Challenges of OIF for an Infantry Heavy Weapons Company

Abstract

This paper will deal with the challenges I had in deploying a Delta Company of an Infantry Battalion of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). It will deal specifically with the pre-deployment, deployment, preparation and execution phases of the initial strike into Iraq. It is a story of men, trained in the art of combat, who in many instances had to take a step back and realize everything was not as we had trained so long and hard for. We realized when your call came, often it is the men who can adapt and overcome, who have the foresight to make changes when everything in our culture suggests otherwise.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 15, 2006
Accession Number
AD1117121

Entities

People

  • James Plowman

Organizations

  • United States Army Sergeants Major Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Anti-Tank Missiles
  • Automatic Grenade Launchers
  • Deployment
  • Electronic Mail
  • Families (Human)
  • First Aid
  • Grenade Launchers
  • Infantry
  • Iraqi-War
  • Launchers
  • Machine Guns
  • Preventive Maintenance
  • Training
  • War
  • Warfare
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Military Science