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US Army photoSgt. 1st Class Anothony Jones, squad leaderwith Company C, Task Force 1-15 Infantry,covers his squad as they check a room, whileclearing a buildingm
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The United States Army inOperation
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The Library of Congress Cataloging-
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PrefaceOn Point is a study of Opera
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AcknowledgementsHistorians prefer t
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called him unkind names and questio
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Table of ContentsForeword..........
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Figure 78. 101st Airborne Division
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Table of Call Out BoxesThe SIPRNET
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The 8 April Counterattack .........
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Saddam Hussein and the Ba’athists
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Army special operations soldiers, a
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• Information and Knowledge. The
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successful battles and engagements
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timelines at the beginning of each
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Chapter 1Operation DESERT STORM to
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combat. The US Army’s AirLand Bat
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The domestic political landscape in
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was to experiment to anticipate cha
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The authors also attempted to accou
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The SIPRNET RevolutionIn addition t
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efore World War I. 16 The extended
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commanders to consider the battlesp
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presence is not possible. Moreover,
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• The Air Force’s C-17 Globemas
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GAO Report. Military Transformation
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On 20 September 2001, President Geo
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All of these efforts led to a sweep
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NOTES1. General Frederick M. Franks
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Chapter 2Prepare, Mobilize, and Dep
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joint organizations played central
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Figure 10. Key coalition camps and
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CLCC LOG and Title 10 PowerPoint pr
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Figure 17. Tern delivers Army water
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Pre-positioned EquipmentIn Europe d
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allies in the region in providing s
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organization to leverage joint inte
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surprise but allowed a gradual buil
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Figure 24. V Corps objectivesin any
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that supported them, while denying
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Webster and Spider Marks. Marine Br
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V Corps Command Brief, 15 July 2003
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V Corps Command Brief, 15 July 2003
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completing its work in February. BC
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Figure 32. Soldiers posing with a D
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Figure 33. V Corps assault command
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ight thing to do. More than 6,200 s
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defense coordinator (TAAMCOORD), an
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attalion leadership, with the USARE
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The 18th MP Brigade, stationed in M
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and environment of Iraq. They condu
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proper mix of combat, CS, and CSS u
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Given all that can go wrong, the pe
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Jeremiah Johnson, Combat CameraFigu
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opportunities such as a sudden coll
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27. Major General Robert Blackman,
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80. Lieutenant Colonel John Huey, p
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Summary of EventsSaddam Hussein and
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• Breaching the berm at the borde
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humanitarian assistance supplies, w
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Intelligence Supporting Operational
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Moving the start of the ground camp
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Figure 42. PSYOP leaflets distribut
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Igor Paustovski, Combat CameraFigur
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Figure 45. Comparison of Iraqi grou
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Page 144 and 145: Crossing The BermThey are coming to
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Page 150 and 151: After the aborted mission, morale s
Page 152 and 153: act of passing the change of route
Page 154 and 155: Figure 54. RRP EXXON and FARP SHELL
Page 156 and 157: Air Base (An Nasiriyah), seize the
Page 158 and 159: Figure 58. The 3rd BCT scheme of ma
Page 160 and 161: also captured more than 200 EPWs, i
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Page 164 and 165: Figure 63. Distance from Objective
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Page 168 and 169: Staff Sergeant Dillard Johnson, 1st
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Page 173 and 174: At 1430 on 23 March, 3rd BCT took c
Page 175: During the fighting at As Samawah,
Page 178 and 179: 24. Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jay Deh
Page 180: FLOYD, Johnson’s platoon fought y
Page 183 and 184: Army Spec. Joshua Earl,a military p
Page 185: April 1, 2003, black smoke rises fr
Page 196 and 197: April 27, 2003, Staff Sergeant DeLo
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Page 200 and 201: Figure 75. V Corps and I MEF maneuv
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Page 204 and 205: 101st Abn Div AARFigure 77. 101st A
Page 206 and 207: needed on a tank. 13 OIF highlights
Page 208 and 209: Enemy DispositionCFLCC and V Corps
Page 210 and 211: The 507th Maintenance CompanyWhen O
Page 212 and 213: Attack on the 507th Maintenance Com
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Page 216 and 217: The Rescue of Private First Class L
Page 218 and 219: TF 1-64 AR, commanded by Lieutenant
Page 220 and 221: Figure 89. LRS team positions aroun
Page 222 and 223: at the NTC. Because the terrain con
Page 224 and 225: Ground Surveillance Radars and the
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Page 228 and 229: SoldiersSoldiersCaringCaringforforS
Page 230 and 231: Courtesy of 75th FABFigure 94. NBC
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Page 234 and 235: The following morning, Delta Compan
Page 236 and 237: 2-6 CAV was already in Kuwait suppo
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imagery, believed he had enough to
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condition unknown. Ahead of them wa
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Despite significantdamage, all of t
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the successful 101st Aviation Briga
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Figure 102. 101st Attack Aviation s
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Stephen Hicks, US ArmyFigure 103. D
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Figure 106. Bridges at Objectives J
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Captain Benton’s TeamB/3-7 IN, co
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Figure 108. From left to right, Lie
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SGT Igor Paustovski, US ArmyFigure
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TeleEngineeringTeleEngineeringTeleE
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Sanderson an area of responsibility
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As the V Corps and I MEF fights inA
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Figure 115. V Corps’ scheme to co
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Figure 116. 82nd and 101st Airborne
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PFC James Matise, US ArmyFigure 117
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Mortars at Checkpoint Charlie:The A
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Figure 122. Tactical PSYOP team mou
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Figure 125. 173rd and TF 1-63 deplo
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Martin Fano, US ArmyFigure 126. The
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Figure 128. C-17s at the readyMarti
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The brigade also received two Drago
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“Can“CanDo”Do”BattalionBatt
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23. Ibid., 8-10. The 507th had some
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90. Lindsay.91. Wolf.92. Hobart. Se
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173. Rowe. See also Bray.174. These
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Chapter 5Isolation of the RegimeOne
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Figure 132. Objectives in the vicin
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CFLCC Conference at JalibahOn 28 Ma
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The The Threat Threat at at Karbala
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tradition of task organizing on the
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Figure 134. JSOTF-North operations
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eleased the water, the resulting in
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While not universally successful, o
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and “pause.” Although the corps
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Figure 143. V Corps’ five simulta
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toward Al Hillah appear to have dec
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Colonel Phillip DeCamp, attacked al
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immediately. In short, a CFZ links
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Entering the Town: Clearing An Naja
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Hughes launched his reconnaissance
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accurate maps, with clear control g
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joined the fray, destroying more th
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ound artillery forward to continue
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The pilots of 2-101st looked carefu
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Figure 155. 82nd Airborne attacks i
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troopers had not penetrated into As
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of the Iraqi equipment, although we
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western side of the gap, designated
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As the battalions’ parallel attac
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commander of TF 3-69 AR, planned th
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the river to provide critical smoke
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south of Objective CLINTON. With th
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vancing in staggered columns.Marcon
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Figure 167. The 2nd BCT disposition
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command group and “Lightning 28,
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elocate to defend the roads leading
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At 2115, TF 3-69 AR’s combat trai
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Similar incidents occurred all over
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ammunition storage compartment igni
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Clearing the Airport and Surroundin
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Figure 176. 3-7 CAV attacks to Obje
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Figure 178. 3rd BCT’s move from K
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Lieutenant Colonel Sanderson’s TF
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TF 2-69 AR continued north to Objec
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HMMWVs were driving with flat tires
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including Captain Rapaport with inf
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27. Perkins confirmed this via tele
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97. Ibid.98. Rowe.99. Major John Al
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174. 11th Engineer Battalion, 24-28
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Figure 183. Regime collapse sequenc
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Cordoning the city would reduce the
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massive air and sea bridge to the s
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like Grozny. Taking the airport mad
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Plesich’s part to get that Iraqi
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Figure 187. Bomb-damaged bridge, Ba
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Courtesy of 2nd BCT, 3rd IDFigure 1
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away, raising his AK-47 to fire. Ac
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task force to drive through. Surmou
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to bed thinking that is what they w
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SPC Daniel T. Dark, US ArmyFigure 1
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disabling it. Not wanting to stop t
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Mason Lowery, US ArmyFigure 196. Th
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Mason Lowery, US ArmyWilliam Glaser
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2nd BCT Recovering from the StrikeC
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Mason Lowery, US ArmyFigure 202. Th
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Figure 203. TF 3-15 IN disposition
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defend it. Staff troops and communi
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US Army photoFigure 205. The helmet
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Command Sergeant Major Robert Galla
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mounted and dismounted regular army
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The convoy reached Objective MOE, r
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After a relatively quiet night, TFT
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As a company-size enemy force close
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apartment complex across the street
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Perkins, interview by Lieutenant Co
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115. Tusker History.116. Tusker His
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But in intense close combat, they s
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sought to learn from others, includ
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to overstate the importance of this
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close air support while minimizing
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the service and continues through c
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Aids to CommandForce XXI initiative
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The headquarters employed in OIF ar
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training, education, doctrine, and
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Joint Integration and Support: Effe
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Patriot battalions identified an im
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two types of forces closer together
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in 1991. Airmen striking without wa
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Last, learning from the 173rd BCT s
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The physics of combat theaters comp
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their wagons across the Missouri, l
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Some have argued that what happened
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digitization and an opportunity to
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e enough resources to establish a c
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at least some ability to communicat
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or not CENTCOM, CENTCOM components,
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still takes time and is likely to r
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26. Lieutenant Colonel Erin Edgar,
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national training capability led by
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If the Army is, as asserted here, e
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kind of torn back in shreds. A nice
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perimeter wielding a rifle. At Obje
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About the OIF-SG TeamThe team forme
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MAJ TRAVIS E. ROOMSLTC (R) JAMES RU
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Sensitive Site Team 1 (with 75th XT
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Det/87th Expeditionary Security For
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Deployable Intel Support Element/66
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40th Signal Battalion (Theater Tact
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1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment2
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Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squa
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Combat Service Support Battalion 18
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456Element was redesignated the 2nd
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TF 1-15th Infantry TF 1-30th Infant
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460D/1-44th Air Defense Artillery (
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462D/4th Forward Support Bn240th Fo
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HHC/1-4th AviationA/1-4th Aviation
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46651st Support Center (Rear Area O
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4683/Team/B/431st Civil Affairs BnF
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8-101st Aviation (AVIM) (-)HHC/8-10
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618th Engineer Co (Light Equipment)
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V Corps ArtilleryHHB (-)/V Corps Ar
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F/519th Military Intelligence Bn A/
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205th Finance Battalion (Camp VIRGI
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48041st Support Center (Rear Area O
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535th Movement Control Team (Area)5
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528th Medical Detachment (Combat St
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C/1-293rd Infantry3-124th Infantry
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143rd Transportation Command (TRANS
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199th Movement Control Team (Area)2
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226th Area Support Group189th Corps
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110th Medical BattalionHHD/110th Me
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NOTES 1. A snapshot compiled from u
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Lieutenant Colonel Eric WesleyMajor
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Books/ArticlesArnold, Steven L. “
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Reimer, General Dennis J. US Army,
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DocumentsRather than list each docu
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Army Documents/Publications“US Ar
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11st Armored Division (US) · 55, 9
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3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
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Commander, 2nd Brigade, 101st Airbo
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Chancey, Gregory, Sergeant, USA ·
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Fitzgerald, Michael, Colonel, USA,
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Jackson, Anthony, Private First Cla
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· 10Mechanicsville, Landing Craft
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Prescott, Jason, Sergeant, USA · C
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Swart, Tim, Captain, USA, Fire Supp
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Wright, Joshua, Captain, USA, Comma
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