefront of battle, ADA had its own vital roles that it played from the time

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM Introduction On March 20, 2003, the combined military forces of the United States and Britain crossed the southern border of Iraq and Kuwait with the intent of capitulating the government of Saddam Hussein. Over the course of 21 days, the joint task force moved quickly and decisively to seize major objective cities along the road to Baghdad using aviation, armor, artillery, and infantry. Following the overwhelming success of the primary combat operations of the

and cockpit screens with touchscreen interface, digital video recorder, Tactilink data downlink system, and 30 million candlepower searchlight (Bledsoe, 2011). A typical Task Force Liberty flight crew includes two pilots, one crew chief, and one CBP officer (Robinson, 2013). To maximize aircrew coordination and minimize task saturation, the pilot on the controls focuses on flying the aircraft, positioning it as needed to decrease detection and optimize sensor capability, and navigating via onboard

campaign in US history where comparatively few lives were lost. This war accomplished many goals, including that it secured the economic advantages for the “Western World”. It encouraged a free flow of natural resources, established the value of air power and superiority, and verified that a free alliance for justice will prevail over armed aggression. In the end, the United State’s goals were accomplished: Kuwait was liberated from Saddam and peace settled into the Middle East (Rayment). The

History of Air Assault The purpose behind my topic is to simply show a little insight to the beginnings and processes of how air assault operations came about. The importance aviation played from Korea through Vietnam and onto the complex battlefield that is being fought today. Throughout history we have seen what using aviation and specifically utility based aircraft in a role of something more deliberate such as aerial reconnaissance, troop transport, medevac and logistical missions can do for

Afghanistan at the beginning of the month of March in 2002. The battle was complicated and US military together with other allied forces fought in a rough terrain, and involved difficult conditions as most of the ground force found itself in the middle of well-equipped enemy fire. Although the US military won in the joint operation that involved the US ground and Air forces, it lost eight military personnel and more than fifty wounded personnel. The initial problems faced during the beginning of the

The Second Battle of Fallujah was fought during November and December of 2004. The U.S. Marine Corps against insurgents that had taken over the city of Fallujah led the battle. The Second Battle of Fallujah was a joint offensive operation that included the American, British, and Iraqi forces. The Second Battle of Fallujah was also known as Operation Phantom Fury and code-named Operation Al-Fajr, which is Arabic for “the dawn”. Operation Phantom Fury was the second major operation in

Introduction The Battle of Guadalcanal was a very important battleground that ended the Japanese ground advancement in the Pacific area of operations. Also, after they were defeated and removed from the island it showed that they were not an unstoppable foe that resulted in boasting the confidence of the United States and its allies. The amphibious assault that occurred on Guadalcanal was the first amphibious counteroffensive for the United States after the attacks on Pearl Harbor. The Japanese