Personal Experience Paper: FOB Blickenstaff (Mosul, Iraq 03-04)

Abstract

This paper covers my six months in Mosul, Iraq as a First Sergeant of Comanche Company 1st BN 23rd Infantry, the first Stryker Brigade to deploy into combat environment. It starts, from when the company received the order to occupy a FOB next to the Tigress River. To the occupation of it and the modifications and the development of new SOPs, the contacts that tested those SOPs to the departure of the Company form the FOB.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 28, 2006
Accession Number
AD1136438

Entities

People

  • Stanley J. Jr Sobiech

Organizations

  • United States Army Sergeants Major Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Conditioning
  • Attachment
  • Body Armor
  • Environment
  • Fire Support
  • Guns
  • Improvised Explosive Devices
  • Infantry
  • Machine Guns
  • National Guard
  • Quick Reaction Force
  • Risk Analysis
  • Security
  • Standards
  • Training
  • Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Devices
  • Warfare

Readers

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  • Military Science
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.